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Screenshot from the website of Yale University Press showing praise for my book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life. It reads: “Evolution from an intersex ancestor? What a wondrous Darwinian idea! In this electrifying book, Ross Books helps us see the canon of natural history as queer from the very beginning. Sharp, clever, and as replete with evolutionary diversity as a history of biology could possibly be.”—Alison Bashford, author of An Intimate History of Evolution “Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life is an invigorating read pulsing with queer life. As politically essential as it is compelling, it's a rich counterhistory of biology which shows us how scientists always knew queerness was natural and nature was queer.”—Kit Heyam, author of Before We Were Trans “Ross Brooks’ smart new book is as fun to read as it is useful for rebutting all the bad takes on sexuality and gender that clog contemporary discourse. He has a delightfully ‘queer eye for the hermaphrodite guys’ of life’s evolutionary history, and more than a few arch words for Darwin and other biologists who’ve straightjacketed an abundance of animate forms into an unnatural binary.”—Susan Stryker, author of Changing Gender “Everything you need to know about sex and evolution, but were too indoctrinated by the cisheteropatriarchy to know to ask.”—Subhadra Das, author of Uncivilised “From Linnaeus to Darwin, Brooks brilliantly shows us how biology always has, and will always be, delightfully queer. A much-needed account of the queer history of natural history.”—Josh Luke Davis, author of A Little Gay Natural History “Few know of Darwin’s fascination with the queer biology of sex. This compelling, insightful, and original narrative illustrates Darwin’s (and others’) contributions and hesitancies in the enabling and restricting of queer evolutionary analyses.”—Agustín Fuentes, author of Sex is a Spectrum

Jacket design for Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science by Ross Brooks. It features a historical, drawn image of a gynandromorph gypsy moth, with distinctive female patterning on its left side and male on its right. Against a black background, the image and text (title and author's name) are brightly rendered in a spectrum of colours resonant of the Progress Pride Flag.

I'm bowled over by the first endorsements my forthcoming book has received. Such brilliant authors - WOW!

You will love it too . . . 🐟🌈📚

UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social

US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social

#booksky #histsci #queerhistory 🗃️

you two are insufferably* wonderful

*read this as you will

🎺 Roll-up, roll-up! Another new paper has just been published in Seabird #38! 🎺

Hunter et al. (2026) explore the wintering-site fidelity of Brünnich's guillemots in Greenland.

👇 Read all about it here 👇

seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-38-2

birds: they will never email you. and that’s a promise.

The poets have adopted you, is the thing. You're our pet scientist. We feed you little snacks and read you poems when the world makes you scream, and in return you explain science to us, and feed us even better snacks, and give us much material to turn into more poems. It's a symbiotic relationship.

I love that we live in a world where you can love a poem so much that the poet dedicates it to you. What beauty. What whimsy. What joy.

The fact I have at least 2 is astounding

Science folks - go make friends with poets. Your soul will be absolutely rekt (positive)

1. Omg Kym's book is finally published! ninearchespress.com/publications...

2. Oh. My. Goodness. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Birds of Africa was a landmark series which in its time was breathtaking in its scope and ambition. To go behind the scenes, read the BOC interview with Andrew Richford, Commissioning Editor of the first 6 volumes of the Birds of Africa published by Academic Press.
boc-online.org/andrew-richf...

How much did the police make?

The first panel shows a crow with the title "How to live a good life". The second panel shows a crow cawing at itself in the mirror with the subheading "Make friends". The next panel says "Explore" and shows a crow looking into a commercial waste bin. The next says "Try new things" with a crow eating something vile. The next one says "Be curious" and shows the crow grabbing a hissing cat's tail". The final frame says "Get a hobby" and shows the crow looking closely at a book of matches.

How To Live A Good Life #oldknees

Stonewalll is done.

Calling all Jarheads and Loveable Rogues!
10% off our clobber shop using the code EARTH10 until midnight on Thursday.

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Beware the perils of dihydrogen monoxide!

Well what else you gonna do? Pelt it with kneelers?

literally letting robots compete while banning trans people 🙃

I was otherwise occupied! Just open the doors and go away for a bit.

I think this is at least the fourth "urgent bird knowledge needed" event. I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often, tbh.

The Priest: *asks me a question about bird lifespans*

Me: "I have no idea... But do you know who does? Our Ornithologist in residence!" *phones Alex and puts him on speakerphone*

As the ornithologist in residence at @stnicholasleics.bsky.social I sometimes field bird id queries or other questions.

After their Eucharist tonight I ended up on the phone explaining r/K selection.

All in a day's work.

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Major revisions!

Zounds!

one day I'll post a thread that's correctly numbered and without typos but that won't be today

Marine Plastic & Seabird Research | Adrift Lab Adrift Lab is a research group focused on seabirds and marine plastics research. Our mission is to use insights gathered from our long-term research to inform marine and waste policy, and to drive pos...

We're also in the middle of some significant developments we'll be sharing soon.

For now: the site is live, it's new, and we think it's worth a look.

🔗 adriftlab.org

Huge thanks to Jesse our stellar Digital Whiz for all theri hard work!

#SeabirdScience #MarinePlastics #OceanHealth

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We've added new pages on our research, our impact, how we work with artists, and how people can get involved — whatever that looks for anyone interested.

It reflects who we work with inside academia and more broadly.

Marine Plastic & Seabird Research | Adrift Lab Adrift Lab is a research group focused on seabirds and marine plastics research. Our mission is to use insights gathered from our long-term research to inform marine and waste policy, and to drive pos...

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@adriftlab.bsky.social has never had government funding. What we have had - for nearly two decades - is a small group of deeply committed people, long-term datasets, and a community who makes it possible.

Our website now celebrates that out loud. 🔗 adriftlab.org