The artist and writer William Beebe is better known for his deep sea explorations than his wattle portraiture. He studied at Columbia, but spent too much time exploring and collecting specimens… Read the rest “Science Art: Wattles of Cock Tragopans, by William Beebe, from A Monograph on Pheasants, 1918-1922.”
Wired brings us another step closer to talking with the animals, thanks to research showing that mama parrots give their babies names:
… Read the rest “Parrot names.”Before a green-rumped parrotlet is even able to chirp
A walrus! A walrus! Seen inside and out in Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände, written by Lorenz Oken.
I can’t find anything out about the artist, lithographer St. Schillinger,… Read the rest “Science Art: Walross (Brochus)… (detail), by St. Schillinger, 1833-1841”
What could be more Irish than a polar bear? Nothing, say Penn State gene researchers. Because all polar bears are Irish immigrants:
… Read the rest “Shamrocks, Saint Patrick, and… Polar Bears?”Polar and brown bears are vastly different species in
BBC brings back our belief in Santa Claus with an update from the Arctic Circle… that reindeer can see ultraviolet light:
… Read the rest “Reindeer can see invisible things. Of course.”“If you’re a bumblebee, you wouldn’t
Boa viperina, as seen in George Shaw’s General zoology, or systematic natural history. You can browse through the book at archive.org… if you’ve got a few hours to spend.… Read the rest “Science Art: Viperine Boa, James Francis Stephens, 1802.”
SONG: “Answering the Call.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
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SOURCE: Based on Koalas bellow to attract a mate, BBC News, 18… Read the rest “SONG: Answering the Call”
BBC broadcasts the remarkable, newly discovered courtship holler of the koala:
… Read the rest “Full-throated koala love bellow.”Dr [William] Ellis and his colleagues [from the University of Queensland], who report their findings in
This Japanese Red-Bellied Newt was part of the payload aboard the Space Shuttle’s STS-65 mission, which carried a few odd creatures into orbit for the International Microgravity… Read the rest “Science Art: Japanese Red-Bellied Newt (Cynopus pyrrhogaster), from NASA’s IML-2”
Migrating robins have something better than magnets in their heads, Wired reports. They’ve got quantum sensors in their eyes:
… Read the rest “Quantum eyes.”European robins may maintain quantum entanglement
An illustration by Maria Sibylla Graff Merian, daughter of an engraver, step-daughter of a painter and careful observer of the natural world. She carefully documented the steps through… Read the rest “Science Art: Alligator and Snake by Maria Sibylla Merian”
Just when you thought there were enough reasons to be nervous about camping, Mother Nature Network brings you, oh, a half-scorpion, half-spider that lives in the dark. Researchers have… Read the rest “New venomous critter in Yosemite”
This is the resplendent trogon, a Mexican bird known formally, nowadays, as Pharomachrus mocinno, and once upon a time as Trogon resplendens. In other words, it’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Resplendent Trogon, J.G. Wood’s Illustrated Natural History 1898”
The New York Times has perspective on what a “really crappy job” looks like:
… Read the rest “Science Jobs: Collect Monkey Dung!”Collecting poop is our way of doing invasive research without being invasive. We cannot just collect
SONG: “The Imperial Worm”. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Warrior Worms Swallow Enemies Whole”… Read the rest “SONG: The Imperial Worm”
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