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Museum workers are not all exhibitionists

I consider the American Museum of Natural History to be my “home”…
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11 Jul 2016

Phylogeny of elves finds that santa’s workers are actually dwarves

Abstract This study reconstructs the evolutionary tree of elves using 26 life…
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24 Dec 2015Comments: 41

What do scientists do? Part II – A tribute to taxonomists

The giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands are huge, weighing up to…
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7 Nov 2015Comments: 4

The puzzling case of the twisted sisters

In the business of making evolutionary trees you’re always on the lookout…
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21 Aug 2015

Species: biological phenomenon or human construct?

You probably think you know what a species is. Look at the…
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17 Jul 2015

The unit of biodiversity

Biodiversity is a simple and beautiful concept. It’s exactly what it sounds…
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14 Jul 2015
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Megan, Jill, Tony, Caroline and Dominic discuss their favorite topics in ecology and evolution in SciFund’s own Eco Tome Blog.

The aptly named clearwing butterfly (Photo credit: https://www.rockcostarica.com/lake-arenal/gallery/clearwing-butterfly/).
The aptly named clearwing butterfly (Photo credit: https://www.rockcostarica.com/lake-arenal/gallery/clearwing-butterfly/).

Their favorite topics include:

  • urban ecology
    
  • ecology of diseases and vectors
  • the evolution of biodiversity

They also tackle "big-issue" biology. Such as:

  • climate change
  • pollination ecology
  • evolution and creationism