Sharp-shinned hawkA juvenile sharp-shinned hawk in Parrish, Florida.Click for animation of feeding sharp-shinned hawkImmature (nominate group)Endangered subspecies venator, endemic to Puerto RicoAcroporaFlight through a µCT image stack of an Acropora coral from three views; the "arms" are mostly hollow. This coral had been hot glued onto a stone and later grew over it.Flight around a three-dimensional object created from the data aboveClose-up of a network of Acropora polypsAequipecten Small purple colored thresher caught at Pacifica Pier, CaliforniaAmbystoma kansensis (Adams 1929) fossilTiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)Phylogenetic tree showing relations among Ambystoma species and outgroups: For example, the sister taxon to Ambystoma macrodactylum is Ambystoma laterale, meaning they share a single common ancestor and are each other's closest living relatives.Yellow-billed duck, Anas undulataNorthern pintail, Anas acutaGreen-winged teal, Anas carolinensisAnas blanchardi fossilEurasian tealGreen-winged teal ( A. carolinensis), drake in nuptial plumage (note vertical white stripe from shoulder)Female, WWT SlimbridgeMale in nuptial plumage (above) and female. Note typical wide white wing stripe and conspicuous face markings of male, the colours of which give the name to the colour teal.Drake in eclipse plumage (rightmost bird), hen and youngWintering birds at Purbasthali, Burdwan District of West Bengal (India)An American black duck (top left) and a male mallard (bottom right) in eclipse plumageJuvenileIridescent speculum feathers of the maleA group of mallards quackingOwing to their highly 'malleable' genetic code, mallards can display a large amount of variation,[1] as seen here with this female, who displays faded or 'apricot' plumage.Male mallard, Sweden 2016Female Mallard with five ducklings (Lac Archambeault, Québec)Egg, Collection Museum WiesbadenIllustration by Carl Friedrich Deiker (1875)Several drakes swim in a pond.The last male Mariana mallardGeorge Hetzel, Mallard still life painting, 1883–1884Map of the Roman Empire under Hadrian (ruled 117–138), showing the then homeland of the Angles (Anglii) on the Jutland peninsula in today's Germany and DenmarkThe map shows both the Anglia (Angeln) and the Schwansen peninsulasPossible locations of the Angles and Jutes before their migration to Britain.Manuscript of BedeAngles, Saxons and Jutes throughout EnglandAnolisCarolina anoleAnolis carolinensis on Star Jasmine, South Carolina, demonstrating camouflageCarolina anoles fightingAnole displaying at its reflectionCarolina anole lickingCarolina anole eating a mothCarolina anole eating a dragonflyCarolina anoles matingJuvenile maleAphelopsTypical freshwater drum, Lake Jordan, Alabama (released)
Architectonica (Maxima-group) consobrinaArchitectonica plicata, a fossil species from the London Clay, Eocene; Barton cliff, Hampshire, EnglandRestoration of Arctodus simusThe combined area of these three shapes is approximately 15.57 squares.A square metre quadrat made of PVC pipe.Although there are 10 mm in 1 cm, there are 100 mm2 in 1 cm2.The area of this rectangle is lw.Equal area figures.Two equal triangles.A circle can be divided into sectors which rearrange to form an approximate parallelogram.Archimedes showed that the surface area of a sphere is exactly four times the area of a flat disk of the same radius, and the volume enclosed by the sphere is exactly 2/3 of the volume of a cylinder of the same height and radius.Integration can be thought of as measuring the area under a curve, defined by f(x), between two points (here a and b).The area between two graphs can be evaluated by calculating the difference between the integrals of the two functionsAmerican mastodon arm bone with A. simus tooth marksArgyrotheca3-lobed larval phase of Argyrotheca cordata, 180μm, lateral view, top apical lobe with long cilia, mid-section mantel lobe, with ventral cilia (left) and 4 bundles of setae (2 visible), bottom pedical lobe, without ciliaFigurine of Astarte with a horned headdress, Louvre MuseumAstarte riding in a chariot with four branches protruding from roof, on the reverse of a Julia Maesa coin from SidonFragment of a crudely carved limestone stela showing king Thutmose IV adoring a goddess (probably Astarte). From Thebes, Egypt. 18th Dynasty. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, LondonPhoenician figure representing an ancient Mideastern deity, probably the goddess Astarte, called the Lady of Galera (National Archaeological Museum of Spain)Ring-necked duck female Houston, TexasDrake canvasback stretching wingsTubers of Sago Pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata), a favorite food of the canvasbackBaculitesBaculites specimen in the field; western South Dakota, Pierre Shale, Late Cretaceous. Part of the phragmocone (left) and part of the body chamber (right) are present.Baculites showing sutures and remnant aragonite; western South Dakota, Late Cretaceous.Baculites from the Late Cretaceous of Wyoming. The original aragonite of the outer conch and inner septa has dissolved away, leaving this articulated internal mold.BalanusBarbatia foliataRipening Ascolano olives in Corning, California.Barnea at veraisonCoratina at different stages of ripeningUpland sandpiperCallB. isis jaw musclesCaudal vertebra from Owen 1839 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFOwen1839 (help)Skeleton of B. isis at Wadi El HitanAlbert Koch's "Hydrarchos" fossil skeleton from 1845Albert Koch's "Hydrarchos" fossil skeleton from 1845B. isis hind limbRuffed Grouse by John J. Audubon c. 1861Grey morphDisplaying maleEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenNest with large clutchSnow hole and wing tracks of a grouse as it burst out of the snow when approachedCanada gooseYellow plumage of goslingIn the grass in East Hills, New YorkOn Spokane River, Washington