First, having dumped on the Smithsonian in the last post, let me cheer them for putting over 6000 images on Flickr... most of which are public domain. There's a wicked Dunkelosteus skull and nearly 800 of Muybridge's motion photographs (cyanotypes).
Second, let me note the good work of Andrew Bartlett of the Australian Democrats, in raising awareness of the Queensland lungfish that is being threatened by the Queensland government's plans to build a probably useless dam. Thanks to Jason, who Has Connections, for the links.
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The story of the Australian lungfish has made this week's issue of Nature. Remember, it's not too late to keep the pressure on.
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Lungfish face extinction, say environmentalists.
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Hug a lungfish!
I've had about 8 requests for further information on saving the Australian lungfish. That's a good start, and thanks to everyone who wrote in, but it's not enough. Look at that beautiful finny beast to the right; do you want them all to die? And seriously, look at those fins: aren't…
I'm too busy to write anything remotely interesting right now, so thanks, NYT & Bay Citizen, for filling the gap with an article about how Eadweard Muybridge. Best known for photo sequences capturing running horses and athletes, Muybridge bridged (ahem) art and science in his work, in addition…
I sometimes wonder why anyone ever tried to make a living in Australia. Although it is the least wet continent (unless it is an island) on Earth apart from the Antarctic, where they don't grow a lot, Australians have always used water as if they were still living in Britain, or some other well…
hm, their categorization could use some work.
For example, check out the dinosaurs category, and count the non-dinosaurs.
but all told, it's a beautiful and wonderful contribution.
Well Dunkelosteus is a fish (ignoring paraphyly for the moment), so yes...