I can’t believe that it was more than 18 months ago that I last updated this blog, saying “See you in September.” Well, that didn’t happen, did it! I was unable to raise the necessary funds to visit the mangroves of Thailand and Indonesia, so I pressed ahead with the book based on the research […]
Read more...Welcome to Last Stands
Last Stands is a book and communication project to raise awareness of the plight of the world's disappearing mangrove forests. Join Kennedy Warne as he travels to the salt-water rainforests and coastal communities of Latin America and the Caribbean during the first stage of his global journey.
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July 30th, 2009
See you in September
By KENNEDY WARNE
The Last Stands blog is standing down for a month or two. With the Americas trip over, I’m taking care of immediate business (writing magazine features, editing, doing a fortnightly radio segment called “Off the Beaten Track” on New Zealand’s national radio program “Nine Till Noon”) until late September, when I plan to spend some […]
Read more...July 5th, 2009
Another snake mimic
By KENNEDY WARNE
Ron Rutowski, Professor of Biology at Arizona State University and a lepidopterist whose major area of study is how insects produce and use visual signals in their lives, has sent this link about the snake-mimicking spicebush swallowtail caterpillar. He notes: “Although the resemblance and its potential advantage appears obvious it has never been confirmed experimentally.”
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