Why Can’t We Talk to Dolphins?
Here’s a whistle-stop tour of human-dolphin communication.
D-stuff
What The Jungle Books Got Wrong – and Right – About the Dhole (Part 2)
Welcome back! Just to recap: these “whistling dogs”, that don’t fight over food and even share kills with other animals, …
What The Jungle Books Got Wrong – and Right – About the Dhole (Part 1)
I first read about dholes in Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Books – specifically Red Dog – in which they’re basically …
Doberman Pinscher, Or Devil Dog?
It depends on who you ask.
Wild Elephants in Europe? Are You Mad?
A shrinking elephant doesn’t pack a big trunk.
The Dobhar-chú is Two Cute Animals Drowned in a Nightmare
Because Irish folklore isn’t all happy little leprechauns.
Dickinsonia Remembers that Golden Age When Everything Was Great
In my time, the Earth and everything on it was perfect. Well I think so. My equivalent of your rock …
The Dusky Hummingbird Has a Veil of Mystery
The first time I saw a hummingbird, the impossible flitting of its wings sucked the breath from my chest. These …
Dawndraco
When Dawndraco soared the US skies 89 million years ago, the Western Interior Seaway had split the land in two. …
Devil Fish
No, the devil fish’s eyes aren’t comically popping out, they’re just fins.
Coffee and Creatures 