Whales show an ability to learn and teach

    From The Guardian: Canadian scientists have observed a case of learning and culture in a killer whale. A four-year-old orca in a marine park in Ontario has found a way not just to provide fresh fowl for supper, he has shown other young whales how to do the same thing. The precocious predator made a…

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    Castellani to feature Thomas Kegler’s Niagara Falls landscapes

    From the Buffalo News: Even for those who have visited dozens of times, Niagara Falls still inspires a sense of awe. That’s certainly true for the gifted area landscape painter Thomas Kegler, whose series of Niagara Falls paintings in the style of the Hudson River School each capture the majesty and lure of the falls…

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      “Our Honeymoon… and other things”

      Someone with a Blogger blog posted about their honeymoon: Leonard and I went to Niagara Falls for our honeymoon. It was my idea because we really had no idea what to do, didn’t want to be gone for very long (his vacation time was pretty much used up), and didn’t want to part with a…

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      Niagara Falls, Part 4: The Falls At Night, Plus Bluecrest Bed & Breakfast

      Someone with their own blog has posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (including pictures): The people who manage the Niagara Falls area do a magnificent job of playing up the natural beauty of the area. This is especially true at night, when the falls are lit up in a dazzling array of colors….

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        @ Niagara Falls (25 May) << Thoughts of a Diurnal

        Someone with a WordPress blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (including being unimpressed with the non-tourist area): Well, this was what we saw when we got off the bus that was suppose to bring us to Niagara Falls. This got us questioning ourselves whether we had got off the bus at the…

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        Cuomo’s “Buffalo Billion” no Benefit to Niagara Falls

        From the Niagara Falls Reporter: With key members of his staff under indictment, a potential $3.5 billion budget deficit looming, various ill-considered initiatives like free college tuition and selling liquor in movie theaters going over like lead balloons, and being increasingly at odds with a state legislature scratching and clawing to maintain its own prerogatives…

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          New banners on outside of Classic Iron Motorcycle Museum

          Sometime within the last week three banners have been put up on the outside of the Classic Iron Motorcycle Museum: I think they look very nice. The wall was so plain before. This really grabs your attention.

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          Well O’ Canada, I think I’ve fallen for Niagara, eh?

          From The Queensland Times: I CAN now tick Niagara Falls off my bucket list. The natural wonder of the world which is shared by Canada and the USA is nothing short of perfection. But while anything as incredible as this place is always capitalised on, fortunately this does not detract from its beauty. I walked…

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