Desperately Seeking Cichlid: Fish Species Down to Last 3 Males, No Known Females | Extinction Countdown, Scientific American Blog Network. We talk about cichlids a surprising amount in my class. They’re found all over the world, and while many species exist, many have also gone extinct. Are we about to add another to…
Massacred Elephants, Found Frogs and Other Links from the Brink | Extinction Countdown, Scientific American Blog Network
Massacred Elephants, Found Frogs and Other Links from the Brink | Extinction Countdown, Scientific American Blog Network.
The Optics of Blue Monkey Butts
The Optics of Blue Monkey Butts.
‘Living fossil’ genome unlocked : Nature News & Comment
‘Living fossil’ genome unlocked : Nature News & Comment. This is one of the most famous creatures to have ever gone extinct and then be UN-extinct. And we’ve finally got genetics! 🙂
Tracking whole colonies shows ants make career moves : Nature News & Comment
Tracking whole colonies shows ants make career moves : Nature News & Comment. One of the things we discuss in class is social living, particularly among social insects. For this to work, individuals must give up independent reproductive success–one of the key components to evolutionary fitness. Occasionally, even individual foraging for food…
Natural-Born Cheaters: A Look at Double-Dealing Animals [Slide Show]: Scientific American Slideshows
Natural-Born Cheaters: A Look at Double-Dealing Animals [Slide Show]: Scientific American Slideshows. This is cool from a behavioral perspective. BONUS: we talk about DICTYOSTELIUM slime mold in class!
Can Evolution Beat Climate Change?: Scientific American
Can Evolution Beat Climate Change? This particular article should be interesting to my students because we talk about a lot of this in class. Not specifically about sea urchins, true, but about the topics that tie into this. One of the things that we discuss in class is the idea of latent…
Fish Fossil Shows Why Humans Have Two Arms, Legs : Discovery News
Fish Fossil Shows Why Humans Have Two Arms, Legs : Discovery News.
Brilliant UK student builds PCR machine by hand to test a mutation | In Sciento Veritas
Brilliant UK student builds PCR machine by hand to test a mutation | In Sciento Veritas.