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, 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 Ya’an City
Making families
I am proud. My 5-year-old son set about classifying the natural world last night or, as he put it, “making families” with his soft toys. But would he put the panda with the bears? It was bed time but he