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CAMERA TRAP captures image of baby giant armadillo 28 Feb 2013 | 08:37 am
The video below shows a “four week old baby giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) leaving the burrow for the first time with its mother.” The video was taken at Fazenda Baia das Pedras in Brazil.Accord...
INVASIVE SPECIES: Invasive goldfish are breeding in Lake Tahoe 28 Feb 2013 | 08:16 am
Image: A large goldfish that was recovered from Lake Tahoe Goldfish have been introduced, through aquarium dumping, into Lake Tahoe. Scientists are worried that the invasive fish will foul the pristin...
WEIRD AND FASCINATING CREATURES: Extraordinary images of treehoppers from South America 28 Feb 2013 | 07:29 am
Photos by Patrick Landmann These treehoppers are extraordinarily odd little creatures. They are a diverse family of insects with some interesting headgear. Apparently, the thorny headgear is used as a...
CAN YOU SEE ME? | ANIMAL CAMOUFLAGE 21 Dec 2012 | 08:56 am
Humans can camouflage themselves too. Military camouflage: Both images via Gizmodo Art and camouflage: Artist Liu Bolin via See more animal camouflage on The Conservation Report. Filed under: Animals,...
PIC OF THE DAY: Early morning in southern Madagascar 21 Dec 2012 | 08:16 am
Here’s an early-morning scene that I captured in Madagascar around November 2003. Filed under: Photography Tagged: Madagascar, Madagascar Images, Madagascar Pictures, Southern Madagascar
BIOLOGY: Woman’s used contact lens solution hosts entire ecosystem of microorganisms 25 Oct 2012 | 08:25 am
A woman in France suffered an eye infection due to improper care of her contact lens solution. Researchers subsequently discovered a thriving microbial ecosystem — “all contained inside a single strai...
PHOTOGRAPHY: Kisses 25 Oct 2012 | 08:05 am
This is off topic for my blog, but here are two pictures that I’ve recently come across that are entertaining. The first is a photobomb with President Obama. The photograph catches the moment when a s...
PIC OF THE DAY: Tropical Storm Isaac by night 30 Aug 2012 | 05:23 am
Isaac is now a tropical storm, but flooding is a problem. You can track Tropical Storm Isaac at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. Via NASA Goddard Filed under: Photography Tagged: Gulf Coast, Hurrican...
CAN YOU SEE ME? | ANIMAL CAMOUFLAGE 22 Aug 2012 | 06:06 am
Image via nate2b on Flickr. See more animal camouflage on The Conservation Report. Filed under: Animals, Biodiversity, Biology, Nature, Photography Tagged: Animal Camouflage, Camouflage, Lizard Camouf...
PIC OF THE DAY: Humpback whale breaching (with video too) 16 Aug 2012 | 11:41 am
A breaching humpback whale surprises some fishermen. Via Alex_Ogle on Twitter Apparently, there’s video too: Filed under: Animals, Photography, Video Tagged: Humpback Whale, Humpback Whale Breaching, ...
