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.
We are in serious trouble, folks. I have about three days’ worth of readers’ wildlife photos left, and that feature (like “Caturday felids”, which has a dearth of readers) is in danger of becoming extinct. Please send in your good wildlife photos. Today we feature ecologist Susan Harrison with some lovely tropical animals and one … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Please send in your photos; I beseech thee. If you don’t know where to send them, clicking on “research interests” at the upper-right-hand corner will yield an email address. I believe I have about five days’ worth of photos left, and then this feature will die a horrible death. We have a “spot the” picture … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
Due to my obliviousness, Sunday’s regular batch of photos from John Avise was posted yesterday. Today we have only one photo. It’s a weird one from Peter Fisher in Cumbria, and could easily have been a “spot the osprey” photo—except you can see the reveal below. Plus I enlarged the photo, and can’t make out … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos, or “spot the osprey”
Today is part 2 of John Crisp’s photos of assorted birds—and one insect (part 1 is here). I’ve linked to the species but haven’t provided the Latin binomial. John’s narrative and IDs are indented. This is the second octet. Most of the titles speak for themselves. Again, all these I photographed within a mile of … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos
We have photos from a new contributor today: Neil Dawe. And it is OWLS, which are H0norary Cats™. Neil’s notes are indented, and be sure to see his pair of “spot the owl” pictures at the end. All these photos were taken on Vancouver Island in a small wooded area in Parksville, BC. My wife and I … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos (and video)
Today Bruce Lyon, an ecologist and evolutionist at UC Santa Cruz, graces us again with a nice science-and-photo post—his final contribution on owls (Honorary Cats™). Bruce’s words are indented. Don’t miss his remarkable frogmouth video at the bottom! Here is a third batch of owl photos and natural history to follow on the previous two … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photos (and video)
Reader Jonathan Wallace from Britain has sent some old photos, which were scanned from slides, but still worth a look (especially those nefarious rollers!): I recently scanned some old 35 mm slides of mine taken in Senegal and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa in the pre-digital past. I am not sure that the quality of the … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photographs (and spot the nightjar!)
The first two photos today come from reader John Harshman. Oxpeckers! He originally called the photos “Spot the oxpeckers,” but of course it’s not a challenge. In Botswana, the oxpeckers are all over most of the large mammals. How many can you count? These are yellow-billed oxpeckers Buphagus africanus, specializing on animals with thick skin. The … Continue reading Readers’ wildlife photographs
