#zoology articles

[lifebuoyjournals]

New animals just dropped. E.g.

EDIT: for similar articles you may wish to browse the tag #aslzoology they won't all be of cute animals but it will be mostly environment or nature related news

#LOOK AT HIM #aslzoology #asl zoology #zoology articles #studyblr #marine biology #animals #cute animals #nature #ocean

[is-the-bug-video-cute]

Craziest thing my supervisor ever told me is that the kind of enthusiasm I have for mealworms is not as common as I think it is. I kinda just figured everyone at the Bug Farming DepartmentTM was here for the bugs, but apparently a lot of people are just here for the farming. Getting excited about bugs for bugs' sake is apparently a rare thing in the agricultural departement - most people are more interested in how to use bugs, or even Number Go Up, which I've never been that interested in. No wonder my supervisor keeps agreeing to my insane projects, pushing me to publish my half-finished theses, and talking over time in our meetings. It must be like a breath of fresh air for her.

#re: that post about every mealworm article in the last 30 years opening with a blurp about how 'we have to feed a growing population' #i honestly should've realized #studying bugs for bugs' sake is what you do at the zoology departement not the agriculture departement lol #idc my supervisor gave me a glass of honey when i finished my mealworm reproduction thesis i'm thriving here

[jaguarys]

Hold isopod like hamburger.......

#this is my fandom blog not my science blog but also and most importantly it is my Thoughts Blog #and i am thinking about isopods (<- writing an article for science journalism) #personal #zoology #marine biology #isopods #isopod #fandom: none #type: shitpost

[sanguinolencyandscriptitations]

12/100:

More revision, planned to go to the bookshop but it's too cold for that, I walked the dog, and I've had an inordinate amount of drinks

Ft. Frank, my happy spider plant

#studyblr #studying #studyspo #study blog #study hard #studyspiration #zoology #dark academia #study #study motivation #dark academia aesthetic #light academia aesthetic #light academia #plantblr #research #research article #study space #study notes #stemblr #stem academia #scienceblr #mine #my photos #photography #bedroom #bedroom aesthetic #aesthetic decor #alt design #grunge room #goblincore

[billionneuronscurious]

Uncertainties, and Lucky to be Alive:

We often talk about how human life expectancy has increased over the years. But, the quality of life in some parts of the world, even today, continues to be of degraded nature. And the uncertainties in life in these populations too is high. These regions are conflict zones, or those facing risks from climate change and global warming. And when it comes to thinking about the end of humanity, people may think that it is either far away, or if it is to happen suddenly, then it will be due to an event - such as asteroid impact.

But, do we think about lives of plants and animals, or of any other species -our fellow earth companions - say a particular insect? For an example, consider this creature in the photo, which is a moth caterpillar. And those structures which you can see on its eyes and another on its frontier (near eyes) is an egg laid by another species of an insect (a parasitoid). So, this caterpillar mostly won't be surviving. Apart from chances of being eaten by some insect, what are other things that can happen with this caterpillar? Yes, it can be killed by a bird. Or it can be captured and killed by human, for the purpose of learning/ science. Or it can be carried away by a sudden stream of water in its area; flown off by strong wind. Its host - plant, and other plants nearby may die, causing this caterpillar to die too. Thunderbolt may strike and make it disappear. And there are so many possibilities by which this caterpillar may die (we are not considering its adult form - an adult moth).

How lucky we the creatures of this earth are to manage to survive and fend death every single day. Or how unlucky we are to be slave to the possibilities by which which we could die, and to face uncertainties in life.

- Dhairyasheel Dayal

#ecology #insect insect interaction #parasitoid egg #insect egg #insects #life #life on earth #struggle for survival #zoology #biology #entomology #short articles #moth caterpillar #caterpillars #moths #western ghats #insect photography #photography #macro photography #macro

[sandhya17]

Snakes need their venom!

Discover the crucial role of snake venom beyond defence! Learn why it's essential for their survival and how respecting these creatures means appreciating their place in nature. 🐍 Say No to Irresponsible Venom Usage

#writerslife #biodiversity #women writers #writer things #articles #writerscommunity #blogger #snake #solid snake #venom snake #reptile #herpetology #zoology #biology #conservation #snake venom #infographic #science

[arthistoryanimalia]

article: “Exploring Early Methods of Specimen Collection in Natural History Art”

“Have you ever wondered where the reference material for wildlife art came from before the ubiquity of photography? Was the artist depicting a living creature or a taxidermied specimen? This article explores several methods of specimen acquisition used by early natural history artists.”

#animals in art #natural history #natural history art #scientific illustration #history of science #history of zoology #Audubon #Joel Oppenheimer Inc. #article link

[considernature]

Hey you.

Yeah, you.

Wanna learn about a cool-ass frog? Check out this article on the Indian Purple Frog, one of the rarest and weirdest frogs on Earth.

#animals #i love frogs #frogs and toads #frogblr #science #nature #wildlife #conservation #biology #articles #frog #ecology #zoology #cute animals #ugly #considernature

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Folks have got to get better at learning the difference between average life expectancy and maximum lifespan. No, bottlenose dolphins do not “average” 60 years. The oldest known wild bottlenose was 67 and the oldest in captivity was 61. Reaching the 60s is exceptional, and a dolphin’s 40s is typically the end of its natural lifespan. Median survival rates are teens/early twenties for wild dolphins and late twenties/early thirties for those in human care.

