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Wild About the Trimates
Today, Jane Goodall is a household name associated with not only the conservation of chimpanzees, but with protecting nature around the world. Originally, however, Goodall was one of three women recruited by anthropologist…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #5
The latest photos from the James Webb Space Telescope, featuring the Pillars of Creation. This ethereal looking formation is five light years across. 2. This fabric scrapbook from the late 1800s, assembled by…
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Wild About Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter was a mycologist, an illustrator, a breeder of Herdwick sheep, and a fierce advocate for the protection of the Lake District. She also wrote children’s stories about a bunny named Peter…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #4
These photos of Queen Street in Toronto by David Kaufman, which really capture the intersection of historic and modern architecture. 2. This essay about the Canadian prairies by Alanna Mitchell, which so perfectly…
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Wild About Carnivorous Plants
Plants that are large enough to catch and eat people or other large prey only exist in fantasy novels and our imagination, but their smaller, real-life cousins are just as fascinating. Whether it’s…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #3
These incredible still lifes by Dutch artist Lorena Kloosterboer. The detail and contrast of colour with the bird is just stunning. 2. This nearly intact Roman mosaic that was discovered in Syria. The…
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Wild About Land Art
If you’ve spent any time outside, you’ve probably been drawn to play with natural materials—making designs from similar stones, creating a small diorama of twigs, or comparing leaves to see which is the…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #2
This embroidered computer by Irene Posch that actually works. A functional thing that is also beautiful. As it should be. 2. These ancient footprints that reveal a story about biodiversity 6,000 years ago.…
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Wild About the Return of Bison
Try as I might, my 21st century settler brain cannot comprehend the scale of bison herds that used to roam across the plains of North America. Early colonizers report riding for three days…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #1
The Dracula Parrot, an New Guinean bird that looks like someone stitched the head of a vulture onto the body of a parrot. Look at those red feathers! 2. This piece of word…
a miscellany of wonder