StateFlock in flightNesting in WalesApproaching to beg for food in a Manchester park, a learned behaviorCleaning feathers, OxfordshireMale goose carefully watches nearby humans in WinnipegEggs, collection Museum Wiesbaden, GermanyGoslingsGeese and goslings in an English canal, showing formationResting in a pond during spring migration, Ottawa, OntarioLow flyover by five Canada geeseCanada geese instinctively nest on higher ground near water. This female is nesting on a beaver lodge.Family in builders' yard, Salem, Oregon: The mother goose had built a nest on an aggregate pile.Roosting in a parking lotA Canada goose feather recovered from Engine #1 of the Airbus A320 involved in US Airways Flight 1549. The aircraft was ditched in the Hudson River after its engines ingested several Canada geese.Ruffed Grouse by John J. Audubon c. 1861Grey morphDisplaying maleEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenNest with large clutchSnow hole and wing tracks of a grouse as it burst out of the snow when approachedCanada gooseYellow plumage of goslingIn the grass in East Hills, New YorkOn Spokane River, Washington StateFlock in flightNesting in WalesApproaching to beg for food in a Manchester park, a learned behaviorCleaning feathers, OxfordshireMale goose carefully watches nearby humans in WinnipegEggs, collection Museum Wiesbaden, GermanyGoslingsGeese and goslings in an English canal, showing formationResting in a pond during spring migration, Ottawa, OntarioLow flyover by five Canada geeseCanada geese instinctively nest on higher ground near water. This female is nesting on a beaver lodge.Family in builders' yard, Salem, Oregon: The mother goose had built a nest on an aggregate pile.Roosting in a parking lotA Canada goose feather recovered from Engine #1 of the Airbus A320 involved in US Airways Flight 1549. The aircraft was ditched in the Hudson River after its engines ingested several Canada geese.Anaxyrus fowleriFowler's toad in leaf litterEastern American Toad in OhioDetail of parotoid glandsFossil shell of Bathytoma cataphracta from Pliocene of ItalyDrawing of a dorsal view of a living animal of Calliostoma bairdii dredged in the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of from 100 m to 1170 m.Rare purple beaded specimen of Calliostoma supragranosum found subtidally in Southern California.A detached bell tower (campanile) at the University of KansasThe Santo Tomás parish church in Haro, La Rioja has an exconjuratory in its bell towerShafer Tower at Ball State University in Muncie, IndianaCancellariaCancellaria (Euclia) balboaeSkulls of dire wolf (C. dirus), gray wolf (C. lupus), eastern wolf (C. lycaon), red wolf (C. rufus), coyote (C. latrans), African golden wolf (C. anthus), golden jackal (C. aureus) and black-backed jackal (C. mesomelas)Diagram of a wolf skull with key features labelledEurasian wolf skullDentition of a wolf showing functions of the teeth.Comparative image of the red wolf (C. rufus) & the coyote (C. latrans). A 2016 genetic study of canid scats found that despite high coyote density inside the Red Wolf Experimental Population Area (RWEPA), hybridization occurs rarely (4% are hybrids).[2]Skulls of North American Canis, with red wolf in the centerRed wolf in forestRed wolfHistorical range of the red wolf (Canus rufus)Audubon's depiction of the species (1851)Melanistic individual at the Audubon Park, New Orleans (1931)USFWS worker with red wolf pups, August 2002Capulus danieliBlacknose shark geographic rangeBlacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus)Silvertip shark geographic rangeSilvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus)Bignose shark geographic rangeBignose shark (Carcharhinus altimus)Graceful shark geographic rangeGraceful shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides)Grey reef shark geographic rangeGrey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)Pigeye shark geographic rangePigeye shark (Carcharhinus amboinensis)Borneo shark geographic rangeCopper shark geographic rangeCopper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus)Spinner shark geographic rangeSpinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)Nervous shark geographic rangeNervous shark (Carcharhinus cautus)Pacific smalltail shark geographic rangePacific smalltail shark (Carcharhinus cerdale)Whitecheek shark geographic rangeWhitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri)Silky shark geographic rangeSilky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)Creek whaler geographic rangeCreek whaler (Carcharhinus fitzroyensis)Galapagos shark geographic rangeGalapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)Pondicherry shark geographic rangePondicherry shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon)Finetooth shark geographic rangeFinetooth shark (Carcharhinus isodon)Smoothtooth blacktip shark geographic rangeSmoothtooth blacktip shark (Carcharhinus leiodon)Bull shark geographic rangeBull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)Blacktip shark geographic rangeBlacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)Oceanic whitetip shark geographic rangeOceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)Hardnose shark geographic rangeHardnose shark (Carcharhinus macloti)Blacktip reef shark geographic rangeBlacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)Dusky shark geographic rangeDusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)Caribbean reef shark geographic rangeCaribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi)Sandbar shark geographic rangeSandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)Smalltail shark geographic rangeSmalltail shark (Carcharhinus porosus)Blackspot shark geographic rangeBlackspot shark (Carcharhinus sealei)Night shark geographic rangeNight shark (Carcharhinus signatus)Spot-tail shark geographic rangeSpot-tail shark (Carcharhinus