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Animal of the Month:
Leafy Sea Dragon

Photo by Sherry Smith, Monterey Bay Aquarium, April 2010.

Welcome the Chinese New Year of the dragon by learning about wispy, olive-green leafy sea dragons living in underwater rocky pools of Western Australia.

Poems Inspired by
Nature's Shapes

Do you enjoy haiku poems? Does nature inspire you? Browse a collection of haiku, Land Shapes, by Sherry Weaver Smith and illustrated with meditative Chinese brush paintings by Sylvia Van Strijthem. Find out more at the Hiking and Haiku blog.

Animal and Plant Personality Quiz

What animal or plant are you? Find out by taking our quiz featuring 16 fascinating animals and plants.

"To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon."

-- Proverb