The Simpsons on taxonomy 18 Mar 2009 Homer: “Oh, I just love it here! So many things, and so many things of each thing!” From here (go look!) via here. Humor Species and systematics
Evolution Kid’s resource for species 9 Aug 2008 Kids Research Express has a pretty good summary of the issue of species and speciation, which it wouldn’t hurt most people to read. Sure, they repeat the mistake about Plato and typology, but that’s OK. It’s for kids and nonspecialists. We can fix up their errors later when they get… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Linnaeus Legacy carnival 11 up 8 Sep 2008 At Kevin Zelnio’s The Other 95%. Much crunchy goodness about taxonomy. Read More
Evolution Species concepts really matter 17 Dec 200718 Sep 2017 Sorry I haven’t blogged for a bit – I’ve been on the road, err, sky for a while. So it turns out that Texas, which seems to be the source of much antiscience reaction these days, has yet another problem, and it turns on what a species is. Texas named… Read More