From the seventh to the eleventh of March the HYPCOP workforce as soon as extra sat collectively to work on the identification of the species we’ve within the assortment. The…
Category: Zoology Blogs
A reminder of how Raymond Cowles and Charles Bogert modified how the world considered physique temperature regulation in reptiles
An offprint on the market caught my eye. Shortly afterwards I had my first comfy take a look at an vital piece of analysis printed in wartime USA that I…
ShukerNature: THE ELEPHANT DUNG BAT
Would possibly Kenya’s elusive elephant dung bat be an unidentified relative of Britain’s acquainted serotine bat Eptesicus serotinus, as exquisitely painted right here by Archibald Thornburn? (public area) Bats…
New Guide on Reptiles of the Lesser Antilles – Anole Annals
This e book is printed by Chimaira and is supported by a variety of worldwide conservation businesses. With 608 pages and round 900 photographs, it makes an attempt to be…
Bush telly in Australia – 10,000 Birds
For a lot of of you I doubt you’ve heard of the expression “Bush telly”. In Australia the time period is usually used to explain what you watch when you…
Fieldwork for 2 tasks | The Invertebrate Collections
The tasks HypCop (bottom-associated copepods) and Hardbunnsfauna (Invertebrate fauna of marine rocky shallow-water habitats) went on a day-trip to 3 localities final week. We made the a lot of the…
Two feral birds (Black Swan and Canada Goose) and two feral mammals in a single morning
Two species of feral birds loomed massive on the mouth of the Doon on 8 September simply earlier than the announcement got here that the Queen had died. Each species…
Dewlap Measurement Is Not What We Thought – Anole Annals
The massive, vibrant dewlap is an apparent defining attribute of the anole. Understandably, then, there was lots of investigation (and hypothesis) on what the dewlap is used for. Doubtless it’s…
The Fallen Yellowlegs – 10,000 Birds
Yesterday morning was merely a type of extremely eventful birding classes, about which I’ll expound upon in elements throughout the coming weeks. After a number of (comparatively) run-of-the-mill birding missions…
Unraveling copepod secrets and techniques one leg at a time
A weblog by HYPCOP Hyperbenthic copepods (HYPCOP) are a really troublesome and various group to work with, and identification goes painstakingly sluggish, as a result of some species can solely…