Tag Archives: history

The flavours of loss: a tale of a moth

Posted on July 25, 2014 by terry wheeler

Loss comes in many forms. Sometimes loss is a sharp, sudden thing; sometimes it’s a slow, fading twilight, creeping in so slowly you don’t even notice when it gets there. This is a story about both those kinds of loss. … Continue reading →

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Revisionist history: new taxonomy of old flies

Posted on March 19, 2014 by terry wheeler

Taxonomy is a dynamic science. It evolves over time. We collect new specimens, we develop new tools for studying biodiversity, and our theoretical approaches to describing the diversity of life change. All of these developments mean that the names of … Continue reading →

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Count all the things: towards a Biota of Canada

Posted on March 9, 2013 by terry wheeler

As the second anniversary of this blog approaches, I’ve been reading back through some of my older posts. In 2011, I talked about the fact that we don’t know how many species live here (“we” meaning “Canadians”; “here” meaning “in … Continue reading →

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