Canadian researchers decoded whale communication revealing a complex language with thousands of distinct words. A collaborative project between Dalhousie University and the nonprofit Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) has produced the most detailed acoustic analysis of sperm whale communication ever assembled, and the findings published in 2025 are genuinely startling. Sperm whale click patterns — …
Lincoln Memorial
In a historic development for urban conservation today, April 10, 2026, National Park Service biologists confirmed that a pair of Peregrine Falcons has successfully established a nest on a hidden marble ledge of the Lincoln Memorial. The birds, which can reach speeds of 240 mph, were filmed today using the high vantage point to hunt …
The Prowler (1983) By John Clymer
The Prowler (1983) By John Clymer 1907-1989. Oil on canvas 30 × 40 inches 41 × 51 × 2 inches (framed) signed and dated lower right Art historian Walt Reed highlighted Clymer’s dedication to making his paintings ring true, noting. “One of the greatest painting experiences for John was the trip he made to Alaska …
Kano Sansetsu
This striking mid-17th century sliding-door painting, “Old Plum” (1646), is considered the iconic masterpiece and the crown jewel of the Kano paintings within the Harry G.C. Packard Collection of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art @metmuseum. A bold composition of a plum tree extends across a 485.5 cm expanse of radiant gold leaf …
A Western That Goes Where Cormac McCarthy Wouldn’t
Enrigue offers a more nuanced portrait of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, scrapping the binary of cowboy and Indian while also eschewing pat depictions of victimized Natives. His Apachería holds a complex society inhabited by criollos, mestizos, and people of several Indigenous ethnicities, some of whom have acculturated to European ways (indio de razón, or “Indian of …
Extinct Bison
IT WAS FROZEN FOR 9,000 YEARS. NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO CLONE HIM It is an extinct bison of an unknown species, found between the Verjoyansk Range and the Cherski Mountains, of the Russian Steppes. The finding included the head, anterior limbs and part of the chest. Later in 2022, its discoverer donated it to …
Edwin Landseer
Edwin Landseer was born in 1802 in London and became one of the most beloved artists of the nineteenth century, especially known for his powerful animal paintings. He showed extraordinary talent from a young age, studying closely from life and developing an unmatched ability to convey character in animals. Landseer did not paint animals as …
The Socorro Magma Body
I have seen several refereces to this lately. A little hot underneath Steve it seems. More
.45-70 pistol
Edited meta post video to make it look better? More I have seen references to it before and barely believed it. The recoil must be crazy. Maybe the shells are downloaded. Steve liked big pistols. Too bad, he can’t comment.
Animals’ perception of time is linked to the pace of their life
But why does a dragonfly have such fast eyes while starfish are confined to a world of vision blur? One idea, called Autrum’s hypothesis, is that time perception costs a lot of energy and the evolution of such fast visual systems will only emerge in species with fast-paced lifestyles. Animals’ perception of time is linked …