NYTIMES (Annie Roth) - What Did Jurassic Forests Sound Like? Like This.
Scientists spent over a decade reconstructing the calls of nine species of ancient insects to create the first accurate Jurassic soundscape.
NYTIMES (Ferris Jabr) - I Wanted an Ecologically Responsible Garden. It Was Harder Than I Thought.
The native plant movement gets a lot right, but there’s so much more to consider.
NYTIMES (Jonathan Wolfe) - David Attenborough, a Voice of Nature, Turns 100
Pictures and striking scenes from the making of perhaps the world’s most celebrated naturalist.
NPR (Lauren Frayer) - David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday
He was born before the Great Depression, came of age in WWII, and is still making wildlife documentaries. Brits call David Attenborough a national hero, as he celebrates his 100th birthday.
Juramaia, as featured in the Smithsonian Channel series Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates.'/Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Theodore Dalrymple) - Lizard Brains
With the coming of spring, nature’s mysteries are out to play. The post Lizard Brains appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Lizard Brains With the coming of spring, nature’s mysteries are out to play. TakiMag After what seemed like a biblical period of rain—40 days and 40 nights—the sun at last came out, as did the lizards on the terrace of my house in France, where I luxuriated with them in the warm spring sunshine. One of my many regrets is that I am not a naturalist, though I enjoy the casual observation of the natural world. Indeed, I can happily watch the lizards for extended periods of time: if only I knew how to interpret their behavior! One curious thing that has happened to the lizards in the last five years is that many…Open