In her recently published “Otter Country; An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World,” noted nature writer Miriam Darlington explores the world of the otter as it is found in England, Scotland, and Wales.
Otter Country
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Shopping All the Way to the Woods
Up until the publication of Rachel S. Gross’ “Shopping All the Way to the Woods; How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America” I had not seen anyone take up the industry itself in a focused study that went beyond the mundane bounds of business and delve into how and why it came to be in the first place.
The Nine-banded Armadillo
In taking up the new edition of “The Nine-banded Armadillo; A Natural History,” I was still pondering over the news I had recently read explaining that Dasypus novemcinctus, the taxonomic binomial for the title species, has been discovered to be four different species, the northern most of which was to be re-identified as the Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo. How, I wondered, does one review a book about the natural history of a species when that species has since the time of the book’s publication been re-defined?
Discovering Our Deep Connections to the Ocean
To borrow and slightly adapt a verse from The Little River Band‘s “Cool Change,” Well I was born in the sight of water And it’s there that I feel my best The albatross and the whales they are my brothers For me, this is not just a bit of poetic nicety. Having been born and […]