Polly Johnston

Polly Johnston "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius

A pair of blue Persian cats pose on a recliner in Bogota, New Jersey. At the time, in the 1930s, the blue Persian regula...
16/03/2024

A pair of blue Persian cats pose on a recliner in Bogota, New Jersey. At the time, in the 1930s, the blue Persian regularly won best-in-show cat competitions.

A hippopotamus bites off more than it can chew in Maasai Mara, Kenya.
06/03/2024

A hippopotamus bites off more than it can chew in Maasai Mara, Kenya.

Women carry baskets of huge loaves of bread on their heads as a part of celebrations during the Feast of the Holy Spirit...
29/02/2024

Women carry baskets of huge loaves of bread on their heads as a part of celebrations during the Feast of the Holy Spirit in Ribeiras, Pico Island, Portugal. This photo appeared in a February 1976 story about the Azores, an archipelago of nine islands off the coast of Portugal.

Felix Weber, research associate at the Institute of Environmental and Process Engineering at RhineMain University of App...
22/02/2024

Felix Weber, research associate at the Institute of Environmental and Process Engineering at RhineMain University of Applied Sciences in Germany, sits in front of a picture of a 3-D microscope with plastic particles.

Nearly blind, naked mole rats use their sensitive hairs to feel their way around underground.
19/02/2024

Nearly blind, naked mole rats use their sensitive hairs to feel their way around underground.

Rarely seen, little studied, and considered vulnerable to extinction, a Sunda clouded leopard sets off a camera trap nea...
12/02/2024

Rarely seen, little studied, and considered vulnerable to extinction, a Sunda clouded leopard sets off a camera trap near Cabang Panti Research Station. The cats, which are most active at night, have broad paws, flexible hind legs, and long tails that equip them for climbing trees, descending headfirst, and even hanging from branches while gripping their prey. They’re known to eat everything from monkeys, deer, and pigs to fish, civets, and porcupines.

Located in the east wing of IAAM, the Transatlantic Gallery features eight large video screens. It takes visitors on a h...
06/02/2024

Located in the east wing of IAAM, the Transatlantic Gallery features eight large video screens. It takes visitors on a historical journey through hundreds of years of history, from African cultural roots to the tragedy of the Middle Passage and into local and international diaspora scenes and traditions.

Fatu, pictured here at Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy, is one of the world’s two remaining northern white rhinoceroses. S...
01/02/2024

Fatu, pictured here at Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy, is one of the world’s two remaining northern white rhinoceroses. Scientists have recently teamed up with a company known for attempting to resurrect the woolly mammoth. But as our September story asks: Can “de-extinction” technology really save living rhinos—and is it worth it?

Large craters, spires, hydrothermal vents, and fissures—remnants of the lava flow from an ancient eruption—line the floo...
30/01/2024

Large craters, spires, hydrothermal vents, and fissures—remnants of the lava flow from an ancient eruption—line the floor of Yellowstone Lake.

During the pandemic I spent some time trying to emphasize the beauty of the two pigeons visiting our balcony.
25/01/2024

During the pandemic I spent some time trying to emphasize the beauty of the two pigeons visiting our balcony.

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