“We found our further course in this direction stopped by a wide and deep gully, the edge of which bristled with huge …

Imagine when the first humans arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand, just 700-odd years ago. It was the last habitable place of any …

Does ecology give rise to particular cosmologies? In 1947-48, two wooden figures were discovered in peat (apparently just below the surface) of …

Traveling to Lviv Camouflage nets – in this day and age? As a kid, I grew up, painting camouflage on Second World …

We’ve all read Dr Seuss’s ‘The Lorax’ – right? The Lorax spoke for the trees. In the book, Truffula Trees are seen …

Travelling from Sydney up to Brisbane, through the lowlands, across the wetlands, crossing rivers, seeing tree ferns – I can’t help thinking …

When Polynesians first discovered Aotearoa–New Zealand, much of the South Island — with few exceptions — was forested from the tree line …

This series brings together posts exploring the Jurassic fossil forests at Curio Bay, southermost New Zealand –  from the in-place stumps of …

Lana Del Rey’s ‘Summertime Sadness’ is filling the air of the restaurant in Odesa…. “Done my hair up real big, beauty queen …

The Jurassic fossil forests at Curio Bay appear to have been overwhelmed by water-lain material, not by air-fall volcanic ash. But the …