The Changing Morphology of New Mexican Lizards

Andrew Tisher sent me this article:Hey Whitey

White Lizards Evolve in New Mexico Dunes

Erica Bree Rosenblum’s focus has been on three lizard species that elsewhere are dark skinned but in White Sands have each evolved a white-skinned variety that makes them hard to find. “It’s really obvious what’s happened,” Dr. Rosenblum said. “Everybody got white so that they could better escape from their predators.” It’s a great example of convergent evolution, of species independently acquiring the same traits.

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Polka Dotted Crab

Shared by Jamee Greer:

strawberry-crab

Marine biologists from the National Taiwan Ocean University discovered a new species of crab off the southern Taiwanese coast. With a bright red shell covered with small white spots, the crab resembles a large strawberry. Scientists at the University say that the newly discovered species is similar to the previously discovered Neoliomera pubescens, which is native to the waters near Hawaii, Polynesia and Mauritius–but has a broade…Read the full story on TreeHugger

The Parrot Ads

AJ Broadbent—photographer, designer, sign maker—posted the Parrot newspaper ads on his often updated food blog Montana Eats. He took all the photos for the new ad campaign.  Allegra designer Marcy Vanek did the copy and layout on these.

Parrot Ad

Swift Post Outbox: Peter Dowker

TO: Peter Dowker

Dub’s Birthday at The Jesters

Kenny invited me to my old friend Dub’s Birthday party. (Side note: The three of us spent New Year’s together 10 years ago.) It was thrown at Jesters, an historic and notorious bar in Helena where Dub’s band often plays.
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