Monthly Archives: January 2010


Featured Blog: Deep Sea News

Today’s guests are the authors of Deep Sea News, Kevin Zelnio and Dr. M. Kevin is a researcher at Duke Marine Lab studying the population genetics and molecular ecology of animals at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. He studied Evolution, Ecology and Geology at University of California, Davis and has a Masters degree in Biology from Penn [...]

Community Bulletin Board – January 17, 2010

I was unable to accept any new items this week due to technical difficulties with my email service provider; these will hopefully be fixed this weekend. Please re-send announcements after Monday. Sorry for the inconvenience! Don’t forget, the NBN board isn’t just for announcing events! If you have contests or promotions, want to share a [...]

Newest Blogs in the Network: 1-13-10

Birds Aves de la ria do Burgo – Galicia, Spain – A blog devoted since 2004 to the birds of the tiny estuary of O Burgo, in Galicia, NW Spain. Its posts also include ornithological news and comments. WADER WORLD – WATCHING WADERS FROM THE LOCAL PATCH TO AROUND THE GLOBE INCLUDING TRAVEL, PEOPLE AND [...]

Carny Deadlines: January 12, 2010

Scientia Pro Publica #20 – to Deep Thoughts and Silliness by this Friday, January 15 House of Herps #2 – to Beetles in the Bush by this Friday, January 15 Friday Ark #278- to The Modulator by this Thursday, January 15 I and the Bird #117 – to the Marvelous in Nature by January 19 [...]

Nature Blog Networking: NBN Rocks!

When I suggested a theme of rocks, I probably could have done a slightly better job explaining what I had in mind.  But thankfully, there are plenty of NBN blogs that sort of fit the bill in several different ways.  See, we have a Rocks/Minerals category on the toplist, but it has but one lonely [...]

Featured Blog: Birder’s Lounge

Our featured blog this week is Birders Lounge, and our author and hostess is Amber Coakley. Amber  has been blogging at Birder’s Lounge since May, 2008, and recently helped launch the new carnival, House of Herps. Though birds are her primary focus, Amber has deep appreciation and unbridled enthusiasm for all wildlife. If you’d like [...]

Community Bulletin Board – January 10, 2010

Don’t forget, the NBN board isn’t just for announcing events! If you have contests or promotions, want to share a new project you’re involved in, share a cause you believe in, have items you wish to sell, want to solicit feedback from the NBN community, or anything else that might be of interest to our [...]

Friday Roundup: January 8, 2010

In the nature blog community, genres are represented by eight or nine separate but equally important carnivals.  These are those carnivals. *dun-dun* –=====– Scientia Pro Publica #18 – the last carnival of 09 at Reconciliation Ecology.  Think back wistfully! Circus of the Spineless #46 – Charge into the new year at Adventures of a Free [...]

Newest Blogs in the Network: 1-6-2010

Birds Birding Newfoundland with Dave Brown – Old World meets New World. An exploration of the avifauna of Newfoundland. Conservation Birding…The Next Generation – Field Identification, Education, and Conservation with the Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Youth Outreach Committee Fraoch Woodland – woodland located in the Cairngorms in Scotland. It is now being actively managed by introducing [...]

Carny Deadlines: January 5, 2010

I hope your 2010 resolutions involve carnival submissions.  Quick, here’s your chance! –=====– I and the Bird #116 – to Listening Earth Blog by the end of the day today! Friday Ark #277- to The Modulator by this Thursday, January 7 Scientia Pro Publica #20 – to TBA by January 15 House of Herps #2 – [...]