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Jun 5, 2024
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Tasmania Misfit Mammals Part 4: Monotremes: Improbable Ancient Survivors
I sat beside a quiet lake at the Tasmanian Arboretum, my visit prompted by the promise of seeing an extraordinary creature that had so far eluded me.
Feb 13
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Tasmania Misfit Mammals Part 3: Macropods, the Bouncing Brigade
I was really looking forward to seeing wallabies while in Tasmania.
Feb 8
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Tasmania Misfit Mammals Part 2: Wombats, Cube-pooping Bulldozers
Here’s some information to make you a hero at your next trivia night: What animal is most famous for the shape of its poop?
Feb 2
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Welcome to the Island of Misfit Mammals
I’ve been so busy while visiting Tasmania that I haven’t done nearly as many posts as I had planned.
Feb 1
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Birds at the End of the World: A Refuge for Tasmania's Rarest
When a landmass breaks away from a continent and drifts into isolation, something remarkable happens: wildlife begins to diverge from mainland relatives…
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The Sky-Living Parrots of Australia
I never expected it to be the parrots.
Jan 22
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Musings on My Seventh Continent
I'm writing this from Sydney, Australia, tired but happy on my way to Tasmania, then New Zealand.
Jan 2
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Reindeer Games: The Real Story of Santa's Helpers
‘Tis the season when reindeer infiltrate our cultural imagination.
Dec 19, 2025
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I WONDER... What's a bear "worth?"
The line of cars stretched for a quarter mile along the Lamar Valley road in Yellowstone.
Nov 21, 2025
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In the Company of Albatrosses
I have always dreamed of albatrosses.
Nov 7, 2025
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I WONDER... What does a moose's dewlap do?
This is the time of year that wildlife photographers are saturating the social feeds with images of moose, gloriously antlered at the height of rut.
Oct 24, 2025
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