My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. I am not an MD so I cannot diagnose and treat your sleep problems. As well as writing this blog, I am also the Online Discussion Expert for PLoS. This is a personal blog and opinions within it in no way reflect the policies of PLoS. You can contact me at: Coturnix@gmail.com
Threats To Wild Tigers Growing:
The wild tiger now occupies a mere 7 percent of its historic range, and the area known to be inhabited by tigers has declined by 41 percent over the past decade, according to a recent article. Growing trade in folk medicines made from tiger parts and tiger skins,…
Remember to Blog For Sex Education. Put this logo on top of your post if you like. Then paste your permalink in the comments of this post and Renegade Evolution will put together a linkfest.
Wide Range Of Sleep-related Disorders Associated With Abnormal Sexual Behaviors, Experiences:
A paper published in the June 1st issue of the journal SLEEP is the first literature review and formal classification of a wide range of documented sleep-related disorders associated with abnormal sexual…
Two ancient posts of mine, Why Creationists Need To Be Creationists and Creationism Is Just One Symptom Of Conservative Pathology are getting heavy traffic right now from Stumbleupon and Reddit. I posted a comment there trying to get people to come and see the much more recent update: More than…
The ScienceBlogs server is getting upgraded tonight, from 9pm EDT until midnight. During that time, there will be no new posts on SB, nor can you post comments, but you can certainly read my blog (time to browse my ample archives, perhaps) or the blogs of my SciBlings. We'll be back and twice as…
One of the very first bloggers I have ever read, and always one of the best, Steve Gilliard has died. He was exactly the same age as me. His powerful voice will be greatly missed. The last few months of the blog (as of the move to a new domain) appear not to be accessible, but you can check the…
In response to my previous post on the subject, I received a following e-mail (personal information omitted) from Colorado:
I'm active in opposing this for many reasons including the forced removal of American citizens from their homes and lands by the U.S. Military, the reality that the expansion…
Evolution of direct development in echinoderms
It's been several years since I last heard Rudolf Raff talk about his work and apparently he's been busy in the meantime. The new stuff is exciting, and PZ knows how to explain it really well.
From John I learned that Serbia is becoming a birding hot-spot!
Two species of pelicans (Pelecanus crispus and Pelecanus onocrotalus), which used to nest in Serbia before but were driven out by draining of marshland for agriculture in the late 19th century, are back (not nesting yet, but some…
Want To Save Polar Bears? Follow The Ice:
In the wake of the U.S. government's watershed decision to propose listing the polar bear as "Threatened" under the Endangered Species Act, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is launching a bold initiative to save the Earth's largest terrestrial…
I have posted pictures of my cats before, but I believe never on Fridays. I'll have to succumb to fashion today though, because I cannot wait any longer to show you the pics of the newest member of the family. Introducing (under the fold) - Orange Julius:
The Festival of the Trees #12 - Meditations - is up on Arboreality.
Friday Ark #141 is up on Modulator.
Scientiae #7 - How We Are Hungry - is up on FemaleCSGradStudent
Blind Dogs Can See After New Treatment For A Sudden Onset Blinding Disease:
If two dogs are any indication, Iowa State University veterinary researchers may have found a cure for a previously incurable disease that causes dogs to go blind suddenly.
Five New Species Of Sea Slugs Discovered In The…
In the May 18th issue of Science there is a revew paper by Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg. An expanded version of it also appeared recently in Edge and many science bloggers are discussing it these days.
Enrique has the best one-sentence summary of the article:
The main source of…
It is high time a blogger wins this prize, don't you think? If you are in Europe or Israel, and you have a life-science blog, apply for this award:
EMBO Award for Communication in the Life Sciences
Call for entries 2007
DEADLINE 30 JUNE 2007
Description of the award
The award is intended for…
Evolution Of Animal Personalities:
Animals differ strikingly in character and temperament. Yet only recently has it become evident that personalities are a widespread phenomenon in the animal kingdom. Animals as diverse as spiders, mice and squids appear to have personalities. Personality…
What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around.
- Georges Bernanos (1888-1948)
Welcome to the Fiftieth edition of I And The Bird. It's been a while since I last hosted an edition of this carnival (#19) and it has obviously grown a lot since then. With such diversity of posts, I decided it was impossible to categorize them, so they are presented here in the order I received…
...to Blog For Sex Education on June 4th and to blog about the sea (oceanography, marine biology and conservation, cool cephalopod pictures...) by the June 8th inaugural Carnival of the Blue.
Is natural selection omnipotent or are there developmental constraints to what is possible and it is only from a limited range of possibilities that natural selection has to choose? The tension betwen two schools of thought (sometimes thought of in terms of pro-Gould and anti-Gould, as he has…
These two articles in Colorado Springs Independent and Denver Post are just the latest in an ongoing saga about the move by the U.S.Army to expand its Fort Carson base to include an additional million acres of land full of historical and prehistorical monuments, from wall paintings to dinosaur…
