Category Archives: Animal news

Climate change with a stinky warning from Mother Nature

What is Mother Nature telling us? Or, rather, telling a couple of incendiary Red States — Florida and Texas? She has been delivering massive, smelly seaweed carrying flesh-eating bacteria to Florida beaches and an awful lot of dead fish onto … Continue reading

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Animal news: “You can’t really read their body language.”

But I can read the sweetness in Hvaldimir’s face. I’ll bet you can, too. Even if Hvaldimir is a wild beluga whale, he seems to really like people. Which may be a problem for him. Even if he was a … Continue reading

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Animal news: What odd bird is this?

Last week, when my brother, our cousin Nancy and I were having lunch on my building’s roof deck (I made the sandwiches, Nancy provided the chips and pickles), we saw a bird. Hey wow! you’re saying, your words dripping with … Continue reading

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