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fromwww.theguardian.com
19 hours ago

How many spiders and pseudoscorpions does it take to make one of the world's greatest taxonomists?

Mark Harvey has described over 1,000 new species of arachnids and other invertebrates through museum research and global fieldwork.
fromPortland Mercury
2 weeks ago

To whomever is tagging

"Shrimps is bugs" all over the city: Thank you for leading me to this rabbithole of scientific and taxonomic discovery.
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fromwww.nature.com
1 month ago

Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus coexisted at the close of the Cretaceous

Nanotyrannus is a distinct genus outside Tyrannosauridae containing two species, N. lancensis and N. lethaeus, confirmed by the mature specimen NCSM 40000.
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fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

A real butterfly effect - Harvard Gazette

A previously unknown butterfly collected by Alfred Russel Wallace has been identified as Euptychia andrewberryi and named in honor of Harvard biologist Andrew Berry.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

The Word 'Lobster' Is Built Upon The Crustacean's Creepy Appearance - Tasting Table

Lobsters resemble insects in appearance and have historically shared names with locusts, reflecting cultural confusion despite crustaceans being a distinct taxonomic group.
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fromAeon
5 months ago

Defying classification, fantastical artworks reframe the racism of Carl Linnaeus | Aeon Videos

Báez's art reinterprets colonial and racist classifications, celebrating marginalized narratives and redefining their beauty.
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