Proteles cristata, the earth-wolf of southern Africaraman amplifier. He’s got a guilty look about him, doesn’t he? He knows what the other hyenas have been hiding. They’re… Read the rest “Science Art: Aard-wolf, Webster’s New International”
LiveScience sullies our image of chimpanzees as noble, natural creatures with evidence that these apes practice prostitution:
… Read the rest “Chimp tricks.”The primates’ food-for-sex barter occurs indirectly,
A spotted salamander, spotted in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Photo from the USGS Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative.
PhysOrg once again brings prehistoric monsters to life:
… Read the rest “Hurdia victoria: SHRIMPZILLA!”Although the first fragments were described nearly one hundred years ago, they were assumed to be part of a crustacean-like animal.
Click to embiggen, if you dare
A striking image of an invasive exotic species (native to China, Russia and Korea) that was introduced into continental North America, where local fish populations… Read the rest “Science Art: Northern Snakehead – Channa argus”
The British press has been all over this, but a fisherman (and biologist) landed a record-sized stingray in Thailand:
… Read the rest “Stingray, I can… whoah.”Guardian:
A British angler – with a dozen helpers – has landed what could
If they could do this with cats, a million TV watchers would pay $1,000 each. MSNBC reports on a fish with a see-through head:
… Read the rest “Barreleye, I can see inside your head.”The barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) is adapted for life in
SONG: “Iguana Rosada” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: “Rare, Storied Pink Iguana Discovered”, Popular… Read the rest “SONG: Iguana Rosada”
Tel Aviv researchers are revolutionizing urban design, PhysOrg.com reports, by designing cities for rats. Normally thought of as vermin, the critters can navigate the street plans to… Read the rest “The Rat-Planned City.”
New Scientist sheds light on a deep-sea mystery – a bizarre fish eye that mirrors rather than lenses:
… Read the rest “The Mirror-eyes of the Spookfish.”The most important source of light at that depth is other creatures, as 80% emit
A desert-dwelling fox of North Africa.
For Foxing Day.
From Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, 1911, G & C Miriam Co. Springfield, MA, [found here… Read the rest “Science Art: Fennec, Webster’s New International”
SONG: “Isopods In My Aquarium” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: “Antarctica Has More Species than Galapagos”… Read the rest “SONG: Isopods In My Aquarium.”
National Geographic has some great images of tiny crabs, shrimp and other colorful creatures among the 10,000 species just catalogued on Espiritu Santo, Republic of Vanuatu:
… Read the rest “Island of 10,000 Creatures.”During the
Some call them sea slugs, but they’re so striking, so sensual, that nudibranch has to be the better term.
I’m quite fond of the aurochs. As the feared onager was to the domestic donkey, so the aurochs to domestic cattle. Onagers gave their name to a medieval siege weapon; aurochs gave their… Read the rest “Science Art: Aurochs, Webster’s New International”
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