In 2008, scientists in Peru made a discovery that seemed to freeze time. Buried in ancient rock layers, they uncovered a megalodon tooth still embedded in the fossilized spine of a whale. This was no ordinary fossil, it captured a predator mid-attack, frozen in stone for over five million years. The megalodon, the apex predator …
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Passenger Pigeons and Alfred S. Wall
Nature Morte Alfred S. Wall Passenger pigeon Alfred S. Wall This FYI is about the above. The site says doves but they are passenger pigeons. I am not sure how rare they are in art but I would guess they are rare enough. I stumbled over it looking up his name due to a landscape …
Squirrel catch.
A good squirrel hawking video. The coolest catch I’ve had since I began Falconry.. Athena the Redtailed Hawk snatched this grey squirrel out of a tree above my head and dropped right down to me and I was able to catch the squirrel and control its head. Squirrel catch. I don’t see it off …
Good news on salmon.
A little more than a year after the historic removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) scientists are seeing salmon reoccupying just about every corner of their historic habitat. “The speed at which salmon are repopulating every nook and cranny of suitable habitat upstream of the …
A new jaguar spotted in Arizona.
The University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center says it’s the fifth big cat over the last 15 years to be spotted in the area after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The animal was captured by the camera as it visited a watering hole in November, its distinctive spots setting it apart from previous …
A book on hawking quail with goshawks?
If I wrote a book on hawking quail with goshawks: 1. Would you buy it? 2. Would you read it? 3. What parts would you want it to focus on? The plan is to create something bigger than just my experiences. I want 5 to 6 friends who have flown goshawks on quail behind …
Eels
Unaju, an eel served over rice in a lacquered box, is priced at 5,250 yen ($34), more than double what the dish might have cost 15 years ago, Takashino said. Nearly all eels consumed in Japan come from aquaculture, which relies entirely on the capture or import of glass eels because they do not reproduce …
The comedians are loving it.
More This distillery is playing it for all it is worth.
A good video on Wollemi Pine
It is too bad they called it Wollemia Pine when it is not a pine. The public is confused enough.
Wildlife Discoveries: Lion Roar and Tough Weasels
A new study has found African lions produce not one, but two distinct types of roars—a discovery set to transform wildlife monitoring and conservation efforts. A new type of lion roar could help protect the iconic big cats Long-tailed Weasels and Timber Rattlesnakes Prey on Each Other Counting salmon is a breeze with airborne eDNA …