In the beginning, people mused the expansive oceans contained but a handful of organisms. This idea started with Pliny the Elder, who lived in the…
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Not Quite the Shark that ate Esteban
It’s part of the deal that if you describe a new species, you get to give it a scientific name. That’s one of the perks…
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Check out my new article on Wired. For fun you may want to check out the comments. We are currently in a biodiversity crisis. A…
View More The Mass Extinction of Scientists Who Study Species | Wired Science | Wired.comBiodiversity Pt. 2: Mmmmm…donuts
Diversity is a matter of area. This is because there is a well-known relationship between species and area, called rather cleverly the species-area curve. You…
View More Biodiversity Pt. 2: Mmmmm…donutsKevin Zelnio…New and Improved…Now With 30% More Shrimp!
KZ is now among the scientifically published. Occurring this week in the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington is “A new species of Alvinocaris…
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