• Earth’s ancient marine life could reveal what triggers mass extinctions

    Updated: 2010-12-31 07:44:04
    WASHINGTON - A new study has found that an influx of invasive species can hinder the natural evolution of new species and trigger mass extinction events. Scientists at Ohio University studied the collapse of Earth’s marine life 378 to 375 million years ago and found that the planet’s current ecosystems, which are struggling with biodiversity loss, .... Original article on Gaea Times at   Earth’s ancient marine life could reveal what triggers mass extinctions.

  • Genome sequence could make finest chocolate better

    Updated: 2010-12-29 19:05:42
    The production of high quality chocolate, and the farmers who grow it, will benefit from the recent sequencing and assembly of the chocolate tree genome, as per an international team led by Claire Lanaud of CIRAD, France, with Mark Guiltinan of Penn State, and including researchers from 18 other institutions........

  • A Good Day

    Updated: 2010-12-19 02:07:05
    Another semester has come and gone. Turned in my course grades today. Much happiness. Oh, and DADT was repealed. Eight Republicans decided to stop being evil for a few minutes and voted the right way. Read the comments on this post...

  • The Kids Are Alright: New Genes Can Be Essential

    Updated: 2010-12-17 15:49:08
    When it comes to genes, evolutionary biologists have traditionally favored seniority. Genes thought to be most essential to life must be ancient and conserved, the assumption goes, handed down from species to species as the basic instructions of life. That sharing is evident in early developmental stages, which 19th-century biologist Ernst Haeckel observed to be [...]

  • Dolphin by-catch includes genetic relatives

    Updated: 2010-12-16 18:58:22
    Dolphins along coast of Argentina could experience a significant loss of genetic diversity because some of the animals that accidently die when tangled in fishing nets are related. As per a new genetic analysis published this week in the journal PLoS One, Franciscana dolphins that die as by-catch are more than a collection of random individuals: a number of are most likely mother-offspring pairs. This result, which suggests reduced genetic diversity and reproductive potential, could have significant implications for the conservation of small marine mammals........

  • Files for Pratt LIS 663

    Updated: 2010-12-06 21:27:49
    Tonight I am guest lecturing at Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science. The topic is ontology. This post is mainly for the students; they will be able to find the lecture notes and the “Make your own ontology” worksheet here. The worksheet is HERE. The lecture notes are HERE.

  • Ireland under a blanket of snow

    Updated: 2010-12-06 00:20:17
    The University of Dundee’s satellite station captured this image of how the heavy snow affected Ireland and the Uk. The picture, which was received at 11.45 p.m. on Thursday from Nasa satellite Terra, shows the extent of the snow and ice in South East Ireland and all along the East coast.

  • Good things are coming…

    Updated: 2010-12-03 19:06:33
    Hello readers, We are currently revamping lots things at EOL , including this blog. We would love to hear from you about what you’d like to read on this space in the future.  Please post your comments here, or send us an email at secretariat [at] eol.org. You won’t see much blog action from us over the [...]

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