sorrah)Australian blacktip shark geographic rangeAustralian blacktip shark (Carcharhinus tilstoni)Fossil teeth of Carcharias holmdelensis from Israel, Upper CretaceousFossil teeth of Carcharias samhammeri from Israel, Upper CretaceousFossil teeth of Carcharias tingitana from Morocco, PaleogeneA cast of C. ohioensis assembled from various specimensSkeleton in Minnesota Science MuseumMounted skeletonFossil shells of Cerithium crenatum from Pliocene of Italy50 second video of snails (most likely Natica chemnitzi and Cerithium muscarum) feeding on the sea floor in the Gulf of California, Puerto Peñasco, Mexico50 second video of snails (most likely Natica chemnitzi and Cerithium stercusmuscaram) feeding on the sea floor in the Gulf of California, Puerto Peñasco, MexicoSkeleton of Cervus elaphus found at Għar DalamStag and hindsA group of hinds with calvesTwo males roaringRed deer matingjuvenileThe Monarch of the Glen, 1851, by Sir Edwin Landseer, an iconic image of the 19th centuryRustic deer antler candle holderX-ray image of the shell of Charonia lampasThe struggle between a starfish and an Atlantic triton can last up to an hour before the seastar is subdued by the snail's paralyzing saliva.Fossil shell of Charonia appenninica from Pliocene of ItalyTwo individuals of Acanthopleura granulata on a rock at high tide level in GuadeloupeLoose valves or plates of Chiton tuberculatus from the beachdrift on Nevis, West Indies, head plates at the top, tail plates at the bottomPrepared chiton shell with structure of plates clearly visible.The underside of the gumboot chiton, Cryptochiton stelleri, showing the foot in the center, surrounded by the gills and mantle: The mouth is visible to the left in this image.Cryptoconchus porosus, a butterfly chiton, which has its valves completely covered by the girdleLarvae of chitons: First image is the trochophore, second is in metamorphosis, third is an immature adult.Separate plates from Matthevia, a Late Cambrian polyplacophoran from the Hellnmaria Member of the Notch Peak Limestone, Steamboat Pass, southern House Range, Utah are shown with a US one-cent coin (19 mm in diameter).Hermes wearing a chlamysKing David in the Paris Psalter, 10th century ADThe painted turtle's yellow face-stripes, philtrum (nasal groove), and foot webbingA full overhead shot of an eastern painted turtleA midland painted turtle sitting on rocky ground facing left with his head slightly retracted into his shellA southern painted turtle facing left, top-side view, stripe prominent, on pebblesA western painted turtle standing in grass, with neck extendedA handled turtle, exposing the orange-yellow undershell(plastron).The under shell(plastron) of a midland painted turtle
Male southern painted turtle shows his long front clawsFemale painted turtleA female digging a nestHatchling painted turtlesBasking for warmthMoving on land
Native range of the painted turtle (C. picta) Dark grey for national borders White for state and province borders Dark blue for rivers, only showing those in article
Eastern (C. p. picta)
Midland (C. p. marginata)
Southern (C. p. dorsalis)
Western (C. p. bellii)
Intergrade mixtures (large areas only)
Mix of eastern and midland
Mix of eastern and southern
Mix of midland and western
Eastern painted turtle in MassachusettsWestern painted turtle (watercolor by G. Aeschimann)Western painted turtle in OregonPainted turtle habitat in New HampshireShell marking codeGerman naturalist Johann Gottlob Schneider first categorized the painted turtle.Top and bottom shell fossils, about 5 million years old, from a Tennessee sinkhole[3]British Columbia road sign (for painted turtle protection)Oregon conservation video: If video play problematic, try external links within citations.[4][5] Note list of factors at 0:30–0:60 and hoop trap at 1:50–2:00.Basking trap in MinnesotaTommy the TurtleCidaris cidarisColinus
EggCloseup of the head of Coluber constrictor mormonNorthern Black Racer, C. c. constrictorConusCorvinaExample of varietal wine produced from CorvinaHooded crow (Corvus cornix) in flightJungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) scavenging on a dead shark at a beach in Kumamoto, JapanCrow on a branchClose-up of the upper body of a jackdaw (Corvus monedula)House crow (Corvus splendens), BangaloreIndian crow in Tamil NaduCorvus splendens or house crow resting in shadows on a rooftop with slaughterhouserefuse to eatNestlings, almost ready to fledgeA crow's nest is made of materials like twigs, electrical wires, metal strips, plastic pieces, and other small items.The Hawaiian crow or ʻalala (Corvus hawaiiensis) is nearly extinct; only a few dozen birds survive in captivity. It is listed as "extinct in the wild" by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.Crow on a Branch - Kawanabe Kyosai (1831–1889)Crow on a branch, Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795)DhumavatiThe Twa Corbies by Arthur RackhamIn sunlight, the plumage can display a blue or purple sheen which is a result of iridescence.VocalisingTwo juveniles in IcelandGroup of ravens gathered around dead memberYoung on a nest – Hvítserkur, IcelandEggs of Corvus coraxFeedingFlock feeding at a garbage dumpDilapidated NIKE Missile radar dome in Alaska with an evening roostBill Reid's sculpture The Raven and The First Men, showing part of a Haida creation myth. Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia.Valkyrie speaks with a raven in a 19th-century illustration of the Old Norse poem Hrafnsmál ("raven song") by Frederick SandysC. oweni skullSkull of C. elephantopusIndividual walking towards a swamp, Robert Bruce HorsfallRestoration by Charles R. KnightCrassostreaCrassostrea gigantissima (Finch, 1824) right valve interior (Eocene of Texas).CrepidulaCrepidula immersa, now Maoricypta or ZeacryptaAdult Crotalus horridus, FloridaJuvenile Crotalus horridus, FloridaSkeleton and modelThe small eyes and loose skin are characteristic of hellbendersHellbender on display at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, DCMerlin chasing a blue jayBlue jay in flightWhole peanuts and other shelled food items are carried off in the beak to be dealt with at leisure.Blue jay cracking nutsNest in the top of a little pineEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenFledgling in mid-JuneFledgling headCypraea albuginosa, museum specimens. Naturalis.DesmognathusSouthern ringneck snake, Diadophis p. punctatusThe defensive display of a San Bernardino ring-necked snakeSouthern ring-necked snake, D. p. punctatusRing-necked snake from Mount Diablo, CaliforniaRecently hatched ring-necked snake, Missouri Ozarks.D. p. pulchellus, coralbelly ring-necked snakeFossil dental plate of Diodon. Miocene of United StatesDiodora elizabethaeDiodora saturnalisDiodora patagonicaDiodora lineataDosinia coeruleaDosiniaDosinia exasperataDosinia lupinus lincta, the smooth artemisAdult voicing cat-like sounds at Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Ohio, USANest and egg in a cedar shrub four feet above the groundTime-lapse video of a blooming echinopsisEchinopsis chamaecereus at the Talcott Greenhouse.Passenger pigeonEarliest published illustration of the species (a male), Mark Catesby, 1731Band-tailed pigeon, a species in the related genus Patagioenas The physically similar mourning dove is not closely related.Turnaround video of an adult male specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity CenterTurnaround video of an adult female specimen at NaturalisTurnaround video of a juvenile female specimen at NaturalisSkeleton of a male bird, 1914Musical notes documenting male vocalizations, compiled by Wallace Craig, 1911Specimen in flying pose, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel UniversityLive male in Whitman's aviary, 1896/98Illustration of migrating flocks, Frank Bond, 1920Juvenile (left), male (center), female (right), Louis Agassiz Fuertes, 1910Alert parent bird posing defiantly towards the cameraAcorns in South Carolina, among the diet of this birdInternal organs of Martha, the last individual: cr. denotes the crop, gz. the gizzard, 1915Nesting captive bird, wary of the photographerNest and egg in Whitman's aviaryPreserved egg, Muséum de ToulouseLive nestling or squabImmature bird; the young were vulnerable to predators after leaving the nestBilling pair by John James Audubon, from The Birds of America, 1827–1838. This image has been criticized for its scientific accuracy.Painting of a male, K. Hayashi, c. 1900Depiction of a shooting in northern Louisiana, Smith Bennett, 18751881 spread showing methods of trapping pigeons for shooting contestsPigeon net in Canada, by James Pattison Cockburn, 1829Trapper Albert Cooper with blind decoy pigeons for luring wild birds, c. 1870Male and female by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, frontispiece of William Butts Mershon's 1907 The Passenger PigeonLife drawing by Charles R. Knight, 1903"Buttons", the second last confirmed wild passenger pigeon, Cincinnati ZooWhitman's aviary with passenger pigeons and other species, 1896/98Martha, the last passenger pigeon, alive in 1912Martha at the Smithsonian Museum, 2015Pigeons being shot to save crops in Iowa, 1867Taxidermied male and female, Laval University LibraryCloseup of head.A close up portraitGravid femaleYoung corn snakeBaby corn snakes hatching from their eggsCaptive corn snake eating young mouseA docile young corn snake (an introduced species) captured from the wild on the island of Nevis, West Indies, in 2009.An anerythristic corn snakeAmelanistic Stripe corn snake"Opal" phase corn snakeExogyraExogyra.ExiliaEpitonium hexagonumEpitonium irregulareVocalizations of the Big brown bat vary with behavioral contextBig brown bats roost in a Minnesota barnFossil shell of Euspira catena from Pliocene of ItalyEutrephocerasFossil Euthria from the Pliocene of Cyprus.Eutrephoceras dorbignyanumEutrephoceras dekayi from the Coon Creek FormationExogyra costata, Prairie Bluff Chalk Formation (Maastrichtian); Starkville, MississippiAdult female in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaKestrel relaxing in an apple tree.Female about to pounceA young birdMale with handler, San Diego ZooFissurellaFissurella crassaFissurella latimarginataFissurella radiosa tixierae, apical viewFissurella rubropictaFissurella virescensAncient Egyptian flabella (top center) and lotus motifs. 1868, NYPL picture collectionA 19th-century painting by Horace Vernet of Pope Pius VIII being carried on the sedia gestatoria and flanked by flabella. Eastern Christian ripidion, 19th century (Pskov museum).Armenian silver ripidion, with six-winged seraphim.Fossil of Galeodea tauroglobosaCazón en adoboIn flightJuvenile swimming in the ocean off Mcgee Island, MaineSwimmingForagingOn a nest by water in Maine, U.S.EggAdult with chicksCassell's book of birds, ca 1875The underside of a human tongue, showing its rich blood supply.Foramen cecum and terminal sulcus labelled aboveFeatures of the tongue surfaceLateral view of the tongue, with extrinsic muscles highlightedCoronal section of tongue, showing intrinsic musclesBlood supply of the tongueSection through the human tongue; stained H&EGiraffe's tongueExtended proboscis of a long tongued MacroglossummothGlycymerisA variety of Goniopora sp.A Mississippi map turtle swimming in a tank at a pet store.Five sunning with a midland painted turtle, Ottawa, OntarioAdult plastronBasking on a sunny dayAdult and chickBald eagle anatomyThis eagle has a sizeable wingspanBald eagle in flight at Yellowstone National Park, WyomingJuvenile with salmon, Katmai National ParkWith freshly caught fish in KodiakHead detailsFeeding on catfish and other various fishes. Painted by John James AudubonA bald eagle on a whale carcass.At the Hawk Conservancy Trust in AndoverMatingEgg, Collection