Larch balls   Lake Ball, Mongolia Another example of a surprise a day.

Newfoundland rings the bell. Using waves in Newfoundland to explore earth’s core in Australia. WTF scifi like stuff. Who would believe this 10 years ago, let alone a 100.

I didn’t know the chicks were so colorful. Eared Grebes Check out those eyes.

Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong They were all over the new world once but their fall has been hard. For such a major presence on the land, they were very vulnerable.

Did you know that Maryland has a Tern Raft in the coastal bays of Worcester County? This man-made conservation platform serves as habitat for colonial nesting waterbirds that are listed as endangered in Maryland, such as common terns, royal terns, and black skimmers. Since the Tern Raft was constructed in 2021, common terns have flocked to …

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Not snow…HAIL! This is Tuesday morning…12 hours after the storm in Shepherd, MT dropped enough hail to measure 6 to 8 inches in depth in some places with up to 1.5″ hail measured. The 70+ mph wind-driven hail made a shambles of nearly everything in it’s path. The trees (that are still standing) are stripped of …

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Before Trout Bum A Memoir: Early Years With John Gierach By Dale A Darling The Gierach tributes have already started.

A little more than five years ago, a herd of 122 mule deer fell to their deaths in the mountains of Central California. The pictures from that day are gruesome: dozens of dead deer strewn across a steep boulder field at the bottom of an icy chute. Some of the carcasses are contorted or splayed …

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The first cast is a thing of beauty rewarded with a spectacular top water response. The week of June 12, I had a 3lb brown on. It jumped 3 times like a salmon. Once so close it splashed me. Very cool. I never saw that before. Then it broke off and my buddy was not impressed. …

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