Through The Eyes of Others — The Prairie Ecologist

If you’re a fan of prairies, you were probably first drawn to them by either plants or birds.  There are exceptions, of course, but those seem to be the two most common paths.  For me, it was both.  I discovered prairies first as an underappreciated community of plants and then dove into research on grassland […]Through …

FIVE STARS: BAHAMAS ENDEMIC BIRDS (FOUR FROM ABACO) — ROLLING HARBOUR ABACO

Bahama Woodstar (m) Bruce Hallett FIVE STARS: BAHAMAS ENDEMIC BIRDS (FOUR FROM ABACO) It’s December 2020, and Caribbean endemic birds are, deservedly, being given more time in the sun. Right now they are being featured by BNT (Bahamas National Trust); BirdsCaribbean; and (in an excellent Zoom presentation today) the august Linnean Society in Burlington House, London. So […]FIVE …

Weasels, otters and their cousins | Dungeness River Audubon Center — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG

[Posted by Chuck Almdale, thanks to Carol Prismon-Reed] I received this at the last minute. If you like these furry critters, the show is tomorrow afternoon at 4 PM, December 9, 2020, but REGISTER FIRST. I hope you can read this as I didn’t have time to change any of the formatting, and it might […]Weasels, …

G(e)nomic Wisdom — TwilightBeasts

When I first started doing ancient DNA way back in two thousand and [polite cough], every base pair was a win. Nature papers were published with less sequence than you’d now expect a fresher to produce in their first lab practical. The exciting thing about being in a new and expanding field was the way […]G(e)nomic …