grrlscientist | February 1, 2008tags: amphibians, leopard frog, Rana pipiens, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this is a Leopard frog, Rana pipiens.
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 1, 2008tags: birds, Northern Bald Ibis, Geronticus eremita, ornithology, Image of the Day
One of the tagged Northern Bald Ibis, Geronticus eremita,
helping to elucidate the migration routes of this species.
Image: Cagan Sekercioglu.
grrlscientist | February 1, 2008tags: meet your meat, activism, animal welfare, meat industry, streaming video
I am not an animal rights activist, but I am deeply concerned about animal welfare, and I rarely eat meat, for many reasons, both ethical and economical. But if you are a rabid carnivore, this is the video that has created quite a stir all across the internet these past few days. "Meet Your Meat" describes the astonishing, heartbreaking cruelty that is commonplace when raising domestic animals for meat. Narrated by Alec Baldwin. [12:28]
I wonder about the ethics of a society that ignores such blatant and horrible…
grrlscientist | January 31, 2008tags: ladybugs, ladybirds, Coleoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Ladybugs, Coleoptera 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 | January 31, 2008
Orphaned image.
Happy birdday to me.
I thought that I'd take myself out for a celebratory drink tonight, so here I am, lighting fires in my beer. It's a good thing I am not drinking scotch: I might burn the place down doing this. Well, there is still time to address this oversight, I suppose.
grrlscientist | January 31, 2008tags: bats, little brown bats, Indiana bats, white nose syndrome, cavers, Alan Hicks
Hibernating bats suffering from the mysterious "White Nose Syndrome" (arrows).
Image: Alan Hicks, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation [larger view]
If you live in New York or Vermont, then you might have heard about the mystery disease that is killing tens of thousands of bats hibernating in caves and mines throughout these two states. The disease has been given the descriptive appellation, "white nose syndrome" because its most obvious symptom (besides death), is the peculiar ring of white fungus…
grrlscientist | January 31, 2008tags: birds, White-necked Picathartes, Picathartes gymnocephalus, ornithology, Image of the Day
White-necked Picathartes, Picathartes gymnocephalus:
one of the species to benefit from Gola Forest being declared a national park.
Image: Jason D Weckstein, Ben D Marks/NCRC.
grrlscientist | January 31, 2008tags: Newfoundland, freezing waves, streaming video
This strange weather phenomenon happened in Newfoundland where the waves were actually frozen as they crashed on the beach [1:00]
Possible explanation: This phenomenon, while visually stunning, can be easily explained. It likely wasn't extremely cold when this occurred, as you can tell by looking at the still liquid mudpuddles and also by the guy in shorts. It was probably early in winter, when the surface of the water in the bays and inlets near these small communities was just beginning to freeze. This thin layer of ice on the surface of…
grrlscientist | January 30, 2008tags: Carnival of the Liberals, blog carnivals
The latest edition of the Carnival of the Liberals is now available for your reading pleasure. I've been sending them regular submissions for the past six weeks, and they -- finally -- included one, so you have to reward them by going over there and reading their linked material.
grrlscientist | January 30, 2008tags: Journey to the Center of the Earth, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
A journey to the center of the earth (view 1, uptown stairway)
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).
If you look closely, you can see fossils in the rock layers.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].
A journey to the center of the earth (view 2, downtown stairway)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown/downtown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image…
grrlscientist | January 30, 2008tags: birds, Atlantic+Puffin, Fratercula arctica, ornithology, Image of the Day
Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica,
was one of the species badly hit by the Erika oil disaster,
which killed about 72,000 birds.
Image: RSPB.
grrlscientist | January 30, 2008tags: drug use, lemurs, streaming video
This streaming video from Animal Planet reveals that Madagascar's lemurs also use drugs to get high -- but instead of peyote buttons or magic mushrooms, they use a poison produced by the millipede [1:55]
grrlscientist | January 29, 2008tags: Writers from across the blogosphere, blog carnivals
The latest edition of the Writers From Across The Blogosphere Carnival is now available for your reading pleasure. They included a few things that I've written, along with a mountain of other contributions that you are sure to enjoy.
grrlscientist | January 29, 2008tags: Carnival of Homeschooling, blog carnivals
The 109th edition of the Carnival of HomeSchooling is now available for your reading pleasure. They included something from me, too.
grrlscientist | January 29, 2008tags: Carnival of Cities, blog carnivals
The latest edition of the Carnival of the Cities is now available for your reading pleasure.
grrlscientist | January 29, 2008tags: Barbaro, horse racing, thoroughbreds, horses, leg injuries, churchill downs
Goodbye Barbaro, thanks for the memories.
Image source.
Roy and Gretchen Jackson, the owners of the gallant racehorse, Barbaro, who was euthanized one year ago today, have decided to inter his cremains at Churchill Downs in Kentucky, where he won the Kentucky Derby in May 2006.
Barbaro, who shattered his right hind leg during the running of the Preakness Stakes in late May 2006, battled eight months for his life in a Pennsylvania veterinary hospital. The bay colored colt was eventually euthanized after…
grrlscientist | January 29, 2008tags: Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
An alligator, Alligator mississippiensis,
with the shadow of a Stegosaurus behind it,
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 | January 29, 2008tags: Jennifer A. Clack, 2008 Daniel Girault Elliot medal, National Academy of Sciences, zoology, evolutionary biology, paleontology
The National Academy of Sciences's 2008 Daniel Girault Elliot medal.
I just learned that Jennifer A. Clack, ScD, FLS, Professor and Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Acting Director of the University Museum of Zoology in Cambridge, UK, been awarded the 2008 Daniel Girault Elliot medal by the National Academy of Sciences.
The medal recognizes excellence in zoology or paleontology during a three to five year period of time, and the list of past…
grrlscientist | January 29, 2008tags: Harry Potter, JK Rowling, books
Splitting with Harry Potter was more painful than getting divorced, a tearful JK Rowling says.
Image: DailyMail.
I thought I was the only one going through Harry Potter Separation Anxiety (HPSA, the newest disorder to be listed in the DSM), but JK Rowling apparently is, also.
"It has been the worst break-up of my life -- far worse than splitting up with any man," claimed Rowling, who divorced from her first husband, Jorge Arantes, a Portuguese TV journalist, in 1993, shortly after their daughter, Jessica, was born.
Despite her sadness over the end of…
grrlscientist | January 29, 2008tags: birds, Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix, ornithology, Image of the Day
Data in the climatic atlas show that the distribution of the Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix,
is likely to be affected by climate change
Image: Chris Gomersall/RSPB Images.