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National Wildlife Magazine Annual Photo Contest

Justin Ruckman published this entry on Monday 27 November, 2006 at 10:21 pm. It's been filed in the Art/Design + Photography + Wildlife category. {2 Comments}

The above photo was the grand prize winner in 2005. Check out the archives and contest details.

Animals in the Womb

Justin Ruckman published this entry on Friday 24 November, 2006 at 6:38 pm. It's been filed in the Art/Design + Biology + Film/TV + Graphics + Photography + Wildlife category. {4 Comments}

Renderings of animals in the womb, produced from ultrasound scans and some supplemental computer graphics, will appear on “In the Womb: Animals”, airing Sunday, December 10th at 8 PM eastern (9 PM pacific) on the National Geographic Channel.

Like Swimming

Justin Ruckman published this entry on Friday 24 November, 2006 at 4:47 pm. It's been filed in the Wildlife category. {Share Your Thoughts}

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Symmetry in Biology

Justin Ruckman published this entry on Friday 24 November, 2006 at 2:10 pm. It's been filed in the Biology + Psychology + Science + Wildlife category. {Share Your Thoughts}

“Back in 1974, an unusual report from Jane Goodall at the Gombe Stream Wildlife Research Centre in Tanzania caught the public eye. Chimpanzees had committed infanticide and were engaging in war. Not only were they acting in unanticipated ways, chimpanzees were acting like humans. Goodall’s discovery bridged the divide between Homo sapiens and other species. (…)”

Arachnid Metropolis

Justin Ruckman published this entry on Tuesday 07 November, 2006 at 3:22 am. It's been filed in the Biology + Science + Wildlife category. {Share Your Thoughts}

“I have never in my 30 years as a biologist seen anything like this, in terms of quantity of spiders and quantity of web. Nothing even remotely approaching this.”

Red-capped Manakin

Justin Ruckman published this entry on Sunday 24 September, 2006 at 6:31 pm. It's been filed in the Biology + Science + Wildlife category. {9 Comments}

Dr. Kim Bostwick captures video of the Red-capped Manakin (Pipra mentalis) “moonwalking”, among other things, to attract attention.

Yellow Jacket Metropolis

Justin Ruckman published this entry on Monday 04 September, 2006 at 3:57 pm. It's been filed in the Biology + Science + Wildlife category. {2 Comments}

“A typical nest consists of two or three thousand workers and one queen. With these large nests, we may have as many as 100,000 workers.”

Superb Lyrebird

Justin Ruckman published this entry on Wednesday 19 July, 2006 at 2:44 pm. It's been filed in the Biology + Sound + Wildlife + World category. {3 Comments}

The Superb Lyrebird found near Australia’s south-eastern coast is extraordinarily gifted at mimicry — copying not only the calls of other birds but the sounds of humans in the forest as well, including camera shutters and chainsaws.

Cephalopod Camouflage

Justin Ruckman published this entry on Saturday 08 July, 2006 at 3:23 pm. It's been filed in the Biology + Science + Wildlife category. {13 Comments}

VIDEO (via Pharyngula’s Friday Cephalopod)PDF [How Cephalopods Change Color]
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Native Speed

Justin Ruckman published this entry on Friday 07 July, 2006 at 11:16 am. It's been filed in the Music + Science + Technology + Wildlife category. {20 Comments}

A couple exercises in slowed-down audio.