The Biologist Is In

Burr Oak acorn cap. One of my long-running interests has been domestication of oak trees for food. Now, you can already prepare and eat...

(Book image from large online vendor.) I've decided it's about time I did a book review. The book is probably not going to alre...

My unnamed micro-tomato variety. I've been growing miniature-sized tomato plants for several years. They first got my attention b...

If you've been following me here for a bit, you've probably noticed I'm interested in plant breeding (especially garden veggies...

Male sterile plants are an incredibly important piece of classical biotechnology. (To be clear, they're not the result of "genetic...

I've been growing onions in my garden for a couple years. Like most of my garden veggies, they're not exactly the typical sort. A f...

Figure from [link] . Most birds have much better color vision than mammals. In general, they have four distinct types of color-sensing ...