23 5 / 2013
Rare John Audubon oil painting of “Redtick Coonhound”
29 4 / 2013
Time for Animal Hour:) An inquisitive cheetah by Stu Porter.
11 3 / 2013
Last week, Zoo Zürich welcomed one of the world’s smallest hoofed animals into the world. Mouse Deer, also known as Chevrotains, are neither mouse nor deer. Nine of the 10 extant Mouse Deer species are found in South and Southeast Asia, with one other species inhabiting Central and West Africa. The French word Chevrotain can be translated as “little goat”.
11 3 / 2013
2600 people form a chain celebrating the anniversary of DNA’s discovery
11 3 / 2013
colored SEM of tongue papillae
there are at least four kinds of papillae, named for their morphology: filiform (do not contain taste receptors), fungiform (contain taste receptors), foliate (located posteriorly), and circumvallate (arranged in a semicircle, also posteriorly)
credit: National Geographic
11 3 / 2013
