Photography by Dee Puett
How Animals Sense Magnetic Fields
Some new findings on this enduring mystery.
Newly Discovered "Compass" Protein Lines Up With Magnetic Fields | IFLScience: "It took a long time for scientists to believe that animals were capable of sensing our planet’s magnetic field, and while we now know this so-called magnetoreception is very much a real phenomenon, researchers have yet to grasp a deep understanding of how this is achieved. Now, scientists are starting to piece together this complex puzzle, aided by the discovery of a protein complex that aligns itself with magnetic fields."
Baltimore Sun on Cabinet of Curiosities
Pleased to see Cabinet of Curiosities mentioned in the Dec. 6 Baltimore Sun:
(Here's a peak into my own cabinet:)
(Here's a peak into my own cabinet:)
Huff Post on Cabinet of Curiosities
Excited to see this article by Arin Greenwood.
This Author Says We've Lost Some Sense Of Wonder, And He Has The Cure: "He said he hopes the compendium inspires others to take a tactile interest in the environments' beauty, stories and interconnectedness -- and our role, as cataloguers, participants and stewards."
This Author Says We've Lost Some Sense Of Wonder, And He Has The Cure: "He said he hopes the compendium inspires others to take a tactile interest in the environments' beauty, stories and interconnectedness -- and our role, as cataloguers, participants and stewards."
The New York Times on Cabinet of Curiosities
A nice review in the Times.
‘The Big Book of Animals of the World,’ and More - The New York Times: "Gordon Grice began collecting at age 6, filling a cigar box with such natural-world discoveries as a skunk’s skull, porcupine quills and seed pods, and he has never stopped. In “Cabinet of Curiosities,” he gives an engaging historical overview of the human enthusiasm for collecting. . ."
Whistler's Wave
Nature images by James MacNeill Whistler.
Above and below: Peacock images from a room Whistler designed.
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| Blue and Silvar: Blue Wave, Biarritz |
Above and below: Peacock images from a room Whistler designed.
Peacocks sweep the fairies' rooms;
They use their folded tails for brooms;
But fairy dust is brighter far
Than any mortal colours are;
And all about their tails it clings
In strange designs of rounds and rings;
And that is why they strut about
And proudly spread their feathers out.
--Rose Fyleman
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| Violet and Silver: A Deep Sea |
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