Zoology Jottings

Zoology has a discipline: evolution; zoology is vertically integrated, concerned with biological organisation at the level of organisms in their environment, organs, tissues, cells and molecules. This blog meanders through the animal kingdom, from aardvarks and anoles, through mouse and man, to zorillas and zebras.

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

Willoughby Lowe (1872-1949). Collector of specimens for the Natural History Museum in London. Part Two: To the Philippines; his first collecting trip with a sea snake spectacular on the way there

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Willoughby Lowe (1872-1949) was a highly-praised collector for the Natural History Museum in London as well as an all-round naturalist. Coun...
Friday, 19 September 2025

Life at the Top 2: Southern Rock Agama on Table Mountain, South Africa

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  The other lizard we saw on Table Mountain In South Africa in March this year was this male Southern Rock Agama ( Agama atra ). In contrast...
Thursday, 4 September 2025

Life at the Top: Black Girdled Lizard on Table Mountain, South Africa

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In South Africa in March into April this year we had a fine day with excellent visibility for a morning trip in the cable car to the top of ...
Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Any butterflies about? Oh, just a few million. The Monarchs of Mexico: January 2025

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  The remarkable life history of the Monarch butterfly in North America ( Danaus plexippus ) is very well-known not least because the entire...
Tuesday, 19 August 2025

I could tell you what this ‘paper’ says—but I won’t. A blot on modern science practice

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The gold standard in science is still the publication of a paper in a respected journal that passes the scrutiny of other scientists in the ...
Wednesday, 13 August 2025

Lineated Woodpecker. Mexico 2025

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This Lineated Woidpecker ( Dryocopus lineatus )—a female—was in the village of Singayta, a short distance inland from San Blas on the Pacifi...
Monday, 11 August 2025

Willoughby Lowe (1872-1949). Collector of specimens for the Natural History Museum in London. Part One: Early Life in England and Farming in Colorado

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In previous articles ( here ) I have touched on the life of Willoughby Lowe (1872-1949) a highly-praised collector for the Natural History M...
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Elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society in 1996, Malcolm Peaker is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A graduate of the University of Sheffield (BSc, DSc) and the University of Hong Kong (PhD, Hon. DSc), he was Director of the Hannah Research Institute and Hannah Professor in the University of Glasgow, Vice-President of the Zoological Society of London, Chairman of the, British Nutrition Foundation and a member of the Rank Prize Funds Nutrition Advisory Committee.
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