It’s a good world. There are TWO golden cats out there: one in Africa and the other one that we’re going to look at today
Author: BJ Deming
After getting an associate's degree in forestry, I studied geology as an undergraduate back in the 1980s but went into medical transcription instead. It just worked out better for me.
The Internet renewed my interest in geoscience as a hobby, and when I retired in 2014, I decided to write a book about cat evolution. That has turned into a series of eBooks and started a new career for me.
Two ebooks on the domestic cat are up at Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ICtemj
And right now, I'm working on an eBook about the cat family and where it comes from.
Thanks for your interest!
Guest Video: Saving the Rainforest
This post was originally going to be about dipterocarps — the most common tree group in the rainforest. Dipterocarps include both the really tall trees,
Does Borneo have volcanoes?
[sound of crickets chirping] It’s surprisingly difficult to answer that question. In the above screencap of Indonesia’s online volcano monitoring graphic, Borneo (circled in white)
Hayabusa 2 and Asteroid Ryugu
This is an update of the February 2019 post series. Well, humanity has safely punched an asteroid TWICE now, each time hard enough to knock
Species Fact: The Bay Cat
I wish I could give you a lot of facts about bay cats, but only 12 specimens (pelts or taxidermy) have been studied since the
Guest Video: The Secret Life of Orangutans
We’re traveling to Borneo this week because it’s the only place to find our Friday feline, the extremely rare bay cat. While researching that post
