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Blogs
April 26, 2012
Kill The Geese, Now! (Or People Might Get Killed by Them)
Avians and airplanes are a bad mix -- and the skies above New York City are no exception. On Tuesday, a bird strike prompted a JetBlue plane to make an emergency landing. Last week, also, a bird strike forced a Delta flight to make an emergency landing. And don't forget the Miracle on the Hudso ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2012
Dead Baby Dolphin Found in Jamaica Bay
A dead baby dolphin washed up on the Queens shoreline, and scientists think the infant might be part of a lager group that had recently been stranded off the Cape Cod coast. Officials from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation told the New York Daily News that the 3-foot d ... More >>
Film
February 1, 2012
Save the Humans! Actors and Whales Trapped in Big Miracle
A dead baby dolphin washed up on the Queens shoreline, and scientists think the infant might be part of a lager group that had recently been stranded off the Cape Cod coast. Officials from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation told the New York Daily News that the 3-foot d ... More >>
Blogs
December 27, 2011
The Couple Of The Year!
No, it wasn't Beyoncé and Jay-Z or Lindsay Lohan and the magistrate. It was Buddy and Pedro, the hot-looking penguins at the Toronto zoo.
Blogs
December 13, 2011
Matt Taibbi: Vampire Squid Metaphor 'Clearly Getting a Little Old'
In 2009, Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi applied the most apt metaphor for Goldman Sachs that anyone has yet come up with, calling the bank "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money." The phrase took ... More >>
Film
November 16, 2011
Happy Feet Two
In 2009, Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi applied the most apt metaphor for Goldman Sachs that anyone has yet come up with, calling the bank "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money." The phrase took ... More >>
Blogs
November 7, 2011
Eating Barnacles at Tertulia
The goose barnacle, shown about twice normal size We've all had the usual tapas - slices of Serrano ham, toasts brushed with fresh tomato, potato tortillas, and pale white pickled anchovies - but one of the advantages of going to a fashion forward tapas bar is stumbling on actual Spanish p ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2011
Everyone Loves Dolphins Except Me!
Dolphin Tale is a big hit, and every time a dolphin appears on cable, the ratings go higher than Jersey Shore. And if it's a dolphin on the Jersey Shore, forgetaboutit! Everyone simply adores dolphins, lining up for a chance to see them jump and splash and indulge in belly-to-belly copulation and ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2011
Ailing Penguin Stuck in New Zealand Offered Ride Home Or Spot At SeaWorld
Happy Feet, a young emperor penguin, is stranded in New Zealand. It (scientists haven't determined if the bird is male or female) arrived there last Monday, its appearance being the first time in 44 years that an emperor penguin has been spotted in New Zealand. All is not well. Happy Feet fel ... More >>
Film
June 15, 2011
Waddle Waddle, Mug, Repeat: Mr. Popper's Penguins
Happy Feet, a young emperor penguin, is stranded in New Zealand. It (scientists haven't determined if the bird is male or female) arrived there last Monday, its appearance being the first time in 44 years that an emperor penguin has been spotted in New Zealand. All is not well. Happy Feet fel ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Prospect Park's Geese to Be Eaten by Pennsylvanians
Following last year's mass slaughter of Prospect Park geese, the Department of Environmental Protection is trying to appease its numerous critics. Not by emphasizing its concern for animal welfare, mind you, but by touting its dedication to recycling. This summer, instead of being left to rot ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2011
Prince William and Duchess Kate Adopt Baby Penguin
Prince William And Duchess Kate (née Middleton) are the perfect picture of romance right now. Their wedding went off without a hitch, the frenzy around them has died down, and they've gone back to normal royal lives. But they're already adding a third member to their family; no, Kate's not p ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2011
This Is the Sound a Baby Penguin Makes When It Is Tickled
In this day and age, it is common that many of the key mysteries of life are solved via YouTube videos. "What does a baby penguin sounds like when being tickled?" is clearly one. "What is bumblefoot?" remains unsolved by this video, however, which is why we will tell you that Cookie's ailment is "a ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2011
Naked Penguins Have No Explanation, Shame
"Don't look at us, we have feathers." Photo via HighlandBladePenguins on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean have been struck with a peculiar ailment that is leaving scientists confused and the birds chilly. It has been dubbed "feather-loss disorder," and its root cause is unknown. The Wildlife ... More >>
Blogs
February 24, 2011
Dolphins Save Dog!!! Dolphins Save Dog!!!!!
