The Book of Barely Imagined Beings

If what is or is not an ethical truth is contingent on the types of biological organisms that we are, then changing the types of biological...

I have become accustomed to the use of 'ghost' to describe a species that still hangs on even though the ecosystem of which it is p...

The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commis...

In some cases, the migration or introduction of exotic species increases diversity and promotes speciation, say some ecologists. London Pa...

A review of Spore calls it a toy rather than a game. I may be quite wrong, but it sounds (at least from the review) as if Will Wright &...

Few beings are more bizarre when you come to them for the first time than the Crown of Thorns Starfish ( COTS ). What could be stranger tha...

Overall, seagrasses are in a vulnerable state. Seagrass habitats are already declining due to increasing water temperatures, algae growth a...

A post from this blog in included in the amazing diversity and depth of the June Carnival of the Blue . Go there for an education!