Insect Artists and Their Human Helper
Even at the bottom of a stream, an ugly insect can collect trash to make really cool works of art.
Author: Naturalist Nate
Book Review: The Homing Instinct
Bernd only has so many pages in his book, but if you mentally take things a step further, you find yourself with more questions than when you
It Takes Everybody
In the months since the last post, with hundreds of thousands dead, it is only more apparent that it really takes all of us.
Book Review: The Bird Way
A natural sequel to Ackerman’s The Genius of Birds.
Structural Coloration Part II: Bird-Tricking Berries
Pollia condensata create bright blue colors without any blue pigment through structural coloration.
Book Review: Winter World, The Ingenuity of Animal Survival
A fascinating read about animal behavior in the northeastern United States in winter.
Art as a Record of Our Natural Past
Art as a record of natural history-before “recorded history”
Art in Nature: Structural Coloration – Not a Pigment
How physical structure can influence bouncing light in ways pigments cannot.
Book Review: What it’s Like to be a Bird
A broadly-scoped book about North American birds.
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
One of the artists who helped lay the foundation for American naturalists.