The Halo Corpse Alphabet was a rather macabre project with the goal being to represent every letter of the alphabet by the twisted, curved, stretched, and otherwise dead Spartan and Elite bodies from Halo 3. The Halo community was clearly up for the challenge as they miraculously managed to capture every single letter, number, and even some punctuation in the form of screenshots. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

The Deseret Alphabet came about on January 19, 1854 when the Board of Regents of the University of Deseret announced that they had adopted a new phonetic alphabet. The new alphabet consisted of 38 to 40 characters as part of a project to help simplify spelling in the English Language. Really neat info here. You can even download the font! picked by muppet 2 years ago

Butterfly sex is not as elegant an affair as you might think. It seems that male monarch butterflies conduct an all-out sperm war based on a crude measure of how much sperm is stored inside a female from a previous mating. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Jared von Hindman's latest alphabet. It's pretty... special. Yeahhhhh. I did enjoy "T" though.
(His other alphabets linked at the bottom.) picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

Harry Chapple, a four-year-old with an IQ of 144, who knew the alphabet backwards by the age of two, has been invited to join Mensa. picked by iamamaniac 4 months ago

The first Google Maps alphabet, featuring all 26 letters, has been created from satellite images of natural features and buildings by Rhett Dashwood.
On the top-right of the screen you can change the letter. picked by maandag 7 months ago

Blackalicious' video for his alphabet song. Teach this to your kindergarten class. picked by em0ney 2 years ago

Butterflies aren't the fastest flying insects but their erratic and seemingly random flight patters helps them to evade predators. If they are trying to avoid becoming some bird's dinner why are they so brightly colored and why do they have such massive wings when they can fly with just the front pair? picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago

MEXICO CITY - Satellite images show illegal loggers have clear-cut large swathes of trees in the heart of a monarch butterfly reserve in Mexico, threatening the entire population with extinction, according to a leading researcher. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Pictures of angel, fairy and butterfly wings tattooed on legs, backs, breasts, arms. picked by becauseilive 2 years ago

A restaurant in China is using the image of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to promote its spicy chicken wings. The Passion Barbecue Chicken Wings, in Shenyang, says its seasonings are a challenge for customers, just like Saddam was to the US and UK. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Wildlife Minister Huw Irranca-Davies said: "Climate change is having a detrimental effect on a number of our butterfly species and in parts of England we're in danger of losing some species all together.

Click the photos link in about the middle of the page. picked by bingo 7 months ago

A butterfly with transparent wings? Surely not. Yet there is a species that exhibits this trait. Take a close look at the incredible Glasswing, an enchanting species that confounds science. picked by cactushair 9 months ago

The rare El Segundo blue butterfly is back. Once relegated to a few small and fragile reserves, the nearly extinct butterfly with electric blue wings has expanded its territory to take up residence along the bluffs of a popular beach south of the Los Angeles International Airport. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Edward Gorey's ghastly alphabet book for sickly children who are kept locked up in damp dark rooms. picked by ogri2003 3 years ago

The butterflies deposit their larvae on marsh gentian plants where exploring ants find them, identify the chemical coating, and take the butterfly larvae back to the ant colony and feed them until they grow up and leave... picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

In addition to creating the letters, Mason's research group can pick up letters and reposition and reorient them in a microscale version of the game Scrabble

Those kooky scientists are always coming up with new ways to have fun. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

Butterfly researchers in Florida are selling the naming rights to a 4-inch-wide orange butterfly, with distinctive "owl-eye" spots, that they discovered in the Sonora state of Mexico. The auction will benefit butterfly research.

Update: The auction closed on 11/2 and they raised $34,000 picked by marli 2 years ago

"I couldn’t decide between CRYMPH or DLECH," said Chengdu high school student Mingmei Lee. "I know they both mean beautiful flower dancing in the wind in American, but I can't decide what looks prettier." picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

Scientists say they have seen one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed in a species of butterfly. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago