Paleobiologist. evolution and paleoclimate. Coffee enthusiast. Snail evangelist. Visiting Professor @ SUNY Oneonta. Paleontological Research Institution Research Associate. Dartmouth, KU, Cornell alum. He/him. Opinions my own. https://www.brendan-anderson
Good snail news 🐌 🦑 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Taronga Zoo breeds rare snail back from brink of extinctionAbout 1,000 Campbell's keeled glass snails are settling into their new home in the crevices of a secluded valley on Norfolk Island, after being bred back from the brink of oblivion.www.abc.net.auTaxonomy is far from complete but it also is not "complete enough" to warrant the disinvestment seen in ithe field and natural history generally. Museums and herbaria need funds to store, curate, and describe species and taxonomists need to be paid to do it www.nature.com/articles/s44...
The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservation - npj Biodiversitynpj Biodiversity - The flounder effect: disparities in taxonomic and ecological study intensity across extant and fossil marine organisms hamper conservationwww.nature.comMarc A. MilneIt may be surprising to some that there are thousands of undescribed species just sitting in museums awaiting description. One of the main reasons this problem exists is that taxonomy is undervalued and underfunded, a trend that coincides with the devaluing of studies on natural history.
Apparently someone at the geological survey or a guest there was the anonymous complaining person. Transgender employee at KU reported for using the bathroom lawrencekstimes.com/2026/07/13/t...
Transgender employee at KU reported for using the bathroomA transgender woman who works at KU was notified Friday that she had been reported for using the women’s restroom.lawrencekstimes.comFor one, "it violates the Medicare Act, which says that Medicare and Medicaid can't be used to control the practice of medicine within the state — states get to regulate the practice of medicine"
Alejandra CaraballoThis is huge! The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to withhold Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender affirming care to trans youth under 19. www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...
“Florida’s salary-for-speech rule is a breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse in the very places the state’s own statutes recognize as centers of inquiry – classrooms where students are trusted to puzzle through ideas..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US appeals court strikes down key part of Florida law restricting campus race and gender discussionsRon DeSantis’s Stop Woke Act suffers another legal setback, with the state accused of ‘puppeteering’www.theguardian.com