It’s a girl! The big reveal didn't come with pink and blue fireworks, colored cake, or any other gender-reveal activities.

"Sun, sun, sun, here we come," might be the adapted Beatles song if sung by a bale, turn, or flotilla (all names for a group) of painted turtles.

Is it fair to forsake a whole category of creature?

Everybody’s got a story but Trip Barnes has more stories than anybody. 

If we pull it off, it will be a great caper.

Pat Tyra wants to know who to call. Would it be animal control, public works, landscape or a pest control professional?  

The question would confuse even Shakespeare. To hyphenate or not to hyphenate?   

Orcas sleep with one eye open.

What does it mean to be American? It's a good (and complicated) question that I won't endeavor to answer.

Invertebrate investigations dominated discussions in our house last week.