1/ Alright the people have spoken and they want more cat genetics. So, I present to you all "Cat Coat Genetics 101: A Tweetorial", feat. pics of many real life cats (for science, of course...this baby is Caterpillar).

Macropis are back! 3 years ago we found a small population of M. ciliata at the Lab in a small Lysimachia quadrifolia patch. Next year only 3, Last year none, but, but magically today I found one gathering pollen.

#ArchiveAnimals pages from 6000 Illustrated Insects of the Japan Empire (1931) by Dr. Shōnen Matsumura

#OTD 2012: Latin descriptions no longer req'd 4 new plants. Formal start of binomial system ow.ly/GmjEv

Ray Troll's geological timescale is a wonderful place to begin a love affair with Earth history Iain stewart

Find out how BHL is helping ITIS improve organization of & access to standardized nomenclature ow.ly/HaNOB

Sara Alexander of ITIS at Smithsonian NMNH uses BHL to help improve access to standardized taxonomic info ow.ly/HaNOB

ITIS added a global species list of Strepsiptera (twisted-wing parasites) - the group includes 630 species with 105 North America species.

Number of sequences in Genbank for each taxonomic class within Chordata (primates box is ~ 14 million seqs)

Cheating design! x.com/ValaAfshar/sta…

Cyber Catalogs! facebook.com/BioDivLibrary/…

I really like the resolution of information in the Bewick's Bill graphic. x.com/WWTSwanFlight/…

ITIS in the news x.com/NMNH/status/92…

Allow Emily Graslie 📺🦕🦖 and A.J. Phillips, curator of our National Parasite Collection, to convince you to #SavetheParasites. ow.ly/5HJD30gqhXY