Megan Biesele’s wonderful memoir starts with her #anthropology #fieldwork with #San #indigenous #Bushmen (1970s) in the #Kalahari #Africa. I went there 40 yrs later & published with Megan.

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. Read more on #STEMSTEAMDay: scim.ag/48YwNzI News from Science

#insects #Kansas nytimes.com/2025/10/21/cli…

reuters.com/sustainability…

NEW: UC San Diego has released a new report documenting a “steep decline in the academic preparedness” of its freshmen. The number of entering students needing remedial math has exploded from 1/100 to 1/8. They’ve had to create a second remedial class covering elementary and

New #museum #Africa bbc.com/news/articles/…

#museums nytimes.com/2025/11/15/art…

#leafbeetles

#leafbeetles

urban #gardens npr.org/2025/11/17/nx-…

Rest in Peace. I only today learnt that Yu Kongjian, the Chinese architect and founder of the “Sponge City” concept, died in a plane crash in September.

From our archives: In parts of Ethiopia, church forests are the last remaining woodlands. But despite their immense value, such sacred forests are rarely studied. Read more: bit.ly/3X4PDfq

#insects nytimes.com/2025/11/17/sci…

If you're like some people who are thrilled by the possibility of life in the form of bacteria on another planet, I present to you the true mystery of life. Mariana Trench. Behold! Creature captured on video 7 miles deep.

WE FOUND IT! We trekked day and night through tiger-patrolled Sumatran rainforests accessible only under permit for this: Rafflesia hasseltii. Few people have ever seen this flower, and we watched it open by night. Magic.

So excited to share the UK cover of my forthcoming book THE TRAVELLER ... which is about a quite remarkable human being. George Forster, a man who tried to find what connects us rather than what sets us apart - he saw unity behind our diversity, not discord and division.

I want to visit #museums!

a horned #bee #taxonomy npr.org/2025/11/18/nx-…

more of this please, finding common ground for the greater good

poor #fish bbc.com/news/articles/…