Defending Whole-Animal Collections

Animal Eyes: Defending the Coat of Mail

The eyes on the backs of molluscs known as chitons are shadow and motion detectors, the lenses of which are made of birefringent aragonite. These provide a focus both in and out of water.

Time to step up: defending basic science and animal behaviour

a Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, U.S.A. b Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, U.S.A. c Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, U.S.A. d Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, U.S.A. e Department of Biology, University of Okl...

Whole animal physiology redux

EVEN THOUGH I RETIRED COMPLETELY in 1998 and vowed never to attend another meeting, I had to renege because it is such a great honor to be invited to give this lecture honoring my mentor, Julius Comroe. I thank the selection committee for considering me. Of the nine scientists chosen since this lecture was established, I may be the first unreconstructed, whole animal physiologist. Before I left...

Whole Animal Oxygen Consumption

Defending Whole Language: The Limits of Phonics Instruction and the Efficacy of Whole Language Instruction

The Reading Wars show no signs of stopping. There appear to be two factions: Those who support the Skill-Building hypothesis and those who support the Comprehension Hypothesis. The former claim that literacy is developed from the bottom up; the child learns to read by first learning to read outloud, by learning sound-spelling correspondences. This is done through explicit instruction, practice,...