at Museum Wiesbaden in Germany.Chick at Everglades National ParkNewly fledged juvenileFirst-yearLady Baltimore, a bald eagle in Alaska who survived a poaching attempt, in her Juneau Raptor Centermew, on August 15, 2015In Skagit Valley, Washington, United StatesStaff at the National Eagle Repository processing a bald eagleSeal of the President of the United StatesHuman left hand with hamulus of hamate bone shown in redNumerous shells of a Turritella species washed up on the beach at Playa Grande, Costa RicaFossil specimens of Turritella incrassataEastern hognose snake North Carolina specimenFlorida specimenCape Cod, Massachusetts specimen.Western hog-nosed snake, H. nasicusBullhead shark egg caseHexaplexBarking tree frog, Hyla gratiosaHyla arboreaMetamorphs are often similar in appearance. H. gratiosa (left), H. cinerea (center), H. chrysoscelis (right)EggsMetamorphHyla gratiosa males callingIsognomonMole kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomaculata)California kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)Speckled king snake (Lampropeltis getula holbrooki)A muon transmutes into a muon neutrino by emitting a W− boson. The W− boson subsequently decays into an electron and an electron antineutrino.Left-handed and right-handed helicitiesLepton–photon interaction
Each generation forms a weak isospindoublet.File:Eastern Kingsnake (2008).jpg.L. g. getula can be quite docile even when caught wild.Milk snakeJuvenile Eastern milk snakeYoung milk snake found in central Tennessee that had just eaten a lizardMexican milk snake, L. t. annulataFile:Eastern Kingsnake (2008).jpg.L. g. getula can be quite docile even when caught wild.Milk snakeJuvenile Eastern milk snakeYoung milk snake found in central Tennessee that had just eaten a lizardMexican milk snake, L. t. annulataEastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula getula)Florida kingsnake in Dixie County, Florida.LynxEurasian lynxIberian lynxBobcatA lynx stalking preyBobcatComparative illustration of bobcat (top) and Canada lynx (bottom) heads (1906)A bobcat finds waterBobcat in the front yard of a residenceBobcats often prey on rabbits, hares, and rodents.Bobcat kittens in June, about 2–4 months oldBobcat tracks in mud showing the hind-paw print (top) partially covering the fore-paw print (center)Skull of a bobcatBobcat confronting a pair of coyotes.Bobcat in urban surroundings: The species' range does not seem to be limited by human populations, as long as it can still find a suitable habitat.The bobcat population has seen decline in the American Midwest, but is generally stable and healthy.A Shiva Lingam near the Radhe Krishna Temple in RajbiraA 10th-century four-headed stone lingam (Mukhalinga) from NepalLingodbhava Shiva: God Shiva appears as in an infinite Linga fire-pillar, as Vishnu as Varaha tries to find the bottom of the Linga while Brahma tries to find its top. This infinite pillar conveys the infinite nature of Shiva.[6]Mural painting depicting Shiva with the Lingam in the Palace of Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur.A lingam with a swastika at the Katas Raj Temples in northern Pakistan.A birds eye view of a Shiva LingamAncient Shiv Ling at Rajbari.jpgLingam in the cave at AmarnathLunularia can also reproduce sexually, as illustrated by Haeckel in this drawing of an archegonial head with (diploid) sporophyte plantlets. The main plant body (thallus) is haploidL. orbiculatum on a rock fragment; rock length ~3 cm.Lithophyllum sp.Macoma secta, the white-sand macomaExhuming the First American Mastodon, 1806 painting by Charles Willson PealeComparison of woolly mammoth (L) and American mastodon (R)Comparison of a woolly mammoth (left) and an American mastodon (right).Excavation of a specimen in a golf course in Heath, Ohio, 1989American mastodon molars at the State Museum of PennsylvaniaFemale and calf American mastodon at the George Page MuseumRestoration of an American mastodon herd by Charles R. KnightTooth of M. africanavus, one of the earliest known species of mammoth, from North Africa.Paleolithic painting of mammoth from the Rouffignac CaveRestoration of a steppe mammothSize (blue) compared to a human and other mammothsLyuba, a mummified woolly mammoth calf, at the Field Museum of Natural History in ChicagoMammuthus primigenius "Hebior Mammoth specimen" bearing tool/butcher marksModel depicting the calf "Dima", Stuttgart1863 lithograph of the partial holotype molar (specimen BMNH 40769)One of the largest mounted mammoth skeletons in the world, nicknamed "Archie", at Nebraska State Museum of Natural History. It is the type specimen of the synonymArchidiskodon imperator maibeniExcavation of a pygmy mammoth, which evolved from Columbian mammoths on the Channel Islands of CaliforniaSpecimen formerly assigned to the synonym M. jeffersonii (also suggested to be a hybrid between Columbian and woolly mammoths) at the American Museum of Natural HistoryUnderside of the skull of a male La Brea specimen nicknamed "Zed", showing upper molarsOutcrops on Goat Rock Beach, possibly used as rubbing rocks by Columbian mammothsRestoration of a pair by a lake, Robert Bruce Horsfall, 1912Female "mammoth W" specimen at the Waco Mammoth National MonumentMale "Murray" specimen at the Hot Springs Mammoth SitePredators fighting over a Columbian mammoth carcass in the La Brea Tar Pits, Robert Bruce Horsfall, 1911S. fatalis fighting dire wolves over a Columbian mammoth carcass in the La Brea Tar Pits, Robert Bruce Horsfall, 1913Mandible showing lower molars, in a lahar deposit at the Paleontological Museum in Tocuila, MexicoCast of the old male "Huntington mammoth" (which had preserved stomach contents) at the Natural History Museum of UtahSkeleton of a juvenile at the Natural History Museum of UtahEnvironment around the La Brea Tar Pits, with Columbian mammoth herd in the background, Charles R. Knight, 