Three Things I'm Curious About This Week #20

The unique colouring of these pseudomelanistic zebras. Unfortunately, these ununusal patterns may be caused by inbreeding due to habitat destruction and seem to make it harder for the individuals to survive in the wild.

A baby zebra stands beside its mother. Rather than the usual stripes, the baby is dark brown with a white polkadot pattern. — Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba via CBC

This online citizen science project where you can help protect burrowing owls by classifying images from wildlife cameras.

Two burrowing owls caught by a wildlife camera outside their burrow. — Photo from Wildwatch Burrowing Owl Project.

These pictographs from the Serranía de la Lindosa site in the Colombian Amazon that date back at least 12,000 years. Included in the drawings that stretch meters overhead are drawings of extinct ice ages species including elephants, sloths, and ice-age horses.