Green Bear

Black Wolf Howling (Photo: Steve Martin’s Working...

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:54:22 -0700

Black Wolf Howling
(Photo: Steve Martin’s Working Wildlife.)
Do wolves really hunt people as prey? Do they kidnap small children to raise with their own cubs? Are dogs really descended from wolves? There are only 3 species of wolves in the world, the wolves we know in North America are subspecies of the Gray Wolf. Visit the International Wolf Center for more facts and fallacies about wolves.
http://www.wolf.org/wolves/index.asp

Leafy Sea Dragon

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:26:00 -0800

For the lowdown on the elegant marine dragons,
visit Earlham College’s Biological Diversity page at http://www.earlham.edu/~warreem/seadragons.htm

The exotic-looking and flamboyantly beautiful Sea Dragons are...

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:25:00 -0800

The exotic-looking and flamboyantly beautiful Sea Dragons are found only off the coasts of Australia.

Weedy Sea Dragon

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:20:00 -0800

Two species, the Weedy and the Leafy, are related to the sea...

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:17:00 -0800

Two species, the Weedy and the Leafy, are related to the sea horse in anatomy and reproductive habits. Like the sea horses, the males are the broody hens but the female dragons deposit their eggs in the males’ tails. An endangered species, their survival is monitored by conservation projects.
Project Reef Watch
http://www.nrm.gov.au
Dragon Search
http://www.dragonsearch.asn.au

The Long Arm of Love

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:16:53 -0800

Called the Satan of the Sea in pulp fiction, many species of octopus are gentle, considerate lovers. The male and female members of one species conduct their courtship from separate tidepool caves, the male passing his sperm packet to the female via one specially long tentacle. Mission completed, they go their separate ways without ever seeing each other.

RED OCTOPUS(Photo: Mark Norman)Take A Dive On The...

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:08:00 -0800

RED OCTOPUS
(Photo: Mark Norman)
Take A Dive On The Wildside
http://www.australiancephalopods.com/
Click on “Octopus Movement.”

Zoonomia

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:20:00 -0800

Organic life beneath the shoreless waves
Was born and nurs’d in oceans pearly caves
Erasmus Darwin, 1794

Moon jellies are drifters, using jet propulsion to move. ...

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:16:00 -0800

Moon jellies are drifters, using jet propulsion to move. Lacking a brain, a heart and bones, they are composed of 95-97% water, 3% protein and 1% minerals. The Moon Jellies, above, have traveled in smacks through all the oceans of the world for the last 650 million years. Sea Science at the Vancouver Aquarium, has more fascinating facts about jellies: http://www.vanaqua.org/home/ as does USGS, where this photo resides: http://www.usgs.gov/

A Rose By Any Other Name...Is A Caterpillar?

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:24:00 -0800

What’s This North American Caterpillar?
At last an identification system that uses natural languages: hairy, spiny, smooth, bumpy, sluglike, horned, fleshy or knobby?
http://www.whatsthiscaterpillar.co.uk/america/index.htm

The Stinging Rose CatepillarOrder: Lepidoptera, Family:...

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:15:00 -0800

The Stinging Rose Catepillar
Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Limacodidae
Genus and species: Parasa indetermina (Boisduval)
To see what this Arkansas resident metamorphosizes into visit the Anthropod Museum Photo Gallery
http://entomology.uark.edu/museum/museum.html

Jabberwocky

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:20:00 -0800

Beware the Jabberwocky, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch.

~Lewis Carroll

Visit the Ecuadorian Moss Mantid at Bug Bios,...

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:05:00 -0800

Visit the Ecuadorian Moss Mantid at
Bug Bios, http://www.insects.org/
Learn more about the Dragons of the Insect World at
Encyclopedia Jr., http://www.encyclopediajr.com/

Jaws

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:54:00 -0800

How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!

~Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

The Black Devil Angler Fish, photo courtsey of Edith Widder on...

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:52:08 -0800

The Black Devil Angler Fish, photo courtsey of Edith Widder on the NOAA Ocean Explorer webpage, lives in the aphotic (=lightless) zone of the Atlantic. Only the female has the luminous fleshy “bait” which she uses to lure her prey as she trolls the bottom of the ocean. Find out more about life in the abyss at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss/life/bestiary.html

The Platypus

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:35:00 -0800

I like the duck-billed platypus
Because it is anomalous.
I like the way it raises its family
Partly birdly, partly mammaly.
I like its independent attitude.
Let no one call it a duck-billed platitude.Ogden Nash

A unique creature the platypus, native to Australia, endowed...

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:33:00 -0800

A unique creature the platypus, native to Australia, endowed with unusual characteristics. They are the only venomous furred animals in the world and their bills are electro-sensitive. For more pictures and information go to Australia’s DPIW at: http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/

from To A Louse, by Robert Burns

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:49:00 -0800

O wad some Power the giftie gie us

To see oursels as ithers see us!

The Snout Beetle. One of the winners of the Ugly Bug Contest. ...

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:47:00 -0800

The Snout Beetle. One of the winners of the Ugly Bug Contest. http://www.uglybug.org/body.shtml

genus Hippocampus

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:44:00 -0800

The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.

John F. Kennedy