Sunday, 29 January 2023

Winter Thrushes in Hong Kong

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The appearance of true thrushes (Turdidae) in Hong Kong is a sign that winter has arrived. AJP sent us these photographs taken a few days ag...
Sunday, 22 January 2023

Kentish Plover in Hong Kong

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  AJP took this photograph on a beach in Hong Kong.  The Kentish Plover ( Charadrius alexandrinus ) is a common winter visitor. Occurring fr...
Saturday, 21 January 2023

The Moluccas In the footsteps of Alfred Russel Wallace. The site of ‘the sudden flash of insight’ on natural selection

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It is not everyday one has the opportunity to travel to the site of an event of such importance in the history of biological thought that th...
Monday, 16 January 2023

Now That’s a Caterpillar. Wallace’s Golden Birdwing butterfly

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At a butterfly farm on Bacan in the Moluccas, Wallace’s Golden Birdwing butterflies ( Ornithoptera croesus ) were being bred. A very large c...
Sunday, 15 January 2023

Is the first alleged record of Crested Macaques on the island of Bacan in the Moluccas in 1828 correct? Probably not

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When I was writing the previous article on the Crested Macaques ( Macaca nigra ) of the island of Bacan in the Moluccas, I came across an an...
Saturday, 14 January 2023

The Crested Macaques of Pulau Bacan: sightings, video and questions

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Crested Macaque, Macaca nigra Labuha, Bacan, 28 November 2022 We were very pleased to see the monkeys on the island of Bacan (pronounced as ...
Thursday, 12 January 2023

Janet Elizabeth Lane-Claypon (1877-1967). The overlooked pioneer in breast cancer and infant nutrition research—and early mammary physiologist

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It is only in recent years that Janet Elizabeth Lane-Claypon (1877-1967) has been recognised as a pioneer in epidemiology. Her findings on b...