kakapo to be artificially inseminated
pounamu, kakapo the kakapo, one of the most endangered bird species of the world, is going to get a helping hand in terms of reproduction. there are only 86 known […]
nature
herpetopotable
fun fact from the field of herpetology1: frogsaustralia.net.au the northern water-holding frog (cyclorana australis) may not be a very attractive or appealing amphibian, optically, but its strategy of surviving the […]
update: panda cam
check this out: san diego zoo: giant panda webcam just right now, bai yun is cleaning her newborn cub! it’s undescribable. (thanks to (the other) markus for the link.) update: […]
the light of a glowworm
i’ve added this little animated gif to the respective gallery: female glowworm (lampyris noctiluca). ony the (wingless) females are able to produce light. it shows the same glowworm at “usual” […]
biodiversity day 2007
june 8-10 was the weekend of this year’s biodiversity day (geo tag der artenvielfalt) in the ötztal (ötz valley), austria. our accommodation was the university center obergurgl (universitätszentrum obergurgl) […]
african carrion flower …in flower
in fall 2005 i received a shoot of the african carrion flower (orbea variegata). two weeks ago, it opened a flower for the very first time. it naturally grows in […]