By Chris Grinter, á 31 Mars, 2012% On a rösklegur 37 gráðu morgun í Norður Illinois ákvað ég að ryk burt myndavélina mína og kanna framvindu “vor”. Ég högg Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve með 6:30á á, bara í tíma fyrir fyrsta ljós að bræða patchy Frost. Viku og hálft síðan Temps voru að þrýsta efri 80 og sumar . . . → Lesa meira: Prairie á Cold Spring Morning
By Chris Grinter, á Júlí 18, 2011% Yfir á Arthropoda, náungi SFS bloggarinn Michael Bok deildi mynd af félaga sínum á sviði, Tengdu græna trjáfroskinn. Fyrsta hugsun mín var um svipaðan trjáfrosk sem ásótti tók á móti mér hvert sem ég fór í Santa Rosa þjóðgarðinum, Kosta Ríka. það þarf ekki að taka það fram, Kosta Ríka innrætir skyndilega vana að tvítékka . . . → Lesa meira: Froskur óvart
By Chris Grinter, on June 7th, 2011%
I’ve known for a while that beetles and other inverts occasionally have vertebrates on their menu, but I didn’t really know how large of an animal they could subdue! Even when the odd mantis grabs a hummingbird the size difference is not as substantial as is shown below. This impressive video was . . . → Lesa meira: Taka það, hryggdýr!
By Chris Grinter, á 19 apríl, 2011%
Source: Wikipedia
Það kemur í ljós að Richard Branson hefur ný hugmynd; til að vista hringur-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) með því að flytja þá til einkaaðila British Virgin hans Island. Eins greinin bendir Branson eytt milljónum króna og ára viðleitni til að snúa eyjunni í “the most ecologically . . . → Lesa meira: Richard Branson er Idiot
By Chris Grinter, 18. mars, 2011%
Perhaps the only place in the world where you can find an American bison (vs. buffalo) standing near a beach next to a palm tree. The week on Santa Catalina was an wonderful one, and despite a cool spring with a few unseasonable frosts, some decent collecting was done. Here are just . . . → Lesa meira: The Bison of Catalina
By Chris Grinter, á 25 maí, 2010%
For those Californians reading, especially those in the south, keep an eye out for this beautiful little spider, Latrodectus geometricus – the brown widow. Arachnologists at UC Riverside are monitoring the spread of this invasive species. Ironically it turns out to not be as dangerous as our native black widow. Nonetheless, it is not . . . → Lesa meira: Have you seen me?
By Chris Grinter, þann 2. maí, 2010% For the last four weekends now I have been on a goose chase, for one moth, Speedy Heliolonche. It’s a beautiful small Noctuidae with pinkish forewings and stunning orange-red hindwings. It isn’t very often encountered and only found along the northern California mountain ranges feeding on Malacothrix floccifera – a CA endemic flower. Every trip . . . → Lesa meira: Art á gæs elta
By Chris Grinter, á 21 apríl, 2010% A 15 fótur grár hvalur þvo bara upp í San Francisco Bay. Nú er tækifærið til að springa hvala hluti 2!
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