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I remember quite some time ago I came across an interesting quote which I believe was attributed to the evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky. If I recall right, it was in one of G.G....
04 April 2019 6,881 3 View
Does anyone know first-hand or know of a recorded observation as to what hemocyanin (the oxygen-binding molecule in the blood of most arthropods and mollusks) smells/tastes like? I know that...
04 April 2019 8,444 4 View
I have often heard in the "gray" literature and from several informal statements by researchers that there has been some suggestion that hyaenodontid "creodonts" may eventually be found to be...
09 September 2015 3,978 14 View
I am wondering if there is a proper term for mammal species that are browsers, but primarily feed on the woody tissues of a plant as opposed to the leaves and shoots. Examples that come to mind...
07 July 2015 3,604 8 View
So, its probably fairly obvious to everyone reading this that arthropod carapce thicknesses have varied quite a bit among the different groups, just like every other part of their anatomy....
05 May 2015 1,919 4 View
I know that humans can sometimes crack their teeth if they are too careless with how they bite, and I was wondering if any animals, which often have much higher bite forces compared to a human,...
12 December 2014 2,147 8 View
Does anyone know of any sites in the fossil record that represent either a colonial rodent colony or a microfaunal "pocket" that accumulated via material flowing into an already-present rodent...
07 July 2014 4,747 4 View
I've noticed that in recent years there has been an overall trend of using camera traps and other such methodologies to take pictures of large animals in remote regions. I was wondering if when...
06 June 2014 4,749 3 View
So, as many of you are probably aware, there are several living groups of fish which are able to use electroreception to some degree to either passively sense the world around them or, in some...
06 June 2014 4,942 2 View
I recently read on Catalogue of Organisms (http://coo.fieldofscience.com/2014/05/wasps-with-fangs-on-their-feet.html) that pimpline ichneumonid wasps have enlarged claws on their hind tarsi that...
05 May 2014 2,370 2 View
Exactly what it says on the tin.
05 May 2014 8,388 2 View
I have recently been looking up data on the extinct giant (hummingbird-sized) Eocene ant Titanomyrma, as well as the closely related and possibly synonymous form genus Formicium. However, the only...
05 May 2014 3,600 4 View
