The other side of the mushroom
/Whatever catastrophe befell this birch, it allowed me to see the tops and bottoms of some polypore mushrooms at the same time. I'm sure a similar phenomenon inspired Lewis Carroll.
Scarborough, Maine
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Yipes, stripes
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This week's breaking news is that we (still) don't know what zebra stripes are for! A new study says, rather unshockingly, that they probably aren't much use as camouflage.
Read MoreRelative size of giraffes
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Giraffes have a relative called Sivatherium giganteum, which happens to be extinct. It wasn't as tall but apparently it was massive. Wanting to know just how massive, researchers did a 3D skeletal reconstruction and calculated an estimate of its mass.
Read MoreMoths go with the flow
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Silver Y moths are named for a silvery squiggle that adorns each forewing, like a handwritten y. Twice a year these moths (and a lot of songbirds) migrate over Europe while researchers track them with radar. But how do they deal with the wind?
Read MoreNot an everyday find
/Atlantic Puffin, Pine Point Beach, Maine