Mount Mabu and its wildlife. "It was one of the few places on the planet that remained unmapped and unexplored. But now Mozambique's Mount Mabu has started to yield its secrets to the world." [Via]

Posing as a Bidder, Utah Student Disrupts Government Auction of 150,000 Acres of Wilderness for Oil & Gas Drilling. "He didn't pour sugar into a bulldozer's gas tank. He didn't spike a tree or set a billboard on fire. But wielding only a bidder's paddle, a University of Utah student just as surely monkey-wrenched a federal oil- and gas-lease sale Friday, ensuring that thousands of acres near two southern Utah national parks won't be opened to drilling anytime soon."

The Art of R.S. Connett. [Via]

The Jesus Christ dinosaur hypothesis for the evolution of flight. [Via]

In Repeat of Milgram’s Electric Shock Experiment, People Still Pull the Lever.

Sketching the Earliest Views of the New World. "The watercolors that John White produced in 1585 gave England its first startling glimpse of America". [Via]

Earth Atmosphere "Breathes," Thanks to Solar Winds.

The Natural History of Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids. [Via]

The Art of Herakut.

Greg Laden's Congo Memoirs.

The Ghosts of Antarctica: Abandoned Stations and Huts.

Awake. Abstract Expression of Tibetan Buddhism. [Via]

42 Magnificent Works of Modern Earth and Land Art.

Jumping in Art Museums. [Via]

Lost Tribes of the Green Sahara.

And now, a singing crocodile dressed as a cowboy teaches you to meditate. [Via]

Has an alien comet infiltrated the solar system?

The Long Road to Modernity.

The body swap illusion.

The strange phenomenon of fungi that shine in Japan. [Via]