Welcome to my personal website.

Here I blog regularly about life, evolution, biology, philosophy, animal behaviour, travel, and a wide range of other topics. I also post my scholarly writings here, which I insist be available to everyone, everywhere, at no cost.

Please feel free to comment and share your own thoughts. This is a place where a diversity of ideas is welcome, and freedom of expression is encouraged. Every question is worth asking, and we treat one another with respect, regardless of diverse opinions.

Plus ratio quam vis (“Let reason prevail over force”). This is a place for critical and inquisitive minds, where we wonder and ponder together.

By sharing ideas, we help one another become a tad less ignorant and a tad happier. As I strive to learn something new every day, I regularly revise my articles and scholarly papers to reflect new discoveries and fresh insights.

Knowledge, shared with kindness, changes the world—one tiny drop at a time.

This is a place for everyone who loves life.

Let us stay open-minded and remember that we often see what we are thinking and feeling, and only seldom what we are actually looking at.

Let us respect all forms of life, regardless of species or origin, knowing that respect for others begins with self-respect.

Keep smiling—life is great!

Roger Abrantes