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Writing tagged: ‘earthworms’

Newsletter No. 8: ‘Reading for amusement’

Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus (1766–1834)

Darwin reads Malthus · mass extinctions · earthworms · Gilbert White · Lonesome George · lichen · zebras · Neanderthals · life on Venus? · bats · book reviews · and more…

Published 28-Sep-2020
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: astrobiology, bats, charles darwin, earthworms, galapagos islands, gilbert white, mass extinctions, natural selection, neanderthals, podcasts, stephen jay gould, thomas malthus, tortoises

Book review: ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms’ by Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin's wonderful final book.

Published 17-Oct-2015
Filed under: Reviews Genres: Books by Darwin, Nature Books, Science/History Books Tags: books, charles darwin, earthworms, reviews

Making a Mountain out of a Bioturbation

How Darwin's work on earthworms is still relevant today.

Published 07-Jan-2007
Filed under: Blog Tags: bioturbation, charles darwin, earthworms, moles, worms

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