…In 21 dec 2007 BMC Biology (open access) researchers from University of California, Los Angeles; Center for Conservation Research, Omaha Zoo; and Mpala Research Centre, Kenya, investigate genetic variation in…
As Dirk Steinke’s recent blog post demonstrated, since the seminal 2003 Proc Royal Soc London B Biol Sci paper by Hebert, Cywinska, Ball, and DeWaard, barcoders around the world have…
…which leads to more rapid sorting of differences among genetically isolated populations. Analysis of real-world data in 45 studies of differences among and within avian species confirms this expectation, ie…
…least a preliminary look at genetic relationships for large numbers of species (so far 2,393 avian species (24% of world birds) have barcode records in BOLD). This could be exciting!…
…Ausubel on the 20thof November during the AGS Fall Symposium, Geography 2050: Exploring our Future in an Urbanized World, to be held at Columbia University. Here is the press release….
…are also clever traps to catch all the people in the world whose curiosity impels them toward data as if toward light.” An article in October 2008 Scientific American, with…
The 13th Newsletter of the International Quiet Ocean Experiment, now online, include updates on the Global Library of Underwater Sounds (GLUBS) and the World Ocean Passive Acoustic Monitoring (WOPAM) day….
GPS devices for civilian use were first introduced 1982. The TI 4100 from Texas Instrument Company cost $150,000, weighed 50 lbs, and had heavy demand from land surveyors (GPS World,…
…Committee of the Census of Marine Life We are thrilled that the International Cosmos Prize, rooted in greenery, honors the blue world. Humanity every day has opportunities to see the…
…tissue collection in the world with about 40,000 specimens; searching “LSU AND aves[organism] AND voucher” returned only 1,148 records, which seems likely to underrepresent the museum’s contribution. Results for some…