Calling all science tourists! Inspired by the exotic research locales of two News Features last week, a Nature Network forum asks, “What did you do with your summer holiday?”

One feature treks to coastal Chile to record the return of jumbo squid, prized by neuroscientists for their giant nerve axons (Nature 454, 934–936; 2008). The other visits a remote volcanic island where scientists are studying a fragile ecosystem that is literally emerging out of the Indian Ocean (Nature 454, 930–932; 2008).

The author of this column enjoyed a brief sojourn at the northern Californian rock pools and beaches immortalized by John Steinbeck, observing the behaviour of the wild pelicans and elephant seals.

There are those for whom science is life, and a vacation is just an opportunity to do science elsewhere. What we really want to know is how you spent your summer holiday. Let us know your own science-related vacation experiences over at Nature Network (http://tinyurl.com/59uqpn). The more unusual the better: who knows, your tale might end up as the basis for a future Nature News Feature.