AJP noticed these Larger Coucals (Centropus sinensis) within the backyard on a scorching day final week. Resident in Hong Kong they’re recognized to sunbathe, notably within the mornings. Extra usually…
Category: Zoology Blogs
A New Starting – 10,000 Birds
So right here is the place we have been every week in the past in central Mexico: A number of the nation’s most necessary and largest lakes, akin to Lake…
Three new species of polychaetes described!
Contemporary off the press: “Variety of Orbiniella (Orbiniidae, Annelida) within the North Atlantic and the Arctic“,revealed in ZooKeys. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1205.120300 (hyperlink goes to paper, it’s Open Entry) On this current publication, PhD…
When the ocean turns into a desert
I affiliate completely different instances of the yr with specific birds and chicken actions. In some instances, I’ve been following these occasions since childhood and so they have grow to…
“Birds & Flowers”: a guide evaluate
After we consider fowl pollinators we – no less than we within the Americas – suppose first of the hummingbirds: “They dominate the scientific literature, pure historical past documentaries, and…
Terrapins within the Algarve. A North American Area Information Would Have Been Helpful
I hoped we’d see Spanish Terrapins (Mauremys leprosa) and European Pond Terrapins (Emys orbicularis) once we have been in Portugal in early April. We did however within the Algarve we…
Following the Growth of Anolis sagrei in Ecuador – Anole Annals
Whereas studying experiences on the colonization occasions of the brown anole and its impacts on native fauna, I by no means thought I might have the prospect to see this…
A Pennine Problem – 10,000 Birds
Seeing 50 species of birds on an early summer time day in lowland England isn’t troublesome, however on the moors of the Pennines – the rugged hills that type the…
Tufted Puffins on the Oregon Coast
Many think about life on the Oregon Coast as idyllic. Wind-blown Shore Pines, sunny seashores, rugged rocky outcroppings, deep blue waters, and inexperienced hills typically fill tourism magazines and Instagram…
Minute snails in Northern Norway
From 21 until 28th of Could, researchers, technicians, and college students of the College Museum’s marine part, travelled up North to Torsvåg, near Tromsø, for joint fieldwork. The members represented…