Su un vivace 37 laurea mattina in Northern Illinois ho deciso di rispolverare la mia macchina fotografica ed esplorare il progresso della “primavera”. Mi ha colpito Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve da 6:30Allo, giusto in tempo per la prima luce a sciogliere il gelo di leopardo. Una settimana e mezzo fa temps stavano spingendo il '80 e l'estate superiore . . . → Per saperne di più: Prairie su una fredda mattina di primavera
 I commenti sono chiusi  Miscellaneo  Uccelli, Uccelli, Illinois, Non-Insetti, Fotografia, Prateria, Rollins Savanna Over on Arthropoda, fellow SFS blogger Michael Bok shared an image of his field buddy, Plugg the green tree frog. My first thought was of a similar tree frog that haunted welcomed me everywhere I went in Santa Rosa National Park, Costarica. Needless to say, Costa Rica instills a sudden habit of double checking . . . → Per saperne di più: Frog Surprise Condividi questo! I commenti sono chiusi Miscellaneo Costarica, Field Work, Frogs, Rischi di raccolta, Janzen, Non-Insetti, Santa Rosa National Park 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Take that, vertebrates! Condividi questo! 7 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Coleotteri, Entomologia, Media, Non-Insetti, Predation
Fonte: Wikipedia Si scopre che Richard Branson ha una nuova idea; per salvare il lemure dalla coda ad anelli (lemure catta) by importing them to his private British Virgin Island. Come l'articolo sottolinea Branson ha speso milioni di sterline e anni di sforzi per trasformare l'isola in “the most ecologically . . . → Per saperne di più: Richard Branson è un idiota Condividi questo! 8 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Scetticismo Bad Science, Conservazione, Media, Non-Insetti, Specie
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 . . . → Per saperne di più: The Bison of Catalina Condividi questo! 2 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Miscellaneo Bison, Catalina Island, Conservazione, Endemic Species, Islands, Non-Insetti 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: Have you seen me? Condividi questo!For the last four weekends now I have been on a goose chase, for one moth, Heliolonche Celeris. 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 . . . → Per saperne di più: L'arte della caccia all'oca Condividi questo! 10 commenti - (I commenti sono chiusi) Entomologia Entomologia, Fiori, Rischi di raccolta, Lepidotteri, falene, Non-Insetti La 15 foot gray whale just washed up in the San Francisco Bay. Now is our chance for exploding whale part 2! Condividi questo! |
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