Nature, in all its myriad forms and illimitable glory, makes for a mighty enticing blogging topic. In a sense, blogs have become extensions of...

but makes for quality blogging, as evidenced by the fifth edition of Carnival of the Blue at Shifting Baselines.

Rats are responsible for more extinctions than any creature except humans. Biologists in Alaska are trying to extirpate rats from the soon-to-be-inaptly-named Rat Island,...

Once again I was required by my job to take the two-hour drive west on I-88 to Binghamton, New York. So, foolhardy and obstinate...