Just a quick Nagoya related sidebar (see other Nagoya COP10 posts here and here). I'm not sure if it's deliberate or if it's accidental, but the UN seems to be… Read the rest of the article: Nagoya COP10 sidebar: UNFCCC YOU!

A few weeks ago I had a chance to chat with Paul Taylor in the Paleontology department of the Natural History Museum. I was chatting with him about a curious… Read the rest of the article: This is not a perfect dinosaur turd. Or is it?

(Image: Stemonitis) In case you don't have a handy dandy seaweed identification key, get your free one here and do some science. Recently, a friend asked me about my earliest… Read the rest of the article: Citizen science and why biodiversity is a great portal to discovery

"Reviews on historic books by people who haven't actually read the book." "Likely names of organisms had Linnaeus been a science fiction fanboy." Although I still have difficulty considering myself… Read the rest of the article: Can crowdsourcing produce funny humor pieces?

Photo: Lauren O'Farrell (Stitch London) If you're around and about London, enamoured with invertebrates generally, and have always wondered if knitting and you were meant to be; well, here's the… Read the rest of the article: It's Stitch-a-Squid time!

In an effort that reminds me a little of Earth Hour (where folks are encouraged to turn off their lights and appliances for one hour), there is now a suggestion… Read the rest of the article: Ding dong, the (species) is dead. Bell ringing for biodiversity

Video link The other day, I went through the Deep Sea exhibit at the Natural History Museum. Deep Sea ecology is pretty interesting and especially great for the variety and… Read the rest of the article: Tripod fish: a fish that stands

Yes, even Kevin Bacon is part of an ecosystem. (Continuing on from "Nagoya COP10 Primer #1: with Star Wars references"). Given that the Nagoya COP10 meeting is all about the… Read the rest of the article: Nagoya COP10 Primer #2: with a reference to Kevin Bacon

I said it before – the scientific method is awesome: but where are the cool visuals for it? You do a Google image search for the term "scientific method" and… Read the rest of the article: Where are all the awesome "Scientific Method" slides?

This cartoon from Savage Chickens is freaking brilliant! Who knew Chewbacca was so versatile?

I have to say that I'm really quite enamored by Delphine Chedru's book, Spot It! Find the Hidden Creatures. The art is pretty mesmerizing, especially with the hide and seek… Read the rest of the article: A wonderful Where's Waldo-ish/biodiversity book for little ones

Image: Nagoya Congress Center plus Millenium Falcon reworked from original photo by Paula Pedrosa. link. So what is up with this Nagoya thing? Well, it's a big international meeting that… Read the rest of the article: Nagoya COP10 Primer #1: with references to Star Wars

Slide: David Ng from Georgia Strait ad (circa 1997). link Well, this is pretty cool. Thanks to the fine folks at Boing Boing, I've got a two week stint here… Read the rest of the article: 2010 is a key year for biodiversity stewardship