In May 968 a diplomat from the Kingdom of Pavia in northern Italy, Liutprand of Cremona, arrived in Constantinople to meet Emperor...

This post is about a fish with a funny scientific name: Boops boops.  In English it is known as bogue, a name that embodies lots of...

This post was born out of awe at a piece of kirie art, by Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda. Fukuda created a magnificent paper-cut octopus...

Fish hold a fascination for people!  They are part of all kinds of stories. We find them in fables, in mythology, in dream lore...

Abalone is a name for the many members of a large family of marine molluscs, the Haliotidae. Haliotidae translates into “the ears of the...