David Quammen
quammen.bsky.social
David Quammen
@quammen.bsky.social
Author and journalist. The Song of the Dodo, Spillover, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin, The Tangled Tree, Breathless, and other books. Most recently, The Heartbeat of the Wild. Bunch of magazine work since 1981.
Chainsaw babe sighted at Tre Cime. @betsygainesquammen.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Chainsaw Babe, sighted in Cortina d'Ampezzo
September 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
These two hombres lay claim to Dave's chair when he's on the road. Partners in crime. @betsygainesquammen.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
3/2 He gets some well-deserved outside time after the cleaning of his tank, Bootsville.
July 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
2/2
July 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One guess what summer reading Boots has embraced.
1/2
July 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A sweet Saluki named Ossip, in Piazza del Duomo, Pistoia, Italy, makes one think of home.
May 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Thank you, Dialoghi di Pistoia
May 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Gene Gaines. 1941-2025. An extraordinary man. Lost suddenly. Mourned by many. To learn more, please go to Betsy Gaines Quammen, Facebook.
May 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There's a concept of governance that worked. For a while.
Two points for saying where I was (but disqualified if you're reading Mary Beard).
April 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Calla lilies growing wild in a Milano park. Made me smile.
April 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Boots the Python, out for a ramble in the office while I was upstairs, thinks he is well hidden.
December 29, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Every day at this moment, as I sit down in my big chair with a book and a martini, and protect myself with a cushion dam, a certain guy, who aspires to be Too Cute to Refuse, reminds me that he likes appetizers too. @betsygainesquammen.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 1:36 AM
All things to all people: @betsygainesquammen@bsky.social:
November 26, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Nature Red in Tooth & Claw:
Fearless wombat confronts the outsiders, Maria Island, Tasmania
November 16, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Thanks, you scientist friends and others, for following this newcomer here. But...why are you up at this hour? Okay, I know Eddie is in Sydney.
My excuse is that I'm in Tasmania, chasing (again) the story of the devil's contagious tumors. (But this little guy is healthy.)
November 15, 2024 at 5:30 AM