It’s been a while since I’ve visited this blog and I have to say that I feel quite bad for neglecting it so. All being equal, it’ll be up and running again shortly. In the meantime, here some bits and pieces:
I have an article published at the online magazine ‘Experimentation’. It’s entitled ‘Discussing Biodiversity’ and in it I attempt to cover the quantification of and current concerns relating to biodiversity in around 1,000 words. Click here to go to that article.
If you’re interested in science and the occasional nerdy offering, my Twitter feed continues to be active: Click here for twitterings.
My previous post discussed my reasons for putting the blog on hiatus. Since then I’ve toyed with retiring it entirely. That was until Snailquake posted the following (edited) comment a few months ago which was extremely kind, gratifying and encouraging:
…I just want to say that I really love the format your blog has taken so far. It’s the zoological factoids that I enjoy. Regardless of whether a species is endangered or not, you introduce the reader to interesting facets of behaviour, evolution, or ecology. You write in a way that’s accessible to the layperson, whilst maintaining a scientific edge and providing really helpful links.
By the way, I’ve just completed a pre-university Access course, and will be starting a Zoology degree in September. One of my assignments was to write an essay and literature review on biodiversity. Thanks to your blog, I got a real toehold on the subject. I was able to include details about umbrella species versus keystone species, and find further literature to improve my work. I got full marks! I won a prize for doing so well on the course. Because of YOUR BLOG.
I do hope you’ll consider continuing in the same vein of writing about random aspects of nature that interest or inspire you – things which may be common knowledge in the field, but which are news to the rest of us. And, if you must have a particular readership in mind, how about making it Zoology undergrads?
I was on hiatus myself for a while – I started my Zoology degree and ran out of free time! Nice to come back to find I’ve been immortalised.
If you do pick up the threads of this blog again, I’ll be very happy to link to it from mine. If not, it’s still a good place to come and browse for references.
This surely makes perfect sense..