Waiting for the Squirrels

We aint in the Pliestocene anymore. What is the vegetation of an interglacial West?

Book Review: Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers

Kyle Chamberlain reviews Gods, Wasps, and Strangers:  The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees by Mike Shanahan The cover of Mike Shanahan's book, illustrated with fig fruits and leaves, immediately seized my primate mind by the roots. As promised by the tile, Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers is a storied overview of the human …

The Nimble Cherry and the Awakening Northern Jungle

The ecological trajectory of homonids as witnessed by the genus Prunus. by Kyle Chamberlain