Top predators project – Census of Marine Life
A new Nature paper by Barbara Block et al. of the top predators project of the Census of Marine Life, Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean, earns…
A new Nature paper by Barbara Block et al. of the top predators project of the Census of Marine Life, Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean, earns…
…seems probable many new species will be found lurking in museum drawers. Even in relatively bat-poor temperate regions there may be hidden diversity. It was not until 1997 that Europe’s…
…India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and individuals from European and North American museums with active collaborative research programs in this region. The Indomalayan biogeographic region spans a…
…closing, for a view of complexity of ant life, please see E.O. Wilson’s wonderful short story “Trailhead”, in March 6, 2010, New Yorker, an excerpt from his upcoming book Anthill….
…What is scientifically exciting is how broad application of standardized, minimalist genetic analysis (aka DNA barcoding), combined with traditional morphologic and ecologic study, is providing radical new insights into biology….
The paper Trawl and eDNA assessment of marine fish diversity, seasonality, and relative abundance in coastal New Jersey, USA by Mark Stoeckle, Jason Adolf, Zachary Charlop-Powers, Keith Dunton, Gregory Hinks,…
The new children’s book, The Little Girl Who Walked on Water But Who Didn’t Know How to Swim written by our esteemed colleague and friend Francois Sarano and illustrated by…
Mark Mills’s new National Center for Energy Analytics launched publicly with an Energy Future Forum organized jointly with RealClearEnergy. The meeting included a half-hour interview with Jesse Ausubel conducted by…
PHE’s Mark Stoeckle and colleague David Thaler published a new research paper in PLOS ONE, DNA Barcoding Works in Practice but Not in (Neutral) Theory. The paper examines what DNA…
…analyze multiple individuals from each species, and to revise DNA sequences and taxonomic labels as new information becomes available. By using specimens archived in museums, taxonomic identifications and DNA sequences…