Why Evolution Is True – Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.

Since free will is apparently boring, how about some movie recommendations?  The other day I called my sister to get film recommendations, knowing that she often goes to the movies with her son Steven (my nephew), an ardent cinemaphile who makes his living writing about movies.  I think his taste in cinema is quite impeccable, and so, when he emailed me with some re...

Today we have two videos from Tara Tanaka, who has been absent a while due to a drought Florida that dried up much of the wetlands on the family property, creating an absence of wading birds that she used to feature. Fortunately, as she writes below, the drought may be over.  In the meantime, we have a kayaking video and a video featuring a BOBCAT.

Tara also has a...

Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s back to work we go; after at three-day holiday weekend in America (“Juneteenth”), it’s back to the grind today: Monday, June 22, 2026 and World Rainforest Day. Here’s a flower and a stick insect I photographed in the

I don’t usually respond to attacks on me from the Discovery Institute and its flacks, but I couldn’t resist listening to this 25-minute talk on free will from pediatric neurosurgeon and Intelligent Design advocate Michael Egnor, who’s been going after me for years (read the l...

Today’s collection is from math prof Abby Thompson at UC Davis, who sends us intertidal photos from California. Abby’s IDs and captions are indented, and you can enlarge her photos by clicking on them.