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Category Archives: natural history
From the lowliest of worms
For the Darwin Song Project Mark Erelli composed and performed a piece entitled Kingdom Come. The song is haunting and if you pay close attention to the lyrics you may realize (or not) that it is as if Darwin himself … Continue reading
Posted in Charles Darwin, evolution, fatherhood, Music, natural history
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Who needs bird and bees when you have slugs and, eh, slugs?
Raking the leaves with my son this morning turned out to be an opportunity for a birds and the bees, eh, I mean slug and a slug lesson. Hermaphroditic (i.e. boy and girl) slug meets another hermaphroditic slug in the empty inflatable splash … Continue reading
When the wild comes leaping up in Alta
It’s been a wild and exciting week here in Alberta. Black bear sighted in Edmonton. Planing an ambush hike for tomorrow with tyke. Dinner table discussion topic: bring tuna sandwiches or honey as bait? Wildlife officers and Edmonton park rangers were combing a wooded area in the … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, CBC, Dinosaurs, natural history
Tagged Alberta, Albertosaurus, Camrose, Dinosaur, Edmonton, Edmontosaurus, Fossil, Paleontology
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Falcon cam
There is a live critter cam set up on the Radisson Hotel in downtown Winnipeg monitoring a pair of nesting endangered Peregrine Falcons. When I checked it out last it looked like they had a sunny day. The chicks were … Continue reading
Posted in birds, natural history
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Lovely stinky Bella
The Egghead blog reports that the the Titan aurum corpse flower Bella at University of North Carolina is about to bloom. This is natural history at its best…, and smelliest. I love this kind of stuff. This is why I … Continue reading
