Acrida ungarica (Truxalis nasuta) – Orthoptera – Acrididae (Spain) – I have wished to photograph a specimen for some years and coming across one is quite an excitement! They come also in green! Common in the Emirates but can been found more rarely also in the south-east of France, Corsica and Spain; its length reaches […]
Category: Wildlife
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 27 Jul 2013
During the last week our members have again entered some outstanding top-ranking wildlife images for the “Best Photo of the Week” competition. Click on the first image and then page through the slideshow. Please select the three images you like best of all and VOTE for them at the bottom of this page. Voting will […]
Biguá (Neotropic Cormorant) Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Con la última creciente del Rió Paraná se modificó un poco el paisaje de la reserva del Arroyo Itá, gran cantidad de plantas acuáticas fueron arrastradas por la corriente del río al igual que troncos de gran tamaño. Al llegar los mismos a la desembocadura del arroyo fueron recibidos por el viento norte que se […]
Guide to the Econ River Wilderness Area
The Econ River Wilderness Area is another of my favorite places ot visit in Seminole County. It’s only about 10 minutes from my home, so I can visit there on a whim, which is nice. The wilderness area covers about 240 acres that extends from Old Lockwood Rd to the Econ River just north of […]
Help Document the World’s 389 “Endangered” Bird Species
Of the 9,934 extant bird species in the world 2,193 (22%) are threatened with extinction and are priorities for urgent conservation (Reference: 2012 IUCN Red List). In the “Endangered” category 389 species face a very high risk of extinction in the wild. Loss of habitat is one of the biggest causes, but there is also […]
Pato capuchino (Silver Teal) Anas versicolor
Momentos de alegría hoy por la mañana y de profunda desazón también durante una pequeña recorrida al Arroyo Mártires, pese a la masacre ambiental del tratamiento costero, el cual también se está encargando de destruir este lugar de Posadas la naturaleza resiste a duras penas al embate de las máquinas. Hoy luego de 3 años […]
Red-billed Tropicbirds at the gulf
Late June 2001, while writing my final work for my B.Sc and before leaving Israel and going to start my life in East Africa, I was standing on North Beach in Eilat together with Barak Granit and admiring my first ever Red-billed Tropicbirdwhich came in from nowhere and gave me my farewell present from Israel. […]
Mammals of China – book review
China is home to greater than 10% of the Earth’s mammals. In the Mammals of China, Andrew T. Smith, PhD and Yan Xie, PhD have produced a comprehensive easy-to-read pocket guide to this outstanding biodiversity. Mammals of China is the first time that the natural history of all the mammals of China are included in […]