Oleh Chris Grinter, on April 27th, 2010% Recently came across some ridiculously horrible taxonomy from China (.pdf). If you scroll down a bit you can see the english translation. At first glance this looks like a standard taxonomy paper with bare-bones species descriptions. You might even think to yourself, “huh, wonder why they are describing species from only one specimen”. Not the . . . → Baca Lebih: Taksonomi Gagal
Oleh Chris Grinter, pada 26 April, 2010% to fake a UFO encounter? I recorded this video two years ago over the desert of Arizona. To confess, it made my heart skip a beat at first. I turned around and there were three glowing lights floating silently above me. I literally thought to myself “holy s#@% I don’t believe in this crap!”. Yang . . . → Baca Lebih: How easy is it…
Oleh Chris Grinter, on April 23rd, 2010% I’ve just illustrated my method for spreading microlepidoptera, go explore the techniques page. Who is courageous enough to attempt it?
Oleh Chris Grinter, on April 22nd, 2010% With a great message from Bill Nye, the Science Guy.
We need to be conservationists to be sure, preserving wetlands, forests, open spaces and coastlines. We need to reduce our waste — plastic trash and the like. But what we really need is big, new ideas: new ways to distribute and store energy for . . . → Baca Lebih: Happy Earth Day
Oleh Chris Grinter, pada 21 April, 2010% A 15 kaki kelabu paus hanya dibasuh sehingga di Teluk San Francisco. Sekarang adalah peluang kami untuk meletup sebahagian paus 2!
Oleh Chris Grinter, pada 21 April, 2010% I’ve been busy spreading microleps over the last few days, and here is a small selection from my summer collecting trips. Still have at least another 200 to go before catching up on my backlog. I am working on illustrating just how to spread these moths… jadi tinggal ditala.
2009 was a great season. saya . . . → Baca Lebih: How I keep myself busy
Oleh Chris Grinter, pada 18 April, 2010% So what is wrong with this illustration below? Sounds like a great show at the Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati. This news story made me look just a little closer…
Oleh Chris Grinter, pada 16 April, 2010% I’ve come across a few e-mail transcripts of questions sent into our entomology department and I can not resist sharing them. I promise these messages are (and will be) 100% real and unedited. Names have been changed or removed to protect the innocent. Semoga, I will come across these every once in a while, dan . . . → Baca Lebih: Vox Populi, volume I
Oleh Chris Grinter, on April 14th, 2010% I’ve been a bit remiss at posting regular challenges, so I’ll try to pick up the pace. Who can tell me anything about this butterfly? The most you’re getting is that it is from the Western half of the US. Credit for family, genus or species and ridiculous credit for subspecies and where it is . . . → Baca Lebih: Butterfly of the week
Oleh Chris Grinter, on April 13th, 2010% I sat rapt in front of my TV on Sunday watching the latest installment of the BBC/Discovery series “Life”. The first thing that comes to my mind… “WHY was Oprah chosen to narrate!?” Sememangnya, I waited for the insects special to air before I blogged about this, but having to listen to Oprah for the . . . → Baca Lebih: Get a Life, Discovery
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