Category Archives: book review

Some science books for 2024

Posted on 2 Dec, 2024 by Jeremy Yoder

The Molecular Ecologist receives a small commission for purchases made on Bookshop.org via links from this post. One minor personal accomplishment I scored this year is that it’s the first year since I started tracking, fully a decade ago, in … Continue reading →

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A paleogenomic peek into the human history of the Americas — and all its complications

Posted on 20 Sep, 2023 by Jeremy Yoder

The following is a guest post from Ellen Quinlan, a PhD Candidate in Biology at Wake Forest University. Ellen’s dissertation work studies the ecology and population genomics of altitudinal range limits in Andean trees.  The Molecular Ecologist receives a small commission … Continue reading →

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The Molecular Ecologist is a Bookshop.org affiliate

Posted on 7 Jun, 2023 by Jeremy Yoder

The Molecular Ecologist is a scholarly blog, and we’ve had books and book reviews as one of our focuses for as long as I’ve been managing things here. For almost as long, we’ve been set up as an Amazon affiliate, … Continue reading →

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Four science books for 2022

Posted on 28 Nov, 2022 by Jeremy Yoder

The Molecular Ecologist receives a small commission for purchases made on Bookshop.org via links from this post. Books occupy a curious place in my reading life. I read a lot as an academic biologist, from research papers to grant proposals … Continue reading →

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The forest, the trees, and the fungal ties that bind

Posted on 16 Aug, 2021 by Jeremy Yoder

The following is a guest post by Erin Zess, a Postdoctoral Researcher with the MOI Lab in the Department of Plant Biology at the Carnegie Institution for Science. Erin is on Twitter at @ZessingAround. The Molecular Ecologist receives a small commission for … Continue reading →

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Book review: Jonathan Losos' Improbable Destinies

Posted on 21 Feb, 2018 by Ethan Linck

The Molecular Ecologist receives a small commission for purchases made on Bookshop.org via links from this post. Is evolution predictable? This is one of the Big Questions, as much philosophy as it is biology and no less important for not really having an … Continue reading →

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Resurrecting our ghosts: Helen Pilcher’s Bring Back the King

Posted on 23 Jan, 2017 by Stephanie Bucklin

The Molecular Ecologist receives a small commission for purchases made on Bookshop.org via links from this post. On September 7, 1936, at the Beaumaris Zoo in Hobart, Tasmania, a wolf-like creature named Benjamin paced up and down in his cage. As night fell, … Continue reading →

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My review of Lab Girl for the LA Review of Books

Posted on 18 Jul, 2016 by Jeremy Yoder

The Molecular Ecologist receives a small commission for purchases made on Bookshop.org via links from this post. NB: Cross-posted from my personal blog. You have surely, by now, heard all about Hope Jahren’s terrific scientific memoir Lab Girl, including as one of my … Continue reading →

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Personal narrative of a journey from zoos to academia

Posted on 2 Jun, 2016 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

The Molecular Ecologist receives a small commission for purchases made on Bookshop.org via links from this post. Back in February, the South Carolina Aquarium and The Center for Humans and Nature hosted the finale in the Holland Lifelong Learning series of “Why do … Continue reading →

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How to Clone a Mammoth: When science fiction becomes reality

Posted on 4 Apr, 2016 by Patrícia Chrzanová Pečnerová

The Molecular Ecologist receives a small commission for purchases made on Bookshop.org via links from this post. When I explain that I study the woolly mammoth, sooner or later (and usually right away) comes the question, “Are you going to clone a mammoth?” … Continue reading →

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