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Welcome to the 19th edition of Circus of the Spineless!
This month’s theme has to do with discovery.
Almost everything to do with invertebrates involves one or another form of discovery — whether it’s searching for a creature, trying to identify it, or figuring out what it’s doing. After several years of studying and […]

We’re back with another wonderful edition of Good Planets. For this edition, I asked contributors to send photos that are associated with memories. I believe you’ll agree that the following images and text are both lovely and fascinating.
Note: Click on all images to see larger views.
Xris of Flatbush Gardener sent this photo […]

A few notes and reminders before I go on to my main post of the day:
* Hummingbird Migration: I’ve added a new link to the Citizen Science page of my blog. It’s a link to the Hummingbird Migration page where you view updating maps of the first-sightings-of-the-season of male Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in Canada […]

Sorry to be tardy in getting Good Planets up this morning. However, we’ve had a rather crazy week and I’m running a little behind. Last weekend, Don was knocked out of action with a kidney stone and ended up in the hospital for a couple of days. All is well and, despite […]

This month’s edition of Circus of the Spineless is now up at Pharyngula. Lots of wonderful blog posts and photos feature invertebrates. Yours truly has a few in among them.
The next edition of COTT will take place right here at Burning Silo. If you would like to submit a post or some […]