Author

Joseph D. Shorthouse

Joseph D. Shorthouse is professor emeritus of biology at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in insect galls of roses. He lives in Sudbury in the winter, and on Manitoulin Island in the summer.

Recent Stories

Salmon

The way they live, the food they eat, and the effect on us

The Story of Gosling Sandhill

A true but unlikely tale

Story and Photographs by William Rowan

Oxygenation Stutter Steps

Increasing day length on the early Earth boosted oxygen released by photosynthetic cyanobacteria.

Wallacea Woman

Genomic evidence shows that Denisovans and modern humans may have overlapped in Wallacea.