Did you spot the salamander in this morning’s post? Here’s the original photo again: And the salamander is circled. Note that it’s just the head. Tricked you! An enlargement of the head (circled). , Note that I didn’t say it was an entire salamander.| Why Evolution Is True
Okay, this one is really hard—perhaps the hardest “spot-the” photo we’ve ever had. Somewhere in the photo below is a salamander. Can you spot it? If you do, just say “found it” or “didn’t find the damn thing” in the comments below. The reveal will be at 1 p.m. Chicago time. The photo comes from … Continue reading Spot the salamander!| Why Evolution Is True
Welcome to Sunday, September 28, 2025, and the Sabbath that is made for goyische cats. It’s National Drink Beer Day, and should you be so lucky as to be in the UK, this is the beer I recommend you seek and quaff (it’s a session beer): It’s also National Strawberry Cream Pie Day, World Rivers … Continue reading Sunday: Hili dialogue| Why Evolution Is True
It is a testament to my diligence that, although I’m on vacation, we shall have a Caturday felid post today. It will be shorter than usual, but there are still cats. We’ll start with a big one. Click headline to read. An excerpt: A jaguar in Brazil has been documented making a record-breaking swim of … Continue reading Caturday felid trifecta: Record swim for jaguar; how big cats communicate; cat steals all food from the staff; and lagniappe| Why Evolution Is True
I have to say this about Richard: he is fearless. Of course he’s in a position to say what he wants and not lose much, though he is sensitive to erosion of his reputation, but that won’t stop him from speaking out. And one thing he will not apologize for is the claim shown in … Continue reading Richard Dawkins stirs up things again in the Torygraph| Why Evolution Is True
Welcome to CaturSaturday, September 27, 2025: shabbos for good Jewish cats as well as International Rabbit Day. Now I know that this painting (“Young Hare” by Albrecht Dürer, 1502) is a hare, not a rabbit, so don’t come after me. It’s close enough, and it’s beautiful: It’s also Museum Day, Astronomy Day, National Chocolate Milk … Continue reading Saturday: Hili dialogue| Why Evolution Is True
In one of the most aggressive and misguided examples of “whataboutery” I’ve been involved with, quite a few people criticized Lawrence Krauss’s anthology The War on Science …| Why Evolution Is True
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Welcome to Thursday, September 11, 2025, and National Hot Cross Bun Day (aka “Bunday”). Here’s from Wikipedia: A hot cross bun is a spiced bun, usually containing small pieces of…| Why Evolution Is True
Today, mathematician and Hero of Intellectual Freedom, UC Davis’s Abby Thompson has more lovely intertidal pictures from California. Her captions and IDs are indented, and you can enlarge the…| Why Evolution Is True
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This is the next-to-last full contribution of photos I have, so please send in good wildlife photos if you got ’em. Thanks! Today we have a text-and-photo discussion from reader Athayde Tonha…| Why Evolution Is True