(by sean_cgn)

(by marc.hennige)

Alan Poelman

mossy lava fields, iceland - anne mckinnell

Daniel Malikyar

(by seffis)

Eye of the Highlands Lurie Belegurschi

Iceberg - Jokulsarlon, 2020

When people get a little too gung-ho about-

wait. cancel post. gung-ho cannot be English. where did that phrase come from? China?

ok, yes. gōnghé, which is…an abbreviation for “industrial cooperative”? Like it was just a term for a worker-run organization? A specific U.S. marine stationed in China interpreted it as a motivational slogan about teamwork, and as a commander he got his whole battalion using it, and other U.S. marines found those guys so exhausting that it migrated into English slang with the meaning “overly enthusiastic”.

That’s…wild. What was I talking about?

my mom was trying to chew through some really tough steak and she turned to me and said “just call me The Gnawer.” she would do numbers here

my latest cartoon for New Scientist.

The common baron caterpillar (Euthalia aconthea) is a next level master of camouflage. Its green body is covered in a mesh of feathery bristles and a yellow line down it’s back, that blend perfectly with the color and texture of mango leaves, its primary food source.