Friday Catblogging: How That Newly Discovered Species Is Doing
Two weeks ago, the Friday catblogging post here at FREE WHITEWATER was about a new cat species, discovered in Bolivia. Checking in, Tigrino the Leopardus tilcayo seems to be doing well:
View ArticleFriday Catblogging: New Wild Cat Species Identified
View this post on Instagram A post shared by National Geographic Animals (@natgeoanimals) Even in this century, new — and in this case happy — natural discoveries await: For the first time in a...
View ArticleFriday Catblogging: Now Extinct, the American ‘Cheetah’ Was Really More Like...
Hypothetical life restoration of M. trumani. By Sheatherius – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link. Sadly, North America never had its own true cheetah. The American cheetah, long since extinct, was closer to...
View ArticleDaily Bread for 9.6.26: The Hotter Climate in Walworth, Jefferson, and Rock...
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:25 and sunset is 7:20 for 12 hours 55 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 25.4 percent of...
View ArticleDaily Bread for 8.30.26: Another Advance in America’s Contributions to Astronomy
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be cloudy and humid with a high of 86. Sunrise is 6:17 and sunset is 7:32 for 13 hours 15 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 93.6 percent of...
View ArticleFriday Catblogging: Not All Cat Grooming Is a Friendly Gesture
Embed from Getty Images Sometimes cats groom each other for friendly reasons … but sometimes not: Morgane Van Belle, another cat behavioral scientist at Ghent University and the study’s lead author,...
View ArticleDaily Bread for 7.14.26: Tornado Alley Moves Toward the Midwest
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 95. Sunrise is 5:29 and sunset is 8:32 for 15 hours 3 minutes of daylight. The moon is new with none of its visible disk illuminated....
View ArticleFriday Catblogging: Which Big Cat Has the Strongest Bite?
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....
View ArticleFriday Catblogging: The Black Serval
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View ArticleDaily Bread for 4.18.26: Wisconsin’s Changing Weather
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 62. Sunrise is 6:08 and sunset is 7:40 for 13 hours 32 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 1.9 percent of its...
View ArticleFriday Catblogging: Japanese Scientists Discover Unexpected Reason Cats Leave...
Embed from Getty Images Cats leave meals unfinished not merely because they’ll full, but sometimes because of the meal’s scent: A research group led by Professor Masao Miyazaki at Iwate University,...
View ArticleDaily Bread for 4.6.26: Life Unearthed
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 45. Sunrise is 6:28 and sunset is 7:27 for 12 hours 59 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 81.5 percent of its visible...
View ArticleFriday Catblogging: More Research on Why Cats Land on Their Feet
Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times. From Taylor Mitchell Brown, Why Falling Cats Always Seem to Land on Their Feet, New York Times, Mar. 11, 2026. Cats are endlessly fascinating, and among their...
View ArticleDaily Bread for 2.17.26: Rainbows
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 56. Sunrise is 6:49 and sunset is 5:29 for 10 hours 40 minutes of daytime. The moon is new with none of its visible disk illuminated....
View ArticleFriday Catblogging: Lynx for Forest Recovery
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View ArticleFriday Catblogging: A Discovery of Naturally Mummified Cheetahs
Just as some animals have been naturally fossilized, it’s possible for some animals to be naturally mummified. Thousands of years ago, that’s what happened to some cheetahs on the Arabian Peninsula:...
View ArticleDaily Bread for 1.9.26: A Wisconsin Trail Weaving Indigenous Knowledge with...
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 57. Sunrise is 7:25 and sunset is 4:39 for 9 hours 14 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 60.1 percent of its visible...
View ArticleDaily Bread for 1.3.26: What’s That Supermoon All About?
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 24. Sunrise is 7:25 and sunset is 4:33 for 9 hours 8 minutes of daytime. The moon is full today. It’s the January Wolf Supermoon. On...
View ArticleDaily Bread for 12.27.25: A Second Kind of Lion Roar
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 42. Sunrise is 7:24 and sunset is 4:27 for 9 hours, 3 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 49 percent of its...
View ArticleDaily Bread for 11.29.25: Snow Crystals, Photographed and Studied
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be snowy, with a significant accumulation, and a high of 30. Sunrise is 7:04 and sunset is 4:22 for 9 hours 18 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing...
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