Category Archives: Video
Scientia Pro Publica #46
Alright you lot, apologies for hibernating for the last couple of months. For those of you who don’t know (ie. who aren’t on twitter), I’ve been working at Australian science magazine, Cosmos, since June, and it’s keeping me very busy … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Insects, New Species!, Random Rants, Science, Sea Creatures, Video
Wandering Ponies #5
For this edition of WP, I’ll attempt to take you on a roller coaster of emotions, most of which will hopefully be pleasant, and one of which, hopefully not. Unless of course you, I don’t know, find birds scary, squids … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Archosaurs, Art, Potential Husbands, Science, Sea Creatures, Video
Trust Me When I Say You’re Going to Need a Blow Torch and Some Rope, Amaurobius ferox Spiderlings.
In a discovery both sinister and intriguing, a biologist in South Korea has found that life as a juvenile Black-lace weaver spider (Amaurobius ferox) is far from easy. As part of a group known as subsocial spiders, an A. ferox … Continue reading
You Should Probably Just Move Oceans, Male Gulf Pipefish
It’s well-known that within seahorse circles, it’s the males who bear the responsibility of pregnancy, not the females. The same goes for their relatives, the pipefish, whose males are equipped with a specialised external brood pouch into which the females … Continue reading
Filed under Science, Sea Creatures, Video
Wandering Ponies #3
The Internet pretty much begins and ends with this. The vacant, cock-eyed horse stare. The tiny moustachioed gentleman with the shrunken, useless legs. The buxom peasant woman with the giant meaty paws. It’s got it all. You’ll probably listen to … Continue reading
