Author: jonathanslaght

  • Fish Owls on the BBC

      Earlier this month I spoke about fish owls on a BBC World Service program called Outlook, which reaches approximately 52 million listeners across the globe. I think it turned out well.…

  • Where There Is No Tractor

    This post first appeared on 16 March, 2016 on Scientific American. One of my favorite Russian sayings, roughly translated, is that the better your off-road vehicle, the further you’ll have…

  • A Kettle of Firewood

    This post first appeared on 16 March, 2016 on Scientific American.   Amgu, like many of the small, sparsely-scattered coastal villages of Russia’s northern Primorye, faces whimsies of nature on…