We're hosting a party for the roller derby girls, so I'm otherwise preoccupied today. Help yourself to some links, though:
- Mark Moffett, the quintessential National Geographic bug photographer, has a new ant book.
- Margaret Atwood (yes, that Margaret Atwood), reviews E. O. Wilson's novel.
- Carl Zimmer suffers genome fatigue.
- Mantis shrimp glow in the dark.
- Who wants to help Tim Eisele identify his mystery ants?
More like this
Specifically, I'm trying to see whether we can engage folks into the PHYLO card process by seeing if they work with requests.
I'm pretty happy with my results:
...more not-so-Respectful Insolence, courtesy not of Orac this time but of other skeptical physician-bloggers!
Enjoy:
One of my favorite authors is Margaret Atwood, the Canadian sci-fi writer who has penned "The Handmaid's Tale," "The Robber Bride," and "Oryx and Crake." The first on that list is the book that initially hooked me, but I think "Oryx and Crake" holds a special place on my bookshelf for perhaps the
Thanks for sending people over to have a look, so far I have two people who agree that they are probably Tetramorium ("pavement ants").
You've got some bright commentators. Your ants are indeed the pavement ant Tetramorium "species E". A team of European ant taxonomists is currently working out the species in this difficult complex of Eurasian ants. With any luck we'll have a proper name for this species shortly.
Keep an eye out for the impressive battles staged by neighboring colonies as they expand their territories this spring. I had one on my front sidewalk a couple days ago.
Wilson's book got a pretty good review. I'm tempted...
Anyone here read it yet?