(I was hoping to be able to showcase my design for the Linnaeus' Legacy banner, but it still needs a little work and I should run it by Christopher first.)
There are few creatures so elusive in the forest that is the Interwebs as the blog carnival submission. So it's on with hiking boots, midge repellent and a good pair of binoculars for the wildlife walk.
Near the edge of the woods, it's easy to spot a few familiar species. Neil of Microecos is actually offering an easy mnemonic for taxonomic hierarchy when he says "Kindly please come over for gay sex", and not prospecting for mates. Christopher at Catalogue Of Organisms ponders the irritability of birds and its historical use in avian classification. Ever generous, he also offers his thoughts on the importance of type specimens in light of the imminent closure of the Utrecht Herbarium. Dave Hone donates from his archive to tell us about chimeras in palaeontology. And John at A DC Birding Blog reports on a legless lizard, a dwarf woodpecker and climate change.
Zach at When Pigs Fly Returns finishes off what has been an epic series on dragon taxonomy with a monster of a post on draconian systematics.
Pressing forward, into the tried and tested spots for finding wildlife, Jim at From Archaea to Zeaxanthol has some beautiful images of things that are not insects. Mike of A Three-Pound Monkey Brain reminds us that the third meeting of the ISPN is happening in July. I'm sure there are some readers who won't want to miss that. Hairy Museum of Natural History's curator Matt has news on the new pterosaur Raeticodactylus filisurensis.
A hidden gem, and a very welcome sighting for this edition is Michael's announcement on Palaeoblog that on 1 May 1753 Linnaeus' own book Species Plantarum was published. And Anne-Marie has a fascinating post on plantain taxonomy at Pondering Pikaia. The Darwin's Garden exhibit has opened today in New York, and Dispersal of Darwin has the low-down on this. Linnaeus would most definitely have approved.
Well off my well-trod path, I stumble upon Jura's discussion of rapid evolution in lizards over at The Reptipage. And the Te Papa blog has the full story on their colossal squid necropsy, and it's happening right now! As of the time of writing, they're getting ready to cut...
To end the foray into the dark forest of the nature blogosphere on a sad note, Darren talks about the decline of the British cat population. And that's as much cat blogging as you're getting here. But I'm delighted to see that we're celebrating British insects on a new set of postage stamps - a joint venture between Royal Mail and the Natural History Museum. And I couldn't finish without a little plug for my new blog, where I ponder gardeners' use of binomials.
Next month's Linnaeus' Legacy will be up on or around 5 June at When Pigs Fly Return. I shall hand over the binoculars to you Zach!
There are few creatures so elusive in the forest that is the Interwebs as the blog carnival submission. So it's on with hiking boots, midge repellent and a good pair of binoculars for the wildlife walk.
Near the edge of the woods, it's easy to spot a few familiar species. Neil of Microecos is actually offering an easy mnemonic for taxonomic hierarchy when he says "Kindly please come over for gay sex", and not prospecting for mates. Christopher at Catalogue Of Organisms ponders the irritability of birds and its historical use in avian classification. Ever generous, he also offers his thoughts on the importance of type specimens in light of the imminent closure of the Utrecht Herbarium. Dave Hone donates from his archive to tell us about chimeras in palaeontology. And John at A DC Birding Blog reports on a legless lizard, a dwarf woodpecker and climate change.
Zach at When Pigs Fly Returns finishes off what has been an epic series on dragon taxonomy with a monster of a post on draconian systematics.
Pressing forward, into the tried and tested spots for finding wildlife, Jim at From Archaea to Zeaxanthol has some beautiful images of things that are not insects. Mike of A Three-Pound Monkey Brain reminds us that the third meeting of the ISPN is happening in July. I'm sure there are some readers who won't want to miss that. Hairy Museum of Natural History's curator Matt has news on the new pterosaur Raeticodactylus filisurensis.
A hidden gem, and a very welcome sighting for this edition is Michael's announcement on Palaeoblog that on 1 May 1753 Linnaeus' own book Species Plantarum was published. And Anne-Marie has a fascinating post on plantain taxonomy at Pondering Pikaia. The Darwin's Garden exhibit has opened today in New York, and Dispersal of Darwin has the low-down on this. Linnaeus would most definitely have approved.
Well off my well-trod path, I stumble upon Jura's discussion of rapid evolution in lizards over at The Reptipage. And the Te Papa blog has the full story on their colossal squid necropsy, and it's happening right now! As of the time of writing, they're getting ready to cut...
To end the foray into the dark forest of the nature blogosphere on a sad note, Darren talks about the decline of the British cat population. And that's as much cat blogging as you're getting here. But I'm delighted to see that we're celebrating British insects on a new set of postage stamps - a joint venture between Royal Mail and the Natural History Museum. And I couldn't finish without a little plug for my new blog, where I ponder gardeners' use of binomials.
Next month's Linnaeus' Legacy will be up on or around 5 June at When Pigs Fly Return. I shall hand over the binoculars to you Zach!
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