"The Hawaiian honeycreepers as a group have been termed “the finest example known of the process called adaptive radiation,” but that statement comes from a team of bird guys who undoubtedly harbor a bias."
"The ratites, though very old as a group and previously more widespread than now, have continued to generate new species."
"So I guess as a group perhaps, and Roger Bernier, the associate director of science at the National Immunization Program, you may have thought about that?"