Here’s a repost from 2018 about using infrasound to study volcanoes. It’s timely because new research using this technique has revealed that Alaska’s Bogoslof Volcano,
Repost: The “Other Sabertooths”
Nimravides and the Metailurini. It sounds like a rock band, but these were once two real and very different types of long-fanged big cat
Repost: Zabargad: Island of Green Stones
What do former Russian royals and the Red Sea have in common?
Gems, of course–in particular, one famous peridot plus a few smaller ones. All of these stones came from Zabargad Island in the Red Sea.
Repost: Alexander von Humboldt, Part 1 – A Mind Well Suited
Here’s part 1 of a three-part series I did in 2014 on this remarkable scientist. I don’t know where to begin telling you about Alexander
A Look Back at Kilauea’s East Rift Eruption
As the air chills and days grow shorter, this might be a good time to revisit my live-blog of the trial by fire that Hawaiians
The Domestic Cat Lineage
Here is a repost from this past April about Fluffy and relatives. I’ve updated it with a few links about the other “Felis” cats (except
