Don Pinnock
Posts by Don Pinnock
The art of camouflage in nature
10 May 2013 | Don Pinnock
Wouldn’t you like to try Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak or use Gollum’s ring to disappear? You’re not alone. Nature’s been working on the problem of not being seen for millions of years.
Birdsong – nature’s music
12 April 2013 | Don Pinnock
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Because it’s been with us since the beginning of time, bird music always seems somehow right except, perhaps, when it comes from a hadeda. But that could be our fault.
Travelling sea turtles
13 March 2013 | Don Pinnock
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Out there in the watery blue beyond are whole communities linked to the Earth’s cycles, which we’re only just beginning to understand.
Collections in science
22 February 2013 | Don Pinnock
Everybody collects something; photographs, souvenirs, ticket stubs, teddy bears or just junk … but some collect more than others. Considerably more.
Unravelling the geological time scale
5 February 2013 | Don Pinnock
Gazing across the wild, rolling nothingness of the Kalahari or the ramparts of the Drakensberg, have you ever wondered how that bit of scenery got there? To geologists, the answer is all in the name, but ask them to elaborate at your peril.
A big story from a small bone
17 December 2012 | Don Pinnock
In a pool, long, long ago, a platanna died but its journey was only just beginning.
The ant, the elephant and a tree that whistles
21 November 2012 | Don Pinnock
Next time you bound across the acacia-studded savanna of Africa in your 4x4, stop to take a closer look at the small stuff around you. Everything has a story to tell.
An epic Antarctic egg hunt
8 November 2012 | Don Pinnock
Many crazy journeys have been made in pursuit of science. None equal the sheer madness of the one taken to Cape Crozier in the middle of a black Antarctic winter.
The wonderful (and wacky) world of human bacteria
14 September 2012 | Don Pinnock
Travellers, especially in Africa, often worry about malign bacteria waiting to lay them low. What you may not know is that most of the bugs are in you and doing a sterling job of keeping you safe.
The kapenta war in Lake Kariba
2 August 2012 | Don Pinnock
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There’s a small, silver fish in Lake Kariba which, in biological terms, shouldn’t be there at all. But without it there’d be a massive food crisis – and its numbers are crashing.
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