Cuttings (short and sweet):
- Look at all these basking sharks in drone footage from Basking Shark Scotland
- Follow Dr. Lindsay Marshall, a scientist and illustrator who recently became the first person in decades to illustrate an entire taxa, on twitter!
- More than 1,000 new islands have been officially added to Indonesia, the largest archipelago nation.
Spoils (long reads and deep dives):
- What scientists are most afraid of in 2017, by Kelly Oakes
- Scientists are building an animal fart database, by Jason Bittel
Share your own cuttings and spoils in the comments!