Reddit Animals
APRIL 1, 2024
I'm working on this speculative evolution project based on the science of the Future is Wild. The remainder of the Cenozoic era, an Era where reptiles rule the Earth, and a third era that includes the animals that survived an extinction that killed 95% of all life on Earth. It has three time periods.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Manker’s thesis is that ornithology is an excellent gateway to students becoming science majors in college and, more broadly and longer-term, conservation-minded citizens. That article left an impression and I have wondered what became of Manker’s effort to create a high school ornithology curriculum. Think about it for a minute.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2015
The reptile was battered with repeated lunges and stretched between talon and beak, but continued to wriggle until the young hawk managed to get a good grip on the head and after that there was only likely to be one outcome. It was clear that it had nearly caught something, but the prey was not giving up without a fight.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2012
And, I started daydreaming about encountering something a little different, maybe a Horned Frog, Ceratophrys cornuta, a large, squat green and brown frog of South America, with a wide mouth large enough to eat other frogs as well as reptiles. If you don’t live near a science museum, then read this chapter. This is not a field guide.
10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2015
To elucidate underlying developmental mechanisms, we examined candidate gene expression domains in the embryonic face: the earlier frontonasal ectodermal zone (FEZ) and the later midfacial Wnt-responsive region, in birds and several reptiles. Well, maybe a little better than that but not much. Caption for image at top of post: Figure 2.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2012
After one 3 year stint, they left with 131,405 specimens including birds, mammals, reptiles, plants and even human remains (which were only recently repatriated for burial in Africa!) The famous Verreaux family who made several expeditions into the province through the 1820’s and 1830’s procuring specimens for rich collectors.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Turtles are the reptile everybody loves. It’s useful to remember the names of the two suborders of Testudines (the reptile order that includes all turtles): Cryptodira (turtles that retract their heads vertically and sea turtles–most of the turtles in the world) and Pleurodirans (turtles that retract their heads sideways).
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