Biological Thinking

This being the holiday season, it seems appropriate that I break my two-week silence with something seasonal.  How about turkeys?  They are ...

Today I watched a leopard pace in its tiny cage.  Male leopards are used to 30 square miles of home range, and this one was lucky to have 30...

Turnips are ridiculously under-appreciated.  They are the easiest vegetable to grow.  They are marvelously delicious.  They produce anti-can...

I just finished a completely fascinating book about what scientists think about the human brain.  It's called Incognito: The Secret Live...

I saw two birds yesterday.  One was standing on the pavement next to Lake Michigan, and the other was chopped into bits in a pan in my kitch...

I promise every post in Chicago won't be about the apes at the zoo, but there will probably be a few more after this one too! This is ...

The Lincoln Park Zoo is on my daily walking route now.  It's free and open to the public, and I can power walk right through or linger a...