by Anthony | Jul 30, 2015 | Biobullets
These woodheads would rather burn at the stake than be called pines or oaks. Robin: Welcome, Casuarina, to our interview series here at Exploring the Bio-edge. In our series we encourage originality, and you seem to have a particularly lateral approach to growing...
by Anthony | Jun 25, 2015 | Countering Mumblebard
Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) © Gzen92 A black and white warning of dangerous teeth. Prof. Mumblebard claims: “The black-and-white pattern of the giant panda was first interpreted as warning colouration half a century ago but nobody has taken that suggestion...
by Anthony | Jun 15, 2015 | Countering Mumblebard
Golden frog (Incilius periglenes) photo by Dr Marty Crump Black eyes can be poisonous exclamations in orange frogs. Prof. Mumblebard claims: “Most species of frogs have prominent eyes. Despite this, frogs avoid using their eyes for communication – with ocular social...
by Anthony | May 30, 2015 | Countering Mumblebard
Ascaphus montanus photo © GlacierNPS via Wikipedia Commons De-tailed amphibians conceal a hiptail of unknown potential. Prof. Mumblebard claims: “Frogs are consistently tailless despite varying greatly in other respects and having diversified into some 50 families and...
by Anthony | May 15, 2015 | Countering Mumblebard
Agalychnis annae photo © Charles J. Sharp Primitive amphibians can be surprisingly handy. Prof. Mumblebard claims: “Frogs remain at a lower evolutionary level than lizards. Although certain frogs possess an opposable thumb, this is best explained as compensation...
