Cuttings (short and sweet):

• Look at all these basking sharks in drone footage from Basking Shark Scotland 

 

 

 

 

 

• Follow Dr. Lindsay Marshall, a scientist and illustrator who recently became the first person in decades to illustrate an entire taxa, on twitter!
• More than 1,000 new islands have been officially added to Indonesia, the largest archipelago nation.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

• What scientists are most afraid of in 2017, by Kelly Oakes
• Scientists are building an animal fart database, by Jason Bittel 

Share your own cuttings and spoils in the comments!