Underwater Volcano Erupts Near Tonga
A team from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration caught the first ever video recording of an underwater volcano erupting.
Environmental Film Festival Review: RiverWebs
Monday evening I saw another film from the Environmental Film Festival, a screening of RiverWebs at the Japan Information and Culture Center
Creationists Visit the Natural History Museum
Everyone is welcome at the Smithsonian Institution, though we locals may grumble when our museums start to fill up with tourists in the spring
Wolves to Lose Protection in Idaho and Montana
Since the first wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995, the population has grown to 1,500 or more
Picture of the Week—Lake Disappointment
The colors in this picture remind me of Vincent van Gogh, but it’s not a painting
The Disappearing Arctic Coastline
For this month’s collection of 15 Must-See Endangered Cultural Treasures, I wrote about Herschel Island, on the coast of the Canadian Yukon
What’s your take on this? Dorky? Effective?(Hat tip to the Knight Science Journalism Tracker)
Able to identify the orchids in these photos?
Ornithological Data From Your Own Backyard
It’s time to fill up the birdfeeders, pull out the field guide, and polish your binocular lenses
The Year of Charles Darwin Ultimate Tour (Part 2)
Back in December, I wondered if you could plan an itinerary for the entire year in which everything you did was Darwin-related
A Melting Antarctica Could Bring an Underwater Smithsonian
Some unknown day in the future, ongoing climate change virtually assures the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt away
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