Author Kevin Parr
Kevin Parr

Kevin Parr

Writer and amateur naturalist

Kevin Parr is a writer and amateur naturalist who lives in West Dorset, England, with his wife and a colony of grass snakes.

Recent articles by Kevin Parr
Habitat of Trimeresurus lii

A venomous pit viper has been hiding in China's misty mountains

Scientists describe new species of amber-eyed, grass-green snake from China's Giant Panda National Park.
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The cenotes where Typhlatya shrimps occur

A remarkable creature lurks in this flooded sinkhole in Mexico. Scientists went in to find it

This extraordinary animal supports a secret subterranean ecosystem.
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Regular mining bee (Andrena regularis)

5.5 million bees found beneath New York State cemetery. It's one of the largest populations ever recorded

Millions of mining bees are living in the soil of Ithaca's East Lawn Cemetery, new study finds
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Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal

There's a tropical island in the middle of the Panama Canal that's home to a bright pink animal with an astonishing trick

Researchers on Barro Colorado Island say the animal changes colour from pink to green. And they think they know why
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