“La mamma dei cretini è sempre incinta” recita un collaudatissimo detto popolare. C’è poco da scherzare, purtroppo, sulla triste storia di Cecil, il leone simbolo dello Zimbabwe, ucciso in un parco naturale da un dentista del Minnesota, simbolo invece a sua volta della stupidità. Ma come, nel 2015 c’è ancora qualcuno che va a caccia … Continue reading Perdonaci, Cecil.
Tag: animals
Animal House.
The world's best animal architecture - in pictures, by Ingo Arndt. Animal Architecture by Ingo Arndt, Jurgen Tautz and Jim Brandenburg. In Animal Architecture, Ingo Arndt explores marvels of nature with spectacular imagery, showcasing the complex and elegant structures that animals create both for shelter and for capturing prey. Arndt’s photographs display wonders such as … Continue reading Animal House.
The tree of life.
Source: David M. Hillis, Derrick Zwickl, Robin Gutell; University of Texas (thanks to Matteo Castellini for highlighting it). About this Tree: This tree is from an analysis of small subunit rRNA sequences sampled from about 3,000 species from throughout the Tree of Life. The species were chosen based on their availability, but we attempted to … Continue reading The tree of life.



