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http://prezi.com/azw76hl5zevp/classification-of-living-things/
here are the notes we will be using for this section
prezi.com/dythne9ogu0t/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
this is a link to a prezi that you can use to quiz yourself on classification
www.npr.org/2020/01/16/796994699/aussie-firefighters-save-worlds-only-groves-of-prehistoric-wollemi-pines
recently discovered tree that is older than the dinosaurs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wollemia
www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/science/subsurface-microbes.html?action=click&module=Discovery&pgtype=Homepage
archea
www.npr.org/2019/01/26/688976836/a-slimy-discovery-new-fossil-found-in-jawless-backless-hagfish
video of a hagfish slime avoidance technique
www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/science/mutant-crayfish-clones-europe.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
this is an article about a new crayfish species that was recently formed and has a good discussion of the advantages of sex.
blogs.cornell.edu/cibt/files/2015/09/Specimens-1-12-legal-size-CIBT.pdf
use the above link for the dichotomous key
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/science/deep-sea-food-web.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
a whole bunch of sea creatures eating each other.
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/15/477852486/stung-by-83-different-insects-biologist-rates-his-pain-on-a-scale-of-1-to-ow
www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/science/fish-scale-gecko.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-2&action=click&contentCollection=Science®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article
crazy gecko with an amazing survival technique
super cool article on sperm whales
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/16/opinion/sunday/conversation-with-whales.html?
hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/evolution-of-eyes-text
Excellent article on eyes
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/opinion/animated-life-the-living-fossil-fish.html
www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/science/cannibalism-animal-biology.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth®ion=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-belowhttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/science/red-pandas-are-adorable-and-in-trouble.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&module=inside-nyt-region®ion=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region
the little guy above is a red panda. which isn't a panda but is in trouble.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/science/types-of-bugs-in-your-house.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=wide&state=standard&contentPlacement=1&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F01%2F26%2Fscience%2Ftypes-of-bugs-in-your-house.html&eventName=Watching-article-click
evidently you have a lot more animals in your house than you think....
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/the-bugs-in-your-home-quiz-2/?action=click&contentCollection=Science&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=Marginalia&pgtype=article
http://www.esf.edu/top10/
here's a quiz on them
www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/science/cannibalism-animal-biology.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth®ion=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below
a fairly horrifying story about cannibalism
www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/30/512040289/scientists-describe-ancient-bag-like-sea-creatures-from-china
fossils of the first deuterostomes
the top ten new species for this year!
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/magazine/sex-death-and-mushrooms.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth®ion=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below&_r=0
on mushrooms
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/mites/dunn-text
http://www.npr.org/2015/03/02/390153383/science-based-artist-gives-celebrity-tortoise-a-second-life lonesome georges second life
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/29/science/the-great-giant-flea-hunt.html?ref=science?src=dayp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-above-moth-fixed-region®ion=c-column-above-moth-fixed-region&WT.nav=c-column-above-moth-fixed-region a great description of a scientist and his wife trying to catch the world's largest flea
The shrimp like animals below are amphipods that live in the mariana trench (the deepest part of the pacific ocean). If you're wondering how they taste, evidently they don't really have muscles. Instead they are all guts. Here's the story:
http://www.npr.org/2014/12/19/371670931/7-miles-beneath-the-sea-s-surface-who-goes-there
http://www.npr.org/2014/12/19/371670931/7-miles-beneath-the-sea-s-surface-who-goes-there
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/05/28/257046196/a-little-bird-either-learns-its-name-or-dies
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/02/09/146632822/photographing-earths-oldest-animals great for classification
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/11/08/362377186/watch-the-robotic-baby-penguin-that-spies-for-scientists
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/09/19/349645420/-murdersquishing-them-to-death-how-little-bees-take-on-enormous-hornets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st8-EY71K84
a very funny fairly crass video about octopus'
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/the-bugs-in-your-home-quiz-2/
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/28/284136731/a-pelican-shows-us-what-it-s-like-to-fly
http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000002609890/sciencetake-how-to-control-starfish.html starfish stomachs
http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000002674130/sciencetake-moles-on-the-move.html
http://www.npr.org/2014/01/22/264579513/ancient-and-vulnerable-25-percent-of-sharks-and-rays-risk-extinction
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2009/07/27/106826971/the-crow-paradox excellent page on crow intelligence
http://apps.npr.org/wolves/ interesting multimedia on wolves
https://www.annenbergphotospace.org/person/david-liittschwager/ great classification stuff
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/endangered-species/sartore-photography
the last one (good classification)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/change/family/ some practice with classification
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/mites/oeggerli-photography
Great article about mites
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2010/09/17/129938067/linnaeus-shlinnaeus and a little making fun of linneaus