The Science And Nature Thread - All Welcome

[Keyser]

A simplified Cladogram of the evolution of Tetrapods (like you and me).

[Keyser]

It now seems the Pterosaurs maintained their high diversity right until the K-Pg mass extinction.

http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/p ... l-the-end/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science- ... 180968462/

[Keyser]

Archaeopteryx could fly after all.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/201 ... y-science/



The story of the Smithsonian's Coelacanth's lost brain and a delightful Youtube video on this remarkable survivor from the distant past.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithson ... 180968450/

[Keyser]

One of my favourite reconstructions of rexy.

[Keyser]

Recent changes in Ceres surface.

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-dawn-reve ... rface.html

[Keyser]

Eric is a stone cold genius and Brian is one of the last great communicators of science - his tribute to Stephen was wonderful.

No doubt the vast legions of reality fans will be mourning Joey Essex in future decades,

FFS.

[Keyser]

Maternal care in Southern African pythons.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... 180968500/

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/201 ... ?beta=true

[Keyser]

[Keyser]

The breathtakingly beautiful, gentle and highly intelligent Mobula ray is yet another species destined for extinction - and all because of fucking 'traditional' Chinese/Asian medicine.

https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/scie ... -the-devil

[Keyser]

Great article from last year on the Komodo Dragon.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... odo-dragon

[Keyser]

Death - is sometimes for eternity.

https://s.abcnews.com/images/Internatio ... x2_992.jpg

[Keyser]

What a shame the thread on poor Sudan's passing has had so few replies on general.

Still if Joey fucking Essex or some other 'reality' star had died the replies would have run into hundreds.

[Guest]

What a shame the thread on poor Sudan's passing has had so few replies on general.

Still if Joey fucking Essex or some other 'reality' star had died the replies would have run into hundreds.

I really hope they have kept a DNA sample Keyser so that there is at least the possibility this extinct species has at least a small chance of being saved .

[Keyser]

What a shame the thread on poor Sudan's passing has had so few replies on general.

Still if Joey fucking Essex or some other 'reality' star had died the replies would have run into hundreds.

I really hope they have kept a DNA sample Keyser so that there is at least the possibility this extinct species has at least a small chance of being saved .

The chances are very slim indeed unfortunately and the poacher bastards are now even skinning baby elephants for traditional Chinese 'medicine' (one of the great evils of the world) as well.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science- ... 180968535/

Countless species are being driven to extinction for this primitive bollocks - including the magnificent, gentle, incredibly intelligent and remarkably gentle Manta and Mobula rays.

The slaughter just goes on and on.

Another article on poor Sudan.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/201 ... ction-spd/

[Keyser]

The bastards are even skinning baby elephants now.

Fuck Chinese traditional 'medicine', fuck the poachers and fuck the people that believe in such bollocks!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science- ... 180968535/

Another article on poor doomed Sudan.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/201 ... ction-spd/