Tag: biodiversity
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What defines a species? Inside the fierce debate that’s rocking biology to its core
Scientists have long debated whether the Florida panther is a North American cougar (Puma concolor couguar) or its own unique subspecies (P. c. coryi), ultimately settling on the former. The debate is part of a growing crisis in how scientists classify species. (Image credit: Maria Klos for Live Science) LiveScience has an interesting article about a…
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May 2017 General Meeting: “Tropical Permian Pangaea: Cradle of Biodiversity, Museum, or Both?”, by Dr. Ken Angielczyk of the Field Museum
Our speaker at the May 12th general meeting will be Dr. Ken Angielczyk from the Field Museum. The title of his talk is: “Tropical Permian Pangaea: Cradle of Biodiversity, Museum, or Both?” A new early Permian continental tetrapod fauna from South America in tropical Western Gondwana sheds new light on patterns of tetrapod distribution. …
