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Zoology
Wild Olive Tortoise Beetle
Image: Andreas Kay Physonota alutacea I love it when insects go all prehistor...
Deep Sea Valentines
Image: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010 It's the perfect Valen...
Red Cushion Sea Star
Image: James St. John Oreaster reticulatus This is quite possibly the most un...
Sea Spiders: Paddling and Plummeting
Sea Spiders aren't really spiders. They aren't even arachnids. In fact, they'...
Blunt-headed Burrowing Frog
Image: Khunpolrattachana Glyphoglossus molossus Now that is a face. Or... mo...
Spear Point Leaf Tail Gecko
Image: Antonio Rodríguez Arduengo Uroplatus ebenaui Demons get such a bad rap...
Crypsis (Deception In Predator-Prey Interaction)
In nature predator and prey have evolved together for millions of years. Prey mu...
Social Organisation In Insects
In insects social life has evolved only in two orders, namely, Isoptera (termi...
Social Life In Primates
Primates were not social animals when they evolved from the primitive insectivor...
Courtship Behaviour in Animals
Courtship is a social behaviour in which there is an interaction between the mal...
Orientation, Navigation and Homing in Animals
Orientation is the position of the animal with reference to gravity or resource....
Kinship, Selfishness And Altruism
There are four possible types of interactions among individuals living together ...
Biological Rhythms – Chronobiology
Biological rhythms are self –sustaining natural cycles of animal life history wh...
Methods Of Studying Animal Behaviour
Ethology is the study of animal behaviour to find out natural responses of anima...
KEA – The predatory parrot
The kea (Nestor notabilis) is a parrot-like bird of family Strigopidae, which is...
Beavers – The Dam Builders
There are two living species of beavers, the Eurasian, Castor fiber and the Nort...
necromin: birdologist: this bird does not look real ...
necromin: birdologist: this bird does not look real that is a turaco! you ...
speciesofleastconcern: hearthawk: Found my department...
speciesofleastconcern: hearthawk: Found my department’s screaming hairy armadi...
bogleech: rotifers: animal-factbook: Parasites can b...
bogleech: rotifers: animal-factbook: Parasites can be cute too! These Cyamus ...
luvyourselfsomeesteem: biscuitsarenice: 1940s America...
luvyourselfsomeesteem: biscuitsarenice: 1940s America I rarely get to se...
typhlonectes: The Unlikely Comeback of New Zealand’s W...
typhlonectes: The Unlikely Comeback of New Zealand’s Weirdest ‘Living Fossi...
skunkbear: The researchers used high-speed photography ...
skunkbear: The researchers used high-speed photography and an instrume...
bogleech: Look at the eyes on the deep sea fish IPNOPS...
bogleech: Look at the eyes on the deep sea fish IPNOPS. They’re some of the ...
reycfhcpe:people are fucking dying. i’ve never been so ...
reycfhcpe:people are fucking dying. i’ve never been so furious
nocturnalxnightingale: glumshoe: crabs are...
nocturnalxnightingale: glumshoe: crabs are here @cup-of-tea-in-the-snow
aphtoncorbin:Poor Gran Dad isn’t getting any love from ...
aphtoncorbin:Poor Gran Dad isn’t getting any love from my niece! Hang in th...
classicmeevs: railroadsoftware: what if a grandma foun...
classicmeevs: railroadsoftware: what if a grandma found the dog and you made he...
Chitons can see you
Chitons can see you: eartharchives: These familiar tidepool crawlers have an ey...
sciencefriday: New research find that the naked mole ra...
sciencefriday: New research find that the naked mole rat’s chances of dying do n...
yesterdaysprint:Cat drawing contest, The St. Joseph Her...
yesterdaysprint:Cat drawing contest, The St. Joseph Herald, Missouri, A...
varae-ver-you-are: ap-world-history-memes: Neko Atsume ...
varae-ver-you-are: ap-world-history-memes: Neko Atsume x Poets and phi...
chrysalisamidst: blackberryshawty: unfollowfriday: thi...
chrysalisamidst: blackberryshawty: unfollowfriday: this is literally the...
why-animals-do-the-thing: The day after I visited the D...
why-animals-do-the-thing: The day after I visited the Duke Lemur Center, the won...
These Lizards Are Full of Green Blood That Should Kill ...
These Lizards Are Full of Green Blood That Should Kill Them: myfrogcroaked: “Ani...
what Zoology actually means?
Zoology is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom,including the ...
What actually the Animal kingdom is?
When you look around,you will observe different animals with different structur...
Basis of classification
Inspite of differences in structure and form of different animals,there are fun...
what are the Levels of organisation?
Though all the members of animalia are multicelluler,all of them do not exhibit...
What causes COVAID-19 pendemic?
Understanding where SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Development of human beings
Development is the process where someone or something grows or changes and beco...
What is embryology?
• It is the science that deals with the processes and regulations in the prenat...
What is gametogenisis?
The process of formation of gametes is called “gametogenesis”. The gametes are ...
What is oogenesis?
• Definition: The process of maturation and differentiation of PGC to oogonia, ...
