Ecological expedition to remote New Guinea cloud forest discovers many new species of insects, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds. Photography: Tim Laman, National Geographic National Geographic Photo Gallery I dream of trips like this. So. Very. Cool!

Here is a response I received (from a friend, not a politician) to my e-mail about mountaintop removal: I can so support this cause. I have seen the effects of strip mining in Southern Illinois and in...sometimes toss in a few seed trees that will die in the dead clay that lacks any compost. Mud ruts instead of the original landscape. Useless reclaimed, so called, land that is unfit for anything