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Newsletter No. 16: Bonus links

Some good stuff there wasn’t space for in newsletter No. 16.

Published 22-Dec-2022
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: aDNA, insectivorous plants, mammals, neanderthals, palaeoanthropology
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Newsletter No. 15: ‘Darwinian associations’

…everything has a Darwin connection!

Published 19-Aug-2022
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: bats, birds, cambridge, darwin correspondence project, dinosaurs, dogs, edinburgh, mammals, newsletters, parasites, pollination
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Newsletter No. 12: ‘A comparatively free man’

A poorly Darwin writes to his cousin • links and book recommendations • the evolution of the eye

Published 12-Feb-2022
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: charles darwin, coronavirus, darwin's illness, edward o wilson, fungi, mammals, richard leakey, sexual selection, william darwin fox
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Newsletter No. 11: ‘Give that man a medal!’

A contentious gong · loads of links · book recommendations · Alfred Russel Wallace’s missing ‘L‘

Published 05-Nov-2021
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: adam sedgwick, alfred russel wallace, charles darwin, human evolution, mammals, pollination, snakes, thomas henry huxley
Darwin stamps

Newsletter No. 9: ‘Time flies’

Stolen notebooks · DNA barcoding · butterflies · Mary Anning · flowers · cool videos · insects · snakes · mammalian evolution · book reviews

Published 12-Feb-2021
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alice roberts, bicentennial oak, charles darwin, dna, flowers, insects, janet browne, mammals, stephen jay gould

Ethereal nature

In which I rather naively try to photograph bats in my back garden.

Published 15-Jun-2010
Filed under: Blog Tags: bats, mammals, photographs, stense

Ida: on second viewing

This morning, I decided to watch the Ida documentary again, trying to imagine my reaction had I known nothing about the hype.

Published 30-May-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: darwinius, hype, mammals, species named after darwin

No, no, no! I said, "Let's SEX up this Darwinius press release!"

Darwinius fossil plays the sax shock!

Published 20-May-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: darwinius, humour, hype, mammals

March hares

I was delighted to see a couple of brown hares boxing in the field in front of my house this morning.

Published 15-Mar-2009
Filed under: Blog Tags: hares, mammals, videos, yorkshire

Vole piss detection

How kestrels track voles!

Published 09-Mar-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: adaptations, birds, books, exaptations, eyes, kestrels, mammals, vision, voles

Kiss me, cat!

'Bizarre' new mammal discovered

Published 01-Feb-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: mammals
Megatherium

23-Sep-1832: Darwin discovers a ‘rhinoceros’

…for which, read ‘giant ground sloth’ or ‘Megatherium’.

Published 23-Sep-2007
Filed under: Articles Tags: anniversaries, mammals, megatherium, sloths

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