In a wild new effort to battle invasive Burmese pythons, researchers in South Florida have deployed robotic marsh rabbits. Yes, you read that right. These solar-powered, remote-controlled decoys are designed to mimic real marsh bunnies, a favorite snack of the pythons. Outfitted with heaters to simulate body heat and motors to create lifelike movement, the …
Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild, by Ellen Meloy
Eating Stone: Imagination and the Loss of the Wild, by Ellen Meloy When Meloy, a desert naturalist, felt estranged from nature, she sought to cure it by stalking a band of bighorn sheep for a year in Utah’s Canyonlands wilderness. She begins in winter and feels cold and clumsy. She envies the bighorns’ exquisite balance as she …
Writer’s slab!
The bane of writers.
Seal July 23, 2025
“I can’t get no relief!” A friend and l checked a tombolo bar July 23 and it exceeded fishing expectations. It was perfect, except for the 15-20 seals on the rocks off the end of bar. No seals and the right tide and it might be really good. I measured the water temp at 70-72 F …
Well, Doggy
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Sapolsky Scores
I fell asleep with Youtube running last night. It ran all night. I don’t think I have done that before and it does wonders for a good rest. I was fading in and out catching snippets of what was said. The video history shows multiple videos played. Around 630 AM, I was hearing some guy …
Hammerhead vs Ray
That ray has some moves. More
4 Bore, Southgate
Source Once owned by the artist Frank Southgate. Snipe Shooting by Frank Southgate. Wild Life in East Anglia: Wild-Fowling with a Stalking Sledge I saw the name and it seemed vaguely familiar. I thought maybe it was gun related but he was an artist and a good one. I am not sure I have seen …
In case you were wondering what lightning does to a fishing rod
From the comments, it seems a legit result. I was on a beach in Massachusetts at night with an 11 foot carbon rod once with lightning in the distance. I thought I was ok but storms travel 25 miles an hour and before I knew it I was pinned. I was too far from shelter …
Sargassum blooms
A ‘surprising’ cause of sargassum blooms in Caribbean: Study pinpoints changes in circulation and wind patterns I didn’t know it was this spread out. Growing consumption of the American eel may lead to it being critically endangered, study finds Eels have it tough enough now.