Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Carl Gans, Biology of the Reptilia and Open Access

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In my post of 30 January 2015 , I lauded the fact that all volumes of Biology of the Reptilia were available online because of the effort...
Monday, 3 August 2015

Human Organizational Behaviour Impeding Science: Annual Assessments, Scientists and Folly

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The pendulum swings. I read with great amusement last week that some of the biggest employers in Britain are dropping annual assessments of...
Sunday, 2 August 2015

Island Conservation in French Polynesia: A Major Project Completed

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I was delighted to be able to help when Island Conservation asked to use my video footage of the critically endangered Polynesian Ground-Do...
Sunday, 26 July 2015

Dr Burgess Barnett and his departure as Curator of Reptiles at London Zoo

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This post is the latest in the series on Burgess Barnett ( 29 January 2014 , 30 June 2015 ). In London for a day I found time to spen...
Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Burgess Barnett (1888-1944) in Peru: A Magazine Account

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The account I wrote of Dr Burgess Barnett (1888-1944) on 29 January 2014 created a great deal of interest. Those who read it will recall...
Saturday, 27 June 2015

More on Mongooses Employed in Britain as Rodent Catchers

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After writing the previous post on a mongoose and of these animals being used as mousers in the bakeries of the west of Scotland in the earl...
Wednesday, 17 June 2015

The Isle of Bute Mongoose of December 1900

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Bute, an island in the north of the Firth of Clyde, is the last place one would expect to see a mongoose. But while looking for something e...