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Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
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Miss Duck has left the pond – Why Evolution Is True
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (244+ words) Miss Duck has left the pond Why Evolution Is True For reasons I don’t understand, Miss Duck left Botany Pond three days ago and has not returned. There are no signs of a predator attack, and my best guess is…...
Spot the frogmouth! – Why Evolution Is True
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (67+ words) This might be the easiest one ever. Yes! This easy practice is much appreciated by a guy who can never find Waldo in these exercises. I promise that I didn’t mean that as a complaint–just an observation. Having a…...
Caturday felid trifecta: The love hormone we share with cats; Cleopatra the cat gets groomed; the Great Cat/D*g divide
1+ week, 2+ day ago (982+ words) We’re back with another Caturday post with three—count them, three—items of substance, and two of lagniappe. The first one is from The Independent; the “love hormone: turns out to be oxytocin, which has this complex structure (it’s a…...
Readers’ wildlife photos
1+ week, 5+ day ago (233+ words) A parent resting by its den: This year we had a similar close encounter of the fox kind but this fox was at the harbor for the food and did not seem to have a den nearby. It seemed genuinely…...
Saturday: Hili dialogue
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1760+ words) It’s also Chop Suey Day, National Swiss Winegrowers Day, National Lemon Juice Day, and Pony Express Day. Readers are welcome to mark notable events, births, or deaths on this day by consulting the August 29 Wikipedia page. First, from the NYT’s…...
A self-aggrandizing post concerning a paper on speciation I wrote with Allen Orr
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (435+ words) I rarely look at Speciation now, though, for when I do I realize that when we wrote it I was at the top of my neuronal game, able to read, write, and synthesize far better than I do now. And…...
Readers’ wildlife photos (and video)
3+ week, 4+ day ago (219+ words) Here’s Bruce’s introduction to the last part, and I forgot to put the video in. This time it’s here: Here is a video to give a sense of the seabird cliffs. At some of the best cliffs one can see…...
Tuesday duck report – Why Evolution Is True
3+ week, 6+ day ago (394+ words) Note the feathers; they are looking like miniature ducks: The family resting yesterday on the west side of Botany Pond. The “babies” are together and Miss Duck, of course, is nearby. Below: a close-up of three babies, who get more…...
Reader’s wildlife photos
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (719+ words) The recent total solar eclipse in Europe reminded me of the Great North American Eclipse of April 8, 2024, which I had the opportunity to observe from the Adirondack Mountains of New York. The area was still quite snowy, and the summit…...