Makes sense. Very slim chance IBWP in Cuba maybe? <5%? Definitely has the most interesting narrative surrounding it, anyway.

A murder mystery on The Wild Episode: The Grey Seal stars in The Corkscrew Killer Mystery thewildepisode.com/2026/04/13/g...

Awesome. Extinct or not (however many, if any, you feel like answering!):
a) thylacine, b) pink-headed duck, c) ivory-billed wp,d) japanese wolf

The Deep Sea Scroll down the deep sea in this interactive page.

Lovely little descent into the deep:
neal.fun/deep-sea/

Digital painting of an imaginary marching band orchestra playing inside the woman's head, gold, green and red hues

"Cerebral Cortextra", an ode to synesthesia, an original artwork dedicated to that moment when the music hits your brain so good your inner demons become a personal marching band and you start seeing visions.

Lovely. And somehow very you. Very happy to see you back in the flow. 😀

An image of a European Tadpole Shrimp

To save everyone some time and hassle, I know which animals the Bank of England should put on its new bank notes: thewildepisode.substack.com/p/the-animal...

Just seen the latest (not my idea). Writing, plotting, structure, etc all C-. Remarkable visuals. Suspect they pull folks to the cinema for that technical achievement - nothing else looks like it. Unique cinematic events, with no overflow beyond because it's pure, visual umami in the moment.

tldr is that he's not totally convinced it's HUGE news, but still very interesting.

The problem skulls from Yunxian The relationships of fossils from deep time in China may help reveal ancestral connections for the Denisovans

Has a particular point of view, so not 100% disinterested, and still has some technical bits, but here you go: www.johnhawks.net/p/the-proble...

For real. Mine switched to rowing, thankfully, which parents can't be expected to participate in. But anything basketball-related was rough - constant motion punctuated by bursts of exertion. I think I was a great disappointment.

The Corner Box Welcome to The Corner Box, where we talk about comic books as an industry and an art form. You never know where the discussion will go, or who’ll show up to join hosts David Hedgecock and John Barber....

We've got some great new podcasts up on the site. Superman movie review, original comic art price discussion, a fun interview with @jimmccann2.bsky.social, and a bunch of other nonsense meant to dazzle and entertain you. Go give a listen! www.thecornerbox.club

Read a thing long ago (can't remember who) that characterised depression as pathological sadness. Very imperfect description, but a nice construction. Similarly imperfect but suspect a lot of what's going on the 15 years, across many domains, is to do with pathological disappointment.

Which animal on Earth has the biggest claw? It's not a tiger, a bear, or an eagle, not anything remotely like that ...

thewildepisode.com/2025/06/16/g...

Gave up on trying to get this accurate, cos life's too short and who can remember all these places, but I've definitely *seen* the UK. So my conviction that Scotland is the easily the best must be entirely objective, right?

smstone0.github.io#/uk-map

Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

1/

Been catching up on recent episodes, and you and @johnbarber.bsky.social are doing great stuff. Really like your behind the scenes/retrospective bits like the Absolute/Ultimates/etc talk. Hearing insiders talk about how the sausage is made is fun in a voyeuristic sort of way (to me anyway :))

In case anyone's interested, this is very fun comics podcast from @johnbarber.bsky.social & @dhedgecock.bsky.social, two guys who really know their behind-the-scenes stuff on IDW, Marvel, independent comics, all sorts.

Hanging Thieves (not a policy suggestion, just some amazing predators!) Have some amazing photos to start your week

A new photo post at The Wild Episode Substack about some predators that hunt predators - flies that hunt, amongst other things, bees, wasps, damselflies and even dragonflies. But why are they called Hanging Thieves?: thewildepisode.substack.com/p/hanging-th...

#nature #wildlife #insects #zoology

Most 'personal' of the stuff I've written, in the sense it's all about my hometown and based on its very real and kind of mad history ... part horror, yes, but maybe more like a weird historical thriller?

The rhinos we have and the ones we lost.

In the late Pleistocene, about two thirds of the worlds terrestrial megafauna went extinct. Rhinos fared better than average, but still, all the temperate and cold climate species are gone. Those that remain are endangered and in dire need of protection.

Have some amazing photos to start your week at the Wild Episode substack. Surprisingly beautiful fish with surprisingly science fictional jaws: t.co/9NsXYNmAXT #nature #wildlife #zoology #fish

My podcast The Wild Episode - nature, history, science in the Animal Kingdom - now has a substack. thewildepisode.substack.com A place to get some amazing animal content that'll brighten your day and if you support the show there you'll get even more, incl bonus episodes! Bargain!

Experimenting with linking to my podcast here ...

What connects feasting Japanese fish, a swimming pool in southern France and Alexander the Great’s encounter with the Gordian Knot? The extraordinary horsehair worm, a simple animal capable of astonishing things …

thewildepisode.com/2023/11/30/p...

Not new folks exactly, but only just (hesitantly) waking my account here from dormancy. Worth it, though, to find out you're at Boom - I'd missed that. Hope you have an awesome time. Sounds like a potentially great fit.

Time to slowly test the bluesky waters? Maybe. Baby steps and all that.