Here’s an article entitled “Lobsters may hold the key to eternal life.” I don’t know that “eternal” is quite the right word for it. But certainly “very long” would seem to fit. Apparently it’s all in the telomeres: Although they … Continue reading →
When I was a child my family used to visit a large chicken farm owned by some relatives. It was a commercial operation with enormous rooms the size of football fields (or so it seemed to me at the time) … Continue reading →
Of course, I haven’t seen all the baby elephant videos in the world, so we can’t be certain. But I think I’m on safe ground when I assert that it’s probably the cutest baby-elephant-in-an-inflatable-swimming-pool video ever: And it almost immediately … Continue reading →
…in how you look at it: That’s lil’ ole earth, right above the arrow. Saturn and its rings are at the top-left and top of the photo.
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Continue reading →Here’s the scoop on the little buggers. I remember them well from my youth, circa 1962. In the well-arbored suburbs of New York and New Jersey, they sang in the trees and then carpeted the ground like fallen leaves in … Continue reading →
…where there’s a will, there’s a way. The most heartwarming line in the article: “Stacey Belhumeur, a Tucson, Arizona, zookeeper and species survival plan coordinator for the North American population of giant anteaters, [said], “My guess is they thought they … Continue reading →
…there’s some heavy-duty symbolism at work here: There was a crash landing Sunday at the Duluth International Airport, but it didn’t involve airplanes. Rather, it was two bald eagles, which were fighting in midair when they locked talons. In a … Continue reading →
Or on spaceships. No, actually it was vegetation rafts. I kid you not: Primates came to the New World (meaning North and South America) from, we think, Africa. As improbable as it sounds, scientists think early primates crossed the Atlantic … Continue reading →
Cats. Not my favorite creatures. Oh, I’ve met some cats I’ve liked. Sweet ones, gentle ones, funny ones. But in general, cats are not my cup of tea (although, in their paradoxical way, they tend to really, really like me). … Continue reading →
I belong to a book group, as it seems about 99% of American women do these days. The books are more or less a pretext for getting together, talking, eating, and talking (did I say talking?). Sometimes I read the … Continue reading →
Did you know that there’s a campaign by shark attack survivors to save sharks? I can understand this in the abstract, if sharks are indeed an important part of the ocean ecosystem, although it still seems rather odd, perhaps a … Continue reading →