Everyone is likely familiar with the standard model for a moth or butterfly – a straw-like proboscis to reach nectar hidden within flowers. The vast majority of the Lepidoptera have diversified alongside the radiation of angiosperm plants, becoming one of the most diverse and abundant orders of life on earth. This paradigm however does not . . . → Read More: Diversification of Moths with Teeth
 One comment - (Comments are closed)  Entomology  Allopatric, Entomology, Evolution, Japan, Lepidoptera, Microlepidoptera, Micropterigidae, Moths, Speciation Well as you may have guessed the subject isn’t as shocking as my title suggests, but I couldn’t help but to spin from the Guardian article. I really find it hilarious when I come across anything that says scientists are “astounded”, “baffled”, “shocked”, “puzzled”, – I guess that’s a topic for another time… Nevertheless a . . . → Read More: Curators Astounded! Share this! 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Entomology Butterflies, Entomology, Evolution, Genetics, Lepidoptera, Museums The early Cambrian seas (542-488 million years ago) had a plethora of strange and bizarre creatures almost unimaginable to even the best sci-fi dreamer. As possibly one of the precursors to the Arthropoda (also Onychophora and Tardigrada), the lobopodian lineages represent a strange group of “worms with legs” that once roamed the . . . → Read More: A strange armored lobopodian from the Cambrian Share this! 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Miscellaneous, Science News Arthropoda, Evolution, Fossil, New Species, Paleontology |
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