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The Social Networking of Penguins

This is not new news, as it's been reported by a few media resources and blogs already. But it's a new experience for me. Last night I discovered and enjoyed social networking for preteens in an environment known as Club Penguin, ...READ»

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Fixing Your Marketing - The Problem of Penguins

Reason #1 why your marketing doesn’t work – You are using Big Business marketing rules. If you’re playing by their rules, you’re going to lose just about every time.READ»

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Should Sea Otters Count for Carbon Credits?

Should we be rewarded for shooting ourselves in the foot and then backtracking? Apparently so, at least when it comes to carbon credits. Sea otters, a species that almost went extinct due to fur hunting in the 18th and 19th ...READ»

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hummingbird feeder nectar

Nectar coming from plants is the principal food hummingbirds feed on. There are premade nectar if you want to please them and make them linger on your yard from this day onwards.READ»

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More than You Ever Wanted to Know

Did you know? A True Casanova. As part of porcupine foreplay, the male porcupine urinates on the female. This apparently excites the female and gets her "ready." You're Such a Tease. A female porcupines likes to keep her man (or ...READ»

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Zoo Installs Electronic Polar Bears to Replace Real Animals

First we looked at an architect that wants to build a massive artificial mountain in the middle of Berlin. Now comes word that the St. Louis Zoo has decided to replace its polar bears with electronic replacements. Um, what? The ...READ»

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Revisiting Melville's "Moby Dick" in 2010: A Cautionary Tale for Yesterday and Today

I've spent the last week reading Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." And like all great literature, what you see in it reflects who you are when you read it: it wasn't hard for me to see a cautionary tale about sustainability.READ»

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A Luxury Hotel for London's Bees. Yes, Bees

Five-star opulence in the works for London's preternaturally spoiled insectsREAD»

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Your Boss Is a Monkey

"Managing up" using the tricks of exotic-animal trainingREAD»

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Bird Brains: Feathered Friends Snag Supercomputer Power

Crowdsourcing its data, and now crunching it on supercomputers--ornithology is officially the science of the Internet age.READ»

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Please Don't Feed the Consultants

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Map of social media recruiting

In honor of Robert Scoble's social media starfish, I created a recruiting version called the social media recruiting starfish. These are tools any employer can use to promote themselves and attract candidates.  READ»

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Haagen-Dazs Gets Busy With Honey Bee Haven

An ice cream giant and a California University have paired up to celebrate National Honey Bee Awareness Day.READ»

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Do Porcupines Practice Safe Sex?

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Make Tracks

The forest is speaking to us all of the time, says master tracker Paul Rezendes, and telling us about the wildlife within it. But the only way to get the message is to read the woods.READ»

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Nonsense At Work

The lobsters holding you back Do you have lobsters on your team? For your sake, I hope not. I recently suggested on my radio show and on my blog that you must fill your position if you want to keep it and more than fill it if ...READ»

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Jonah Evans' CyberTrackers Mark Their Territory in Wildlife Counting Clash

Two factional tribes have emerged in the world of citizen-scientist wildlife trackers. READ»

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Monkey See, Monkey Do

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Monkey Business

How many monkeys would a monkey catcher catch if a monkey catcher bauble-baited bottles? How many consultants can the Consultant Debunking Unit debunk by checking out the latest monkey metaphor?READ»

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Japanese Fight Giant Jellyfish Invasion With Jellyfish-Infused Space Candy

A raw caramel craze is sweeping Japan. At the same time, fishermen in the Sea of Japan are tormented by invasive swarms of Echizen Kurage (Nomura's jellyfish), a giant jellyfish that weighs 450 pounds and measures two meters ...READ»

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Place Your Bets on When the Polar Bear Population Disappears

If the world is going to hell in a handbasket, why not make some money in the process? That seems to be the thinking behind Irish bookmaker Paddy Power's plan to take bets on the global polar bear population on December 31, 2011.READ»

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Why You’ve Got To “Play Nice With Others”

In today’s business climate where so much is changing so quickly, you’ve got to focus on your core competency: What is it that you do that is truly unique, valuable and differentiated?  The answer to this question may change ...READ»

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3 Important Things You Can Learn From The Wild Animal Kingdom

Have you ever stopped, I mean really stopped for a minute to listen, hear, smell and feel the sounds of the wild animals around you? They’re everywhere…in the city, in the suburbs, in the skies and underground. And they have something to say to you…can you hear them? READ»

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Flawless to Clueless, Part III: Peanut Birdfeeder

One of the great joys of living in Palisades, New York, is that it is teaming with wildlife. When I saw the Peanut Birdfeeder in the "Design Within Reach" catalog, it looked way too beautiful to actually work. I was skeptical, but decided to spend the $90 to give it a try.READ»

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Gross: In Design, Bugs Are the New Black

From ant-trail chairs to centipede lamps, entomology is the new hotness.READ»