Category Archives: Animalia
Pause for Pangolins
There’s no other mammal like them. Pangolin, the spiny anteater. They look like dinosaurs reduced to the size of domestic cats, miniature ankylosaurs with armored plates (scales) made of keratin instead of bone with sharp points. They may soon join … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Nature
Tagged coronavirus, pangolin, spiny anteater, wildlife trafficking
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Insectageddon means we are buggered
It was one of those throw-away remarks that stick in the mind. I was at Middlebury College in June when somebody at dinner said, “Funny, I saw more deer on the journey here than insects splattered on my windshield.” He … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Bee-line, Environment, Nature
Tagged Allegheny Mountains, E.O. Wilson, George Monbiot, honey bee, insects, mountain mint, nature reserve, pollinators
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Pug Marks in the Snow and Mind
Winter still grips the Allegheny Mountains. Rain alternates with snow as the days creep toward the official opening of spring. Snowshoe Mountain has accumulated 159” of snow this winter, which is far below the record although we are not yet … Continue reading
Yellowstone Opens the Doors of Perception
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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Tagged Aldous Huxley, Arrowleaf balsamroot, bear spray, Grizzly bear, T.S. Eliot The Wasteland, William Blake, Yellowstone National Park
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 