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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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Caturday felid trifecta: NOVA documentary “Cat tales”; a VERY LOUD cat being groomed; Hamlet, the Algonquin Hotel cat; and lagniappe
21+ hour, 10+ min ago (774+ words) This is an educational and fun 53-minute episode on cats from NOVA, described by the series this way: Worshipped as a goddess, condemned as satanic, and spun into a stunning array of breeds, cats have long fascinated humans. But did…...
Miss Duck has left the pond – Why Evolution Is True
5+ day, 19+ 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
5+ day, 22+ 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…...
I kissed a squirrel and I liked it
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (389+ words) Yesterday, after second lunch for the ducks, I was chatting with a grad student in medical research when I was—as I often am—besieged by squirrels begging for nuts. After several months of getting them habituated to me and…...
Caturday felid trifecta: The love hormone we share with cats; Cleopatra the cat gets groomed; the Great Cat/D*g divide
1+ week, 21+ hour 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, 3+ 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…...
Caturday felid trifecta: World’s most polydactylous cat; stolen kitten used in bank robbery; cat may get statue on Nebraska state capitol grounds; and lagniappe
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (1702+ words) Well, I have some cat stuff for you. The first is a doozy: the world’s most polydactylous cat: a Maine Coon with 29—count them—29 toes. That’s 11 more than the normal number of 18, with 5 toes on each front paw (including the…...
A self-aggrandizing post concerning a paper on speciation I wrote with Allen Orr
2+ week, 5+ day 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, 2+ 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, 4+ 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…...