by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Loxia curvirostra photo © Andreas Eichler via CC BY-SA 4.0 Don’t cross out racial discrimination in finches Links to the images that inspired this bio-insight: http://img2.juzaphoto.com/001/shared_files/uploads/160067.jpg...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Bitis arietans photo © Johannes van Rooyen A large adder full of olfactory surprises Bitis arietans photo © 4028mdk09 The puffadder has been found to be odourless – even to the extremely sensitive noses of carnivores such as the domestic dog – when lying immobile....
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Eucalyptus erythrocorys photo © Consultaplantas Pyree growth-form in eucalypts The illyarrie is a fire-adapted low tree that naturally grows with at least one major branch set at a precarious angle near ground level, facilitating the self-amputation of up to a quarter...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Panthera pardus pardus photo © Derek Keats Rapid miniaturisation of leopard in southern Africa The leopard is the only African wild mammal in which body mass in certain populations has been halved after the advent of European farming. This change can be explained by a...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus photo © Pontafon No such thing as Nipponese wildcat or Honshu dhole Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis photo © Momotarou2012 One of the greatest mysteries of mammalian biogeography is the absence of any species of wild felid from...
by Anthony | Mar 10, 2016 | Biobullets
Canis familiaris, Smålandsstövare breed, photo © Linathrash Ischial blaze diagnoses real ancestor of domestic dog Canis familiaris, Bohemian shepherd breed, photo © Krosandra The ischial blaze is unique to the domestic dog in the entire family Canidae and remains...
