Mike Hudack (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
jacobmartinez : Homo erectus is considered the most successful species in the genus Homo because it existed for about 1.5 million years. Compare that to us (H. sapiens) who have lived only about 200,000 years. H. erectus’ brain size increased as the species evolved from a lower limit of 775 ccs to an upper limit of 1225 ccs (modern human brain is around 1350 ccs), however, from the beginning...
Evolving Thoughts (Free subscription) | yesterday
Well, yet again I have utterly utterly failed to embarrass my university by making an idiot of myself in public. In short, the talk (on the Essentialism Myth) to the Vertebrate Zoology crowd at Berkeley went very well I am told. I believe them because instead of sending me on my way surreptitiously, they bought [...]
Dlisted (Free subscription) | yesterday
People is saying that Rachel " Chupacabra " Zoe's right hand bitch Taylor Jacobsen was pink-slipped this morning for reasons unknown. Taylor had this to say on her Twitter page: “ Today is an end of an era and a beginning of a new professional chapter. Looking forward to what the future brings…!!! ” Chupa issued this statement: " I lit-ter-ally DIED. Like I'm lit-ter-ally...
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Some 251.4 million years ago, the Permian Age came to an abrupt end, when a massive extinction event, known among experts as the “Great Dying”, killed off just about everything on the planet, with just a few exceptions. The event marked the beginning of the Triassic Age, and experts have been puzzling over what might have caused more than 96 percent of all marine species and 70 percent...
PALAEOBLOG (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sexual Dimorphism and Ontogenetic Growth in the American Lion ( Panthera atrox ) and Sabertoothed Cat ( Smilodon fatalis ) from Rancho La Brea . 2009. Meachen-Samuels, J. and W. Binder. Journal of Zoology. Although male American lions were considerably larger than females, male and female sabertoothed cats are indistinguishable in size. This suggests that sabertooths may have been less aggressive than...
Catalogue of Organisms. (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Jurassic mecopteran Lichnomesopsyche gloriae , one of six new fossil species not published today. The black line is highlighting the long proboscis; the scale bar represents 10 mm. Image from Ren et al. (2009). So sayeth Mike Taylor (for my own confused ramblings through the quagmire of electronic publication, read my earlier posts on the subject). And this day presents us with a spectacular demonstration...
Land of Pics (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Peacock spider or Gliding spider (Maratus volans) is a species of jumping spider. The red, blue and black colored males have flap-like extensions of the abdomen with white hairs that can be folded down. They are used for display during mating: the male raises his abdomen, then expands and raises the flaps so that the abdomen forms a white-fringed, circular field of color. The species, and indeed...
David Kirkpatrick (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Via KurzweilAI.net — Interesting. And it is just amazing to think DNA sequencing costs are expected to go down by an order of magnitude or more over “the next couple of years.” Genome 10K: A new ark Science News, Nov. 4, 2009 The Genome 10K Project aims to collect tissues or cells from at least 10,000 vertebrate species, enough to [...]
curupkami (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Antheraea assamensis male form from Rejang Land Sumatra The Muga Silkworm or Assam Silkmoth ( Antheraea assamensis ) is a moth of the Saturniidae family.they can be found in India, Burma and Sundaland,this picture was taken from Talang Rimbo Lama Village,Middle Curup District,Rejang Lebong Regency. The Binomial name of this moth is Antheraea assamensis Helfer, 1837 Antheraea assamensis male form from...
Figleaf's Real Adult Sex (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Paleoanthropologist John Hawks picks up an unconsciously but hugely man-hating comment on Slashdot. Slashdot picks up the Svante Pääbo “ Humans had sex with Neandertals “ story. Hilarity ensues . You do not need any DNA analysis to figure that out. What do you think the troll did to the captured the [sic] princess, once he took her back to his mountain cave? And they did not...
May Dreams Gardens (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Raise your hand if you thought that the Viburnum genus was still in the Honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae.Yes, I thought so, too, and many online resources and books still include it in that family. But it appears that after careful review using molecular phylogeny, botanists decided that the genus Viburnum should be moved to the Moschatel family, Adoxaceae.Molecular phylogeny? I also naively
Plant-Care.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
HABERLEA (ha-ber-lee’-ah) - A genus of small, tufted perennial herbs with nodding blue or lilac flowers on stems 4 to 6 in. high. Natives of the Balkans, they can be grown in the rock garden with winter protection. Propagation is by seed or division. Only two species are known, Haberlea ferdinondi-coburgi with dark blue irregularly-lobed [...]
damncoolpics (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The Peacock spider or Gliding spider (Maratus volans) is a species of jumping spider. The red, blue and black colored males have flap-like extensions of the abdomen with white hairs that can be folded down. They are used for display during mating: the male raises his abdomen, then expands and raises the flaps so that the abdomen forms a white-fringed, circular field of color. The species, and indeed...
Cryptozoology Online: Daily News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
RIGHT: Photo by Matthew Field Thursday, Oct 29, 2009 Staff Reporter KOCHI: A brown widow spider belonging to the widow spider group was spotted at Thiruvalla recently. It was an adult female spider. The spider collected by Manoj Thomas, a medical practitioner, was identified by Samson Davis and P.A. Sebastian, of the Spider Lab of the Sacred Heart College, Thevara. The specimen is being kept at the...
SNAIL'S TALES (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Bipalium adventitium is a predatory terrestrial planarian. Klots (1960) reported that B. adventitium preyed on "small annelids" as well as on slugs and insect larvae. He did not, however, give details or specify what species of slugs the planarians had eaten. According to recent studies, B. adventitium preys exclusively on earthworms. For example, Ducey & Noce (1998) reported that their...
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imrozz | 15/06/2009
Mauritius is a beautiful island in the Indian Ocean . Mauritius has carved its name on the list of the top holiday places around the world. Many tourists come to Mauritius all year round to enjoy their well earned vacations. This said, Mauritius has all that it takes for an enjoyable stay. All year round, tourists come and go to and from Mauritius . As such, there are a number of activities tourists...
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kellya | 19/09/2008
Genetically modified animals may arrive as food on the shelves of supermarkets soon, and they may contain genes from other species. The U.S. government’s steps to begin the approval procedures for allowing genetically modified animals as food may result in new types of fish, cattle, or chicken that either have a higher resistance to disease or yield healthier meat. Genetically altered animals are created
william duke | 01/06/2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 All you need is a chance to display yourself to the world'-Princess Leslie of Orissa After she was stalked by a deadly psycho,whose life's only obsession was to marry Leslie the good girl who is 'one-in-a-billion-kind-rare species', Leslie's efforts to redefine herself and her life took on an edge of urgency. She had given up her patronage of most of the charities she once represented....
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