Articles from April 2008
The Nature Notes archive is where you'll find my past writings and natural history notes. You are currently viewing a list of articles that were published in April 2008.
A Visit to the Natural History Museum, London · 28 Apr 2008
This weekend I visited the Natural History Museum in London, one of the world's top natural history museums and home to a vast collection of life science specimens important to scientific areas such as botany, entomology, mineralogy,...
Darwin's Original Manuscripts Now Online · 21 Apr 2008
An extensive collection of Charles Darwin's private manuscripts is now available online. Previously, this collection of handwritten notes—penned by the naturalist who forever changed the way we would interpret the natural world—was only available to scholars at...
Kingfisher Identification Tips · 9 Apr 2008
The kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is a colorful bird that occurs throughout many parts of Europe. Their range extends northward as far as southern Scotland, the Baltic states, and southern Scandinavia. In these northern areas of their range,...
