Lobulated ears: natural selection gone bionic?

Lobulated ears: natural selection gone bionic?

by | Mar 26, 2015 | Site Content

Note to readers: Biological Expositions is a series of blog-posts each of which is equivalent in content to a book chapter. If bio-bullets are likened to a starter, blog-posts could be seen as a light lunch and Biological Expositions as a three course meal. We look...
Could the Australian tortoise trump the hare?

Could the Australian tortoise trump the hare?

by | Jan 5, 2015 | Site Content

Tracking down the testudines missing from a whole continent demands plodding logic rather than leaping conclusions. Land tortoises[1] are fully terrestrial, mainly plant-eating members of the Order Testudines. Oddly, Australia – despite having an impressive radiation...
An ogle to the classic predator

An ogle to the classic predator

by | Jan 1, 2015 | Site Content

Large felids are watchable, perhaps mesmerising. And yet it has gradually dawned on us, during about three decades of watching the lion, watching biologists watch the lion, and watching the scientific literature on the lion: some obvious points about the appearance of...
New pelvic thrusts in a fishy world?

New pelvic thrusts in a fishy world?

by | Dec 17, 2014 | Site Content

Note to readers: Biological Expositions is a series of blog-posts each of which is equivalent in content to a book chapter. If a bio-bullet is likened to a starter, our routine blog-post could be seen as a light lunch and a Biological Exposition blog-post as a three...