Friday, May 21, 2010

Friday Links: 5/21/2010

Peregrine Watch says "As of today, we still need to raise $3600 by June 1st to make Peregrine Watch possible this summer."   Donate here.  [Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory]


Researchers spent a month identifying new species in a very remote area of Indonesia, including five new palms and a giant rhododendron flower.  They also located the homeland of Berlepsch's six-wired bird of paradise, which was first described in the late 1800s, but a male had never been observed alive by western scientists.  [BBC News]


Pulpo cazatiburones: A cool video of a octopus taking on a shark, complete with dorky commentary.  [National Geographic via Ecoplaneta]


I wonder if I'll ever do a post about identifying archaea?  Probably not, but I'd love to.  [Olivia Judson]


Dot Earth riffs on synthetic biology.  [Dot Earth]

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