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Photo of the Day #950: Gorilla
Posted from Laelaps 20 days ago
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A lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), photographed at the Bronx Zoo. Read the comments on this post... (original story)
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This Blog Has Moved
Posted from Laelaps 20 days ago
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Laelaps is back up and running at my author website, http://brianswitek.com. Go there for new posts and updates on where this blog will ultimately settle. - Brian Update (09/14/10): After a few months of blogging on my own, I'm proud to say that Laelaps has made the jump over to the new WIRED Scien... (original story)
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Photo of the Day #948: Tree skeleton
Posted from Laelaps 20 days ago
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Photographed at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Read the comments on this post... (original story)
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Change in Plans Leaves the New Jersey State Museum in Limbo
Posted from Laelaps 20 days ago
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Disclaimer: I write the following post as a private citizen. Even though I am a research associate at the museum, my work is done on a volunteer basis in cooperation with museum staff. I am not employed by the museum, and my views do not necessarily represent those of any New Jersey State Museum emp... (original story)
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A Pepsi-Induced Hiatus Exodus
Posted from Laelaps 20 days ago
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Important Update: The time has come to close things up here. I will no longer be blogging for ScienceBlogs.com. I am not sure where Laelaps will end up - perhaps back on Wordpress, perhaps elsewhere - but you can be sure that I will keep on writing about saber-toothed cats, whales that walked, early... (original story)
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Eureka!
Posted from Laelaps 20 days ago
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My contribution to the Sb-wide Zombie Day will soon be posted, but if you need something to sink your teeth into before then, check out today's new issue of the Times of London science magazine Eureka (included inside the Times, for UK readers). Inside you will find two stories by me - one on paleob... (original story)
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Pleased to meet you
Posted from Laelaps 20 days ago
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"Worker Bee" by Motion City Soundtrack I have been writing here at ScienceBlogs.com for about two years and nine months now. Some of you have been reading my posts since I started here (thank you for sticking with me!), but readers come and go over time, and so I am jumping on board with the "Wh... (original story)
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What's eating you? - Bugs, bacteria, and zombies
Posted from Laelaps 20 days ago
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The trailer for Shaun of the Dead. Not all zombies are created equal. The most popular zombie archetype is a shambling, brain-eating member of the recently deceased, but, in recent films from 28 Days Later to Zombieland, the definition of what a zombie is or isn't has become more complicated. Do... (original story)
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The Extinction of the Hundsheim Rhino - Being a Generalist Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be
Posted from Laelaps 20 days ago
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The skeleton of the Hundsheim rhinoceros, Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis. From Kahlke and Kaiser, 2010. In any given environment, it might be expected that a generalized or unspecialized species might be less prone to extinction than one which depends upon a narrow temperature range, a peculiar k... (original story)
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Funky Worms Cause Ants to Mimic Fruit
Posted from Laelaps 20 days ago
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A normal giant gliding ant (left) and an infested ant (right). The red color of the gaster is not caused by a pigment, but thinning of the exoskeleton combined with the color of the nematode eggs. From Yanoviak et al, 2008. In one of my favorite episodes of the animated TV show Futurama, the chi... (original story)
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