This is my favourite Black Skimmer video because it perfectly illustrates the beauty of flight and this bird’s mastery of it and its environment. Watch how it makes a full 180-degree turn using its tail while keeping its head perfectly stable and its eye on the prize. It’s hard for me to fathom the amount …
Author: Sea Run
Pilot Peak
The Record-Breaking Lahontan Cutthroat Trout of 2025 Fly fishing at Pyramid Lake, Nevada, offers both exhilarating challenges and unique opportunities, but what happened in January 2025 was truly AMAZING. A massive 29 lb Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (pictured below ) was landed, marking one of the biggest fish ever caught in the lake — a sign …
Tornado Season
One of the most famous tornado pictures in history was snapped on this day in 1989.Marilee Thomas of Beaver City, Nebraska, took this picture of her daughter in front of a tornado in Furnas County. The tornado produced minor damage to farms, and the “tornado girl” photo went on to win second place in a …
Is our universe the ultimate computer?
C:\Universe\system32 Information theory was formulated in the 1940s and deals with the quantification and storage of information and its communication. It turns out that the physics principle of entropy is a fundamental concept in information theory, and over the decades, the precepts of information theory have found application in neurobiology, molecular dynamics and theoretical physics—including …
Wilhelm Kuhnert (German painter) 1865 – 1926
Wilhelm Kuhnert (German painter) 1865 – 1926Tigers on the prowl, s.d.oil on canvas81.3 x 124.4 cm. (32 x 49 in.)signed ‘Wilh. Kuhnert’ (lower left)private collection© photo Christie’sWhen looking at Wilhelm Kuhnert’s oeuvre, one is left with no doubt that the artist was a great lover of wildlife and that he found his subject matter …
Crowned Eagle with BS and a Harpy less so.
In the dense forests of sub-Saharan Africa, there lives a raptor so powerful, so fierce, it’s often called the “leopard of the sky.” Meet the Crowned Eagle — one of the strongest eagles on Earth, and the only bird known to consider humans, especially small children, as potential prey. Weighing around 7–10 pounds with …
Wood Wide Web, Indeed
An international study has revealed spruce trees not only respond to a solar eclipse but actively anticipate it by synchronizing their bioelectrical signals hours in advance into a cohesive, forest-wide phenomenon. The discovery, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, shows older trees exhibit a more pronounced early response, suggesting these ancient sentinels retain decades of environmental …
More Critters and Stuff Happens
In 2016, over 300 wild reindeer were killed by a single lightning strike on the Hardangervidda plateau in Norway. The herd had gathered closely together during a storm, making them vulnerable to the powerful strike. A haunting reminder of nature’s raw and unpredictable force.Credit: Harvard Kjotvedt / Norwegian Environmental Agency I have mentioned similar events …
Using fossils to track individuals in time and space
Researchers were able to recreate the foraging habits of one population by matching long-lived chemicals from fossilized teeth to recently unearthed rocks. Similarities in chemical composition helped to mark how far the kangaroos hopped in search of food. “Imagine ancient GPS trackers,” said Queensland Museum scientist Scott Hocknull. “We can use the fossils to track individuals, …
Cherry Trout
Quaded up on cherry trout mattsun__gram1210 Fly life media Prior Japanese fishing post. About the best pix I have seen of this species. The Japanese have a thing about them similar to how brook trout affect people here.