If I were in any way inclined to go back to school and study something wildly different from the world of biology I already know I would study – in a heartbeat – human behavior. The longer I work with the public the more fascinated I am by the misconceptions, preconceptions, and projections that people [...]
The Endangered Species Coalition (ESC) has an interesting ongoing contest to give endangered species more outreach-friendly and interesting monikers. Its supposed to be a humorous perspective, and I can see the appeal. For instance, instead of the Delta Smelt, the “Yummy-Tasty Fish”.
I’ve been really interested in the whole concept of names and wildlife lately. I regularly encounter [...]
The latest issue of Orion magazine (one of my favorites) takes aim at various climate concerns through several articles. The overall sense of the issue is one of anxiety-stricken urgency. And perhaps its needed in the wider sense of the world, but I have a hard time believing that regular readers of Orion need yet [...]
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