Aaron Carter

Aaron Carter is the younger brother of the Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter. He was a hip hop singer in the 90s but he is also an actor. Carter is no stranger to media scrutiny and is known for his tumultuous personal life, not least his relationships with teen actresses Hilary Duff and a number of legal problems including alleged speeding and drug possession.

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Ophidiophobes Beware

If you suffer from a fear of snakes, you might want to refrain from clicking on this link to an NPR report about the largest snake that ever lived, a 1-ton, 42-foot-long serpent.

The Big Wild

Click here to learn about an initiative to preserve Canada's wilderness.

Shirtless Lincoln Lewis

Lincoln Lewis is an Australian actor most well known for his role in Home and Away as Geoff Campbell. Lincoln is the son of rugby player Wally Lewis.

 

James Bamber shirtless photo shoot

James Bamber attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and was born in London although he has American citizenship (through birth). He is perhaps most famous for his role in the recent re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica as Lee 'Apollo' Adama, the show is now in its fourth and final season.

Gruesome Vultures?

From a continuing series at Slate.com on “revolting creatures” comes this article on vultures. Thus, vultures join ticks and jellyfishes among the yucky creatures featured in the series to date. Considering the important ecological role that vultures play as scavengers, I fear that this article does a great disservice to these birds.

Caption: Turkey Vulture chick. This photo by whiteoakart is used here courtesy of a Creative Commons license.

The article makes reference to the Turkey Vulture Society. It also inadvertently confuses the relationship between New World vultures and Old World vultures. Although they play similar ecological roles, they are not at all closely related. New World vultures (family Cathartidae) are evolutionarily most similar to storks and herons in the order Ciconiiformes, while Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) are closely aligned with hawks and eagles in the order Falconiformes.

As ungainly in appearance and disgusting in their dining habits as vultures may be, I fail to see how anyone could look dispassionately upon these birds as gruesome or revolting, or without great appreciation of the critically important role they play as nature's recyclers.

Caption: Turkey Vulture adult. This photo by hjelle is used here courtesy of a Creative Commons license.

Aaron Renfree

Aaron Renfree was a member of the pop group S Club 8, (a kids spin-off of S Club 7).  The group were supposed to be a support act for S Club 7's S Club Carnival Tour however they proved popular and went on tohave their own TV series S Club Juniors: The Story.