Alex Wild on insects, science, and photography
An actual email exchange, just now. The first bit is a standard DMCA form notice I send non-commercial copyright infringers: This letter is a Notice of Infringement as authorized in § 512(c) of the U.S. Copyright Law under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The infringing material appears on the Service for which you are the [...]
Welcome to 2012! You look like you need something to read: The always-thoughtful Marlene Zuk weighs in on the semantics of insect slavery. Ever had that eerie feeling you’re being followed by a dragonfly? Chris Goforth examines the science. Fireflies. Wow. Rob Dunn 0, Kangaroo 1 Ed Yong’s best science reporting of 2011 contains a [...]
I’m far too jetlagged from a 17 hour time difference to be productive today- my brain is moving in a different dimension than the rest of me- but I just thought I’d post that we’re back home in Illinois after spending three wonderful weeks visiting friends & family in Australia. I trust everyone’s holidays are [...]
When travelling with sporadic internet access of unpredictable speed, I’m finding Google+ to be easier than Myrmecos for posting photos of the strange and wonderful creatures I’ve encountered: Alex’s Google+ Stream My posts are public, so you won’t need to register an account to view them.
Yes, Myrmecos Blog has been quiet while Mrs. Myrmecos and I trek about down under. I’ve had a few posts go up over at my Scientific American blog, though, including a fantastic guest post by ant guy Rob Dunn: Scientist Spots Missing Link In Basement (guest post by Rob Dunn) Most Wildlife Photography Is Fake [...]
Winter descends again on Illinois, bringing insect season to a close. Time to head for the tropics! Mrs. Myrmecos and I will be spending much of December in Australia, visiting her family and photographing the continent’s bizarre ants. In particular, I’m hoping to capture images of weaver ants weaving- a behavior that has thus far [...]
The inimitable Bug Girl, who founded perhaps the longest running and most successful insect blog in the history of the medium, has shared her upcoming presentation on blogging for the Entomological Society meetings. If you blog, or are thinking about blogging, the best 20 minutes you can spend this morning will be watching Bug Girl’s [...]
…so sayeth Bug Girl: It isn’t hard to find examples where science bloggers that use their real names–and that have known employers–have had disgruntled readers contact their boss. It isn’t hard to find examples where a decision has been made by the higher ups that silence is better than controversy, even if the information provided online [...]
I don’t own an Apple product. Here I am, typing away on a Windows machine. Still, the news of Steve Jobs’ death is heavy. His creativity and dogged adherence to principle has altered our culture, and for the better. I have no trouble imagining he’ll be remembered along with the likes of Thomas Edison as [...]
You may find me- and some of my photographs- over at Google+: gplus.to/myrmecos Apparently, I now exist only as a probability sphere distributed among social networks.
A personal weblog by Illinois-based biologist and photographer Alex Wild.
Myrmecos- derived from the ancient greek word for "ant"- hosts Alex's musings about these and other little creatures that share our planet.
Questions? Comments? Email alwild [at] myrmecos.net
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