Sea Slugs, Wombats, Microbes
Richard Fortey: Species Seekers, 28 April 2011
The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth
by Richard Conniff.
Norton, 464 pp., £19.99, November 2010,978 0 393 06854 2 Show More
by Richard Conniff.
Norton, 464 pp., £19.99, November 2010,
“... kingdom above the level of the earthworm had yet to reach this remote spot. The entomologist George McGavin’s eyes still light up when he describes the strange insects he recognised there as species distinct from all those previously known to science. As well as esoteric specialities, there were huge beetles and an ant that had evolved to resemble a ... ”