Pic o’ the Week: Sand Grain Kaleidoscope

Ah! If I had the eyes to see,And brain to understand,I think Life's mystery might beSolved in this grain of sand. --Robert William Service   Here, a microphotograph by Dr. Gary Greenberg of sand, that stuff the we love to get between our toes on the beach. Greenberg's passion is revealing the 'secret beauty of nature' by …

Pic o’ the Week: Sea Turtle Hatchlings

Photo by Scott R. Benson, NOAA Fisheries "The ancient mariner who has seen both the fall of dinosaurs andthe dawn of humankind, this master navigator now,ironically, needs us ... to chart a path to its future." -Carl Safina   These Leatherback turtle hatchlings are heading into the sea for the first time. Only a few of …