I freely admit it – during my family’s most recent visit to our ancestral home of Astoria, Oregon, I met a girl who swept me off my feet.
John E. Riutta
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Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS, MemRES:
Dry Storeroom No. 1
Prior to reading Richard Fortey’s Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum, I honestly cannot recall audibly exclaiming “Bravo!” upon completing a reading of any book.
Go Outside and Play
One sunny April morning not so very long ago, I woke to the sun shining brightly through the still-drawn curtains of our home. With the rest of the family still sound asleep, I remained still, listening through the partially-opened window to the sound of the sparrows singing from the bushes just outside our window. Slowly, […]
Insectopedia
How does one go about writing an encyclopedia of insects? In terms of species, the sheer numbers of those thus far described by entomologists alone would fill several volumes if nothing more than their names were recorded.