Insects of North America
Insects of North America is a field guide that enables you to identify all 783 families of insects currently recognized in the United States and Canada!
Insects of North America is a field guide that enables you to identify all 783 families of insects currently recognized in the United States and Canada!
Horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura) have a long evolutionary history starting in the Ordovician, but the number of species is relatively low.
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In recent decades, a lack of available knowledge about the magnitude, identity and distribution of biodiversity has given way to a taxonomic impediment where species are not being described as fast as the rate of extinction. Using Machine Learning methods based on seven different algorithms (LR, CART, KNN, GNB, LDA, SVM and RFC) we have created an automatic identification approach for odonate genera, through images of wing contours. The training population is composed of the collected specimens that have been […]
Species identification and description are two of the basic tasks in taxonomy, commonly known as alpha-taxonomy.
The Odonata community has embraced the benefits afforded by the digital age to access specimens, promote and disseminate data, engage with an ever-growing community of enthusiasts, and answer big questions. Global databases offer the capacity to move beyond simple catalogs, link data and data providers, and create a unified and engaged community. There are millions of odonate specimens currently housed in institutional and private collections, with relatively few digitized and/or imaged. This chapter addresses approaches to data capture, including best […]
Today marks the 68th Anniversary of the Hodges Meteorite.
More than 1.2 million distribution records were used to create species distribution models for 402 Palaearctic species of dragonflies and damselflies.
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Cold seeps are spots in the oceans where fluids such as methane and hydrogen sulfide escape from the bottom of the ocean into the water column.
Trackways of ancient animals inhabiting a swampy area during the coal-age in what is now northern Alabama have been known for nearly a century, but they were nearly forgotten for a long time.
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Alabama has a fantastic fossil record and many important fossils have been discovered by avocational (amateur/hobby) paleontologists. In 2020, a new award was created by the University of Alabama Museums honoring an avocational paleontologist who has made substantial contributions to paleontology in Alabama.
Read More from George Martin receives the Alabama Avocational Paleontologist Award