Training cats
This mother/daughter team has done something even harder than herding cats. Just watch:
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Attack of the death caps
If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to watch out for deadly mushrooms.
Continue reading →The big news today is the weather
It’s a relatively slow news day in the USA. The big news is the midwest big chill. It’s really really really cold—although as a person who’s been in the midwest in winter for extended periods of time, I have to … Continue reading →
The winter solstice is here
The winter solstice comes tonight and I, for one, am cheering. It may not be a holiday exactly, but winter holidays cluster around it for a very good reason: the beginning of the end of the dark days. Who wouldn’t … Continue reading →
Meet the hemimastigote
There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy—such as, for example a whole new supra-kingdom of living creatures. And it consists of some organisms that were discovered over a hundred years ago but … Continue reading →
What the heat wave in Britain has revealed
When I first read the headline of this article—“‘Millennia of human activity’: heatwave reveals lost UK archaeological sites”—I imagined something like a fantasy movie in which some hulking ancient ruin comes heaving out of the ground, astounding the watching crowd. … Continue reading →
There are hailstorms, and then there’s this hailstorm
Two animals were actually killed and people were injured in a hailstorm yesterday at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs: Five injured people were taken to a hospital and nine more were treated on the scene and released, said … Continue reading →
Meet Frog the rooster
Yes, Frog the rooster:
Continue reading →The fox, the bunny, and the eagle
If this were a fable, I’m sure there’d be a moral to the story. But I’m not sure what it would be, except that if you’re a fox, don’t mess with an eagle. But you have to admire this fox … Continue reading →
This is why they’re called “retrievers”
Retrievers retrieve: But how on earth does a deer get into the ocean? I’ve also seen retrievers nearly drown a person in their exuberant drive to retrieve that person.
Continue reading →Top 10 mosquito cities
The top 10 mosquito cities tend to be in the South, with Atlanta the perennial number one and various Texas cities not far behind. But I figured that New York City had to be among them, from the evidence of … Continue reading →
Botanical cultural appropriation
All hail the tree peony, as I did a few days ago in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. It’s that time of year, and the Brooklyn garden has a huge display of these gorgeous plants, which feature enormous blossoms that look … Continue reading →