One of the most sought after endemic bird in Borneo by birdwatchers. Uncommon to rare. “Bornean Peacock-Pheasant”, male. (Polyplectron schleiermacheri) Endangered species A medium-sized pheasant. It is probably the rarest and certainly the least known of all peacock-pheasants. This elusive bird is endemic to lowland forests of Borneo. With his iridescent pale blue crest, bright …
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Joseph Wolf
Gyrfalcon by naturalist painter and illustrator Joseph Wolf. Oil on canvas. 1845. Joseph Wolf was a German artist who specialized in natural history illustration. He moved to the British Museum in 1848 and became the preferred illustrator for explorers and naturalists including David Livingstone, Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates. Wolf depicted animals …
A Bonehill version of the H and H Paradox
A Bonehill version of the H&H Paradox. Vintage Guns
Tread Water Feeding 2.0
Prior post on tread water feeding. A new video high quality video.
Purdey boxlock
Probably the best Purdey boxlock I have seen. Vintage Guns I likely heard that Purdey made boxlocks in the past but it isn’t something they are associated with much.
“Hands in” Dog Challenge
“Hands in” Dog Challenge I saw this a while ago and forgot about it. Something reminded me and I looked it up. I am still not clear on what the pets are doing it for but it is just the kind of thing people love. More
Saved by Little Beasties?
”The novelty of our method is using clay to make the biological pump more efficient—the zooplankton generate clay-laden poops that sink faster,” Clay dust method turns CO₂ into food that zooplankton expel into the deep sea I saw endless copepods in the samples we had to pick through for larval cod but I never expected …
Bizarre
The gazelle walked right by the croc. I can’t believe the gazelle was that foolish. Plus gazelles usually travel together. I hope this wasn’t staged.
Falcons help people
“Our review highlights that peregrine falcons might serve as valuable models for investigating the impact of environmental contaminants on human health,” says Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D., Founder and Director of SHRO and Professor at Temple University. By studying the effects of pollutants on these birds, researchers can draw parallels to human health risks, fostering collaboration …
Complexities of Starling Murmurations, etc.
Cooper’s professional background in physics and bioinformatics—a data science applied to biological systems—led her to study of the dynamics of networks. She uses a 19th-century photographic technique called chronophotography to reveal what she describes as “the robustness of self-organised systems in nature.” Complexities of Starling Murmurations Neat pix of murmurations. Red-winged black bird murmurations above the sandhill …