New Feature Writer in Zoology

Posted by John Blatchford Feb 17, 2009

All animal life will be here - eventually!

New to Zoology

I have just become the Feature Writer for Zoology, and have posted my first article as such: ‘The simplest animal on the planet’.

What I Intend to Write

I have written many articles in the past (in other sections of Suite101), which could easily have been put in ‘Zoology’, but here I am starting from scratch. I intend to spend a few of the early weeks looking at some of the simplest of animals – those that are least familiar to the general public. In doing so I will highlight recent research, and maybe show just how fascinating some of them are.

Section Image

I chose a picture of a barnacle as my section image, partly because they have always fascinated me, and partly because they were also very important to Charles Darwin – the founder of modern zoology. I hope to show how recent work has built on his ideas and now lets us see how many are related (in an evolutionary sense).

Past Articles

If you are interested in zoology, but find my articles here a little ‘thin on the ground’ you might like to browse through a list of all my previous stuff - there are a lot about the various whale species and their evolution, and some about a number of other weird and wonderful creatures.

Comment and Criticism

As always I welcome comments and criticism – so just sign in and say what you think.