Animals | Boneblogger: Science and the outdoors https://boneblogger.com Exploring the natural world Wed, 24 Dec 2014 02:30:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 What’s the value of a fossil? https://boneblogger.com/whats-the-value-of-a-fossil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-the-value-of-a-fossil Mon, 07 Oct 2013 22:54:51 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2897 I have the privilege to work as a professional paleontologist. Many people are excited by fossils and beasts from the past, and the media loves to cover new discoveries. Periodically, a friend will ask if I had heard of the latest fossil find being discussed by the media, almost always touted as the latest, the […]

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]]> Why Get a GPS Dog Collar? https://boneblogger.com/why-get-a-gps-dog-collar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-get-a-gps-dog-collar Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:11:57 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2630 Dogs are fast and can easily get lost before you or even they realize it. The GPS dog collar was first made for hunting dogs, since they were expensive. People that were serious about hunting bought these collars and used them to keep track of their animals. Over time prices started to drop and casual […]

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]]> The largest pterosaurs have not been grounded yet https://boneblogger.com/the-largest-pterosaurs-have-not-been-grounded-yet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-largest-pterosaurs-have-not-been-grounded-yet Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:44:34 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2475 In one post (New evidence on the size of pterosaurs) we explored the study by Henderson (2010) in which he modeled pterosaur body forms to generate estimates of body mass. He modeled different areas of the body separately, applying various densities to the different body sections to calculate his masses. His results suggested that the […]

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]]> Geographic Insights about Big Bear Lake https://boneblogger.com/geographic-insights-about-big-bear-lake/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=geographic-insights-about-big-bear-lake Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:46:06 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2443 Most visitors to Big Bear Lake come from the urban sprawl of Southern California, city dwellers at heart. Few have a real appreciation of the underlying geology or geography that circumscribes the place they visit for the rest and recreation found at Big Bear. They are exquisitely well positioned to appreciate the built environment, from […]

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]]> Treating for bedbugs https://boneblogger.com/treating-for-bedbugs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=treating-for-bedbugs Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:13:49 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2407 Bedbugs have been a rising concern for the last two decades. You can read more about the biology of these pesky house bugs here. In this post we will investigate several methods that might help you deal with them. The first thing to do is to confirm that you have an infestation, and this can […]

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