kakapo: all the eggs have hatched
great news from one of the rarest animals in the world: Seven kakapo chicks that hatched just over two weeks ago on Whenua Hou (Codfish Island) have been transferred to […]
nature
time-lapse: frog spawn (take 2)
the following video provides a close-up view of the the development of 5 frog embryos. 11 days in 66 seconds: more information on the making of this time-lapse video:
kakapo breeding in 2008, pt. 2
great news for one of the most endangered bird species of the planet: In the last two weeks, five kakapo chicks have hatched with another two due to arrive in […]
fractals in biology
i laid my hands on romanesco – and couldn’t give it away before i had taken some photos of it. if you know what this vegetable looks like, you might […]
dead bat
i’ve prepared a few photos of a bat skeleton from last summer. it’s a preparation of a greater mouse-eared bat (myotis myotis, grosses mausohr), that i received for a bat […]
hydrostatic help
rainfall is very rare in the desert – that’s why many species of desert plant have developed special mechanisms that help them to increase the offspring’s chances of survival. cheiridopsis […]