Skeptophilia

As an avid birdwatcher, I've learned many of the vocalizations of our local species.  Some, especially the migratory species we only hea...

One of the most mesmerizing sights in nature is the collective motion of large groups of animals. I remember watching films by Jacques Coust...

I understand dogs a great deal better than I understand my fellow humans. Dogs are straightforward.  They interact with their world in a dir...

A couple of days ago I was in my car, listening to Sirius XM Satellite Radio's station Symphony Hall , and was delighted when one of my ...

Dancing is ubiquitous amongst human societies. Everywhere you go, every culture you look at, there is some form of rhythmic movement, usuall...

The first few years my wife and I were married, we had a dog named Doolin. At least I think Doolin was a dog.  The story is that she was bor...

A friend of mine was chatting with me about irritating situations at work, and she mentioned that she'd really lost her cool with a supe...

Starfish are odd creatures in just about every respect. They belong to a phylum called Echinodermata , which is Greek for "spiny skin...

Back in December, I completely skeeved out some of my readers with a discussion of parasites , more specifically the protist Toxoplasma gond...

The following is a direct transcript of how I got welcomed into a multi-person business-related Zoom call a couple of years ago: Me: How are...

Ever heard of the cui bono  principle? Cui bono?  is Latin for "who benefits?"  It's been used for centuries as a central ques...