Hacker News with Generative AI: Species

In Praise of Subspecies (aeon.co)
To lump or to split? Deciding whether an animal is a species or subspecies profoundly influences our conservation priorities

Conservation, Biology, Taxonomy, Species

21 points by Petiver 18 days ago | 7 comments

Four Hidden Species of Portuguese Man-O'-War (crookedtimber.org)
There’s been a a certain amount of negativity floating around lately. So, let’s talk about a toxic, venomous freak of nature and the parasite that afflicts it.Biology warning, this gets slightly squicky.

Biology, Marine Biology, Science, Species

118 points by akkartik 69 days ago | 44 comments

Micromelo Undatus (wikipedia.org)
Micromelo undatus, common name the miniature melo, is an uncommon species of small sea snail or bubble snail, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplustridae.

Marine Biology, Mollusks, Gastropods, Species, Taxonomy

13 points by thunderbong 97 days ago | 1 comments