#I’ll add sources to this later once I’m at a computer #inspired by an 11-year-old boy mansplaining to me AT WORK that well ACTUALLY wild dolphins live to be 60 but die as teenagers in captivity #which I’m sure he learned by googling since the first few articles list 60 as ‘average’ #dolphins #bottlenose dolphin #dolphin life expectancy #scientific illiteracy #marine biology #zoology

[alliumdykes]

A COLD BLOODED MAMMAL??? A COLD BLOODED MAMMAL????

IT CAN FUCKING EXIST THEY WERE REAL THERES PROOF OF COLD BLOODED MAMMALS WHAT THE FUCK

Well we don’t know if it was clod blooded or warm blooded as it is extinct, but it brings a possibility of a ‘middle ground’ between the two. As well i cant find any research papers that this article links to so, be very careful when reading it. It could easily be a hoax

#biology #zoology #the change was after i had a more proper look into the article #its full of ads and i cannot see ANY research papers so #be very careful about this!!!

[thoughtportal]

Sounds constantly arrive from different spaces and times. And somehow whales decipher an acoustic world where the past and present arrive all at once. It’s like knowing how each of the stars fit within time using just your ears."

#article #whale #whales #whale song #nature #science #biology #zoology #ocean #the sea

[lifebuoyjournals]

Octopuses are usually solitary, but the gloomy octopus Octopus tetricus live in very high densities. Perhaps due to this living arrangement, scientists have captured footage of octopuses throwing stuff at each other, everything from silt to shells to algae. A few evidence to suggest this throwing is deliberate (not just octopus coincidentally flinging something in the direction of another octopus):

Throwing requires an unusual positioning of the siphon (think jet water propulsion device)

The things that get thrown make pretty strong contact with the receiving octopus

Throwers often exhibit uniform dark/medium colour, suggesting that these throws are linked in some way (not random throw events)

Octopus in the receiving end have been shown to try and dodge the missile

Choice of missile is often silt, and not random

Throwing is often done using a specific set of arms

Scientists think it might be some sort of communication. But it's not clear what sort, e.g. whether antagonistic or not, or is it play, enrichment etc.

#aslzoology #asl zoology #zoology articles #studyblr #octopus #marine biology #cute animals #tentacles #animals #cephalopods #nature #ocean #conservation #animal behaviour #zoology

[happi-speech]

When has sense 2 EVER not turned heads and raised brows 🤨

#reading a zoology article and wanted to know the etymplogy of this word #when i saw sense 2 and just 🤨 #my speech #linguistics #linguistics memes

[mhaccunoval]

wake up babe new feather star just dropped

#mhac.txt #mhac creature feature #strawberry feather star #feather star #love that it was my MOM who sent to me. and apparently was talking to the girls at work about it #boss makes a dollar i make a dime so i send my zoology loving kid articles on company time

[entropy-sea-system]

Hmm. Thinking about if t rexes were scavengers like that Jack Horner guy thought, were. Like lions??? (Interestingly in one of the books I think The Lost World, Ellie Sattler mentions how hyenas hunt and lions sometimes tend to scavenge the hyenas' kills)

#raptors remind me of hyenas a bit #dinosaurs #zoology #paleontology #biology #jurassic park #jurassic park the lost world #the lost world #dr jack horner #dr ellie sattler #t rex #tyrannosaurus rex #I don't really follow paleontology news much tbh #All I know is like. new research a few years ago found thermal regulation structure in t rex's brain #And the article headline?? 'AC in t rex's head'

[memento-morri-writes]

okay but morri you have to tell me everything about those tiny guys (the black footed cat) cause

it's just some precious bby

what do you mean they are killers and predators??? is just a baby!!

@ink-fireplace-coffee

Carmen!!! I was hoping you'd see that post! <3

So, I've only just started researching, but I do know some things:

they live in southern Africa, in grasslands.

that post was correct, they do typically weigh 2-6 pounds (1-2.75 kg)

as you can maybe see in the pics, they don't have "socks", where the whole paw/leg is black, but the underside of the paws are black, both the fur and the paw pads, hence the name.

they are considered to be potentially the most successful hunter on Earth in terms of successful kills. (most wild cats fail at a lot more hunts than they succeed. these guys are successful the vast majority of the time.)

they can have 1-3 kittens, but two is the normal number.

they only live about 12 years, though they can live as long as 15 or 16 years in captivity.

their "home territory" is only 10-20 square km, which is both very big and very small, when you think about it.

they are listed as "vulnerable" on the ICUN Redlist. There's less than 10,000 of these little guys left in the wild.

one of the sources I was looking at for research said "There are no adverse effects of black-footed cats on humans," which I 100% agree with, not just from a scientific standpoint, but also cause they're so fucking cute!

embryos from a black-footed cat have been successfully placed in a domestic cat, which is kinda cool.

As a little bonus: one of the studies I found had to do with the impact of olfactory enrichment on black-footed cat in zoos (aka, scent markers and fun things to smell.) One of the things they used in the study was catnip!! These little guys are not immune to catnip! (They also used prey-related scents, and nutmeg. The cats responded the least to the nutmeg.)

Also, a quote from a footnote of one source I read:

When [the researcher] returned to South Africa in 1996, Lamu was gone, but her daughter Rani had taken over her territory, hunting with the same strong will to survive as had her mother.

(Lamu was the name the scientist assigned to the cat he was studying.)

#Morrigan replies #zoology #animals <3 #cats #ink-fireplace-coffee #Carmen ☕ #not writing #wow this got longer than I anticipated #but it was fun to talk about!! #these little kitties have been my faves for YEARS #literally as long as I can remember #there's been some at the zoo since I was 4 I think?? #at least that's what a newspaper article I found said #so yeah #I've been in love with these cats for ~14 years <3