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Where have all the flowers gone? The global biodiversity crisis
Or should it be: Where have all the birds gone? Or the non-human animals? Four months ago, I was walking with my dogs near my home...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
5 min read
The Magi and the Magic of Celestial Bodies.
Kenya. December 26, 2022
Yesterday was Christmas day. You wouldn’t think I would need to say that but in our family it always causes...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
7 min read
Dodging acronyms and Ebola in Uganda
I am just back from Uganda, a country I love but which is not the holiday destination of the month: there is an Ebola outbreak there...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
7 min read
Hustler President Elected in Kenya
A while ago I rang a friend in Mombasa to find she was at a political rally for one of the presidential candidates in our recent election...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
5 min read
Last Tango in Tanga Plunting in African mountains.
I recently returned from two plant hunting (what we call “plunting”) trips in East Africa. The first was on Mt. Kenya...
Dr. Mark Nicholson
6 min read
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