Strife in the Middle East got you down? Union-busting bills taking the shine off your afternoon? Are you Lindsay Lohan? Time to cheer up, because a group of dolphins in Florida helped save a dog stranded in a canal. South Florida's NBC 2 reports that Turbo, an 11-year-old Doberman, was strand ... More >>
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February 16, 2011
Japan Cancels Whale Hunt Because People Might Get Hurt
After repeated face-offs between Japanese whaling ship the Nisshin Maru and the Bob Barker and the Gojira -- boats helmed by anti-whaling activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society -- Japan has called off its yearly Antarctic whale hunt citing "safety concerns." Via BBC News, "Putti ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2011
World's Oldest Winery Found; Clotted Whale Cholesterol is Latest Cool Cocktail Ingredient
Lettie Teague considers the outrageous wine bottle upsell at some restaurants and asks just how much is too much. [Wall Street Journal] Scientists have discovered the world's oldest known winery in a cavern in Armenia, outside a village still known for its winemaking skills. [Wall Street Jou ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2011
Penguin Walks All Over Sea Lion
It's hard to say who we feel for more in this video of animal mishaps -- the adorable small penguin who "accidentally" stumbles over the wallowing sea lion, or the sea lion who is awoken from his nap by the sudden appearance of a penguin upon his back. Antics ensue! Faces are red! There is thrashing ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2010
Goose Murderers: We Know What You Did Last Summer
You may have put it out of your mind temporarily, in an effort to heal, but you should never forget. We're talking about those hundreds of geese (and baby geese!) brutally murdered over the summer because they might "accidentally" fly into planes. According to the Brooklyn Paper, they "were o ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2010
Dealing with Canada Geese: Make Lunch, Not Landfills
Bill Allen1/flickrDinner, anyone?This summer, New York State announced a plan to help control its Canada Goose population by eliminating some 170,000 birds through gassing, hunting, and birth control. In Prospect Park, some 400 geese were rounded up and euthanized, their bodies then tossed in ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2010
What's Happening This Week: Burlesque Cocktail Hour; Cooking Canada Goose
As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Drunken Dragon Nights Macao Trading Co. Monday, October 25 at 11 p.m. Calamity Chang and her sexy cohorts are back for another evening of burlesque cabaret, featuri ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 6, 2010
FREE FLIPPER
Protest the killing of dolphins in Japan
Blogs
August 17, 2010
Park Slope Zombie Geese Returning in Droves to Make Up for Fallen Comrades
In the epic battle of humans vs. geese, it seems that geese have a win. A little more than a month after the mass gassing of some 400 Prospect Park geese that included the goosicide of folk hero Sticky, the birds are back like part two of a good zombie movie. We imagine they are none too happ ... More >>
Theater
August 11, 2010
'Summer Shorts 4' Does Little for the Season
A one-act program at 59E59 Theaters offers short plays by Deb Margolin, Timothy Mason, Roger Heddin, and Neil LaBute
Blogs
July 28, 2010
Outlaw Geese Flout Feds, Are Decidedly Not 'Down'
Had you lost all hope for New York State's beleaguered, massacred geese? Fear not! The Brooklyn Paper reports today that our avian friends are making a comeback. At least 37 geese have been seen in the lake in Prospect Park since the recent mass euthanasia, and the rebel birds are being aided and ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2010
Breaking: Snoop Dogg, Humanitarian Environmentalist, Pimps Out a Sea Lion
Via Metro UK/Bob Couey.When he's not besting Chuck Norris by smoking weed, rapper/actor/father/husband/philanthropist/botanist Snoop Dogg is now besting everyone by pimping out not a "ride," not a goblet, not even a small child, but a sea lion. Yes: A Sea Lion. While other rappers are busy doing ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2010
Mike Bloomberg Issues Ultimatum: "It's Geese or Human Beings"
via New York TimesYou've probably heard that a whole bunch of Canada geese were exterminated earlier this month, since they have an unfortunate tendency, when not minding their own business in Prospect Park, to occasionally fly into planes. Even poor Sticky, the goose shot with an arrow who w ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2010
New York State Geese Are All Fucked
You thought it was bad that 400 Canada geese in Prospect Park were killed? Now the state is planning to euthanize 170,000 of them. Run for your lives, geese! According to City Room, who got hold of a report by some government agencies, "The nearly 400 geese gassed to death this month after ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2010
Special Things for People Without Summer Fridays: Baby Sea Lion (Video!)
