When it comes to large mammals in North America, none – not even the now nearly ubiquitous and to some very troublesome White-tailed Deer – can match the contentiousness that swirls around the Grey Wolf.
The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians
Most naturalists will recognize the person so honored in the names of species such as Sylvilagus audubonii (the Desert, or Audubon’s, Cottontail) or Setophaga townsendi (Townsend’s Warbler), but what about Edalorhina perezi (Pérez’s Snouted Frog)?
The Flower of Empire
Discovered in 1837 in Guiana and named for the newly crowned Queen Victoria of England, Victoria regia – the enormous Amazonian water lily now known as Victoria amazonica – became the botanical obsession of Victorian England.
A Sneak Peek into Witton’s New Pterosaurs
Not only is Princeton University Press about to release Mark Witton’s new book Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy later this month, they’re providing a free online sneak peek into the first chapter.