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Wendy Williams, author of “The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World’s Favorite Insect”

Duncan — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 04:00:17 +0000

Wendy Williams —longtime journalist and author, most recently of “The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, And Other Obsessives Unlocked The Secrets of The World’s Favorite Insect”—recounts why, with all the things she’s covered as a journalist and all the topics she’s written books about, she focused on butterflies for this book. Williams also […]

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Dr. Tim Caro, professor at UC Davis, wildlife biologist, author of “Zebra Stripes”

Duncan — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 05:00:40 +0000

Dr. Tim Caro —a professor at UC Davis and wildlife biologist whose new book is “Zebra Stripes”—traces some of the arc of his academic career, including how he became interested in researching animal coloration. Caro goes on to explain how this focus led to examining, as thoroughly documented in his new book, the purpose of […]

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Robert Clark, photographer extraordinaire

Duncan — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 04:00:05 +0000

Robert Clark—an award-winning photographer for National Geographic and other major magazines, who’s just published a book, “Feathers: Displays of Brilliant Plumage”—recounts key milestones of his career, including starting to shoot as a young kid, later winding up as a staff photographer at the Philadelphia Inquirer, then leaving that paper to join his Inquirer colleague (and Pulitzer […]

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