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Tracks and Traces 01.29.11
Kate Clancy has an ace post on ‘The Dilemma of Women in Science and Blogging‘ over at Neuron Culture. A must-read.
Sometimes the best reviews are the shortest ones – Pterosaur.net presents a three-letter review of the new documentary Flying Monsters 3D
Willo the dinosaur loses heart
Want to know more about “The Thrilling Whale Threesome”? Scicurious has you covered
The title says it all: “Hutton’s Unconformicake”
I love bone-crushing carnivorans. Paleontologist Jack Tseng talks about their evolutionary history in this video lecture
The Biodiversity Heritage Library blog recently picked 1901’s Animals of the Past as their book of the weekpicked 1901’s Animals of the Past as their book of the weekpicked 1901’s Animals of the Past as their book of the week. Restorations of extinct animals sure have come a long way
NPR’s Robert Krulwich riffs on my ‘Giant Killer Storks’ post. I love the accompanying illustrations!
Scientific American re-runs a 1911 article on rats and plague
“Time for a change in science journalism?“, John Rennie asks. “Hell yes!”, says I.
Evolution in action: island-isolated clouded leopard populations are genetically distinct
Why are big bears always portrayed as being angry? Arcototherium, “O megaurso dos Pampas”
New book for Gould fans – The Science and Humanism of Stephen Jay Gould
In National Geographic, Carl Zimmer has a great new feature on the evolution of feathers (and feather-like structures). See also: National Geographic TV’s “Dinomorphosis” gallery
Comics + Science = Awesome. Ryan Haupt reviews Evolution: The Story of Life on EarthRyan Haupt reviews Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth
Top Image: The dinosaur track type Brontozoum giganteum, from Edward Hitchcock’s Ichnology of New England.