Stromatolites are some of the oldest forms of life on this planet. Without them it is very likely that life as we know it would not exist, it would be something extremely alien to us. Australia is home to at least two impressive colonies of these microbes and I visited both. For anyone at all [...]
I work for the Natural History Museum in London. I spent three months this summer creating catalogue records for several thousands of photographs taken by the Botanists/Soldiers/Explorers/Teachers/Photographers/Ornithologists that were Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff. What I saw then has been bothering me for months so now I’m seriously considering re-tracing their steps in my own [...]