Tag: nature
Essay of the day: “Autumnal Tints” by Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau loved the natural world and held a deep respect for the organic changes brought by the seasons. This essay is a perfect read as fall sets in and we admire the multi-colored foliage. Thoreau enjoyed a good leaf-peeping as much as many of us do now, confused by his neighbors in Concord, ...
National Geographic’s “JANE” will Awaken Your Inner Naturalist
Jane Goodall has become a figurehead for wildlife studies and an inspiration for learning about the natural world. Her journey as a primatologist began in 1960, when she went to Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania to study chimpanzees in the wild. National Geographic filmed much of her expedition in Gombe. Years later, director and writer Brett ...
Monthly Wrap: May 2018
Monthly Wrap is my monthly post about recent happenings and things I’m loving or just feel like sharing. In other words, whatever happens to be taking up space in my brain. Here’s where my head has been recently: MomoCon MomoCon is an annual convention in Atlanta, celebrating video games, anime and other nerdy things. I had ...
Human Update: Your history changed this week
The past couple days people around the web have been freaking out about a new revelation that a mastodon, found at a construction site in San Diego back in 1993, dates back 130,000. What does this have to do with humans? According to wired.com, a number of stone tools were found with the fossils at the ...
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