Specifically, the new paper finds that the mud is between 20,700 and 22,400 years old—which correlates with the original finding that the footprints are between 21,000 and 23,000 years old. The new study now marks the third type of material—mud in addition to seeds and pollen—used to date the footprints, and by three different labs. …
Borzoi Dog
Jennifer Gennari (American, b. 1983, Brooklyn, NY, USA) – Exceptional Portrait of a Borzoi Dog, 2018, Paintings: Oil on Canvas
AI Death and AI Slop
The comment under the Denisovan Skull? had an address associated with it that goes to a commercial site. I can’t prove it but it may be AI generated. I will leave it for now but it got me thinking then I saw the video below. This guy’s sci-fi speculation on our death by AI in …
Land Grab, Moving Bison
From Sagebrush Rebellion to Tech Bro Megacities: Someone Always Wants the Public Lands A posting on the Southern Rockies Nature Blog. As he says not the first time it has been tried. When I heard it in the news I thought here we go again. Moving them anywhere takes patience. When Calderon-Dominguez needs a …
Whoopers
The results of the winter survey of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo Whooping Crane population are here! The January 2025 survey on the crane’s wintering grounds estimated a record number of 557 individuals in the primary survey area within and near the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Gulf Coast. Another 68 birds were documented outside …
Forbidden Love
Wait until they see the mother-in-law.
Haboob
A haboob? I never heard the name before but I love it. Steve gets these I hear in NM, too. I didn’t know that they were common.
Gallatin Caves
50 million years ago, a subtropical forest thrived in what is now the Gallatin Range of Montana. Towering trees, ferns, and prehistoric creatures lived in a warm, humid climate—until catastrophe struck. A massive volcanic eruption from the Absaroka Range unleashed lahars—deadly mudflows of ash, rock, and debris that surged down the mountainsides like wet …
Denisovan Skull?
Despite their genetic contributions to present-day East Asians and Oceanians, what Denisovans looked like has remained an open question since their discovery 15 years ago. Now, recent research by a team led by Fu Qiaomiei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Ji Qiang of Hebei …
The Inca String Code
For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them? Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire The Inca string code that reveals Peru’s climate history I have always been intrigued by this mystery. It is such a unique solution to …