Each week, BIV staff will share with you some of the interesting stories we have found from around the web.
Timothy Renshaw, managing editor:
In the wide world of nature, there is occasionally good news to digest along with your daily mass extinction updates. Consider for starters the visual brilliance of Cactus bee balls, Yucatan rat snakes and other examples of the diversity of life on Earth captured in this roundup of wildlife photographer of the year winners. – BBC Science Focus Magazine
https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/the-big-buzz-around-the-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-winners/
And when it comes to quantity, it is pretty hard to beat 20,000,000,000,000,000. – The Conversation
Even coastal algae, which admittedly is not much fun at a party, has a lot to offer a world increasingly in need of dinner options. – New Atlas
https://newatlas.com/environment/coastal-algae-farms-future-food-crisis/
Emma Crawford, online editor:
Netflix without ads is not free. Here’s what it includes and what it excludes. Netflix had previously announced it was going to create a subscription option that included ads. But it turns out that viewers will still have to pay – albeit slightly less. – Forbes
