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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #25
This thread about the differences between British and Italian bird names. The duck orchid (Caleana major), named because it resembles, well, a duck. The miniature installation art of Miguel Marquez Outside (Michael Pederson).
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Wild About Megafauna
Beavers the size of a fridge. Elephants covered in fur. Giant camels that roamed western North America. If you go to any ice age exhibit at a natural history museum, you may wonder…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #24
Golden plover chicks are completely camoflauged to look like moss. The action of the water in this waterfall creates perfectly round balls of ice. These adorable chalk street art images by David Zinn,…
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Wild About Scientific Illustration
Illustration has been an important part of scientific research and discovery for centuries. Today, while photography can capture images from the scale of the universe down to individual cells, this level of precision…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #23
The fantastic photos of the World Nature Photography Awards. Simply stunning. Bring back Victorian stair dust corners. Yes, we have vacuum cleaners now, but these are such a lovely architectural detail. These photographs…
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Wild About Keystone Species
The temperate rainforests of British Columbia’s central coast are a complex ecosystem filled with towering trees and lush vegetation. Home to grizzly bears, wolves, and a host of other species, the diversity of…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #22
These beautiful mirror orchids (Ophrys speculum). Found in the Mediterranean, like many orchids, this species is pollinated by a single species of wasp. There has rightfully been a lot of discussion about the…
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Wild About Plant Communication
If a tree speaks in the forest, can anybody hear? When it comes to communication, we tend to think of species on a continuum. We view ourselves as the ‘best’ communicators at one…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #21
Fan Tan Alley in Victoria, BC, is the narrowest commercial street in North America. Having been, I can confirm it is very narrow. I bet delivery drivers really hate it. This jewel squid,…
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Wild About Mary Pratt
At first glance, Mary Pratt’s paintings are warm and inviting—casual glimpses into everyday domesticity captured through still life representations of bowls of fruit and jars of jam. Look closer and a less bucolic…
a miscellany of wonder