1921S. fatalis pair approaching a group of ground sloths (Paramylodon), one mired, at the La Brea Tar Pits, Charles R. Knight, 1921Fanciful restoration of a Columbian mammoth hunt, John Steeple Davis, 1885Tracings of petroglyphs from Utah, depicting two Columbian mammoths; a bison carving is superimposed on one of the mammoth carvings13,000 year old Clovis pointsA margin snail with its mantle partly covering the shellMarpesia from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum"Flagellata" from Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature, 1904Parasitic excavate (Giardia lamblia)Green algae (Chlamydomonas)"Flagellata" from Encyclopædia BritannicaMegalonyx jeffersonii skeleton cast produced and distributed by Triebold Paleontology IncorporatedMegalonyx jeffersonii skeletonMelanellaMelanella martinii, abapertural viewAdult female – showing reddish belly.Peeking out of its nestA female red-bellied woodpecker feeding her chickRed-bellied woodpecker feeding on the ground, Central Park, New York, USA.Red-bellied woodpecker foraging behaviorPlate 1 of The Birds of America by John James Audubon, depicting a wild turkeyMale ocellated turkey, Meleagris ocellataA roast turkey surrounded by Christmas log cake, gravy, sparkling juice, and vegetablesCloseup of wild turkey henEastern subspeciesWild turkey in flightHen with poultsNest with 10 eggsHen with juvenilesEastern wild turkeyRio Grande wild turkey has relatively long legsGould's wild turkeyFemale wild turkey with young, from Birds of America by John James AudubonEastern wild turkey (M. g. silvestris) hensMesaliaDefensive PositionNahal Ayyun BridgePark near Nahal AyyunSafari Disaster Memorial siteIce skating in the Canada CentreMicrotus skulls (Bailey, 1900)Microtus skull bases (Bailey, 1900)Side viewJuvenile in the openOn the ground amid strands of grass in Virginia, USMurex altispiraFossil shell of Murex spinicosta from Pliocene of ItalyLittle brown bat with white-nose syndromeApplying a wing band to help biologists and researchers identify individual bats from year to year.Fossil tooth or plate of Myliobatis dixoni from Khouribga (Morocco), 55-45 myaArchaeological museum NaronaFossil Naticarius millepunctatus, Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyprus.Mare and foal at Ashfall Fossil BedsA large pack rat midden (center) from the Pleistocene periodActive pack rat midden in northern NevadaBushy-tailed woodrat on middenNerodia rhombifer, diamondback water snake, giving birthNerodia erythrogaster transversa, blotched water snakeNuculaFawn waving its white tailMale whitetail in KansasSeneca White DeerO. v. truei, female, Costa RicaThree O. v. borealis, New HampshireNorth AmericaCentral and South AmericaWhite-tailed deer buck seen in Missoula, Montana.Female with tail in alarm postureClose up of female's headMale white-tailed deerWhite-tailed bucks with antlers still in velvet, August 2011White-tailed deer during late winterThese bucks were pursuing a pair of does across the Loxahatchee River in Florida—the does lost them by entering a mangrove thicket too dense for the bucks' antlers.Fawn lying on grassTwo white-tailed deer nuzzling in Cayuga Heights, New YorkRescued fawn being kept as a pet in a farm near Cumaral, ColombiaThree White-tailed deer spotted in Buena Vista, VirginiaCar that suffered major damage after striking a white-tailed deer in WisconsinOdocoileus virginianus skull, part of an exhibition on the cultural artifacts of the Cora people of Western Mexico.The prominent cusps of one Odontaspis species (O. ferox).Odostomia fusulus Monterosato, 1878Buddhist monastery in OlivellaO. aestivus, rough green snakeO. aestivus climbing over vegetationIllustration of the owl by AudubonScreech owls can easily avoid detection during the day due to their effective camouflage among the bark of deciduous trees.Juvenile eastern screech owlFuertes portrait of a red and gray morph screech owlFossil valves of Ostrea forskali from Pliocene of ItalyA lingual (tongue-side) view of a lateral O. obliquus.Illustration of articulated vertebrae of P. toliapicusTwo cladograms proposed for Panthera. The upper one is based on phylogenetic studies by Johnson et al. (2006),[7] and by Werdelin et al. (2010).[8] The lower cladogram is based on a study by Davis et al. (2010)[9] and by Mazák et al. (2011).[10]A male jaguar photographed near Rio Negro, BrazilFossil skull of Pleistocene North American jaguar (Panthera onca augusta)The head of the jaguar is robust and the jaw extremely powerful. The size of jaguars tends to increase the farther south they are located.A melanistic jaguar is a color morph which occurs at about 6 percent frequency in populations.The jaguar inhabits a variety of forested and open habitat, but is strongly associated with the presence of water.Mother about to pick up a cub by the neck4-months-old cub at the Salzburg ZooJaguars at Cameron Park Zoo in Waco, TexasThe jaguar has an exceptionally powerful bite that allows it to pierce the shells of armored prey.Illustration of a jaguar killing a tapir, the largest native land animal in its rangeJaguar killed by Theodore RooseveltA melanistic jaguarAdult jaguar in Cameron Park Zoo, Waco, TexasEl JefeMoche jaguar figurine (300 AD), Larco Museum Lima, PeruJaguar warrior in the Aztec culture Statuette KarajàCopy of the Book of Chilam Balam of Ixil in the National Museum of Anthropology, MexicoThe Three Graces, by Antonio Canova (Hermitage, St. Petersburg)Skull diagramFisher in winter coatA fisher in the woods near Ipswich, MassachusettsA fisher climbing a tree at nightFisher pelts sold: 1920–1984[11][12]Fisher fur pelt (dyed)Fisher raiding a farmer's duck coopMale fisher killed by anticoagulant rodenticide on a marijuana grow site on US Forest Service Lands, southern Sierra Nevada mountainsPenionAn embedded fossil of Penion crawfordi from Cape Palliser, New Zealand.Young birdEurasian magpie