Hemerobius
Ephemeral thoughts and fleeting ideas.
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Welcome to Hemerobius! Where I say whatever I may well please about anything that doesn’t fit into any other category. In practice, this will mostly be biology.
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The Wonderful and Horrible Creativity of the Parasitic Crustacea
Mosquitoes are annoying and ticks are unpleasant, but no group of freeloaders are so horrifyingly ingenious as the parasitic Crustacea.
Not So Simple Now
We like to think that evolution is a march towards splendid sophistication. But one group of organisms among all others shatters this worldview to pieces.
Two Species, One Mother
Surprising absolutely no one, the world of insects produces another freak of nature: an ant which gives birth to children of two different species. How is this possible? Let’s find out!
Our Spineless Cousins
A look into one of the most fascinating groups of marine animals out there, as well as some not-so-flattering implications for our own past.
Unusual Goings-On in the Triassic
New paper just dropped. Is it a big, meat-eating Triassic dinosaur at last? Not so fast.
Bless the Maker and His… Clams??
Worm-riders are apparently not restricted to the realm of fiction… but they look a little different than what you might imagine.
Yes, That Is a Dinosaur
This is not a dinosaur. But why? What really makes something a dinosaur?
No, There Wasn’t More Oxygen Back Then*
Did high oxygen levels supersize the animals of the distant past? Probably not. But how do we know?
A Minor Issue of Palaeontological Pedantry
Will I rant a few hundred words about two errors in a Wikipedia article about an obscure prehistoric animal? You bet I will!