Sarah L. Hawthorn

Freaky Animals

The Frog Pond #14: Shady Baleen (Sarah's Version)

A 2018 study (that I found through a Tumblr post) found that humpback whales have developed a new foraging strategy to catch their prey!

Gnarly Nature

The Frog Pond #13: Ancient nuclear reactors (+cute cat photos enclosed!)

Or, I'm entranced by nuclear energy and our new cat!

Freaky Animals

The Frog Pond #12: I'm Not Like Other Shrimps (I'm enormous)

Or, Anomalocaris deserves more love.

Climate Chaos

The Frog Pond #11: Saving the Night Sky

Or, spoiler: I GOT AN AGENT.

Gnarly Nature

The Frog Pond #10: A Medley of Mayhem

Or, 3 fun facts about poison, fennel and moonquakes.

Gnarly Nature

The Frog Pond #9: Fairy Rings (and Circles)

Or, the facts behind a piece of fungus fairy folklore.

Gnarly Nature

The Frog Pond #8: Rain of Terror

Or, the day meat fell on Kentucky - or did it?

Gnarly Nature

The Frog Pond #7: I was not prepared for how cool fungi are

Or, the fungus amongus is humongous.

Debunking Tweets

The Frog Pond #6: Liquid Trees

Or, lies about trees and truths about algae.

Freaky Animals

The Frog Pond #5: Vulture Bees

Or, the rotting meat and misinformation of vulture bees

Weird Places

The Frog Pond #4: Subterranean Forest

Or, forests dark and deep (within the earth)

Strange Elements

The Frog Pond #3: All about aluminum

Or, a love letter to aluminum (atomic #13, #1 in my heart).