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3 Curious Benefits of the Merlin App
There’s a tendency for seasoned birders to turn their noses up at Merlin, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s extremely popular bird identification app. “It’s not 100% accurate, you know.” “Don’t trust it.” “Always…
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3 Curious Back Alley Projects
There’s something clandestine about back alleys, as if they provide an opportunity to peel back the streetfront facade to reveal the real city underneath. Back alleys aren’t just unswept pavement and places for…
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Wild About Herbariums
When I was a kid, one of my hobbies was collecting specimens of local wildflowers. Any time I went out exploring I’d tuck an old grocery bag into my pocket so that I…
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3 Curious Collections of Photographs
There’s something almost soothing about collections of photographs that allow us to explore an everyday subject in a new way. Here are three photographers that let us see things in new ways. First…
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3 Curious Digital Nature Collections
There is something extremely satisfying about a digital collection of natural objects. I think it takes me back to that desire to understand and catalogue the natural world. Today, of course, it’s possible…
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Wild About Colour Nomenclature
Viva Magenta Very Peri Ultimate Grey Every year, Pantone releases their Colour of the Year, a trendsetting shade that is intended to, well, sell more paint, probably. 2024’s colour is Peach Fuzz, which…
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3 Curious Embroidered Tapestries
I have been fascinated by the Bayeux Tapestry ever since I first learned about it, not so much because of the story it tells, but by its sheer scale. The Bayeux Tapestry –…
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3 Curious Things that Glow in the Dark
When you think of things that glow in the dark, you probably aren’t thinking about flying squirrels or platypuses, but they are a couple of more than 125 different species of mammals that…
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Wild About Citizen Science
The herbarium label on my screen is dated 1932. The hand-writing is faded, but if I zoom in, I can make out the necessary information. Carefully, I type the requested data into the…
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3 Curious Things About Wildlife
I think I could do a post every month that was just interesting facts or news about wildlife, but I will attempt to mix it up a little. Here are three, not really…
a miscellany of wonder
