September 22nd, 2026

Natural Wonders

September 22nd, 2026

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More from The View from Lazy Point; A Natural Year in an Un natural World, by Carl Safina, we are in the ocean around the islands of Palau, the abundance of life in the reefs at Palau are described beautifully, as only Safina can write, and we meet scientists who study this area.

“…Bob says, ‘More kinds of corals live right here on this patch than in the entire Caribbean.’ Van Woesik amplifies: ‘actually there are more species of  hard corals growing on the concrete dock at the lab – I’ve actually counted – than in the whole Caribbean”  ~~why is abundance??