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About Roger Gosden

A British/ Canadian/ American scientist specializing in reproduction & embryology whose career spanned from Cambridge to Cornell's Weill Medical College in NYC. Married to Lucinda Veeck, the embryologist for the first successful IVF team in America. They retired to Virginia, where he became a master naturalist and writer affiliated with William & Mary. He also writes on Substack at What’s Hot in Fertility? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Gosden

Cicada with a 17-year Itch

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Roger Gosden

‘Have your cicada’s broken ground yet?’ I need to tell people that our last big bug year was 2013. Brood X is now emerging in north-eastern and mid-western states but the nearest to us in Tidewater is northern Virginia. Frustrated … Continue reading →

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Great Blue Heron

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Roger Gosden

Normally solitary, I see Great Blues poised on the banks of saltmarsh, staring into the creek at a respectful distance from the next neighbor. Occasionally one lands by our pool, as statuesque as the artificial kind sold as pool decoration. … Continue reading →

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Still Drinking a Cup of Joy

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Roger Gosden

The impact of coffee on the environment Continue reading →

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Downy Woodpecker

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Roger Gosden

A Downy Woodpecker in SE Virginia creates a food bank Continue reading →

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Alpha in a Wolf Pack is a Fallacy

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Roger Gosden

Studies of wild wolves reveal family and without pecking order Continue reading →

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