Paleobiogeography and the long memories of Ole Owyhee Part I

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Sebastian Marquez

Not the most euphonious title. But paleobiogeography is a marvelous thing to me. To put it in a slightly more simple way, it’s about how populations have expanded and contracted in an area over time.

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Why studia mirabilium?

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Sebastian Marquez

I had been toying around with the idea of a blog for a long time now. And, as you can see from my teaser post about the Birds of the Pihea Trail, I finally decided to jump in.

The question that I had to ask myself was this: “Is my voice, my opinion, worth broadcasting out to the world?” What value do I bring to the table?

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Birds of the Pihea Trail

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Sebastian Marquez

A couple of weeks back, I went to Koke’e State Park on the island of Kaua’i to check out the native plants and animals. Just to have a little fun with it, I’ll describe what I saw as if I was John Q. Paparrazo, tabloid photographer extraordinaire.

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