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.
Stephen Barnard in Idaho has been trying to trap a feral cat and her two kittens; yesterday he succeeded in getting the second kitten, which appears to be called “Not Jerry Coyne” since the first one, caught two days ago, was named after me (“Jerry Coyne the Sixth“). The siblings (below) look very similar, though … Continue reading Second feral kitten captured, named “Not Jerry Coyne”
Gayle Ferguson, a biologist at Massey University who’s hosted me for a day and a half, has fostered twenty-five stray or abandoned kittens, and hasn’t lost a single one: none have died and all have found loving homes. (You may remember her as the rescuer of Jerry Coyne the Cat.) Her latest acquisition, number 26, … Continue reading Bob the Kitten
Well, I haven’t directly left any of my own genes to posterity, though about a quarter of them reside in my nephew (who has yet to produce progeny), and a few are in my cousins. But it doesn’t matter: I’ve left my legacy in cats. Reader Gayle Ferguson named an abandoned kitten “Jerry Coyne” a … Continue reading Two more cats named Jerry Coyne
Gayle Ferguson has now adopted out all of the five kittens she rescued from a petrol station, and was sad to see the last one, Hoover, go. But they all got good homes. Kudos to Gayle for taking care of five tiny kittens (while she had two of her own, as well as another adult … Continue reading Caturday felids: adopted moggies; Henri disses springtime
. . . Jerry Coyne the cat, I mean. Reader Gayle Ferguson, who rescued Jerry and his Four Sisters, reports from Auckland: Little Jerry is back from the vet and is doing well. He is racing around as usual as if nothing ever happened! It looks as if I’ll leave no genetic legacy, either human or felid. … Continue reading Jerry Coyne has been neutered
Well, we’ve seen Jerry grow up from a suckling to an 11-week-old adolescent, we’ve been with him when he lost his testicles, and today he was formally adopted. Yesterday Jerry Coyne the Cat flew to the south island of New Zealand, and this morning was transferred to his new home. Gayle Ferguson, his Rescuer (and Rescuer … Continue reading Jerry Coyne, on drugs, put in halfway house, and then released to forever home
