I have spent the last two weeks combing through the proofs to my book. I delivered the near-final work to Profile Books yesterday. I have mixed feelings. I have really enjoyed this book and am pretty pleased with it. So
Devra Kleiman dies
I am quite a bit gutted. Devra Kleiman, one of the founding mothers of modern conservation biology, passed away last Thursday. I have known about Kleiman’s work ever since my time as an undergraduate and when I began writing about
The journey begins
When in China last month, I succeeded in getting to the Dengchigou Catholic Mission, the official starting point for the giant panda’s historical journey. I spent about four hours in a car, being driven up into the mountains north of