Bonobos: NOT Hippies.
For a while in the 1990s, it seemed like everybody wanted to be a pygmy chimp. A bonobono. All bonobos did, they said, was hang […]
zoology
Science Art: Gammarellus angulosus – Near Woods Hole
Click to embiggen. A crustacean with character. From the U.W. Freshwater and Marine Image Bank.
Clever Crows Make Chimps Chumps.
Scientists in New Zealand have distressing news for those of us who enjoy a drumstick now and again. As reported in New Scientist, they’ve found […]
The keen migratory instincts of cows.
It seems like this story hit everywhere at once, but it’s still marvelous. Here’s the BBC version of how cows always face north: Images from […]
PENGUIN: ACQUIRED.
Technology Review closes in on an interesting application for spooky biometric computer systems – using Big Brother security software to identify penguins: The software involved–originally […]