Here is another contribution of photography to the Why Evolution Is True website. You can find the original post here.

I recently read Dave Goulson’s fantastic (and disconcerting) Silent Earth: Averting The Insect Apocalypse and was struck by how I little I know about insects in general, and pollinators specifically. I decided to take matters into my hands and learn something in the way that works best for me — get out and photograph!

So, I dug up my neglected macro lens and headed out into the garden and alleyway behind my building to see what I could find. Surprisingly, even here in the heart of urban Vancouver, BC, I discovered a world of insects I’d never seen before. I wanted to share both the photos and a scattering of the information I learned with a wider audience.

I’ve been contributing wildlife photography to the Why Evolution Is True website, the blog of Dr. Jerry Coyne, for a while now. I though it would make sense to also mirror them on my own website.

This set of photos was my first contribution, featuring photographs of Glaucous-winged Gulls nesting here in Vancouver, BC.

You can find the original post here.