Unless you’re a scuba diver or have access to a diving bell, the only in-the-wild view you’re likely to get of the world’s oceans is from above their respective surfaces. Consequently, views of the free living creatures in those oceans will also only be from above the surface of the waters. So when it comes […]
This December, a new field guide to over eight hundred of the plants, birds, butterflies, fish, and mammals which inhabit the arctic regions around the globe will be published by Princeton University Press: Sharon Chester’s “The Arctic Guide; Wildlife of the Far North.”
When it really comes right down to it, there are two basic types of natural history guidebooks: those that help you to identify things you saw and those that teach you about the existence of things you’ll likely never see. Most fall into the first category; field guides to birds, butterflies, flowering plants, and so […]
Of all the creatures exemplifying Batesian mimicry, few are better known to naturalists than hoverflies. Looking for all they’re worth like bees or wasps, these harmless and beautiful little members of the diptera are fascinating subjects of study.