Megalodons and mermaids! Upon opening the package that contained a copy of the newly published book “Megalodons, Mermaids, and Climate Change; Answers to Your Ocean and Atmosphere Questions” by Dr. Ellen Prager and Dave Jones, I immediately thought how superbly appropriate the beginning of the title would be to have been included in Captain Nancy Blackett’s collection of colourful and creative oaths.
My lingering state of feeling perpetually sleep deprived made me take particular notice of a recent Columbia University Press “Off the Page” podcast episode in which Quinn Eastman discussed his new book “The Woman Who Couldn’t Wake Up; Hypersomnia and the Science of Sleepiness” with Melek Firat Altay.
I recently climbed up Mt. To-be-read in search of books that I haven’t yet read of which crows and their allies are the subjects. And one that quickly caught my attention was Prof. Thom van Dooren’s interdisciplinary “The Wake of Crows; Living and Dying in Shared Worlds.”
When it comes to insects, no field guide is sufficiently comprehensive to cover all the possible species to be found in even a small geographic area. But sometimes, covering all the possibilities isn’t necessary; sometimes – particularly with beginning naturalists or the simply curious – even covering only a few is fine.