What is the Island Rule? What is the Island Rule in Biogeography? The island rule is a pattern in evolution that suggests that organisms that colonize islands tend to become either much larger or much smaller than their mainland counterparts. This pattern has been observed in a variety of organisms, from Komodo dragons to Galapagos […]
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The California harvester ant, also known as Pogonomyrmex californicus, is a species of ant found in arid regions of California. This ant species has the distinction of having one of the most toxic venoms ever recorded in insects. The venom of these ants is so toxic that it can kill a 2kg rat with just 12 stings.
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Did you know that every year, seven hundred thousand birds are killed by collisions with wind turbines? It’s a significant problem that researchers have been trying to solve for years. However, a new solution might finally be the answer.
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Today I was diving deep into one of my pipelines to fix potential issues I noticed in my results. In short, I neglected to remove invasive species for my analyses in phylogenetic regionalization (A topic Im sure I need to talk about more in-depth at some point). Im not sure if this has drastic effects
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Howdy Biologists! This morning I finally released the Biologists Open Access Database v1. This database holds a variety of open-access data, software, and resources specifically curated for those working in the Biological sciences. Luckily I had some free time and was able to get this database from idea to implementation in about 48 hours. In
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Howdy biologists! Today I am beyond excited to announce our flagship course: Fundamentals of R for Biologists! Fundamentals of R for Biologists is a self-guided crash course in how to use R specifically geared for those working in the biological sciences. This course will use biological datasets to teach you how to: load and save
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Fundamentals of R for Biologists Ebook This free ebook was designed to teach the absolute fundamentals of the R programming language specifically for those in or looking to enter the biological sciences. It makes no assumptions of coding ability and uses examples based on real, biological datasets. Enter your email below to get it sent
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That’s right! It’s time for another Global iNaturalist BioBlitz hosted by Learn Adventurously! Last year we ran a global iNaturalist BioBlitz competition that resulted in over 8,000 observations of 2,600 species! https://learnadv.com/blog/biodiversity-in-your-city-june-2021/. This competition was heavily gamified and largely organized over Instagram (instagram.com/DillonTheBiologist) and through Discord discord.gg/rHdMpTTn3f. Now its time for Learn Adventurously to do
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Is the United States Protecting its Amphibian Biodiversity? This is a question I have thought about for some time now. Given the current amphibian biodiversity in the United States (that being the near 300 species of frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts) are we adequately protecting them? Recently I took the Google Data Analytics course through
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contest winners Previous Next What was this project? Through June of 2021, we challenged anyone with a cell phone connection to document biodiversity all over the world. We accomplished this through a community project on iNaturalist.com, a website and application where users can document biodiversity for science. By using a free and open platform we
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