Market squid lay their eggs before the end of their lifespan, attaching them to the ocean floor. This anchoring exposes the eggs to ocean currents, facilitating gas exchange for the developing embryos. The embryos can tolerate stress caused by changes in oxygen concentration and pH. Art and fact by @Squidtoons [Edited by Nicole Rodrigues] Reference:…
Love Is Wild! Episode 2: Date Ideas from the Animal Kingdom
Hey there! Did you need inspiration for a Valentine’s Day activity? Then look no further than our curated list from the animal kingdom. Cute Valentine’s Day Dates: That’s right folks, nothing cements the bond between a couple quite like plummeting toward the ground together at terrifying speeds! When bald eagles (and several other related species)…
Creature Feature Miniseries: Love is Wild (Episode 1, Gentoo Penguin)
This Valentine’s Day season, we’re bringing you tales of romance from all across the animal kingdom! We’re kicking things off with the Gentoo penguin in the hopes that your Valentine’s Day… rocks. /// Episode 1: Gentoo Penguin Ah, gift-giving. It’s part and parcel to Valentine’s Day. Humans like to show their affection for one another…
Field Notes: Hot and cold – field work explorations during a gap year and finding your Goldilocks zone
I’m walking on the beach, sun beating down on my head, sweat soaking the back of my shirt. I avert my eyes from the bright sunlight, but even so, my eyes hurt from the glare reflecting off the sea and white sand, and a headache is building. My first day on this job, I was…
Sunday Sketch: The Fast Flying Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine falcons are incredibly fast fliers, capable of reaching speeds of up to 112 km/h or 69 mph when chasing prey. Art and fact by Cloude Shao, Instagram @cloude_paint [Edited by Nicole Rodrigues] Reference: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (n.d.). Peregrine Falcon. All About Birds. Retrieved January 3, 2025, from https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon
Field Frame Friday: From egg to fledgling in just four weeks
How do birds choose a place that will allow them to keep their chicks safe from the time the first egg is laid until the last fledgling flies away? For chickadees, including the Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) and Carolina Chickadees (Poecile carolinensis) that I studied in Pennsylvania, the answer lies in tree trunk cavities which…
Arts & Crafts: Happy World Hippo Day (Feb. 15th)!
Come celebrate World Hippo Day!
Newsroom: The impact of social housing on calf responses to novel foods following weaning and grouping
We have all heard the common phrase “lions, tigers, bears, oh my!” from Dorothy’s fears of entering the forest and encountering the cowardly lion, but have you heard “apples, carrots, friends, oh my?” Similar to humans, dairy calves respond to novel or unknown stimuli and situations with caution due to the possibility of a threat…
Throwback Creature Feature: Fire Salamander
Check out this post from 2019! We’ve seen psychedelic reptiles on this blog before. Surely, you may be thinking, the pool of psychedelic species is relatively limited. Not so fast! Poisons are incredibly important for amphibian defense, so there tend to be lots of poisonous amphibians around. And, for whatever reason, humans like to ingest…
Field Notes: Monkey Spit
It’s hard to find a professional way to tell people that I’m a monkey trainer. On paper, I’m a graduate student, but I spent most of the summer and fall of 2024 training monkeys to chew on swabs so I could collect their spit and test it for cortisol, a hormone that can indicate stress…
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