Af Chris Grinter, on March 25th, 2010% For dem, der så FOX-interviewet med MSU-entomolog Dr. Svoger (Okay, for dem der ikke gjorde, her er det), du vil være interesseret i at høre hans side af historien.
[youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v = m7f52y4Nq4E&feature=player_embedded]
Tag dig tid til at registrere dig (undskyld, det er irriterende, men jeg kunne ikke finde det andre steder) og læse en reaktion på interview af,en . . . → Læs mere: Og nu kender du resten af historien
Af Chris Grinter, on March 25th, 2010% Jeg stødte på fuldtekst-PDFen af artiklen om amfibisk møl og udtog træet, der viser strålingen fra denne artsgruppe og den sandsynlige udvikling af de amfibiske egenskaber. Interessant at bemærke sagens form, og hver møl er endemisk for sin egen vulkan i Hawaii-øgruppen.
This is a Bayesian analysis of . . . → Læs mere: Aquamoth del 2
Af Chris Grinter, on March 25th, 2010% For all those who abstained from voting (I want to assume some readers must have known the identity of our mystery caterpillar, but were too lazy to comment), here is the answer (after the break).
. . . → Læs mere: Answer to last week’s Genius of the Press
Af Chris Grinter, on March 24th, 2010%
Another amazing animal from Hawaii – a completely amphibious caterpillar (published in the March 22 PNAS). While there are a few aquatic Lepidoptera, all of them have gills that keep them restricted to the water (mind you, we are talking only about the larval stage). If their stream dries up, so does the caterpillar. . . . → Læs mere: Aquamoth!
Af Chris Grinter, on March 22nd, 2010%
Spring has come to northern California and moths are on the wing. I took a quick trip up to the Sierra foothills over the weekend and hiked up the steep slopes above the American River. Above is pictured Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Ugler: Stiriinae). It happens to be sitting on a beautiful california . . . → Læs mere: Californiens forår
Af Chris Grinter, den 19. marts, 2010% Endnu en del af min yndlingsserie, pressens geni. This article comes from ABC news, hvem kan identificere denne larve? It is decidedly NOT a gypsy moth.
Fellow entomology blogger Myrmecos had a similar story last week.
Af Chris Grinter, den 19. marts, 2010% (billedkredit)
Monarkerne har startet deres forårsvandring nordpå, og du vil måske endda se en snart (ikke spændende hvis du bor i FL eller HI hvor der er helårsbeboere, eller i CA, hvor der er separate overvintringspletter). Rapporter fra deres vintersteder i Mexico er dog dystre; med muligvis den laveste . . . → Læs mere: Af med hovedet!
Af Chris Grinter, on March 13th, 2010% Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Vinter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?
Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.
Af Chris Grinter, on March 9th, 2010%
Not the typical butterfly – but this is the protein folding structure from a South American hemorrhagic fever – the Machupo virus. The article was found on Science Daily. A striking resemblance to a butterfly, maybe even a Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America).
. . . → Læs mere: Butterfly af ugen
Af Chris Grinter, den 6. marts, 2010% Fordi jeg ville have været udsat for denne. Tal om dyremishandling! Okay, Bare for sjov, men denne historie er en smule latterligt. I artiklen hedder det forskerne havde brugt stemme Limbaugh, fordi det var “let tilgængelige”, ikke fordi de hadede ham. Nå det viser sig ikke at være sandt, de valgte Rush . . . → Læs mere: Heldigvis, Jeg er ikke en bille
|
Skepsis
|