fairy-wren:

tree sparrow

photo by hvhe1

fuckyeahbookarts:

Caitlin Hackett

(Source: frozensecond)

fairy-wren:

smew

photo by keith dines

rhamphotheca:

The Caterpillar of the Wavy Emerald Moth (Synchlora aerata), family Geometridae, a species found throughout much of North America. The larvae feed on many plants in the family Asteraceae (like Liatris spp. and Rudbeckia spp.) as well as a variety of other flowering plants. They are known to pluck the petals from the flowers of their host plants and affix them to their backs using silk. Once the petals begin to wilt and discolor, the caterpillar discard the old petals and picks new petals, which camouflage the animal.

(top photo: the larva on a Liatris, by Hope Abrams)

(photo: the adult Wavy-lined Emerald, by Auntie Gwen)

rhamphotheca:

Albino Animals:  Eastern Screech Owl

Screech owls normally range in color from gray to rusty brown, with distinct, buttercup-yellow irises. Albino owls, however, have pink skin around their eyes, whose color can range from pink to a dark cherry-red. Pink toes are another indicator of albinism in owls. (Snowy owls are often confused with albino owls, but snowy owls have black specks on their lower bodies and golden eyes that are ringed with black skin.)

(via: Live Science)   (photo: Jon P. Inghram)

(via prettybirds)

fairy-wren:

greenwing macaws

photo by octavio campos salles

coryschmitz:

Anamanaguchi Canada tour poster (by cory schmitz)

Collaboration with Maré Odomo.

rhamphotheca:

The worm salamander, Oedipina taylori, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae (the lungless salamanders). It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss. (via: Wikipedia)

(photo: Vladlen Henríquez)

rhamphotheca:

littlevagaries: narrative of exploration expeditions

august 2011, tea and ink on bristol board

the colour is all tea stains. the grey of the sky is a special colour of tea.. secret recipe.

rhamphotheca:

ivynajspyder: Kaprosuchus

This is Kaprosuchus (“boar crocodile”), a 20 ft long crocodyliform that lived during the Cretaceous. I have to say our planet is far less cool now that something like this no longer exists. Safer perhaps. But just not as cool.

EDIT: Artist is apparently the talented Todd Marshall :D http://www.marshalls-art.com/

Yaaay!

(Source: amandaovoxo, via dannerzz)

fairy-wren:

mourning dove

photo by j gilbert

creepicrawlies:

author: Lars Grepstad

rhamphotheca:

Colorful mold you see on the surface is just a hint of what’s going on inside

by Carl (Chief Scientist at Imagination Station)

Because the colorful spores on the surface of your food are just part of the mold, scraping or cutting this part off of your bread or bagel won’t save you from eating a mouthful of fungus. While you probably won’t die from eating fungus, keep in mind that foods that are moldy may also have invisible bacteria growing along with the mold.

Most molds are harmless, but some are dangerous. Some contain mycotoxins. These are poisonous substances produced by certain molds found primarily in grain and nut crops, but are also known to be on celery, grape juice, apples, and other produce. These substances are often contained in and around the threads that burrow into the food and can cause allergic reactions or respiratory problems…

(read more: Science Studio) 

I would really like to show this to my boyfriend’s mother. She doesn’t let him thow moldy food out. Ever. She just cuts it off.

It’s disgusting and her fridge smells.

rhamphotheca:

Puerto Rican Semi-slug (Gaeotis flavolineata)

This is an arboreal semi-slug. Semi-slugs are relatives of snails that seem to be “half way” between snails and slugs. For example, their shells are very lightly calcified, and in some cases reduced in size. Species often have flaps of mantle which partly or wholly cover the shell - as is the case with this species.

(text via: thefeaturedcreature.com)    (photos: Alfredo Colon) 

* I want to make a note that slugs are really just snails without shells. They are all pulmonate terrestrial gastropods, and the adaptation of being shell-less has arisen at different times and in different families amongst land snails. Some slugs are even in the same familes as shelled land snails. - paxon