Science Traffic noise creates angry birds in the Galapagos Gail Sherman

Galapagos The informal post office in the middle of the ocean Natalie Dressed

conservation Diego and other giant tortoises head to home island after saving their species Andrea James

Delightful Creatures First time mom at 100: endangered tortoises hatch at Philly zoo Gail Sherman

Alan Turing Interactive web toy transforms Turing's morphogenesis theory into digital art Mark Frauenfelder

florida Florida man and spouse arrested for stealing endangered Galapagos tortoises and rare comic books David Pescovitz

whales Giant whale sinks 44-foot boat, sailors rescued David Pescovitz

animals This is the first known albino baby Giant Galapagos Tortoise observed by humans Thom Dunn

animals Watch a bold sea lion take a dip at a resort pool and boot another guest out of his lounge chair David Pescovitz

Beautiful Creatures The Red-lipped batfish is dolled up and ready to go Popkin

futility closet Two settlers disappeared from a small Eastern Pacific island in 1934 Futility Closet

NASA Quarantine survival advice from Buzz Aldrin and other astronauts Thom Dunn

Science Watch crane collapse onto boat, causing a terrible oil spill in the Galapagos Islands David Pescovitz

illusions Freak out on this fantastic hand illusion David Pescovitz

Science Look at this majestic school of hammerhead sharks ready to mate David Pescovitz

animals Watch this iguana run for its life from a snake attack David Pescovitz

photography Glorious bird photos that won the 2016 Audubon Society Photography Awards David Pescovitz

Science Oklahoma's repeat-offender Republican Creationist lawmakers take another run at science education Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets Pre-mutated products: where did all those "hoverboards" come from? Cory Doctorow