Plains of Africa
by shaunoboyle
Categories: landscape, natural history, nyc, taxidermy
Monthly Archives: May 2011
brown bay – and where’s waldo
by shaunoboyle
Categories: plantations, St. John, travel
Brontozoum Sillimanium
by shaunoboyle
A recent trip to the Natural History Museum at Amherst College revealed a beautiful collection of ichnofossils: geological records of biological activity. I find these 250 million year old fossil traces extremely interesting. There are some distant parallels between fossils and photographs. These tracks represent small bits of information, snapshots of moments in time, but [...]
Categories: curiosities, nature
Anisopus Gracilis
by shaunoboyle
Fossils interest me because they trace an event, and tell a story with a very small amount of information. Enough to start building a narrative and imagining a moment, a place, an event. There is an element of mystery. Unlocking secrets, discovering things that are hidden, exploring unknown strata. Fossils have a similar attraction as [...]
Categories: curiosities, nature • Tags: fossil