Bali is festivals and floral offerings, ceremonies and spas, the echo of gamelan music floating across rice fields … centuries-old temples, intricately-carved wooden masks, hypnotic dance, batik, magical double-ikat weaving, and Ubud’s Sacred Monkey Forest. View more than 300 photos of Bali’s best sights…
“Nothing in life is more important than sex.” So says Steinhart Aquarium Director Bart Shepherd, and I’m inclined to agree. Shepherd recently announced the opening of a new exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences about sex, mating, and evolution.
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“Lenny had asked me not to feed the birds, but he didn’t say what to do if a bird tried to feed me.” Read the story of my relationship with a fiery-billed aracari named Stravinsky. The Costa Rican bird had a gift for me—a new way to see the world.
I didn’t know whether I was being kidnapped or rescued — that was what made my one big decision so difficult. That and the fact that I was young and foolish, and more than a little anxious about being stranded in the North African desert.
Our relationship began with my quick peek at a wildly pornographic image in Thomas Cahill’s popular book, How the Irish Saved Civilization. An ancient goddess, Sheela is rendered symbolically, stripped of all but the essential features. She is naked, bald, and breastless, and reaches both arms behind her bent legs, using her hands to …
