Reclassifying Reptiles
When I was a child, my favorite animals were reptiles and amphibians. I spent countless hours collecting toads under the street lights at night, chasing whiptails in the sun, racing to grab spiny lizards before they darted up the tree, all while seeking the holy grail of childhood herping: snakes. Reptiles and amphibians just seemed…
Kukulcania hibernalis, a childhood favorite.
One of the very first creatures to capture my attention as a child were the large, black, velvety, spiders that built messy retreats under the eaves of my back porch. Something about these animals intrigued me, and made me want to know more. I didn’t know anything about evolution at the time, but I did…
What are clades?
In the last entry, I introduced you to 18th century botanist Carl Linnaeus, and described his major contribution to biology: a universal taxonomic system. Today, I want to take another look at taxonomy, and discuss some of the flaws in this now dated and obsolete classification system, some solutions to these problems, and what it…
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I have always had a passion for wildlife; in particular, biodiversity. The sheer variety of life has long amazed me as much as the size and span of the universe does an astronomer. This blog is my attempt to share this wondrous world with you.
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