Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
Today’s photos come from physicist and origami master Robert Lang, taken from his home office in California. Robert’s captions and ID’s are indented, and you can click on the photos to enlarge them. These birds are a good demonstration of a biological “rule”, which has some exceptions: if one sex in a species is more … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Today we have photos of a swell trip taken by Robert Lang, physicist and origami master. (I believe it was this trip, sponsored by New Scientist and Steppes Travel, and featuring Richard Dawkins as lecturer) Robert’s notes and IDs are indented, and you can click on the photos to enlarge them. Hawaii Wildlife We spent … Continue reading Reader’s wildlife photos (and videos)
Thanks to a slew of readers, we have enough photos for several potpourri features, but do send in your long-form contributions when you can. Thanks! We’ll have two contributors today, the first being physicist and origami master Robert Lang from Altadena, California. Like all photos below, the captions are indented and you can enlarge the … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
It’s been a while since we’ve had photos from reader, physicist, and master origami artist Robert Lang, who lives in California. Here’s a spate of fauna with Robert’s captions indented. Click on the photos to enlarge them: My office window looks out into the Angeles National Forest, so I get a lot of animal visitors; … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Robert Lang, reader, physicist, and origami master, sent us some lovely videos he took from his California studio. These were sent on May 14, and Robert’s captions are indented. These all come from a camera I have set up outside my studio window, so it’s capturing pretty much the view I have during the day … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife videos
The photo tank is inexorably draining, so please send in your good wildlife photos. We have three contributors today, the first being John Crisp, who sent a video: Here’s a short video of family interactions between gorillas I was fortunate enough to capture four years ago in the Rwandan highlands. Personally, I find the commentary … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos (and video)
I have some singletons and a couple of longer additions, but the tank is running quite low (as is the “Photos of readers” feature). Please send in your contributions to either feature. Today I’ll post some of the singletons and doubletons. First, two photos from Christopher Moss (all readers’ captions are indented): American red squirrel: … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Today we have a contribution from physicist and origami master Robert Lang, presenting some photos called “Altadena: Squirrel Noms Edition” (Altadena, California is where he lives). His captions and descriptions are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them: Most of these photos were taken from my office out the window above … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Well, this is the last one in the tanks, and th- th- th- that’s all, folks! Unless, that is, someone steps up to the plate. Today we have engineer, physicist, and origami master Robert Lang, whose creations have been featured before (here), as well as several dollops of photos (e.g., here and here). Robert’s captions … Continue reading Photos of readers
I can always use more photos, and get nervous when the photo tank is low. If you have some good photos of wildlife (including landscapes and “street photography”), please send them my way. Today’s contribution comes from Robert Lang, physicist and origami master. I had the pleasure of meeting him at Kent Presents in Connecticut (go … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos and videos
