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....endless amount of knowledge ...

Herman Hesse's library

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Art by Tony Karpinski

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A Canada lynx leads her kittens out of a northern Ontario forest during a heavy snowfall. Lynx have large, snowshoe-like paws that allow them to move quickly and silently through deep snow.

Jean-Simon Bégin

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Nature Photography Competition

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Pronghorn Antilocapra americana

Observed by sbillerman, CC BY-NC

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Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus), juvenile, family Scincidae, Central TX, USA

photograph by Cindy Brown

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“The journey of life is made up of long tedious stretches, step by step, day by day, without anything impressive happening, but the memory is made up of the unexpected events that mark the journey.

Isabel Allende

Road into the Distance created by Normov Art.

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Isabel Grosser

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Basyas eating...

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You’ve heard of woolly mammoths, but what about woolly tapirs? 🤔Also known as the mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque), this species can be found in the cloud forests of South America’s Andes Mountains. Adults can weigh up to 400 lbs (182 kg), and their thick fur coats help insulate them from the cold temperatures of their habitat. Unfortunately, this endangered species is threatened by human activity including hunting and deforestation.

Photo: Edwin Múnera Chavarría, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

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Jade mask depicting Maya storm god unearthed in royal tomb in Guatemala

Archaeologists have discovered a 1,700-year-old royal tomb in Guatemala that's overflowing with funeral offerings, including an intricately designed jade mask depicting a Maya deity.

The tomb, which is located at an archaeological site known as Chochkitam near the borders of what are now Mexico and Belize, was the burial site for a previously unknown Maya king, according to a statement from Tulane University.

Along with the mosaic mask designed to resemble the Maya storm god, researchers found 16 mollusk shells and hieroglyphs carved into human femurs (thigh bones), including one drawing depicting a man holding a jade mask similar to the artifact tucked inside the tomb. Researchers think the hieroglyphs identify the king's father and grandfather and serve as a link to the ruler of the Maya states of Tikal and Teotihuacan. Read more.