mammals
laelaps | January 4, 2009
The reconstructed skull of Australopithecus afarensis, photographed at the American Museum of Natural History.
laelaps | January 3, 2009
A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), photographed at the Central Park Zoo.
laelaps | January 2, 2009
A white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), photographed in suburban New Jersey.
laelaps | December 31, 2008
A white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), photographed in suburban New Jersey.
laelaps | December 28, 2008
The skeleton of a young chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), photographed at the American Museum of Natural History. If you look at the right first incisor carefully, you can see evidence of hypoplasia.
laelaps | December 27, 2008
A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), photographed at the Central Park Zoo.
laelaps | December 25, 2008
A Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata), photographed at the Central Park Zoo.
laelaps | December 24, 2008
A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), photographed at the Central Park Zoo.
laelaps | December 23, 2008
An orangutan skull (Pongo pygmaeus), photographed at the American Museum of Natural History.
laelaps | December 22, 2008
A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), photographed at the Central Park Zoo.
laelaps | December 21, 2008I've been waiting for this day all month. My article "Predatory Intelligence," which considers the beauty and ugliness of spotted hyenas, is now available for free in the journal Antennae. For some reason it is not listed in the table of contents, but it is in there, sure enough. Just scroll down to page #23. I hope you enjoy it!
laelaps | December 20, 2008
Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), photographed at the Central Park Zoo.
laelaps | December 17, 2008
A Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata), photographed at the Central Park Zoo.
laelaps | December 16, 2008
A California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), photographed at the Central Park Zoo.
edyong | December 15, 2008 In Shark Bay, off the Western coast of Australia, a unique population of bottlenose dolphins have a unusual trick up their flippers. Some of the females have learned to use sponges in their search for food, holding them on the ends of their snouts as they rummage through the ocean floor.
To Janet Mann at Georgetown University, the sponging dolphins provided an excellent opportunity to study how wild animals use tools. Sponging is a very special case of tool use - it is unique to Shark Bay's dolphins and even there, only about one in nine individuals do it. The vast majority of them are…