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

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

Nathaniel Comfort is identified by Wikipedia as “an American historian specializing in the history of biology. He is an ...

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 ...

Although John McWhorter may have been taken on board the New York Times as a reliably “heterodox” columnist (remember his bestselling critique of wokeism Woke Racism: How a New Religion has Betrayed ...