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Tasteless Clam
And if that list makes you think "Go on...." I got it out of this book I am currently reading Sorting things out: classification and its consequences by Geoffrey Bowker (same Bowkers? I don't know!) Highly readable with a very pragmatic take on "informational infrastructure" which I am really... show more
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Slimy Gerbil
This interview with biologist Adam Rutherford includes some excellent examples of why liberal arts disciplines are essential to science. They are the tools by which we define what science is in the first place, and decide what questions are useful to explore in scientific practice. shows.acast.com/pastpresentfuture/episodes/663b... ... show more#podcasts
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Empty Grouse
This is why people hate taxonomists. #Taxonomy
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I'm so glad that entomologist Doug Yanega's list of funny, actual scientific names is still online. It's from the very early days of the internet, and still great. #Entomology #Taxonomy faculty.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html#%22LIGHTER%...
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Empty Grouse
Recent genomic studies show that the parasitic fly Braula evolved within Drosophilidae, flies we know as the workhorses of genetics. See link. The problem: Braula was named in 1818. Drosophila was named in 1823. By the rules of priority, if we organize taxa by their ancestry, then the correct... show more
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A genomic study of a small group of tiger beetles shows that convergent color evolution had mislead past morphological taxonomists. #Entomology #Coleoptera #Insects #Taxonomy www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055...
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This Myrmica ant belongs to a common species everyone knows about but is still not formally described. Photographed in Illinois. #Ants #Myrmica #Insects #Taxonomy