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There Are Insects That Die Immediately After Fertilisation
There are insects that die immediately after fertilisation. So it is with our joys: the moment of fullest delight, and they are gone! Søren Kierkegaard
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A Hundred-Year-Old Rhododendron and the Woman Who Tended It All Her Life
Archaeology · Books · Palaeontology · Nature
“The Last Mammoth” by Yevgeny Yevtushenko and the Yuka mammoth mummy from Yakutia
He trod with effort on the spur above the icebound river. There used to be more of them, the proud ones, many of them, and he was the last of that kind. Tried more than once in the storm, today, as if out of spite, he gave way. From the
Observations · Society · Nature · Humour
In Kazakhstan, Przewalski's horse, described in 1879, will be called kerkulan and kertagy
Przewalski's Horse Renamed in Kazakhstan. Equus ferus przewalskii, made known to science and described by the Russian traveller and geographer Nikolai Przhevalsky in 1879, is henceforth to be called in Kazakhstan "Przewalski's horse – kerkulan, kertagy". I would suggest coming up with a name for
Observations · Nature · Humour
Paranormal experts suggest a werewolf portal in Cannock Chase forest in Staffordshire
Paranormal experts say that English woodland may hide a werewolf portal. Cannock Chase in Staffordshire is known for its eerie sightings of supernatural beings, including ghosts, werewolves and the notorious “black-eyed child”. Surprised? Not in the slightest. England is as much a hub of the uncanny as Bohemia and
Observations · Nature
On 30 May 1977 the tree was struck by lightning; the plant survived and lives on
The plaque by the Roxburgh pine in the Sukhumi Botanical Garden
Geography · Observations · Science · Nature
The history of Canis Major and Sirius, from bow and arrow to the hound Lelaps
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, but in fact it can be seen in the daytime sky too, if you know where to look. It is also known as the Dog Star, or Alpha Canis Majoris, for its reliability, constancy and unrivalled ability to help people find
Moscow · Heritage · Nature
Snow fells a willow in the Apothecary Garden that predates the garden's founding in 1706
In the Apothecary Garden, snow has brought down an ancient willow that was growing there even before the botanical garden was founded under Peter I in 1706. It is one of the oldest trees in Moscow. The willow was not planted deliberately as part of the botanical garden, but had
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Why Are Men Dying Out?
Geography · Books · Nature
Sergey Yesenin’s 1920 poem “Sorokoust” about a foal running after a train
Have you seen How it runs across the steppes, Hiding in the lake mists, Snorting through an iron nostril, A train on cast-iron paws? And behind it Through the tall grass, As at a festival of desperate races, Flinging its slender legs up towards its head, Gallops a red-
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Elephants bathing in an engraving of 1682 from the Rijksmuseum
Elephants frolicking in the water. Engraving, 1682. Rijksmuseum