In 1991, Mexican photographer Antonio Turok took this haunting image of the solar eclipse, from Chiapas, Mexico. I saw this pic years ago and it stuck in my head as a great pic. We had a partial solar eclipse here last April. I am stunned it was then and not 2-3 years ago. The mind …
Beretta A300 Snow Goose
Shotgun Tech has been changing. I couldn’t find a video link off Facebook so I went with a screen shot. In this case, the top 2 arrows point to a suppressor, the arrow under it to a camera, the yellow circle is a mount for cameras, or other devices, and the bottom arrow points to …
Australopithecus
Australopithecus afarensis. In early 1994 National Geographic Magazine asked me to create, for the first time, a painting closer to our own ancestry, and closer to my own training (anthropology). The famous Lucy fossil had made her debut without her head twenty years earlier, and the new National Geographic story was about the discovery …
‘Falcon Trainer’ by Pavle Paja Jovanović
‘Falcon Trainer’ by Pavle Paja Jovanović (Serbian, 1859-1957). He is considered one of Serbia’s greatest “orientalist” painters. The Scottish School of Classical Art
Snake Enrichment Boards
We’ve been trying to incorporate more natural behaviors into our animal programs, and for ratsnakes like Allegheny, one common behavior is climbing. To help show off his climbing skills, we built a stand-up board with lots of perches to navigate — and he loves exploring every inch! Wildlife Center of Virginia More. It surprised me …
Lyrebird’s secret farming skills uncovered in Australian forests
New research has revealed the superb lyrebird to be a resourceful farmer, creating micro-habitats to host and fatten its prey before returning later to feast. Scientists from La Trobe University observed the ground-dwelling birds working to create habitats suitable for their diet of worms, centipedes and spiders. In a paper published in the Journal of …
Good News for Ash?
Crossbred resistant ash more resistant. My land has a lot of ash. Losing them then the hemlocks is a painful thought.
Fallstreak hole
Fall streak hole cloud yesterday, Montréal area, Québec, Canada. Fallstreak Hole Never heard of it.
Squid can harvest sunlight for energy?
“It can see whatever light is on the outside and convert that light into energy and then harvest that energy to help distribute camouflage,” Deravi says. Squid are some of nature’s best camouflagers. Researchers have a new explanation for why Have I got that right? Squid can harvest sunlight for energy? Is that not …
Three Iconic Corbett Covers
Raymond Sheppard’s illustrations for Corbett’s books was one of the best things that happened to them. Most books fail in comparison. I have the leopard one with the jacket. Source