Exploring the
Bio-edge
“Novelties come from previously unseen associations of old materials. To create is to recombine.”
François Jacob (biologist and Nobel peace laureate, 1920-2013)
Together, the Robin (Dr Anthony J. Mills) and the Honey Badger (Dr Antoni V. Milewski) draw on their deep experience in ecological research and entrepreneurship, to explore the surprising ideas and new perspectives that emerge at the interface between scientific fields. They challenge current norms by scratching vigorously beneath the surface of mainstream ideas and gain a bird’s-eye perspective by flying with agile curiosity between established concepts. They invite you to join the conversation, and wonder, “Which animal will you bring to this co-exploration of inter-disciplinary ecology?”
Bio-mullings
Longer-form pieces and illustrated essays from the bio-edge.
Clearest illustrations of a syndrome of adaptive conspicuousness and self-advertisement in gregarious ‘plains game’
By Antoni V Milewski and Anthony J Mills · Originally published 22 June 2026 About this edition. This is Antoni Milewski’s post, republished with his permission. Only the photographs he chose are used. Those on iNaturalist under a Creative Commons licence are shown;...
Hybridisation between the bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus) and the blesbok (Damaliscus phillipsi)
By Antoni V Milewski and Anthony J Mills · Originally published 22 June 2026 About this edition. This is Antoni Milewski’s post, republished with his permission. Only the photographs he chose are used. Those on iNaturalist under a Creative Commons licence are shown;...
Recommendation to iNaturalist to elevate the bontebok and the blesbok to separate species (Damaliscus pygargus vs Damaliscus phillipsi), for both scientific and practical reasons
By Antoni V Milewski and Anthony J Mills · Originally published 23 June 2026 About this edition. This is Antoni Milewski’s post, republished with his permission. Only the photographs he chose are used. None of them is on iNaturalist under a Creative Commons licence,...
Work in Progress
Trials, tests and pieces still taking shape.
Twelve photographs of the coyote (Canis latrans) from iNaturalist
Ten photographs that meet the search-image and two that do not, drawn from 93,320 licensed observations of the coyote by screening 1,597 photographs one at a time. How the selection was made, and why the two were set aside.
Our Blog
‘Biological Expositions’ is a series of blog-posts each of which is equivalent in content to a book chapter. If a bio-bullet is likened to a starter, our routine blog-post could be seen as a light lunch and a biological exposition as a three course meal.