Thursday, 23 January 2020

To observe wild animals..without at the same time gaining the impression, somewhat prevalent today, that watching animals in the wild constitutes 'high' science. Who said that?

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The full quotation is:  Climbing in the country provided ample opportunities to observe baboons and other wild animals, without at the sa...
Saturday, 18 January 2020

Non-genetic Inheritance, the Dutch Famine of 1944-45 and Operation Market Garden: Antony Beevor’s book 'Arnhem'

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It is not often I get the chance to write a science article combined with a book review. I have used the Dutch Famine in the winter o...
Thursday, 16 January 2020

Frederic Wood Jones. Acerbic anatomist and those who came after him

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Frederic Wood Jones from Biographical Memoir In my article on Chapman Pincher and the evolution of the giraffe (1 December 2019) I wr...
Tuesday, 14 January 2020

The Curious Case of Climbing Newts

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My eye was drawn to a post in the UK Amphibian and Reptile Groups Discussion Forum on Facebook which reported that as many as 50 Palmate Ne...
Monday, 23 December 2019

The King’s Tibetan Mastiffs in 1820s London. An interesting paper in Archives of Natural History

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Long gone are the days when a zoo would welcome an exotic breed of dog to exhibit. But that is what the then new London Zoo had to do in 18...
Monday, 16 December 2019

Neville Chamberlain: Prime Minister and Amateur Entomologist

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Arthur Neville Chamberlain by Walter Stoneman in 1921 NPG x166506 ©National Portrait Gallery In the aftermath of last week’s General El...
Monday, 9 December 2019

The Bear Pits of Bern in 1955. How not to keep bears

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The coat-of-arms of Bern The current issue of Keeper Contact deals with bears in zoos with particular emphasis on the changes in housi...