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| This old Oak in Alexandria, VA, is producing two crops this year. The first is the mass of periodical cicada "shells" at the base of the tree. (The second crop will be the acorns in the fall.) Photo courtesy of a Rambler's relative in VA. |
1, A Black scientist was an early cicada researcher. His work has been mostly overlooked. [This website also has a short podcast on the same subject] (link)
2, The Lysenko affair (link)
3. Fewer car crashes with deer in Wisconsin, perhaps thanks to wolves. In areas where gray wolf populations have grown, motorists have fewer collisions with deer, likely due to the predators keeping deer away from roadways. (link)
4. Rosemary passed this on: Wonderful video showing how Hydra regenerates. (link)
5, 6, 7. California pipevine swallowtail and its relation to the California pipevine. We have the same species of swallowtail here in Georgia, but different pipevines. (link)
More about the California pipevine swallowtail here: (link)
Meet the scientist who's been counting California butterflies for 47 years and has no plans to stop. (link)
8. The Quiet Rescue of America's Forgotten Fruit. One man is responsible for roughly half of the country's stone fruit collection. (link)
9. Planting for Pollinators: Native pollinators are facing growing threats. Here are some fun and easy ways you can help them! (link)
10. A Gene Facilitates the Evolution of an Animal Weapon. A single gene regulates not only the size and proportions of a water strider's massively long third legs, but also how it uses the limbs in fights. (link)
11. The origin and rapid diversification of flowering plants is a
long-standing “abominable mystery”, as Charles Darwin put it. Part of
the puzzle – the origin of the protective covering of flowering-plant
seeds – is nearing resolution. (link)
12. An absolutely wonderful film about fungi. Time-lapse photography, brilliant colors, shapes, sizes, glow in the dark fungi. Don't miss this! It will be one best half hours you've spent. (Thank you, Kathy Stege.) (link)
