What’s been on The Great Beyond this week and a few extras…

Monday April 28

Live super-size squid autopsy / World’s top 100 brains / Polar bear not ‘endangered’, just ‘concerning’

Tuesday April 29

Storm over global-warming sceptic hurricane man / US states sued over wolf status / Sebastian’s super synthetic spider silk

Wednesday April 30

UPDATE – Storm over global-warming sceptic hurricane man / Asian vulture numbers dwindle / ‘Greenwashing’ complaints rise / RIP Albert Hofmann

Thursday May 01

Taking oil companies to task / ‘Decade break’ in global warming / Parasitic hermit plant found in Mexico / ‘Miracle powder re-grows finger’ / Keep your damn eco-cars, say US politicians

Friday May 02

Audio special: babbling bird brains / Duck deaths highlight tar sands problems / South Africa resumes elephant culls

Other Nature blog posts you may have missed

Climate Feedback: Antarctica’s warmer past revealed

In the Field: Emma Marris is off to see the Greater Prairie Chicken

Nautilus: Evolution and science education

Ones that got away

How Dan Dare shaped Britain, from the Guardian

Are Americans really marrying for health insurance? From the LA Times

Cloaking device? Massive eyes? It’s that squid again! From National Geographic