Category Archives: Animalia

All animals and general biology

Testicles and Neuticles or Other Jewels

Posted on July 4, 2017 by

For someone who has spent a career in reproductive endocrinology there’s a surprising dearth of stories about gonads in my blog. I am now correcting that impression. This post was prompted by the memory of a visit to our former … Continue reading →

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Yellowstone Opens the Doors of Perception

Posted on June 16, 2017 by

While I was sauntering through woods I mused how quickly the intensity of first impressions fade to extinction. How the frisson of a new place or a face we want to sustain with its original freshness never burns so brightly … Continue reading →

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Fences, Neighbors and Owls

Posted on June 2, 2017 by

A pair of new neighbors moved into our woodlot this spring. We hear them calling on and off during the day while they are resting until they fly off for night work. They repeatedly chatter to each other: “Hoo, hoo, … Continue reading →

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Rabid Groundhog Attack

Posted on March 26, 2017 by

  If you started to read this post because the title promised the sort of droll tale you expect from John Cleese or Stephen Fry I’m sorry to disappoint you! It’s a story about a gentle dog walk that turned into … Continue reading →

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Hellbender

Posted on March 9, 2017 by

Sounds like a rock group, but hellbenders are mute, cryptic, and uglier than any band! I imagine some American pioneer naming them after turning over a rock in a mountain stream and recoiling in horror at the sight of something … Continue reading →

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