Tag: New Zealand
“Living Fossil”? Maybe. Tuatara Genome Is Now Sequenced and Published
The tuatara genome is 5GB, making it enormous relative to other vertebrates — and full of surprises.
Nature Rights: “It Can’t Happen Here”?
Now former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, a very influential voice on the left, has endorsed the extreme ideological agenda.
Teen Vogue, National Geographic Push Nature Rights Further into Mainstream
The story gushes that nature rights will restore ancient indigenous wisdom, meaning it will undermine Western civilization.
Despite Dozens of Authors, PNAS Paper Fails to Explain Bird Evolution
They reason backwards: Birds evolved, therefore some poorly understood mindless processes must have driven them to evolve.
Ants, Wildebeest, Penguins, and More: A Zoo of Animal Designs
Don’t kick sand in the face of a wildebeest by joking that it looks like it was made by a committee. It might flex its muscles and charge.