Carnivalia, and an open thread

Animals and education await you at these fine carnivals:

The Tangled Bank

It's time for the Tangled Bank next week, at About Archaeology — send your tired, your poor…wait, no, send those links to science articles to me or host@tangledbank.net by Tuesday!

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Another Tangled Bank is coming up next week at Science Notes. Send those links to science-related blog posts to Mona Albano, me, or host@tangledbank.net by Tuesday! In the meantime, while you're waiting for the Tangled Bank, you can read these other fine carnivals. Animalcules 1.7 Carnival of…
Next week, the Tangled Bank will be hosted at Migrations, so get those entries in to me or host@tangledbank.net by Tuesday! You can always read a few other carnivals first and get inspired. Friday Ark #147 I and the Bird #54 Or go ahead, you can just blather away in the comments on whatever…
The next Tangled Bank will be at Further Thoughts on 2 April — it's time to send those links in to me or host@tangledbank.net. Meanwhile, get inspired to write some Tangled Bank-worthy posts by reading these fine carnivals. The Carnival of the Cities I and the Bird #71 Carnival of the Liberals #…
Here are a few new carnivals: Oekologie #5 Friday Ark #139 I and the Bird #49 The next Tangled Bank will be at geek counterpoint on Wednesday, 23 May — send those links in to me or host@tangledbank.net.

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Well, guess what? The bees are disappearing. In massive numbers. All around the world. And if you think I'm being alarmist and that, "Oh, they'll figure out some way to pollinate the plants..." No, they've tried. For a lot of what we eat, only bees work. And they're not working. They're gone.