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 May 27, 2015 Flower fly appropriately perched on a flower Also known as hover flies these insects are important pollinators for many plants. This one looks like it has quite a job […]
Published July 27, 2015 Honeybee bouquet This honeybee is flying between blooms of an especially profuse flowering trumpet creeper vine. Invasive outside of its range, even here in […]
Published June 13, 2015 Very friendly salamander This black-bellied salamander was remarkably tame as it perched on a rock in a cool mountain stream in the Smoky Mountains. This […]