Massenerhebung Effect
November 21, 2023French Door Fridge
October 10, 2023200 Years of Growing Pain
October 5, 2023Overgrowth
October 3, 2023The Swallow Cycle
October 2, 2023Sitzzwerg
September 28, 2023The Giants: Gashadokuro
July 5, 2023Elfin Forest
March 20, 2023Elfin, dwarf or pygmy forests show us that not only individual species but entire ecosystems select for small size when things get rough. The forests are uncommon ecosystems featuring miniature trees with shallow but extensive horizontal root systems, and mostly inhabited by equally small animals such…
Type 700 Tom
February 20, 2023Aligning the Loops
February 19, 2023Shrinkflation
February 18, 2023World in a Gourd
February 2, 2023Juvenile Coccoloba
December 3, 2022Young Mum Factor
November 22, 20223 x 3.75 Mollys
November 17, 2022Environmental Stress Hypothesis
November 10, 2022The past 2.000.000 years have seen an increase in estimated body size among most Homo species from an average of 50 to 70 kg. Environmental challenges, such as arid conditions and low resource availability or habitat instability and resource fluctuation, faced by hominin species, are often overcome by…
Social Canines
October 1, 2022Human-sized Penguin
July 20, 2022Japanese Miniatures: The 1/8th Project
July 5, 2022Our series on Japanese Miniatures investigates the specific Japanese small scale sensitivity as expressed through a love for things like bonsai, sushi, netsuke, and capsule hotels. Perhaps Japan ‘knows’ things about smallness that may help us embrace the desire for less. The 1/8th Project is an episode…