Biology:
Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi, a trapdoor spider recently discovered in Alabama and named after Neil Young. Arachnophiles can click to enlarge - arachnophobes probably don’t want to....
Posted on May 11, 2008 3:04 PM • 1 Comments
Posted on May 6, 2008 6:21 PM • 2 Comments
Two-month old black Jaguar cub born in captivity at the Huachipa zoo in Lima, Peru. (click for larger version) photo source: AP Photo/Martin Mejia/Scanpix hat-tip: Green Expander....
Posted on May 6, 2008 5:46 PM • 10 Comments
Regular readers may remember the paper about a gay necrophiliac duck rapist with sexual staying-power (see here). Andrew Bleiman now gives us this gem - a seal attempting to get it on with a penguin. Disney probably has a lot...
Posted on May 2, 2008 1:11 AM • 5 Comments
My backyard is currently a hive of activity. It’s just past 3pm here in Tempe and the temperature is about 96 degrees. As a break from grading, I’m sitting on my back patio watching the avian world unfold. A splendid...
Posted on April 14, 2008 6:11 PM • 6 Comments
I don’t usually do blog carnivals but Linnaeus’ Legacy #4 is up at The Other 95% and mentions a post of mine. Wander on over to see the current best posts on taxonomy and systematics....
Posted on February 9, 2008 1:57 AM • 0 Comments
Tara has more details....
Posted on February 5, 2008 10:54 PM • 0 Comments
Scientists have discovered how two proteins called BERT and ERNI interact in embryos to control when different organ systems start to form. Apparently BERT binds to ERNI to unblock the transcription factor Sox2. Seriously. The paper is over at...
Posted on January 13, 2008 9:52 PM • 3 Comments
More information here....
Posted on November 18, 2007 10:11 PM • 7 Comments
White-Crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys We recently planted winter grass and have managed to attract large numbers of white-crowned sparrows, a species that I hadn’t seen before here in Tempe. [image source]...
Posted on November 11, 2007 1:40 PM • 1 Comments
This is so cool. A one-millimeter long spider (Cenotextricella simoni) encased in amber gets "digitally dissected" using Very High Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography. The paper is online in Zootaxa 1623:47-53 but requires a subscription....
Posted on October 30, 2007 1:34 AM • 2 Comments
Stanford University Hospital is reporting that Arthur Kornberg, the 1959 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, has died aged 89. Kornberg received recognition for his discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)". His son, Roger,...
Posted on October 27, 2007 4:51 PM • 1 Comments
A colorized scanning electron micrograph depicts a group of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The bug made headlines this week because of a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that it caused 94,000 serious infections and...
Posted on October 19, 2007 6:25 PM • 5 Comments
Can any one out there identify this little guy for me? Spotted this afternoon fluttering around my yard (suburban Phoenix, AZ) in some distress. If it helps, the grey stripe is approximately a half an inch wide. Update: Looks...
Posted on August 18, 2007 4:34 PM • 6 Comments
ABC (Australia) is reporting that the Yangtze River dolphin or baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) may not be definitely extinct after all (see here and here). Wang Ding - who headed the survey team - is reported as saying: This is only...
Posted on August 12, 2007 3:52 AM • 1 Comments
Take eight minutes and watch this. Nice work by the buffaloes when faced by a weak lion defense. (HT to Tim Sandefur for the link)....
Posted on August 11, 2007 4:26 PM • 2 Comments
