Prairie dog and whale lingo.

Not sure how factual this is but it is fun. There are skeptics in the comments. No source references. Possible backup? Male sperm whales produce loudest communication sounds ever measured in any mammal

How to keep the Earth habitable when the sun dies

In a billion years, the sun will start to run out of fuel and expand to become a red giant. Earth’s oceans and atmosphere will be burned away, and Earth will likely be engulfed by the sun altogether. The sun will then shrink to a dim white dwarf, and all light and warmth in the …

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More trouble in Florida

In 1994, Florida panther FP29 killed and ate a hog, then the hog killed him. The feral hog was carrying pseudorabies and showed no symptoms. The panther died when the virus reached his brain. Pseudorabies has nothing to do with rabies. It is a herpes virus. In its natural host, the feral pig, it circulates …

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5,000-year-old wolves rewrite what we know about domestication

  Scientists discovered ancient wolves on a tiny Baltic island where they could only have been brought by humans, suggesting an unexpectedly close relationship between people and wolves thousands of years ago. Evidence indicates the wolves were fed, possibly cared for, and may even have been managed or selectively bred long before modern ideas of …

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A new film about Anthony Bourdain reviewed

  Tony draws from Kitchen Confidential, Bourdain’s 2000 best seller that laid bare the rough-and-tumble world of haute cuisine from the perspective of a jaded yet passionate New York chef. But the screenplayadapts only the early chapters, which cover Bourdain’s tentative beginnings in the cooking profession, including one teenage summer he spent, frequently hungover, working in the …

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Snake Eater

The American badger digs rattlesnakes out of their dens, absorbs their bites, and eats them. In South Dakota, it is considered the rattlesnake’s most important predator. A rattlesnake in its den is supposed to be safe. The burrow is narrow, dark, defensible, and the snake can coil and strike at anything that enters. Against a …

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Yosemite from the Merced

The falls. Another view. Seen from this angle gives Yosemite another perspective and it is an amazing place. No shortage of people that agree however.   Albert Bierstadt – Merced River, Yosemite Valley Viewed at The Met – NYC on 01/24/2026 Date: 1866 Dimensions: 36”x50” Bierstadt’s take on it.