Published August 7, 2014 Bushmeat and the Ebola connection Thirty years ago, I went on an expedition to climb Mt. Bintumani, the highest mountain in Sierra Leone. It took the better […]
Published November 3, 2015 Wild and Woolly Winter In 1948 Dr. Curran, then curator of insects at New York City’s American Museum of Natural History, began a tradition of traveling […]
Published August 13, 2015 Baby snail This small snail, with a shell only about 1/2”, was quite personable, balancing on a blowing leaf and checking me out with […]
Published August 20, 2015 Night Magic The Polyphemus moth is a giant silk moth, named appropriately since the wingspan averages 6 inches and can be even greater. Though […]