translucent glass frog
i was fortunate enough to spend almost 5 weeks in costa rica earlier this year, and it was unbelievable: the trip itself, the people i went with and/or got to […]
animals
the miracle of baby giraffes
seeing pictures like this one, i can’t help but marvel at the fact that giraffes have been successfully procreating for the last 30 million years. just wondering: does the mother […]
glass frog
in the forests of venezuela, there’s a rare frog that offers views i never dreamt of: the glass frog (cochranella antisthenesi) is partly transparent and lets you see directly into […]
the ugliest animals ever – die haesslichsten tiere aller zeiten
everybody knows that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but i think many beholders will agree to call these critters what scientists refer to as …”pretty ugly”. ;) […]
male zebra spider
i’m beginning to wonder what else is going to show up in my room… this zebra spider was quickly moving over the inside (!) of my insect screen. male zebra […]
book scorpion
meet alfred the book scorpion (also: house scorpion): book scorpion (chelifer cancroides) i noticed this little guy crawl up from behind a shelf in my room. pseudoscorpions (they resemble scorpions, […]