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September 30, 2021

Protecting the critically endangered species still with us

Every few years there is a frenzy in the media about efforts to use modern genomic technology to recreate long-extinct...

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July 14, 2021

The toads of Mexico

Recently I completed a complete draft of a manuscript that, essentially, I had been working on since 1989. It’s a...

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April 14, 2021

What’s happening in research at the Zoo?

Like every aspect of the Zoo’s operations, research activities have been greatly curtailed by the pandemic. Our primate behavior research...

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February 18, 2021

Snake scales are really cool!

Whew! Six years of work paid off last week with the publication of a big paper in the prestigious journal...

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January 19, 2021

2020 was another banner year for research

Well, Zoo Atlanta had yet another banner year in producing major research publications in 2020! Our staff published 10 peer-reviewed...

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November 5, 2020

New discoveries, right under your nose

Just when you think there are no surprises left in our animal-centered corner of the realm of biology, there certainly...

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September 18, 2020

What color is it?

A long time ago, I was leading a group of college students on a field trip to the Mojave Desert...

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August 5, 2020

More on “What is natural habitat?”

Picking up where we left off in last month’s Research Blog, in considering so-called natural habitats, I thought I would...

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June 25, 2020

What is natural habitat?

Habitat conversion is, inarguably, the most devastating impact that humans have upon the natural world. Directly witnessing the effects of...

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January 24, 2020

Chasing new species

I spend a large proportion of my scientific career tracking down and formally naming species that are new to science....

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Research & Science Posts

Protecting the critically endangered species still with us

The toads of Mexico

What’s happening in research at the Zoo?

Snake scales are really cool!

2020 was another banner year for research

New discoveries, right under your nose

What color is it?

More on “What is natural habitat?”

What is natural habitat?

Chasing new species

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