eggHopscotch game with the magpie rhymeMaghreb magpie (P. p. mauritanica) showing the characteristic blue patch behind the eyeIn flightP. p. bactriana in LadakhFemale of the Great Basin race, orius, which has less white on the wings than eastern races and has cream-colored underpartsMale moulting to his duller feathers during autumnScarlet tanagers eat ripe fruit when available, occasionally including ones, such as this orange half, that are set out by humansCall of the Scarlet TanagerStuffed Scarlet tanager from 1860's, St. BarthélemyA northern slimy salamander in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TennesseeYoung chick swimming on Lake WashingtonP. podiceps eggs at Bogotá's Simón Bolívar ParkAdult with two juveniles feeding on a crawfishPolinicesPolinices galianor umbilicus; Pliocene of San Diego County, California.PorellaPotamidesPseudemysCommon grackleIridescent male common grackleCommon grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) in Central Park, New York, USA.Jai Singh I of Amber receiving Shivaji a day before concluding the Treaty of Purandar (12 June 1665)The Maharaja of Benares and his suite, 1870sA Chinese depiction of a Raha (the Spanish pronunciation of Rajah) or Hari in Boxer Codex (c. 1595). Raja was a title used by the Royalties in the Classical Period of pre-colonial Philippines.Raja Dhrub Dev assesses a horse, by Nainsukh, c. 1740s; it was usual for horses to be shown off in front of a white sheet, to better appreciate their formRana (genus)American bullfrogIn typical aquatic habitatA young male displaying yellow throat and large tympaniBullfrog larva and mouthpartsJuvenile with a small, grey, oval-shaped area on top of the head, the parietal eyeAlligator feeding on a bullfrogBullfrogs in a Chinese supermarketAmerican bullfrog caught at night by a pond in the Southern United States on a homemade frog gigYoung northern leopard frogTwo burnsi morphs, a green morph, and a brown morph of the northern leopard frogNear Welland Canal, OntarioReindeer losing the velvet layer under which a new antler is growing, an annual processSkullCaribou licking salt from roadway in British ColumbiaSwedish reindeerThe size of the antlers plays a significant role in establishing the hierarchy in the group.[13]Swedish reindeer walkingReindeer standing on snow to avoid blood-sucking insects.Approximate range of caribou subspecies in North America. Overlap is possible for contiguous range. 1.R. t. caribou subdivided into ecotypes: woodland (boreal), woodland (migratory), woodland (montane), 2.R. t. dawsoni extinct 1907, 3. R. t. granti, 4.R. t. groenlandicus, 5. R. t. groenlandicus/pearyi6. R. t. pearyiMale Porcupine caribou R. t. granti in AlaskaThe Beverly herd of barren-ground caribou, Thelon River, Nunavut.[14]The Peary caribou is a relatively small and pale subspecies found in the tundra of far northern North America. Unsurprisingly, it is part of the group known as tundra reindeer.Characteristically small and relatively short-legged reindeer from SvalbardSvalbard reindeer (R. t. platyrhynchus)Southernmost reindeer: South Georgian reindeer with velvet-covered antlersReindeer pulling a sled in RussiaEarly 20th Century Inuit parka from caribou skinA reindeer sled, Arkhangelsk, Russia. Late nineteenth-century photochromMilking reindeer in the 19th centuryTragelaphus or deer-goatTwo Scottish reindeer relax after pulling Santa's sleigh at the switching on of Christmas lightsRhinobatos hakelensis fossil Fossil of Rhinobatos whitfieldiFossil of Rhinobatos hakelensisThe townAmerican woodcockFossil of Scyliorhinus elongatus from Cretaceous of LebanonA shell of Seila marmorata"Woodcock, with attenuate primaries, nat. size." 1891.Downy young are already well-camouflagedJupiter and Semele (1894-95), by Gustave MoreauDrawing from an Etruscan mirror: Semele embracing her son Dionysus, with Apollo looking on and a satyr playing an aulosRoman sarcophagus (ca. 190 CE) depicting the triumphal procession of Bacchus as he returns from India, with scenes of his birth in the smaller top panels (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland)Jove and Semele (1695) by Sebastiano RicciChlorocruorinShells of Sinum grayiA shell of Sinum haliotoideumSkena RiverS. populator skull and syntype canine from Lund's collection, Zoological Museum, Copenhagen1869 lithograph of the holotype molar and maxilla fragment of S. fatalisIsolated S. populatorcanine tooth; the tip points to the rightLa Brea S. fatalis skull cast with jaws at maximum gapeLion pride attacking an African buffalo in Tanzania; Smilodon may also have hunted in groupsUndersides of S. fatalis skulls, showing canine replacement, George C. Page MuseumMaximum gape (A) and reconstructions of neck bite in prey of different sizes (B, C)1880 skeletal diagram of S. populatorBarracudaWoman carrying a barracuda in MadagascarScuba diver swimming inside a group of Sphyraena putnamae off Ko Tao, Thailand.Close-up of Sphyraena barracudaSphyraena barracuda, with preySchool of Sphyraena qenie, at Elphinstone Reef in the Red SeaA battery of Sphyraena putnamae, in Bora BoraA battery of Sphyraena flavicauda off Dayang, MalaysiaSphyraena borealisSkullFur skin of Spilogale putoriusFossil valve of Spondylus crassicosta from the Pliocene of ItalyPacific thorny oyster, S. crassisquama Lamark, 1819, from the Gulf of California, MexicoThe interior of two fossil valves of Spondylus from the Pliocene of CyprusCat's tongue oyster, Spondylus linguaefelis Sowerby, 1847, from HawaiiA view of the colorful mantle edges of a live thorny oyster from East Timor: The eyes can be seen on the fringe between the mantle and the shell. A fossil Spondylus gaederopus from the Pliocene of CyprusNorth American brown snakeA brown snake in Clarksville, TennesseeClose-up, Ontario, CanadaGatineau Park, Gatineau, QuebecBarred pattern, Ontario, CanadaBarred Owl song, recorded in