Seán Thomas Kane

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Historian of 16th century French natural history focusing on three-toed sloths (Bradypus sp.). Ph.D. Candidate at Binghamton University. Fellow of the Linnean Society. Gaelgeoir. All opinions are my own.

Viewing the candlelit congregation at the 2026 Easter Vigil Mass at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri from the choir.
Looking from the Balcony level down towards the stage of Muriel Kauffman Theatre in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri. Photo taken with a wide-angle lens.
A photo from the 2nd floor of the Field Museum looking towards the 3rd floor above.
An engraving of a Magellanic penguin from 1605.
A gallery of four early depictions of a three-toed sloth’s face dating from 1557 & 1558 (top left), 1558 (top right), 1560 (bottom left), and 1562 (bottom right).
A 16th century engraving of a dolphin (below) and a dolphin skull (above)
The cover page of Giovanni Battista Ramusio’s “I Navigationi et Viaggi,” volume 3, published in 1556.
A taxidermied three-toed sloth and a matching skeleton.
A portrait of Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon