By Chris Grinter, rau ntuj 30, 2010 Kev xeem ntawv koob reoccurring tsis tshua, ntawm no yog ib cov duab tshiab. Leej twg no npauj?
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau tej zaum 25, 2010
Rau cov Californians nyeem, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov uas nyob rau sab qab teb, khaws ib lub qhov muag rau no zoo nkauj me kab laug sab, Latrodectus geometricus – tus poj ntsuam kas fes. Arachnologists hauv UC Riverside xyuas tus kab no hom uas koj tus. Ironically nws puv tsis tau li yam li peb cov poj ntsuam dub haiv. Nonetheless, yog tsis los ' kab no ntawm no yam (yuav tsum tau hais tias koj zoo dua yav qab teb twang). Yog tias koj pom ib tug tshem me me, tshwj xeeb yog hais tias koj tsis nyob rau hauv cov cheeb nroog LA/txiv kab ntxwv/SD, koj yuav tsum tau sib cuag cov team nyob UCR.
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau tej zaum 25, 2010 Nrog Kauslim Teb teetering rau ntawm ntug rog kub, ib qho teeb meem loj Conference unprecedented cov kev faib ua feem thiab nplua unrest rau hauv Jamaica (ib tug neeg harshed lawv mellow) – cia li mus rau ob peb tug todays headlines los ntawm lwm qhov chaw rau npe – CNN yuav siv lub sij hawm mus fluff rau saum nws cov nplooj ntawv pem hauv ntej.
Kuv tau txais pog me ntsis thaum kuv tuaj cov khoom zoo li no vim tias kuv ib txwm hopes dab tsi tsis zoo li ntawd, nws twb yuav tau tham. Thankfully cov CNN yog khiav los ntawm drunken marmosets nyiam cuam crap ntawm peb. Ua ntej lub Skeptical npauj ntu kuv yuav muab npog sab dab neeg rau qhov nws tshawb pom ntawm kev mus bigfoot, chupacabra thiab aliens nrog rau ib txhia tus phooj ywg los yog kis tus kab mob ib ncig facebook. Tam sim no kuv tau ridicule CNN rau ib google archived nruab nrab.
Kuv cia li tsis to taub tias cheej nyob ntawm qhov tsab xov xwm no. John Blake tsis tham rawsli no phenomenon, muaj ib tug xav, yog muaj lus nug. Ntsoov, nws nug yog Vaj tswv yeej zov uas khiav yeej, tab sis qhov lo lus nug tsis yog siv tau muaj ntau tshaj yog hais tias kuv tus aub (kuj zajlus) zov lub tsheb zoo li cas kuv tsav (tsuas yog tau kawg yog psychic! Tiag…cov neeg ntseeg tias qhov no). Thaum kuv nyeem cov khoom zoo li no kuv xav tias yog li kuv tabtom nee tau ntaub ntawv nyob rau cov qib high school lus Askiv hoob. Yog tsis muaj lub sam xeeb txog qhov journalistic, kees tswvyim los ntawm hauv paus rau cov scribbling – muaj cov duab zoo nkauj xwb thiab illustrating lawv tej lus. Qhov tseem thov thiab txoj kev ntseeg no teev cia tseg; ncaws pob ib txwm paub rau lawv superstitions (lwm). Tus “txaus sab hais lus” phenomenon undoubtedly ntog hauv pawg no. Tom qab koj moog ib sij hawm me me lus (saib kub tes), lawv yuav ntshai forgetting Vaj tswv nyob ntshai poob peev xwm magically (tsis tas consciously). Vim Blake restrains no tsab xov xwm los si xwb – kab tias nws yog txhob txwm ua si rau hauv lub loj heev demographic American kev hlub, pib tawg paj-teeb swilling, christians – tiam sis hais meej no yog ib cov ntsiab reoccurring. Thaum twg awards ceremony Vaj tswv, Yexus Allah yog feem ntau rau saum daim ntawv thank-you. Hnov qab tag nrho ntawd zog ua hauj lwm thiab cov txuj ci uas tej zaum koj muaj, Nws yog ib yam dab tsi los yog lwm tus. Abandoning txhua yam meej pem xav li cas rau ib mystical tau yog ib yam. Cov mindset no yog ib yam ib qho pub addicts yuav kiam rau leej twg tab sis lawv tus kheej (txawm muaj yees hauv tshuab hard-wired), ntseeg tias nyob hauv txoj kev ntseeg healing, pib rog ntuj, los cia rau hauv lub tsev teev ntuj Kas Thaus Liv kiam dab ntxwg nyoog.
CNN yog flashing teeb thiab jingling rau hauv lub lag luam nyob rau ib sab ntawm lawv nyeem. Feem ntau yog kuv cia li hma liab xov xwm rau insult kuv txoj kev ntse, tab sis kuv zoo siab tau paub kuv xaiv puas tau nyob rau hauv cov lag luam no.
