Biology

Oyster Mushroom Reproduction

Some images of sporulating Oyster Mushrooms in my lab, April 2017. Powder astride the bench are the billions of spores released from the yellow oyster mushroom. The blue one is about to sporulate.

Dragonfly Sight

It is somewhat hard to imagine that different organisms actually see in different ways than we do. We are very limited in our perception of other species’ perceptions. Cats, bees, and whales, for example, all see things in ways we… Read More ›

The Change

He was feeling downcast while on the brink of the greatest change his kind could know. His second life beckoned, but he didn’t feel a joyful anticipation, but a rather wretched apprehension. He was going to miss his patch of… Read More ›