Andrew Tisher sent me this article:
White Lizards Evolve in New Mexico Dunes
Erica Bree Rosenblum’s focus has been on three lizard species that elsewhere are dark skinned but in White Sands have each evolved a white-skinned variety that makes them hard to find. “It’s really obvious what’s happened,” Dr. Rosenblum said. “Everybody got white so that they could better escape from their predators.” It’s a great example of convergent evolution, of species independently acquiring the same traits.
Shared by Jamee Greer:
Marine biologists from the National Taiwan Ocean University discovered a new species of crab off the southern Taiwanese coast. With a bright red shell covered with small white spots, the crab resembles a large strawberry. Scientists at the University say that the newly discovered species is similar to the previously discovered Neoliomera pubescens, which is native to the waters near Hawaii, Polynesia and Mauritius–but has a broade…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Kate Beaton is a Canadian cartoonist who posts great hand drawn comics on her blog Hark, a Vagrant. The subject ranges from autobiography to American history and literary figures, but there is quite a bit of genre-bending.
One of my favorites:
Via Kitsune Noir:
Kayce Lomas created this awesome little alphabet made up of random textures that correspond to the letter. So as you can see in the top image The A is a sea anemone, the B is Barnacles, the C is clouds and the D is diamonds. This isn’t a new idea but it’s a well-executed one and I think she did a great job of giving these letters a lot of character. I really love the N, which I think is a nest, and the Q which I think is made of quartz.
To see more of Kayce’s type experiments you can click here.
from Davar Ardalan/NPR
The martinis my dad made for us at Christmas were inspired by a recipe he heard on NPR. For the curious, here it is
You can find the original story on the NPR website.