grrlscientist | February 16, 2008tags: Scandentia, tree shrew, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
This might be a tree shrew (but which species?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | February 16, 2008tags: birds, ornithology, Image of the Day
This photo was taken in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Have you any idea what it is? The photographer thought it was an owl, but a friend of the photographer thinks it may be a young red-shouldered hawk -- but in Colorado? [larger view].
My guess is below the fold;
I guess this is a partial leucistic red-tailed hawk, but it's really hard to tell!
grrlscientist | February 16, 2008New York's subway station at 81st and Central Park West (CPW), also known as the AMNH subway station, was first opened on 10 September 1932, and rennovation of this station was completed in 1999 after the planetarium had been added to the Natural History Museum in 1990 (at a great cost that still has not been paid off, might I add). The art at this subway station was produced by the MTA Arts for Transit Design Team in cooperation with the Museum of Natural History and is a study of the evolution of life from the big bang to the present day. The entire collection at this station is entitled…
grrlscientist | February 15, 2008As some of you know, I am hosting the next edition of I and the Bird blog carnival on 21 February, and I need BIRD SUBMISSIONS FROM YOU!!! I am interested in anything about ornithology, birds, and bird watching (unfortunately, I am not allowed to accept submissions that deal with captive birds). So send me your birding reports, stories, images, video and song files as soon as you can so I can promote them widely throughout the intertubes!
grrlscientist | February 15, 2008tags: amphibian, African reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
African reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | February 15, 2008tags: researchblogging.org, climate change, global warming, oceanic dead zones, west coast, North America, Oregon state, Washington state
Millions of dead crabs are washing up onto Oregon and Washington state beaches from the offshore "dead zone".
Ever since it was first noticed by crab fishermen who hauled up hundreds of dead and dying crabs in 2002, the "dead zone" that popped up in the waters along the northwestern coastal shelf just off the coast of Oregon has claimed unknown millions of lives. This oxygen-depleted region has transformed formerly rich seafloor communities teeming with…
grrlscientist | February 15, 2008tags: birds, sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus, ornithology, Image of the Day
This thermal image of sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus.
shows that these birds are well insulated, with only their eyes and one leg losing heat.
Staff at London Zoo say this unique insight shows how animals regulate their body temperatures, and could be used to diagnose illness.
Image: Steve Lowe [larger view].
grrlscientist | February 15, 2008tags: endangered species, red knot, Caladris canutus rufus, Delaware Bay, horseshoe crab, streaming video
This a streaming video about the shorebirds, the Red Knot, that migrate through Delaware Bay from South America. Red Knots stay in the bay for 10 days or so and feed on horseshoe crab eggs to fatten up for their long journey to their Arctic nesting grounds. In this streaming video, scientist trap and tag migratory shore birds to gather information about them. [7:04]
grrlscientist | February 14, 2008tags: pangolin, animals, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this is a species of pangolin, Manis species,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | February 14, 2008tags: birds, Eastern Screech-owl, Megascops asio, ornithology, Image of the Day
Eastern Screech-Owl, Megascops asio,
in its nest tree in Central Park, NYC.
Image: Bob Levy, author of Club George. [larger size].
The photographer writes; From 1996 to 2002 the New York City Parks Department in conjunction with the Urban Park Service (think Park Rangers) conducted a program with the intriguing if vaguely ominous name of "Project X." The purpose of the program was to reintroduce native animal and plant species that had vanished from our city parks and, in some cases, our region.
The "X" in…
grrlscientist | February 14, 2008tags: valentine's day, scientist valentines, holidays, holidaze, e-cards
Since I have you to wish me a happy valentine's day, I thought I'd share a selection of scientist valentines with you, so a new one will pop up every two hours! I hope you like them! (Okay, this is the last one).
Orphaned image!
grrlscientist | February 14, 2008tags: valentine's day, scientist valentines, holidays, holidaze, e-cards
Since I have you to wish me a happy valentine's day, I thought I'd share a selection of scientist valentines with you, so a new one will pop up every two hours! I hope you like them!
Thanks to Ironic Sans.
grrlscientist | February 14, 2008tags: valentine's day, scientist valentines, holidays, holidaze, e-cards
Since I have you to wish me a happy valentine's day, I thought I'd share a selection of scientist valentines with you, so a new one will pop up every two hours! I hope you like them!
Thanks to Gia's Blog.
grrlscientist | February 14, 2008tags: mandles, gifts for men, valentine's day, streaming video
Don't know what to get your man for Valentine's Day? How about Mandles®, the candles made for men with scents like "Hardware Store", "A1 Steak Sauce", "Burrito Fart" and "Chuck Norris Sweat" [1:52]
grrlscientist | February 14, 2008tags: valentine's day, scientist valentines, holidays, holidaze, e-cards
Since I have you to wish me a happy valentine's day, I thought I'd share a selection of scientist valentines with you, so a new one will pop up every two hours! I hope you like them!
Thanks to Ironic Sans.
grrlscientist | February 13, 2008tags: blog carnivals, Carnival of Education
The 158th edition of the Carnival of Education is finally here! Yippee!!
grrlscientist | February 13, 2008tags: blog carnivals, Carnival of Cities
The 13 February edition of the Carnival of Cities is now available for you to read and enjoy. This is the blog carnival where you can tell us about the city you live in anywhere in the world. Since they need hosts for some of the upcoming editions, I am going to volunteer to host the 27 February edition. So you know what that means, don't you? That means all of you have to write something about your city, especially if you live overseas (because I want to vicariously travel to your city, where ever it is).
grrlscientist | February 13, 2008tags: blog carnivals, Feminist Carnival
The 53rd edition of the Feminist Carnival is now available for you to read and enjoy. I think the host blog, Uncool; In Vino Veritas is quite interesting, so you should plan to stick around for a look after you've read the carnival links.
grrlscientist | February 13, 2008tags: researchblogging.org, evolution, bird-dinosaur split, dinosaurs, birds, rocks-versus-clocks, fossil record, molecular clocks
The first feathered dinosaur fossil found in China -- Sinosauropteryx.
The feathers can be seen in the dark line running along the specimen's back.
Image: Mick Ellison, AMNH [larger view]
There is a lot of controversy among scientists regarding when modern birds first appeared. The current fossil record suggests that modern birds appeared approximately 60-65 million years ago when the other lineages of dinosaurs (along with at least half of all terrestrial…
grrlscientist | February 13, 2008tags: ducks, birds, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks, Dendrocygna autumnalis,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
There's another image below that shows the background for these ducks.
Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks, Dendrocygna autumnalis,
with a manatee behind them,
Great horned owl (left) and kinkajou (right)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park…