Brian Switek is an ecology & evolution student at Rutgers University.
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February 29, 2008
Category: College
It looks like more bad news for my bank account; a few days again Gov. Corzine proposed what he called "a very tough budget" that would cut state aid to New Jersey colleges and universities by about $76,000,000 according to...
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Category: Sharks
Whenever there's a documentary about shark attacks on the Discovery Channel or a popular press article involving the supposed "alarming rise" in shark attacks, the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) is usually mentioned. This project is primarily concerned with data-gathering...
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Category: Blogging
Today got off to a pretty bad start, so I'm experiencing a bit of blogger's block. In lieu of anything original, I liked Janet's questions about science blogs so much that I've decided to steal them and put up my...
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Category: Shameless Plug
I'm always fascinated to see how rapidly the paleo-blogosphere has grown and diversified, and over at The World We Don't Live In there's a wonderful post about one of my favorite fossil phenomena, "Devil's Corkscrews." That's one for The Boneyard,...
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Category: Mammals
There are a number of large carnivores in Africa, but each obtains prey by different methods. Cheetahs, for instance, make a mad dash after their prey but can only keep up a high-speed chase for a short time, while...
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February 28, 2008
Category: Mammals
Paleo-blogger Nimravid has put up an excellent summary of (surprise!) nimravids. It definitely outshines my earlier, feeble attempts to write about this extinct group of carnivores, and I highly suggest that you give it a look!...
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Category: Nonsense
The other day I mentioned that I was thinking of putting up a new banner for this blog, and although a number of you have said you thought Knight's painting should stay up, I still felt the need to shake...
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Category: Dinosaurs
A clip form the 1993 PBS documentary The Dinosaurs! For everyone who missed it (or wanted to see it again), the NOVA documentary on Microraptor is available for viewing online here. I started watching it, but there were so...
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Category: Cats
Large zoos have a number of different methods for presenting animals (large carnivores, especially) to the public, but the "pit" set-up is perhaps my least favorite. The lion (Panthera leo) exhibit at the National Zoo, for instance, is a...
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Category: Geology
Well, if you consider shipwrecks, buried forests, and some previously covered geologic formations to be treasure, that is. Due to the action of some powerful storms around the northern tip of the Oregon coast, parts of the shore underwent massive...
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