Ecology Nerd Gifts

"What the heck? The humans are washing in our waterhole with soap!"

Ecology

Striving to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, scientists attempt to harness the energy of a toddler's tantrum.

Ascent of Machine.

"Usually gardeners only have green thumbs, so you must really spend a lot of time in the garden."

"With less ice these days this provides better camouflage."

"Technically, it's a mammal."

"It's the dawn of a new era"

"Walking erect is very trendy now."

The Age of Reptiles. . .

Conflating Science and Grammar. The boy threw the ball. What grammatical role does "ball" play in this sentence? An object in motion!

The Dance of the Penguins Once the March Is Over

"I'm an evolution denier. There's no way those people come from us."

Neil Armstrong Outtakes

Save the whales. . . Save the pandas. . . Save the planet.

'...so if we can save enough maybe, just maybe, next year we'll be migrating courtesy of British Airways.'

"When will somebody cut the grass?"

Naked Mole Rat

"I'm afraid you need knee surgery."

Pregnant Panda at Edinburgh Zoo: 'Congratulations, Wilkinshaw...'

The real reason why flamingos are pink

Vaccine

'If only Darwin could have seen this.'

European Union Health and Safety Direcorate rules

'I would love to be more energetic, but there is nothing I can do: It's a genetic condition...'

Cliff Notes

'Okay, I see it now...lame in the third hind leg on the left side!'

"You looked a lot bigger on your dating profile."

"I get the strange feeling this has happened before."

"No son of mine is going into entomology."

Worries of the first single cell organism. Should I divide? Maybe I won't like my other self! Maybe it won't like me! Two might be nice company. Three, though, that could be crowded.

Why giraffes hate winter

The day Bob finally understood radiation of species.

"Nasty sunburn."