Some animals seem to have gotten the short end of the stick from evolution. In a humorous post at Scientific American, some of these animals let their grievances be made known. A letter from an Emperor penguin starts out...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/01/Dear-Evolution/
For hundreds of thousands of years, several species of humans existed at the same time: the Neanderth... ...ir separate evolutionary histories. The different species of early humans all arose from Africa, but left t... ...er parts of the world at different times.When one species...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/17/The-Evolutionary-Biology-of-Star-Trek/
From the insect that was first identified on Flick... ...Mashable list is filled with all kinds of amazing species that were discovered over the last year.Link
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/03/10-Amazing-Species-Discovered-in-2012/
A newly-discovered species of goblin spider has been named in honor of Briti... ...d I thank you very much indeed for this."Naming a species is the biggest of compliments that you could ask...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/12/Spider-Named-for-Sir-David-Attenborough/
We've posted before about species that have gone extinct in recent history. For som... ...gone extinct in recent history. For some of these species , there was one last specimen that had a name and... ...friends, although sadly, not friends of the same species . Read the s...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/23/5-animals-who-were-the-last-of-their-species/
The science of naming species comes with a few perks. If you were studying the... ...sh and Gelae rol? The bug pictured here is of the species Gelae baen. Pronounced just like you'd think. Yes...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/09/taxonomy-humor/
Depending on where you live, you might see Com... ...wtail butterflies a lot. But there are many other species of swallowtail butterflies. Take a look at some o... ...a look at some of the beautiful but lesser-known species in a list at Ark in Space. The butterfly pictured...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/04/the-sublime-swallowtail-butterfly/
Human bones belonging to at least five individuals... ...that makes scientists think they might be from a species different from Homo sapiens. Team co-leader Darre...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/15/red-deer-cave-people-may-be-new-species/
Here's a delightful and relaxing gallery of photographs featuring exotic animals clinging to trees. As if we needed another reason to love forests! Shown here is a Philippine Tarsier. See all of them at Environmental...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/23/15-animals-treehuggers/
A 20-million-year-old bat fly was discovered in a... ...ly carried an ancient strain of bat malaria, of a species new to science. George Poinar, Jr. of Oregon Stat...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/13/vampire-parasite-in-amber/
