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I have written before about the very unusual genome of the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, now its genome has been published in PLOS biol...

Yesterday I went on an unusual art type thing in Birmingham . It was called ' Electrical Walks ' by the artist Christina Kubisch an...

In the latest issue of the journal Palaeontology some beautifully preserved fossil spiders are described: Cretadiplura ceara - Carapace len...

Or rather moths join the club of declining species. I have mentioned butterflies and beetles before and now there is long term data on mot...

In my previous post on Odontogriphus omalus I mentioned that Kimberella is considered to be it's early molluscan relative. Since I have...

In this week’s nature there is a report on the Cambrian fossil Odontogriphus omalus (1). P.Z. has a nice write up at Pharyngula but I want...

I have written about a lack of sleep contributing to obesity before and the possible causes of this problem . So i was interested to see th...

According to recent research published in biological reviews in an adult human it is 411 with 145 of those being neurons. ABSTRACT: ...

This is something I never realised existed: a colour changing snake ( Via ). Here is the news release from the WWF : "Gland, Switzerlan...

There has been a debate amoung scientists who study evolution as to whether evolutionary radiations occur more rapidly in island type areas ...

This is not exactly unexpected but its nice to see that it is getting some news coverage. From the BBC : "Many species of beetles in th...

I saw this meme type thing at snail's tails and thought it was neat, so here is my oldest book: Symbolae Mycologicae by Leopold Fuckel ...

A drawing of the fossil spider Mesozygiella dunlopi The discovery of the oldest true orb weaving spider has been announced in Biology letter...

The Ciliate Tetrahymena Ciliates are a large group of unicellular eukaryotes that have a highly unusual genome architecture. They have tw...

Some 'egg carton' laminites from Pilbara Some of the earliest fossils in the world come from around Australia (Pilbara Supergroup) a...

Illacme plenipes - still from the supplementary video Biologists in California have rediscovered the record breaking millipede Illacme pleni...

The findings of this research are not exactly unexpected but it is always nice to have more evidence: " Passive TV viewing related to c...

In press at PNAS is the report of the sequence of the mitochondrial genome sequence of the very unusual metazoan Trichoplax adhaerens. Trich...

Stuff on the web/in the news that has caught my eye recently. News There was a letter sent by several leading doctors to the Times calling f...

Damocles serratus a fossil shark from Bear Gulch I have just found this lovely website: Fossil fishes of Bear Gulch "The Bear Gulch Li...