Reconstructing Cambrian Food Webs
A walk-through of a recent PLoS paper that models food webs from the remains in the Burgess and Chengjiang Shales.Posted on April 29, 2008 11:50 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Evolution:
A Link Between Dugongs and Elephants
A comparison of carbon/oxygen isotope ratios from the tooth enamel of two early proboscideans, Moeritherium and Barytherium to other animals of the same era (circa 37 mya) revealed to researchers the possibility of a ancient, semi-aquatic animal, linking the speculated...Posted on April 21, 2008 7:00 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Christians: The Founding Fathers of Antisemitism
I was going to write a bit about Antisemitism and evolution, but I see that Expelled Exposed, sponsored by the NCSE has already covered the bases. I'd like to underline, however, the importance of evolution as a biological concept....Posted on April 18, 2008 12:10 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
To See Expelled or Not: How Religion Leads to Atheism, Not Evolution
Expelled is opening up tomorrow and while they seem to be avoiding most cities in the Northeast with showings, Atlanta and the surrounding area will be, of course, a hotbed of ID back-patting and finger wagging. The film opens up...Posted on April 17, 2008 2:30 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Birdfeeders Disrupt Ecology, Natural Selection
It has been claimed in the past that birdfeeders were bad for the environment, and now a couple of researchers are looking into published literature on whether or not birdfeeders significantly disrupt the ecology and future evolution of birds. The...Posted on April 8, 2008 12:00 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Before Predation, the Sex Was Great
There's a neat study being published today in Science discussing the reproductive potential of ecological systems 570 mya. The findings are based on the new discovery of a "tube-like" organism (so say the PRs) called Funisia dorothea, which apparently was...Posted on March 21, 2008 10:40 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How to Take an Interesting Paper and Make It a Snore Fest
It's quite simple really. Just leave out the details: The near extinction of the western barred bandicoot has led to the identification of a novel virus exhibiting characteristics of two ancient virus families. The western barred bandicoot (WWB), an Australian...Posted on December 31, 2007 10:16 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Finding Little Cubists the Perfect Gift
Discussing art and evolution as they're taught to children.Posted on December 21, 2007 12:23 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Evolution of a Holiday Appetizer: The Blue Crab
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently published an article discussing some progress in blue crab research and conservation, and mentioned a related report: The Chesapeake Bay blue crab population has stabilized, but at historically low levels according...Posted on December 19, 2007 12:28 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
WoW Taxonomy II: Ailurus
How many Ailuruses are there in the World of Warcraft?Posted on November 9, 2007 12:10 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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