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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