New babies! We love new babies. Especially when they are super-cute baby sea lions born at the New York Aquarium: An as-yet-unnamed female sea lion has been born to mama sea lion Clarice, and is the first sea lion to be born at the Aquarium.
Blogs
July 18, 2010
New York Post Declares Geese "Clear and Present Danger," Supports Wiping Them Out
There's nothing like stoking the fear which sits mostly dormant -- though it's certainly there -- in the bellies of New Yorkers everywhere. Mentioning Giuliani usually gets 'em going, but if you want to cut the crap, mention airplane crashes. Or worse, almost-airplane crashes. That's the stra ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Studies in Grit: Tough-as-Nails Geese Survive Prospect Park Massacre
It seems only yesterday that 400 Canada geese were tragically euthanized in Prospect Park. We thought that the park's goose population was done, finito, kaput. But today, just when we had given up hope, good news! As many as four survivors of the mass slaughter have been spotted near the lake ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2010
Wanted: Information on Sticky's Whereabouts after the Prospect Park Goose Massacre
via The New York TimesRemember Sticky? He was the Prospect Park goose who was flying and swimming with an arrow through his neck a few weeks ago. He was a local media sweetheart for several days as he evaded capture by park employees and then surfaced again sans arrow. Well, he narrowly escap ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2010
Pescetarian Delights of NYC: Ika Sansai
While ice cream or a cold beer are more common antidotes to the summer's oppressive humidity, a few forkfuls of chilled squid salad can provide more unlikely succor.
Blogs
March 18, 2010
Sunny Times For Fire Island
The gay ghetto known as Fire Island is starting to recover from a bad 2009, which is good news for the gays who work out all day so they can do drugs all night.
Blogs
March 15, 2010
The Hump Is "Sincerely" Sorry for Serving Whale Meat
Sei whale is no longer on the menu at the Hump.What a difference a federal misdemeanor charge makes: three days after the U.S. Attorney's Office charged the owners of the Santa Monica, Ca., sushi restaurant the Hump and its sister restaurant, Typhoon, with violating the Marine Mammal Protecti ... More >>
Film
July 28, 2009
The Cove Exposes the Horrific Treatment of Dolphins
But what about the uglies?
Film
March 25, 2009
ND/NF: Louis Psihoyos Must Save the Dolphins
But what about the uglies?
Voice Choices
August 12, 2008
FEMININE MYSTIQUE
Bringing the girls into the boys’ club
Books
December 4, 2007
The Fish That Wasn't
A whale of a cultural clash in an early New York legal battle
Film
July 17, 2007
Arctic Tale
A whale of a cultural clash in an early New York legal battle
Dining
April 24, 2007
Tonguing the Devil
East Village Japanese offers unusual home-style delicacies
Film
November 7, 2006
'Happy Feet'
East Village Japanese offers unusual home-style delicacies
Theater
September 13, 2005
Taking the Plunge
Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.
Film
June 14, 2005
'March of the Penguins'
Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.
Film
May 24, 2005
'Deep Blue'
Kirsten Childs's dolphins play dangerous human games. But referee Tina Landau's asleep.
Film
November 2, 2004
Slippery When Wet
Sullen Japanese twentysomethings—and pet jellyfish—adrift in neo-Buñuelian fantasy
Dance
March 23, 2004
A Man Dances and Everything is There: Skill, Smarts, Spirit
Sullen Japanese twentysomethings—and pet jellyfish—adrift in neo-Buñuelian fantasy
News
February 25, 2003
Zak the California Sea Lion
Sullen Japanese twentysomethings—and pet jellyfish—adrift in neo-Buñuelian fantasy
Books
September 26, 2000
'Voice' Authors
Sullen Japanese twentysomethings—and pet jellyfish—adrift in neo-Buñuelian fantasy
Books
February 8, 2000
The Sludge Report
Sullen Japanese twentysomethings—and pet jellyfish—adrift in neo-Buñuelian fantasy
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