Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Week” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. This week’s featured image: Gray-necked Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea) perched on a branch in Manu National Park, Peru by Glenn Bartley Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and browse through the slideshow. Then select the […]
Rembrandt’s monkey: good news for Africa’s newest primate
It all started with Georgette’s pet monkey. Deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rainforest, in the remote village of Opala, a team of researchers noticed a little girl with a strange-looking monkey on a leash in 2007. The girl, Georgette, told the scientists it was called ‘lesula,’ but no one had heard of […]
Thousands of geese fall from Idaho sky in likely avian cholera outbreak
Avian cholera is suspected in the deaths of at least 2,000 snow geese that fell dead from the sky in Idaho while migrating to nesting grounds on the northern coast of Alaska, wildlife managers said on Monday. Dozens of Idaho department of fish and game workers and volunteers at the weekend retrieved and incinerated carcasses […]
Finally an American Pipit Photo I’m Willing to Show You
I see these wonderful little birds all the time during the winter. My favorite place to see them is Marl Bed Flats, where a flock of 50 or more may fly overhead at any moment. I have a terrible time getting photos of them, though. I get shots of them in flight, usually far away, […]
Blue-Bearded Helmetcrest Rediscovered in Colombia, Photographed for First Time
Long thought to be extinct, the blue-bearded helmetcrest (Oxypogon cyanolaemus) – one of the world’s rarest hummingbirds – has been caught on camera for the first time. Discovered in 1880, the blue-bearded helmetcrest is a medium-sized hummingbird endemic to the mountains of the Santa Marta region of northeast Colombia. The bird is about 12 cm […]
Ruddy Ducks
Do you know what time ducks wake up? At the quack of dawn! Do you know how to get down off a horse? You don’t get down off a horse, you get down off a duck! A man and a duck are walking outside together. Suddenly the man sees a low flying plane and yells, […]
Unbelievably Cute Mammal With Teddy Bear Face Rediscovered
You could call it one of the world’s longest games of hide and seek. For more than 20 years, the Ili pika (Ochotona iliensis), a type of tiny, mountain-dwelling mammal with a teddy bear face, had eluded scientists in the Tianshan Mountains (map) of northwestern China. People have seen the furry critter only a handful […]
Capuchino canela (Tawny-bellied Seedeater) Sporophila hypoxantha
En 23 de Noviembre pasado Javier viajó hasta la localidad correntina de Itatí y al costado del camino de ingreso desde la Ruta nacional 12 pudo fotografiar algunos Capuchinos que forrajeaban en los pastizales del costado del camino. Hoy les presentamos al Capuchino canela. Este Capuchino de 10 centímetros de longitud tiene el vientre de […]