What are the directions for the study of the phylum POR...
The sponges are structurally primitive animals, very ancient as a group and o...
From spider males and their allegedly numb genitalia
Thinking about how animals mate, one might at first think about the way that m...
A Day in Dorset (part 1)
A few weekends back, I met up with a university friend and went for a day trip t...
Protection, Cannibalism and Self-Sacrifice: The World o...
When someone mentions parental care in the animal kingdom, birds and mammals are...
Salticidae – The Charismatic Spiders
Jumping spiders! Salticidae is the largest family of spiders, containing approxi...
Corpse Camouflage and Termite fishing: Assassin bugs (p...
Right, well I hope you all enjoyed the previous post about the formidable Assass...
Sticky traps, stealth and aggressive mimicry: Assassin ...
The world is full of charismatic predators; big cats, wolves and crocodiles, whi...
Sunshine Blogger Award
I have been, very kindly, nominated to take part in the Sunshine Blogger Award b...
Are Tarantulas Spiders? A Glimpse at Spider Evolution a...
Are tarantula’s spiders? Short answer… yes, they are indeed spiders. Any of you ...
Cellar Spiders – As Interesting as they are Common
If, like me, you live in the UK then you will have seen this spider. I am pretty...
Euscorpius flavicaudis: The Scorpion that lives in England
Scorpions, tough Chelicerata arachnids, well known for their association with th...
Hot Dam! Beavers are Back in Town
If you follow any wildlife or nature accounts on social media, then you may have...
Cheetahs...Super Evolved for What
Watch the video clip and see what cheetahs are evolved to do. Then, find out ...
Evolution and theFlu
Watch the video and answer the following questions: How does the flu vaccine...
Beavers a Keystone Species
Watch Leave it to Beavers. Answer the following prompts: A keystone species i...
Wolves - watch the video and answer the prompts
What is the problem? Why is is happening? What is its impact? What can be do...
What is an Animal?
Take the online survey by clicking the link below: Is this an animal? Next, co...
The Problem with Bees
Read at least two of the articles and watch the full length video. Then respond ...
Echinoderm Notes
Complete the echinoderm notes and answer the exit questions at the end. Complete...
Inside Nature's Giants - Crocodile
Watch Inside Nature's Giants - Crocodile and make a list of ten adaptations cr...
Inside Nature's Giants - Hippo
Watch the video about hippos and find at least 5 physical adaptations they hav...
In the Valley of the Wolves
Watch the video and be able to answer the following: How do wolves behaviors...
Darwin vs. Lamarke Two Theories of Change
I think you will find the following links useful in answering the writing prompt...
Great Transformations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfHxu8sk6bs
Shark Finning
Watch these video and answer questions. https://www.playposit.com/play/684364/...
Dissecting Natures Giants: The Hippo
https://youtu.be/MUf1fm3vCcU Watch the video about hippos and find at least 5 p...
Cells Alive
https://www.cellsalive.com/
Whale Kiosk
http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/whalekiosk.html?scrlybrkr=b2e6b9d7http:/...
Arthropod Story
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/_0_0/arthropods_intro_01
These seals haven’t lost their land ancestors’ hunting ...
These seals haven’t lost their land ancestors’ hunting ways: sciencenewsforstude...
markscherz: Meet Calumma uetzi, one of three new specie...
markscherz: Meet Calumma uetzi, one of three new species of chameleons we desc...
![silverhawk:
LOOK at this newt
this is the [male] great crested newt and it looks like something out...](https://64.media.tumblr.com/a56758f8a1ad4833bdd7777cc725e77a/tumblr_inline_p73fyuNBbC1tv7l4a_500.png){kind=small}
silverhawk: LOOK at this newt this is the [male] great ...
silverhawk: LOOK at this newt this is the [male] great crested newt and it looks...
sciencesourceimages: Trillions Upon Trillions of Virus...
sciencesourceimages: Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall From the Sky Each...
todropscience: BOTTOM TRAWLING IS DESTROYING DEEP-SEA ...
todropscience: BOTTOM TRAWLING IS DESTROYING DEEP-SEA FISH POPULATION A new s...
cmkosemenillustrated: Many fossils of the long-tailed p...
cmkosemenillustrated: Many fossils of the long-tailed pterosaur Rhamphorhynchu...
What if we're not Earth's first big civilization? - Fut...
What if we're not Earth's first big civilization? - Futurity: wildcat2030:How do...
This Bizarre Fish Hides a Nasty Switchblade on Its Cheek
This Bizarre Fish Hides a Nasty Switchblade on Its Cheek: mindblowingscience: T...
Dogs lived and died with humans 10,000 years ago in the...
Dogs lived and died with humans 10,000 years ago in the Americas: sciencenewsfor...
typhlonectes: Indigo Milkcap (Lactarius indigo) Comp...
typhlonectes: Indigo Milkcap (Lactarius indigo) Compared to other colors fou...
How tiny wasps cope with being smaller than amoebas - N...
How tiny wasps cope with being smaller than amoebas - Not Exactly Rocket Science...