Animals
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Orcas In The Gulf Are Hypnotizing Baby Great Whites—Here’s Why
TLDR: A pod of orcas in Mexico’s Gulf of California has turned great-white hunting into a master class: they flip juvenile sharks upside-down to trigger paralysis, then delicately excise the calorie-dense liver and share it around—behavior documented 2020-2022 that reveals cultural innovation, climate-driven prey shifts, and the unsettling speed at which ocean ecosystems are rewriting read more
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From Neolithic Burials to Street Colonies: How Cyprus Became the Mediterranean’s Island of Cats
TL;DR: Cyprus's human-cat relationship began 9,500 years ago at Shillourokambos, the earliest known evidence of cat taming (Science, 2004). A 4th-century legend credits Saint Helen with importing snake-fighting cats, though historians find no proof. Today, an estimated one million strays—roughly one per resident—face welfare and ecological challenges. In October 2025, Cyprus tripled its sterilization budget read more
