Chalk-stream salmon should be officially classified as a sub-species, new research suggests. Scientists from the University of Exeter and INRAe (France) carried out detailed genetic testing of salmon from 42 rivers in England, Ireland and France—including fish from chalk streams in southern England and northern France.They found that salmon from chalk streams are closely related …
Polar Bear Climbs Onto Roof of Newfoundland Home, etc
This video shows the same camera angle as below. April 26 2026 bear on Meta 4 years later a bear passed the same spot at about the same time. Check the comments for more video of it. Same bear? Coincidence? A park warden there I know says they are common this time of year after they …
Python Control
I don’t know if the coyote theory is right, maybe. Tons of these AI videos on the natural python control now. True to a point likely. I still do not get for who or why these AI videos are made. Do people even write the scripts? Some of the graphics I have seen with them …
Bunny Chase
A good chase sequence. Maybe in Asia from the characters on the shed but not a lot of detail on it. Drones obviously are a big deal now for this. I would like to know the hare species. It can run.
Sperm Whale Language
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 …