Source Harvesting the largest mushroom of my life! A 40 pound maitake, also known as hen of the woods! Thank you Earth and thank you to my fellow forager Jeff, who took me to this joyous land of mushrooms. Steve would likely be into it since he posted about ‘shroom hunting before.
Author: Sea Run
Spicomellus
Imagine a dinosaur that looked like a walking medieval weapon rack. That’s basically Spicomellus afer, the oldest-known ankylosaur ever discovered, recently unearthed in Morocco. And trust me, this guy makes every other armored dinosaur look underdressed for battle. Dating back over 165 million years, Spicomellus wasn’t some towering T. rex rival. Instead, it was a …
50 years today
SS Edmund Fitzgerald 50th Anniversary – Remembering today the twenty-nine crewmen lost aboard the Great Lakes freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which foundered in a sudden and violent storm while crossing Lake Superior on the night of November 10th, 1975 with no survivors. The 13,600 gross ton vessel had served seventeen years hauling taconite iron …
Blood tests, forever chemicals, New Mexico plume
This is certainly true for people who live or work near a plume of contamination that has seeped beyond the boundaries of Cannon Air Force Base, where PFAS-laden firefighting foam was used for years. New Mexico health and environmental officials conducted a $1.2 million testing project, drawing blood from nearly 630 people. They shared the …
Rare genetic mutation known as pseudo-melanism..
At the end of last century, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a new problem in India’s Similipal Tiger reserve. Our October 2025 cover story dives into the rare genetic mutation known as pseudo-melanism which is carried by nearly half the tigers …
The Skidi,
The Skidi, one of the four bands of the Pawnee tribe, historically inhabited the Central Plains regions of Nebraska and Kansas. Known for their rich cultural traditions, the Skidi developed a profound understanding of the night sky, which they recorded in unique ways. Among their most remarkable artifacts is a 300-year-old leather star map, an …
Boxing as Parkinson’s Therapy
The Cabbagetown Boxing Club is in a community centre handily located in a laneway behind The Beer Store. I’ve lived in the neighbourhood for more than 20 years and never investigated it, until a friend told me about the gym on the second floor where they offer a program called Rock Steady Boxing, tailored to people …
Beech and Bugs
Nature never fails to amaze.
I expected more.
Woodcut prints by artist Tom Killion
Not bad. He is definitely channelling the Asian aesthetic.