Posted from Laelaps 26 days ago
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Things have been a little slow here on the ol' blog as of late, but for good reason. Outside of a schedule change that has thrown my writing off, I've been hard at work on my Huxley paper (which I actually just finished). Many thanks to everyone who helped by offering encouragement, sending papers, ... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 27 days ago
Dinosaurs! : Dinosaurs
Western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), photographed July 23th, 2008 at the Bronx zoo. Read the comments on this post... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 28 days ago
Dinosaurs! : Dinosaurs
In 2005 the unexpected occurred; researchers reported what appeared to be preserved soft tissues inside the femur of a Tyrannosaurus rex excavated from the Hell Creek Formation. Structures that looked like blood vessels and blood cells were seen under the microscope, and although it is still unknown... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 28 days ago
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A snow leopard (Panthera uncia), photographed July 23th, 2008 at the Bronx zoo. Read the comments on this post... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 29 days ago
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Tonight the first episode of the History channel program Jurassic Fight Club will air (I reviewed it here) and I definitely want to know what you think about it. Have at it in the comments. Read the comments on this post... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 29 days ago
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A black-crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor), photographed July 23th, 2008 at the Bronx zoo. Read the comments on this post... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 30 days ago
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Charlotte (the black one) and Dolly playing. Dolly went to the adoption center this past weekend. Dolly Read the comments on this post... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 30 days ago
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When I first started attending Rutgers in the Fall of 2001 the university had the football coach come to speak to all the incoming freshman. Offering free red t-shirts he pleaded with students to start coming to the games, our team needing the support of students to start winning. Few people went, t... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 30 days ago
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A silverback Western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), photographed on July 23, 2008 at the Bronx zoo. During my elementary school years I was spoon-fed the classic, textbook mythology about evolutionary theory. Although Jean Baptiste Lamarck had come up with a ridiculous notion to explain the neck of ... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 31 days ago
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A small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea), photographed July 23th, 2008 at the Bronx zoo. Read the comments on this post... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 31 days ago
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Posted from Laelaps 31 days ago
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Here are a few other YouTube gems I just happened across; interviews with Stephen Jay Gould, Ernst Mayr, and E.O. Wilson conducted in the year 2000. Stephen Jay Gould Ernst Mayr E.O. Wilson (part 1) E.O. Wilson (part 2) Read the comments on this post... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 31 days ago
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Rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis), photographed July 23th, 2008 at the Bronx zoo. Read the comments on this post... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 32 days ago
Dinosaurs! : Dinosaurs
A female Majungasaurus as envisaged by the creators of Jurassic Fight Club. Imagine, just for a moment, standing in the middle of a Cretaceous forest 70 million years ago. The sunlight streaming through the canopy catches dust motes in the hot Madagascar grove, the calls of birds making the scen... (original story)
Posted from Laelaps 33 days ago
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I haven't interviewed Paul Sereno (yet) but there are a few short interview clips up on YouTube where he reflects on his career as a professional paleontologist; Read the comments on this post... (original story)