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		<title>The Animal Awards: This year there are 50 winners!</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/06/the-animal-awards-this-year-there-are-50-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 22:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Ice Lover Award goes to the Polar Bear, the Crafty Hunter Award goes to the Tiger, and the Terribly Tall Award goes to the Giraffe, as usual. This new coffee-table format kids book, The Animal Awards: Celebrate NATURE with 50 fabulous creatures from the animal kingdom, by Martin Jenkins with illustrations by Tor Freeman*, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/06/the-animal-awards-this-year-there-are-50-winners/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Animal Awards: This year there are 50 winners!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Superlative Beauty and Beautiful Superlatives in Nature: Books</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/06/14/superlative-beauty-and-beautiful-superlatives-in-nature-books/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2020 11:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Superlative: The Biology of Extremes is almost as extreme, or shall we say, hopeful, in its marketing-cover claims as the animals discussed are outlandish. If the cure for cancer was going to be found in a shark, we would have already found it. But despite what the book promises on its cover, Matthew D. LaPlante&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/06/14/superlative-beauty-and-beautiful-superlatives-in-nature-books/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Superlative Beauty and Beautiful Superlatives in Nature: Books</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Biology of Extremes: Superlative by Matthew D. LaPlante</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/08/16/the-biology-of-extremes-superlative-by-matthew-d-laplante/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2019 17:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Superlative: The Biology of Extremes by Matthew D. LaPlante is not just about extremes, but about all the things in between that make the extremes extreme. LaPlante looks at size, speed, age, intelligence. For all the various subtopics that come up in such an exploration, LaPlante does a great job of bringing in the latest &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/08/16/the-biology-of-extremes-superlative-by-matthew-d-laplante/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Biology of Extremes: Superlative by Matthew D. LaPlante</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How do insects walk on water?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/10/19/how-do-insects-walk-on-water/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new study illuminates this shadowy question. First, the video: And now, a press note from the American Chemical Society: Water striders&#8217; ability to walk and jump on the surfaces of ponds and lakes has long amazed curious observers — and inspired robot designers who want to mimic the bugs&#8217; talent. Now, scientists have measured &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/10/19/how-do-insects-walk-on-water/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How do insects walk on water?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Books On Fossils and Evolution</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/11/25/books-on-fossils-and-evolution/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the last several months, a lot of great books on fossils and evolution (as in paleontology) have come out. I&#8217;ve selected the best for your consideration. These are great gifts for your favorite science-loving nephew, life science teaching cousin, or local school library. Actually, you might like some of these yourself. Let&#8217;s start off &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/11/25/books-on-fossils-and-evolution/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Books On Fossils and Evolution</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The best of the best in plant biology, conservation, photography, and evolution</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/05/31/the-best-of-the-best-in-plant/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 12:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have about ten favorite species of tree, and one of them is the corotÃº. Why? Because of one of the most interesting plant-animal interaction stories of recent times. The story, complete with extinct elephant-like creatures and a real Sherlock Holmes science theme can be read, along with some great images, at A Neotropical Savanna: &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/05/31/the-best-of-the-best-in-plant/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The best of the best in plant biology, conservation, photography, and evolution</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Pagel on Darwin</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/12/pagel-on-darwin/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mark Pagel, evolutionary theorist extraordinaire, has published an Insight piece in Nature on Natural selection 150 years on. Pagel, well known for myriad projects in natural selecition theory and adaptation, and for developing with Harvey the widely used statistical phylogenetic method (and for being a reader of my thesis) wishes Charles Darwin a happy 200th &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/12/pagel-on-darwin/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Pagel on Darwin</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Elephants and Horses</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 1833, Darwin spent a fair amount of time on the East Coast of South America, including in the Pampas, where he had access to abundant fossil material. Here I&#8217;d like to examine his writings about some of the megafauna, including Toxodon, Mastodon, and horses, and his further considerations of biogeography and evolution. reposted In &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/12/elephants-and-horses/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Elephants and Horses</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rheas and the Birth of Evolutionary Theory</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/11/rheas-and-the-birth-of-evoluti/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows about Darwin&#8217;s Finches, of the Galapagos Islands. But of course, Darwin made observations of birds throughout his travels on The Beagle. Here, I present a number of passages from The Voyage that include some of these observations. Struthio Rhea I will now give an account of &#8230; the Struthio Rhea, or South American &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/11/rheas-and-the-birth-of-evoluti/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Rheas and the Birth of Evolutionary Theory</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fossil Quadrupeds</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/10/fossil-quadrupeds/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Charles Darwin wrote a book called Geological Observations on South America. Since Fitzroy needed to carry out intensive and extensive coastal mapping in South America, and Darwin was, at heart, a geologist more than anything else (at least during the Beagle&#8217;s voyage), this meant that Darwin would become the world&#8217;s expert on South American geology. &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/10/fossil-quadrupeds/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fossil Quadrupeds</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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