The Natural World
How to Preserve a Snowflake
The Outside Story
By Frank Kaczmarek
Wilson Bentley (1865-1931) lived his entire life in Jericho, Vermont, where he developed a p...
Agender
My Nonbinary Child
By Barbara J. King
“Mom, how do you know you’re a woman?”
Sarah, my only child, startled me by asking this ...
Mother of the Sea
Kathleen Drew-Baker revolutionized nori farming and is celebrated in Japan at an annual festival in her honor where she is honored as "...
Balsam Fir
The Outside Story: Balsam Fir — A Favorite Christmas Tree
By Susan Shea
Every year my husband and I cut a Christmas tree on famil...
Odds and Sods …
Been away for a few days ... just realized I need a daily post:
Silverback Takes a DUI test
This looks like a drunk monkey. A tru...
Providing Shelter for Birds
The Outside Story
By Lee Emmons
Come winter, after the bears have retreated to their cold weather dens, many backyard bird en...
Five Human Species You May Not Have Heard Of
By Anna Goldfield
Lea este artículo en: Español (Spanish).
We’re so used to the idea of being the only people around that it seem...
Piltdown Man
A group of Victorian Silverbacks gather to examine the remains of a relative. Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio.
SB Bill (Hines...
The Missing Link is Getting Less Missing
40,000-year-old sealed cavern in Gibraltar gives new insight into Neanderthal life
(photo credit: JON NAZCA/ REUTERS)
Vanguard Ca...
The Truffle Hunters
Woodland Jumping Mice are Truffle Specialists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irEcGfCoAHA
Here they are in action.
By Susie Spik...