Here’s the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening. I see bored people:

The Happening is a… thriller in which a family must survive a global environmental crisis. Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel star as an estranged couple who must escape this apocalyptic epidemic. [Link]
The New Yorker and the NYT discuss the phenomenon of disappearing bees.
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Dr. Raj Pachauri, fan of the extreme combover, could easily have been cast in Pacino’s role in The Devil’s Advocate. Ironically, he works against the fire and brimstone of global warming. The UN group he chairs now shares this year’s Nobel Peace Prize:

Rajendra Kumar Pachauri… was elected chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]

Knightley feeds an orphaned elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. [Link]
An absurd Keira Knightley spread in Vogue (via Fashionista). Strapping designer wear on these undernourished babies is like throwing a JonBenét beauty pageant.

This is the story of how the humble bamboo plant caused India to bomb its own citizens on Indian soil.
The bamboo which covers a third of the Indian state of Mizoram flowers every 48 years and disperses golf-ball-sized seeds (thanks, JangiahMan). The sudden profusion of food sets off an explosion in the giant field rat […]

As India modernizes, caring for sick or abandoned cows has become more of an issue.
VARANASI, INDIA
At an open-air barn outside this holy Hindu city, a gaushala, a “cow residence” or asylum, is doing its part to fulfill the ancient tradition of caring for India’s famously sacred cows.
Today, there are more than 4,000 gaushalas – a […]

What to do in a tropical state — take the kids to a snowsim. Check out the modest SnowWorld in Hyderabad:

Alligator snapping turtle — not the Ganga kind, but fierce

This one will turn your stomach: almost two decades ago, Ganga river management released $32M worth of flesh-eating turtles to deal with uncremated bodies released into the river.
Scavenger turtles that live in the Ganges River devour human corpses, making it possible for devout Hindus to deposit […]

PETA member and EPA employee Jabeen Akhtar got dressed up for the Exotic Erotic (NSFW) last winter to protest a circus in Charlotte, NC (via SM):

Ladies and gents, let me clear up a common childhood misconception: elephants are dangerous. And they’re the subject of tonight’s Threatdown. Top threat? Elephants, or as I like to call them, giant crappers of terror. Oh sure, we’ve all read Babar and seen Main Aur Mera Haathi (Me and My Elephant). The NYT, or NAMBLA, […]

You’ll be happy to know that PETA has gone to bat so that animals can swing their batons. They’re making sure Indian zoo animals get laid at least once a year:
The Supreme Court, on a petition filed by NGO People for Ethical Treatment to Animals, have sought responses from various authorities on why over 500 […]