Of all the professional natural history educators I’ve met – and in my work I’ve met quite a few – none have ever surpassed Kristie Reddick and Jessica Honaker, better known as The Bug Chicks, in their levels of enthusiasm, creativity, and sheer love of what they do. If anyone can successfully bring the appreciation of […]
John E. Riutta
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Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS, MemRES:
National Moth Week 2013
In case you’ve been too busy with your summer holidays to mind the calendar, National Moth Week begins this Saturday; which means that it’s time to set up the light sheets, get out the red lens headlamps, and make sure you’ve got a moth identification guide close at hand.
We All Live in Deerland
Never before in the known history of the land now encompassed by the boundaries of the U.S. have there been so many White-tailed Deer roaming across the land; quite an ironic thing to state considering that little more than a century ago there were well-founded concerns that the species would become extinct.
The Unfeathered Bird
Ranging from ratites to tanagers Ms. van Grouw’s illustrations and accompanying explanations cut through the usual scientific jargon common to most books about bird anatomy and make the form and function of the bodies of her subjects easily intelligible to any and all who are interested.