By Chris Grinter, May 24th rau, 2010
Muaj ib zaug hauv lub neej tshwm sim, ib ob sab sib dho gynandromorph. Hauv ntej, tus glitch no thaum muaj ntau yam zoo ntawm tes ua ib qho qauv asymmetrical chromosome, uas ua rau yus pw ua ke asymmetrical qhia ua tus kab laus. Yog hais tias koj tsis tau clicked qhov link saum toj no, li no, Nws yog ib qho hauj lwm yav tom ntej nrog tej duab txaus.
Rov qab mus rau tus npauj npaim. Kuv nyob hauv lub teb no lub peb hlis ntuj saum qhov nruab nrab diav rawg American dej rau tus plob hav zoov rau Xanthothrix, nrog kuv heev Brian Hansen Bob Patterson. Bob thiab kuv nyob hauv ib lub hom phiaj, los nrhiav ib thaj ntawm Coreopsis siab rau tej thaj chaw deb serpentine xau, thiab mus nrhiav peb tsawg tsawg npauj. Brian tuaj rau kev txaus siab rau cov hnub thiab tshawb tau tus npauj npaim fauna. Thaum Bob thiab kuv hiked tom ntej seb yog lub hnub mus kev yuav tsim nyog nws txhawj xeeb, Brian tsis nquag mus nqa lem leps. Yog zaum tsawg dua ntawm ib teev tseg los ntawm lub tsheb thaum peb hnov daim ntawv qab peb rau txoj kev “Hav hais mav… Kuv xav tias kuv cia li ntes tau txog lub gynandromorph!!!” ua li, Kuv yog skeptical. Bob thiab kuv approached saib Brian tuav xiav me ntsis rau hauv nws txhais tes, uas unmistakably, yog ib tug ob sab sib dho gynandromorph. Kuv yog cua tshuab tseg. Bob muaj dua 50 xyoo uas muaj cov ua tus avid lepidopterist thiab muaj yeej tsis pom ib qho no rau cov qus. Ua no feat impressive xub, no me me npauj npaim xiav yog ib txoj kab rau sab hnub poob American commonest nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav. Hnub no, nws puddling yawm tooj raws txoj kev, thiab kuv tsis tau haus li ntawd twb tsis ntsais ntawm ib. Brian xwb netted ib tug ntawm ib lab mos. Kab tias nws yog tus hais lus dev rau ib jaded lepidopterist kom kuv los zoo li no ib zaug hauv lub neej foundations; tab sis kuv paub tias kuv yuav tsum nrhiav closer nyob txawm hauv commonest npauj npaim li nws muaj tis ntawm kuv.
Li ntawd, raws li koj tau pom tus npauj npaim yog ib nrab xyov txiv neej thiab poj niam ib nrab (sab xis yog poj niam). Yog hais tias koj zoo heev tab txawm pom ib tug zoo meej txoj kab bisecting lub cev yog hais tias cov tshuaj tua kab (zoo nkaus li nyiam ib photoshop txawv yuav luag), gynandromorphism tom qab-tagnrho expressed thoob ib ce tag nrho thiab cov genitalia txawm yog contorted rau hauv daim coj txawv txawv.
Cov mus yog Brian Hansen sau koj tus kheej, thiab koj yuav nrhiav tau cov dluab hosted rau lub Butterflies ntawm lub website America.
By Chris Grinter, May 23rd rau, 2010
Lawm, Nws yog lub npe tis Phallus drewsii. Qhov no los tsim daim ntawv ntawm cov saum 10 hom hu ua nyob rau hauv 2009, nws thiaj yog Arizona State University (ib daim ntawv teev zoo heev tsis yog 7 ntawm kuv hom tshiab tsis nyob ntawd…). Txawm kuv yuav tsis txhob phallic thiab O'Keeffesque botany, no ib tug kuv tsis tau thaum nws vim nws tug hu ua ib tug neeg ntawm kuv lub chaw hauj lwm tom qab. Dr. Robert Drewes tam sim no muaj ib tug me me phallic hu ua fungi hu ua tom qab nws (muaj kev tso cai). Taxonomy lom zem ntawm chaw ua hauj lwm.
By Chris Grinter, rau ntuj 18th, 2010
Muaj cia li tau muab lo ntawm Kab nyob hauv lub hav txwv yeem. Mus thiab tshawb qhov tseeb npauj carnival, tuaj ua ib cov blogs uas muaj featured npaub hauv ib txoj kev los sis lwm lawm lub hli tas los los yog lawv.
