Live Science

The story about the flexible-necked, water-exiting, land-borne-bug stabbing catfish (oh, I know, we've all heard that one a million times) came from Live Science. Their front page today has a story entitled Amphibian Young Eat Mom’s Skin.

Many amphibian moms provide their young with an egg yolk nutrient sac and then take off, leaving the kids to fend for themselves.

Now scientists have found the world's most doting amphibians: mothers that let offspring eat the skin off their backs.

Brooding Bolengerula taitanus moms transform their skin into a nutrient-rich meal for developing offspring. The youngsters squirm all over mom's body, peeling off the outer layer of skin with special teeth.

Now that's what I call good news reporting. And the best part: they have video.

And I just found Live Science Blogs. They've got a live Animal World blog, a live Human Biology blog, a live astronomy blog, even a history blog.

They also reminded me of a blog I'd forgotten about, Pharyngula, by biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, PZ Meyers.

Class dismissed.