Tag: anthropogenic change

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October 2, 2015

All About Bats!
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December 18, 2014

The Other Marthas
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September 3, 2014

Thoughts on the Passenger Pigeon
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August 8, 2014

This is why we need rattlesnakes: Part II
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July 17, 2014

It’s a Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle! Answer to FoW #19
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May 27, 2014

Happy Birthday, Rachel Carson!

Today is the 107th birthday of Rachel Carson. Unfortunately she died too young, at only 56 years old, of cancer. Ironically one of her greatest accomplishments was helping to ban agricultural use the synthetic pesticide DDT, which was later discovered to be linked to breast cancer. Her accomplishments are too numerous to describe in this […]
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May 6, 2014

More thoughts on “(Re)extinction”

Thanks to Brad Lepper for bringing this article in the New Scientist to my attention. This is another opinion related to my recent blog about the debate concerning natural history museums collecting specimens. See this New Scientist article here.  Collecting of specimens for scientific research is an incredibly small percentage of the number of animals […]
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August 29, 2013

Museum Specimens are Basis of New Research
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September 14, 2012

Fighting Emerald Ash Borers at Cedar Bog Nature Preserve