Monthly Archives: May 2009


Carny Deadlines: May 19, 2009

I may not have been able to put together a Nature Blog Networking this week, but you can always count on me for your Carnival Deadlines. –=====– Friday Ark #244 – to the Modulator by this Thursday, May 21 Berry Go Round #17 – to Gravity’s Rainbow by this Friday, May 22 I and the [...]

Sex Week at Deep Sea News

Our friends over at Deep Sea News are very excited (maybe too excited!) to introduce several experts in reproduction and reproductive ecology in celebration of Sex Week. They’ll be discussing their favorite topics: sponge clouds, barnacle penises, triggers of sex at vents, mussel love, sex when you have more than 4 arms, and much more. [...]

Nature News in Review – Week Ending May 16, 2009

Flora Lest anyone doubt the ability of something barely visible as an independent organism to wreak havok upon the biosphere, a global assessment of all 5,743 known amphibian species has found that amphibian chytrid fungus is threatening to wipe out a third of them. U.S. President Barack Obama has been honored by having a newly [...]

Friday Roundup: May 15, 2009

Some heavy reading for the weekend… –=====– I and the Bird #100 – Some guy from the Nature Blog Network gave the milestone edition a shot.  Budget some time, it’s a long one. Friday Ark #243 – Modulating like only the Modulator can.

I and the Bird #100: The NBN Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence

LIVE from the Nature Blog Network Pavilion deep in the heart of the internets, it’s the NBN Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence!  Featuring all your favorite bird themed blogs, tonight, on one stage, performing together for the first time since that awkward Yoko Ono induced breakup because, let’s face it, they [...]

Battle of the Blogs

Nature blogging is supposed to be some fun, easygoing activity sandwiched between long hikes and long naps, right? Sure it is, or at least that’s what they tell you as you’re signing up for that free Blogger account. But if everything is so lovey-dovey, loosey-goosey out here, why is everyone else so committed to taking [...]

Newest Blogs in the Network 5-13-2009

No, it’s not time for I and the Bird #100 yet (come back tomorrow for the sensational centennial edition of the world’s best bird and birding blog carnival!) but since you’re here, check out these 22 new additions to the Nature Blog Network. With hope, you’ll be as amazed as I am at the talent [...]

Carny Deadlines: May 12, 2009

Step right up and test your luck… –=====– I and the Bird #100 – to Nature Blog Network Blog by the end of the day today! Friday Ark #243 – to the Modulator by this Thursday, May 14 The Moth and Me #3 – to North American Moths Backyard Inventory by Friday, May 13 Scientia [...]

Nature Blog Networking: Deep in the Heart of Texas

The largest state in the lower 48, Texas is home to as many habitats and ecosystems as anywhere in North America.  It’s southern border, tucked up against legitimately neotropical Mexico is easily one of the best spots for birding and butterflying in the nation and is as different from the windswept short-grass prairie of the [...]

Featured Blog: Rock, Paper, Lizard

Today’s featured blog is Rock Paper Lizard. The blogger behind it, Hugh, is a zoologist, nature columnist, and dad to two young children. He has an engaging sense of humor and is highly attuned to the absurdities of life at the intersection of people and nature as he shares the wonder and excitement that his [...]