I feel the need to publish something new on rodents, and with no time to produce anything lengthy or new, here are brief thoughts on one of my favourite rodent groups: voles!
Mary Leakey’s 1984 Disclosing the Past: Hominin-Themed Books, Part 2
Diprotodontians Forever: the Vombatiform Radiation, Part I
If you’re a regular reader here you might recall me making occasional lamentations about the near-absence of marsupial-themed content here. The recent Thylacoleo article was an unusual blip. But…
Thylacoleo, the Incredible Marsupial Lion
The Life Appearance of Glyptodonts
A Woolly Mammoth Primer
The Amazing Giant Black Fossa
Sloth World, 2025 (Part 1)
Whales and Dolphins Around the Coasts of Europe, 2025
Once again, I’m back from time spent in the North Atlantic looking at wild cetaceans, specifically on a Bay of Biscay trip (a journey made between Plymouth in England and Santander in Spain) organised by the wildlife charity ORCA…
Armadillo Empire, Part 2: Fairies, Tolypeutines, and Where Glyptodonts Go
Armadillo Empire, Part 1: of Euphractines and Eutatines
Suburban Camera Trapping, Week 1
Of Zaedyus, the Pichi
The Fate of the Woolly Long-Nosed Armadillo of Peru
Otaria, the Southern Sea Lion
Curtis, Swisher and Lewin’s Java Man of 2000: Hominin-Themed Books, Part 1
The Kleinmachnow Lion is Definitely Not a Lion
The Slightly Surprising Diversity of Zebras, Part 2
Back in October 2022, we looked at the diversity and evolution of plains zebras, a group that includes the Quagga. Here, we carry on with the zebra series, this time looking at Grevy’s zebra….