By Chris Grinter, rau ntuj 18th, 2010 Xov xwm nyob rau ntawm Is Nrias teb, tus kws yees duab npauj npaim muaj kidnapped lawm. Ib lub tiaj ua si zaj uas mus rau xeev north eastern Arunachal Pradesh tau noj thaum tsaus ntuj los ntawm ib tug neeg loj leeb ntawm armed hluas-rebels. Cov kev siv zog thiaj nrhiav tau nws tau raug hampered los ntawm huab cua thiab struts tej thaj chaw deb. Is Nrias teb tsis ntev los no kuj yog ib qho ntawm cov teb chaws nyuaj tshaj plaws rau kev tshawb nrhiav rau, thiab tam sim no peb tseem tag nrho tsoom ntawm nws keeb kwm continuing muaj kev kub ntxhov. Feem ntau nws yog li ntawm rau tej thaj chaw deb thiab tsiaj qus nyob ntawm tej teb chaws uas harbors leej stunning biodiversity thiab rog tub sab dissidents. Thaum nyob rau hauv Ecuador kuv pab khaws tseg cia ib muag Columbian FARC rebels leej twg yuav muaj strayed hla ciam teb; thankfully txoog xwb ib feeb ploj lawv yuav tsum tuaj nyob hauv lub ntej place, thiab tsis muaj dab tsi tau pom. Kuv xav tias ib txhia kuv teb feem ntau harrowing ua tau ib lub teb chaws Asmeskas-Mev boarder kas thiab hauv Mexico xwb. Tshuaj runners theej tua koj ua ntej koj tawm ntawm lawv txoj kev thov, thiab roaming banditos yog lub luag hauj lwm rau ib tug tua neeg ntawm ib tug phooj ywg lug txhawb cov miv Oaxaca xyoo dhau los. Kuj ceeb tias tsis, lub lure ntawm untapped biodiversity yuav rub rov qab peb. Nyob nyab xeeb hauv lub teb!
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau tej sis thib 5 ntawd, 2010 Dhau ib lis xaus ntev kuv mam tau tawm hauv lub teb. Nyob rau dab neeg zoo kawg tuned (tsis muaj hype no…).
Thaum kuv nyob deb nram qab no los ntawm lwm yam bloggers zoo txaus siab:
Mus nyeem dua muab khaws tseg
By Chris Grinter, nyob rau tej sis thib 5 ntawd, 2010 Nws tseem zoo pov ib changeup txhua tus nyob hauv ib pliag, lub lim tiam no ntawm no yog ib tsab xov xwm tias yog ua tau ZOO. Yog, koj yuav tsum nyeem nws nyob ntawm no ua ntej tshaj, ib tsab xov xwm zoo txog entomology collections. Peb yeej xav tau ib tug breather tom qab uas Hma liab xov fiasco nrog lub Xeev Michigan sau. Lub Honolulu Magazine yog ib txoj hauj lwm yeej zoo kawg thiab (hav… Kuv paub tias npe tsis nyuaj paub… Yog phau ntawv los ntawm nws Tej zaum Berenbaum) thiab lawv ua tau zoo li nws yuav. Muaj ib co poj quotes ntawm cov Dr. Neal Evenhuis (pictured) thiab tswv yaj Myers; mus read txog tus Bishop tsev cia puav pheej cov collections thiab lub awesomeness uas yog ib entomologist ntawm ib qhov chaw zoo nkauj tshaj plaws nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb. Ua tau, Neal, xav tau ib pab curatorial?
By Chris Grinter, May 4 rau, 2010
Rau cov neeg uas tsis paub hais, phau ntawv tshiab ntaus lub lag luam thaum xaus rau xyoo tas los no. “Npaub ntawm thaj North America“, Powell thiab Opler. Ntawm xwb $95 sim no muaj nqis txhua ib npib tooj (los sis $75 rau qhov e-phau ntawv, tab sis, kuv ntxub e-phau ntawv). Nws yog ib tug tome zoo kawg li thiab thawj thiaj rau lub thaj chaws. Tsis tsuas yog ib tug siv spectacular, tab sis, nws teev qhov bar rau tag nrho cov phau ntawv kab. Tsis yog, tsis yog txhua tus npauj nyob rau sab hnub poob yog nyob ntawd (uas yuav dam kuv rooj thiab cov hnab rau pem 6,000 hom), tab sis, muaj ib tug duab yuav luag ib tug txhua genus thiab hom ntau los zoo kawg li, lub neej yav tas los thiab tis. Tseem ceeb tshaj nws npog microlepidoptera. Kuv loj los rau cov counterpart sab hnub tuaj, Npaub ntawm sab hnub tuaj qaum teb America yog Covell. Kuv muaj qauv, ib qho rau cov teb thiab ib qho rau kuv cov rooj – thiab yuav tsum tau hloov lub teb daim ntawv tsawg kawg yog ib zaug. Yog ib phau ntawv loj, tab sis, Powell thiab Opler tau khiav cov laps ncig.
Rau lwm yam xwm zoo yog koj nkag tau rau tam sim no tag nrho 1,228 npauj illustrations thiab coj cov ntaub ntawv hauv Internet rau dawb. Mus CalPhotos thiab nrhiav Powell, los sis nyem qhov no. Ib sab zoo txog qhov no yog dog dig me duab microlep nyob rau hauv phau ntawv no muaj nyob rau hauv high-resolution rau kev qhia kom paub zoo. Zoo nkauj sib ntxiv rau qhov siv thiab yooj yim dua li xa txhua tus neeg tus yuav CD.
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