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Aug 31, 2016
Of Mountains and Valleys
Another look into why South America has so many birds
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Aug 24, 2016
Why do only some species look different?
A jaunt into a fascinating evolutionary inquiry
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Jul 27, 2016
It Took a Museum, a Lab, & Some Databases
Or, why identifying one group of birds can be a nightmare…
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Jul 24, 2016
Why is this bird rare?
In answering this question,
where
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Jul 8, 2016
Why Taxonomy Matters
Who cares about all these esoteric Latinized words, anyway?
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Jun 15, 2016
Barrier Valleys, Trait Divergence, & the Split of Species
What one exemplary valley tells us about the drivers of avian speciation
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May 14, 2016
Ecology Behind the Curtain
And a commentary on the existence of “curtains” in the first place
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Apr 30, 2016
Natural History Museums: A Message of Optimism
The plight of museum collections, taxonomy, and natural history, and some voices that cut through the noise
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Dec 8, 2015
On the History of Ecology
What the history behind ‘the subversive science’ tells us about humanity’s relationship with nature.
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Dec 2, 2015
Of Birds, Behavior, & Climate Change
How a little European bird keeps up with climate change
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