Welcome to a Hump Day (“Il giro di boa della settimana” in Italian): Wednesday, October 28, 2026 and National Chocolate Day .

We are of course lacking readers’ wildlife photos, though I don’t know why. If you have some good ones, please send them in.

Dogs are used by first responders and the military for a number of tasks.  Their keen sense of smell, speed, and keen hearing ...

The other day I expressed dismay that NYT writer John McWhorter produced a piece heartily endorsing land acknowledgments (“LA ...

If you have good photos or videos with a wildlive/biology theme, send them in. Today we have a short but lovely video from ...

Welcome to Sunday, October 25: the Sabbath for goyische cats and National Greasy Foods Day. Below you see your choice of meat ...

Here I contend that although there is no “genocide” being committed by Israel against Gaza or Palestinians as a whole, Russia is committing genocide of the Ukrainians. That the former ...

Welcome to Friday, October 16, 2026 and it’s Global Cat Day! Here is a celebratory drawing, courtesy of ChatGPT, and below it ...

Since I had my first disastrous cataract operation on Sept. 22 (not the doctor’s fault!), I haven’t been able to read a book on paper.  I can read the computer if I close my right eye ...

Welcome to another “work” week: it’s Monday, October 26, 2026, and National Pumpkin Day. Pumpkins are not all of one species, ...