Archive - The Lanius Shrubstack

Home sweet home

The origins and ecology of unwanted, and often unseen, house guests.

Jul 14 •

November 2024

October 2024

The India Company and the island of Réunion - pt. 2

Early demographics, customs and laws of island colonies

Oct 29, 2024 •

The India Company and the island of Réunion - pt. 1

Another anthropological treatise on Réunion

Oct 22, 2024 •

July 2024

Translation: Réunion, aspects of its colonisation and settling

The evolution of Réunionese society as dictated by its climate and agriculture

Jul 16, 2024 •

June 2024

Oldies but goodies

Crash course in angiosperm taxonomy and reproductive anatomy

Jun 19, 2024 •

May 2024

From a symbol of love to a winged rat, the journey of the pigeon.

May 23, 2024 •

February 2024

It drives me bananas

The complex history of the yellow fruit's domestication

Feb 7, 2024 •

November 2023

Reef-er madness

The multiple faces of the coral reef

Nov 20, 2023 •

October 2023

Holy smokes! The early history of tobacco

The perfect read over a long nicotine break

Oct 17, 2023 •

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