Ben Parsons’ “Introducing Medieval Animal Names,” the most recent addition to the superb Medieval Animals series from Gwasc Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press is now available in both the UK and the US.
Introducing Medieval Animal Names
Natural History
Noteworthy Podcasts (Week Ending 15 August 2025)
Ancient technology, clouds, bogs, and natural history study in general – this week’s noteworthy podcasts offer a delightfully wide-ranging collection of interviews with the authors of recently published books on these subjects.
Beastly Britain
In her recently published book “Beastly Britain; An Animal History,” Prof. Karen R. Jones delights her readers with recountings of the natural as well as social, folkloric, literary, and even linguistic histories of ten iconic British animal species.
Born of Fire and Rain
While I’ve reviewed and reported on more books than I can reliably count that present the natural history of many a geographic area, I’ve not previously had the pleasure to be able to do so about one that presents such information about the place that I’ve called home for approaching three score years – not, at least, until the recent arrival upon my desk of Dr. M. L. Herring’s “Born of Fire and Rain; Journey into a Pacific Coastal Forest.”