Ornithology [video] Source: ScienceBlogs
People have always been conflicted about pursuing knowledge, and this short claymation film captures some of that emotion in this black comedy.

The snow has begun to fall and you have made a supply of hot cocoa or Irish coffee, as the case may be. You are ready for some holiday cheer to push away all the gloomy news from the networks and newspapers and internet.
Dick Sutcliffe, 90, Dies; Began 'Davey and Goliath' Source: The New York Times
The NYT reports: Dick Sutcliffe, whose idea to use animated characters to teach religious principles resulted in the cartoon show "Davey and Goliath," died on May 11 in Dallas, where he lived. He was 90.
Frank Zappa's 'Inca Roads' claymation videoSource: Scholars & Rogues
Here, have a plateful of genius... it's Frank Zappa with Mothers of Invention George Duke, Tom Fowler, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Chester Thompson and the extra-amazing Ruth Underwood, live in 1974 at L.A. TV station KCET, interspersed with Bruce Bickford's trippy claymation.
My Name is Earl to get Tim Burton TreatmentSource: buddytv.com
Stop motion engineer Rob Ronning and his team, whose credits include Nightmare Before Christmas, have been given the task of creating a two minute stop-motion animated sequence featuring the characters of My Name is Earl for the comedy's November 18th episode.