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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…
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Wild About Deception and Mimicry
A number of years ago, I had a dog who lied. If we refused to play with her, she would sit by the door, asking to go outside. As soon as we got…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #19
The incredible colours and patterns of San Francisco’s South Bay. Currently being restored, the colour of these wetlands comes from their high salt content. This incredible beetle (yes, it’s real). A type of…
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Wild About Ephemeral Art
Step inside any major museum or art gallery and you’re likely to see art from hundreds or even thousands of years ago, carefully conserved and held in situ for us to learn from…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #18
This handcut artwork by Thea Reid (Untitled, Blue Fence). The combination of paint and cut-outs almost produces an optical illusion while still being grounded in the world around us. Marvelous. This analysis of…
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Wild About Mutualism
It sounds like a pitch for a children’s book: a coyote and a badger roam across the prairie, working together to hunt ground squirrels. In reality, it’s an example of mutualism, where two…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #17
These photographs that show the abundance of life in a single drop of seawater. Moving from tiny to large, this photo of Pluto was taken by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2016, but…
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Wild About Public Art
Public art can take many forms, from murals to sculptures to land art and even ephemeral light and video displays. Public art brings our cities and communities to life, adding vibrancy and reflecting…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #16
This sculpture by Penny Hardy, titled You Blew Me Away. The energy and sense of longing in this piece is exquisite. The World Cup of Random English Words. Begun as a joke on…
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Wild About Bird Names
In 2017, after a close-fought vote by more than 50,000 Canadians, the Royal Geographic Society of Canada declared the gray jay (Perisoreus canadensis) as our national bird. Although it has not received official…
a miscellany of wonder
