Lukas Guides
Explorations at the frontiers of natural history and language.

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24
Apr
grass roots

How the Grass Grows

Reaching Up from Below
4 min read
17
Apr
Disney poster

Faux Lemming

Standing on the edge of falsehoods
3 min read
10
Apr
fly on flower

Electrostatic Ecology

All charged up and ready to go
5 min read
03
Apr
gopher

Gopher It

An overlooked ecosystem engineer
4 min read
27
Mar
migrating geese

Quantum Migration

The biggest journeys in the animal world might be powered by the smallest of factors.
5 min read
20
Mar
sun behind Mt.Fuji

The Real New Year

Different cultures celebrate the new year on very different dates but some dates don't make much sense.
4 min read
13
Mar
graph of albedo decline

Losing Albedo

The Earth's albedo is declining, why does that matter?
4 min read
06
Mar
catkins

Catkinology

Let's look more closely at catkins and see what we can learn about them
6 min read
27
Feb
black-naped pheasant pigeon

Lazarus Taxon

Small islands of hope in sobering times
4 min read
20
Feb
Japanese print

Going Rogue

Freak ocean waves have only recently moved from the realm of folklore to serious scientific study
4 min read