Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:33 and sunset is 8:28 for 14 hours 55 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 31.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 64, the Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages…
Animals
Animals, Cats, Science/Nature
Friday Catblogging: Which Big Cat Has the Strongest Bite?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Embed from Getty Images Sarah McPherson asks Which big cat has the strongest bite and just how deadly is that bite for humans?: The jaguar has the strongest bite of any big cat relative to its size. Research by Adam Hartstone-Rose and colleagues at the University of South Carolina, who compared the bite forces of nine different cat species, reveals…
Animals, Daily Bread, Nature, Plants
Daily Bread for 6.27.26: Bats, the Other Pollinator
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 76. Sunrise is 5:18 and sunset is 8:37 for 15 hours 19 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 94.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard…
Animals, Daily Bread, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 6.19.26: The End of Ridglan Farms
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 74. Sunrise is 5:16 and sunset is 8:36 for 15 hours 20 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing crescent with 26 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1865, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas,…
Animals, Birds, Conservation, Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.8.26: Improving a Habitat in the Central Sand Plains
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 67. Sunrise is 5:39 and sunset is 8:03 for 14 hours 24 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 62.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1945, the German Instrument of Surrender signed at Berlin-Karlshorst comes into effect. (The…
Animals, Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cat or Otter?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Embed from Getty Images Cat! Over at Discover Wildlife, Catherine Smalley has the answer: The jaguarundi is one of the strangest-looking cats in the Americas. Long-bodied, short-legged and sleek, it has more than a hint of otter or weasel about it, which explains why it is sometimes called the otter cat. Yet this elusive hunter…
Animals
Friday Cat-Like Blogging: Fossa
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Holiday
Friday Bat and Rat Blogging
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Daily Bread, Nature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 10.5.25: Three Thousand Wisconsin Bats
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 80. Sunrise is 6:57 and sunset is 6:28, for 11 hours 32 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 96.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1846, Wisconsin’s first state constitutional convention meets: The convention…
Animals, Daily Bread, Weird Tales, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 8.9.25: Wisconsin Bear with Jar Stuck on Head Freed After 12 Days
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 91. Sunrise is 5:55 and sunset is 8:04, for 14 hours, 10 minutes of daytime. The moon is full with 99.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1173, construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower…
Animals, Daily Bread, Nature, Photography
Daily Bread for 6.30.25: Summer from the Nature Conservancy
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 85. Sunrise is 5:20 and sunset is 8:37, for 15 hours, 17 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 29.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1934, the Night of the Long Knives, Hitler’s violent purge of…
Animals, Birds, Conservation, Daily Bread, Environment, Insects, Nature, Plants, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 6.24.25: Prairies & Pollinators
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 84. Sunrise is 5:17 and sunset is 8:37, for 15 hours, 20 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 1.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée crosses the Neman river beginning the invasion of Russia. An interlude for…
Animals, Daily Bread, Faraway Places, Nature
Daily Bread for 4.12.25: Taming Pythons in Thailand
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning.
Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 45. Sunrise is 6:17 and sunset is 7:34, for 13 hours, 16 minutes of daytime. The moon is full this evening.
On this day in 1776, with the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.