PZ’s Friday Cephalopod is an octopus putting on a fantastic threat display.

If you live in Dallas like I do, and if you have children, DON’T send them to this day school.  That is unless you’re into that kind of thing.

Utility companies in the U.S. are conspiring together on “a new disinformation campaign on climate change”.  How pathetic.  And a bit more on the memo, including a link to the full text and a WaPo story.  I seriously doubt they wanted anyone to see that letter.

Friday Ark #97 will grow throughout the weekend.  Be sure to visit often for an expanding list of great blogging, photos, and news from the animal kingdom.

New photographs show galaxies which have been violently reshaped through “interactions with gas clouds and other galaxies”.

For those who have already received the e-mail and those who will probably receive it in the near future, let me shoot down a stupid astronomical hoax winding its way through the internet.  In August, Mars will absolutely not look as large as the full moon.  Period.  If you get the e-mail, delete it like all other junk mail.  And this is a good reminder of why I hate chain letters: they are almost certainly untrue and a waste of time.