Last November, Binghamton Unversity-SUNY’s WHRW station shared this message as part of their program ‘Broadcasting World Literature’: “Today, since it’s Thanksgiving…

Cape Cod does not appear on my CV. I study alpine plant ecology — my postdoc research is literally founded on carrying…

“In science, I concluded, even in fields as apparently apolitical as ichthyology and glaciology, the story always involves more than a fish…

This post is a short attempt to peel back the curtain on my “bad at pollen” process. Since my very first pollen…

In 1953, ichthyologist Kay Lawrence joined a research expedition searching for fossils in the Amazon Basin. This was the same year that…

Happy Valentine’s Day! A shortlist of loves. I loved this episode of Major Revisions podcast— PLoS Ecology Community Editor Jeff Atkins interviews Rob Nowicki…

As a parent to a newborn, I was drawn to the recent PLoS ONE paper ‘Creeping in the Night.’ I’m creeping…

Last week I wrote about my favorite new papers on mountains and phenology after a summer of scientific reading. In the second…

When I think about reading peer-reviewed natural history papers — including contemporary articles in a ‘Natural History Miscellany Note’ or ‘The Scientific…

June in New England is a long stretch of long-lit days. When I was a PhD student, my Junes were the peak…

September, 1975 My parents are married by a Justice of the Peace in Davidson County, North Carolina. My dad is working…

I’ve got my conference roadtrip routine dialed in. This spring I drove to the Northeast Natural History Conference (215 miles each way)…