Posts in Cabinet of Curiosities

For today's edition, some fun facts in celebration of World Migratory Bird Day! Read More  

Voices are noise, humanly noise—but what knows best in you is not of human shape or sound but of a stranger, wilder beast. Now it turns in your stomach, now it rends your chest. Tell the voices to shut ... Read More  

It's International Polar Bear Day! Since it's 2025, I've rounded up 25 cool facts about these icons of the Arctic, including a surprising discovery I helped make during in my former life as a wildlife geneticist. Is your favourite ... Read More  

Today's Cabinet of Curiosities is in honour of World Wetlands Day. I did a lot of research on wetlands for The Boreal Forest, much of which simply would not fit in the book. Here are some favourite facts about ... Read More