Florida, USALive animal of the Florida fighting conch Strombus alatus. Note the extensible snout in the foreground, and the two stalked eyes behind itFossil shell of Strombus radixFossil shell of Strombus coronatus from Pliocene of ItalyPleistocene fossil(video) A tapir at Ueno Zoo.Tapir showing the flehmen responseBaird's tapirA mountain tapir, the wooliest and most threatened species of tapirLowland tapir earthenware from Suriname, made before 1914T. proterum and Barbourofelis loveorumTerebra maculata shellTerebra inversa, a fossil gastropod from Pliocene deposits near Antwerp.Posterior tooth of a garter snakeClose up of the scales on the back of the common garter snake.Eating a frogMating ballYoung garter snakeCommon garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)Eastern blackneck garter (Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus)Checkered garter snake (Thamnophis marcianus)Eastern Plains garter snake (T. radix radix), a disputed subspecies of Thamnophis radixRedstripe ribbon snake (T. proximus rubrilineatus)Texas garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis annectens)Tetrodotoxin effects in garter snakesEffects of temperature in the common garter snakeThiara winteri, abapertural viewA red variety of Trachyphyllia in a reef aquariumComparisons of "trapezium" in both British and American English.Fossil teeth of T. oshoshunensis from Khouribga (Morocco.)Trinacria as depicted on flag of SicilyHindu priest blowing a trumpet made out of a large shell of Turbinella pyrum, in Tirupati, IndiaCut-away view of an air foil bearing-supported turbochargerOn the left, the brass oil drain connection. On the right are the braided oil supply line and water coolant line connections.Compressor impeller side with the cover removed.Turbine side housing removed.Garrett variable-geometry turbocharger on DV6TED4 engineIllustration of typical component layout in a production turbocharged gasoline engine.Illustration of inter-cooler location.A recirculating type anti-surge valveA free floating turbocharger is used in the 100 litre engine of this Caterpillar mining vehicle.A medium-sized six-cylinder marine diesel-engine, with turbocharger and exhaust in the foregroundRedwing (Turdus iliacus) in IcelandMale singsJuvenileJuvenileMaleFemaleMale with a wormPerching on treeRobin with nest-making materialsTetrao cupido drawn by T. W. Wood for second edition of Darwin'sThe Descent of Man, 1874Coat of arms during the sede vacante – featuring an umbraculumUmbraculum in the Basilica of Saint Stanislaus Kostka in Winona, MinnesotaDetail of head – taken at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden.Cinnamon-colored black bear eating dandelions in Waterton Lakes National ParkBlack bear at Grand Teton National ParkAmerican black bears can be distinguished from brown bears by their smaller size, their less concave skull profiles, their shorter claws and the lack of a shoulder hump.Some specimens may develop a white "crescent moon" mark on the chest. This white mark, which is constant in Asian black bears, occurs in only 25% of American black bears.[15]SkullCinnamon-colored black bear in Yellowstone National ParkWhite-furred Kermode black bearBlack bear swimmingNewborn black bear cubsFemale with cubs in Parc Omega, QuebecMother black bear and cubs, hibernatingBlack bear feeding on a bushBlack bear taking a dead chum salmon near Hyder, AlaskaBlack bear with pink salmonHarry Colebourn and Winnie, the bear from which Winnie the Pooh derives his nameThe incidence of bear attacks in parks and campgrounds declined after the introduction of bear-resistant garbage cans and other reforms.VerticordiaV. chrysantha in Kalbarri National ParkPainting by Ellis Rowan; V. grandis, V. huegelii, V. brachypodaVolvariella A view of the fossil shell of Xenophora infundibulumThe location of the state of AlabamaZygorhiza kochii skull at the North Carolina Museum of Natural SciencesFossil in Teylers Museum, HaarlemAgonum species (and Anchomenus dorsalis in lower right corner) from Edmund Reitter's Fauna Germanica (1908)Ainu peopleA group of Ainu people, c. 1870Ainu bear sacrifice. Japanese scroll painting, c. 1870The Oki Dub Ainu Band, led by the Ainu Japanese musician Oki, in Germany in 2007Map of Ainu in HokkaidoAinu hunters, 19th centuryAinu man, circa 1880John Batchelor took a picture of this Ainu man, who Batchelor said had hair completely covering his body.Ainu men often have heavy beards.Ainu woman with mouth tattoos and live bear1843 illustration of Ainu1862 illustration of an Ainu man (left) and a Nivkh couple (right)Woman playing a tonkoriAinu ceremonial dress, British MuseumBear hunting, 19th centuryAinu traditional ceremony, c. 1930Ainu cultural promotion centre and museum, in Sapporo (Sapporo Pirka Kotan)People wearing traditional Ainu clothes in HokkaidoSakhalin Ainu men, photographed by Bronisław PiłsudskiKuril Ainu people in front of the traditional dwellingBull and cow mooseCow mooseMoose calfStaged picture of a moose hunt in Norway, date unknownGrowing antlers are covered with a soft, furry covering called "velvet". Blood vessels in the velvet transport nutrients to support antler growth.Young female (A. a. americana) in early June.Crossing a riverBark strippingBull moose eating a fireweed plantBull moose browses a beaver pondA bull moose, disturbed by the photographer, lowers its head and raises its hackles.Iron Age saddle from Siberia, depicting a moose being hunted by a Siberian tiger.Moose attacked by wolvesKilling a moose in typical fashion: biting the hindquartersMoose and reflectionLong legs allow moose to wade easily through deep water or snow.Moose trophy headMoose scat is commonly found on trails. Some souvenir shops sell bags of it, sealed with shellac and labeled with humorous names.Norwegian road sign.Warning sign in Alaska where trees and brush are trimmed along high moose crossing areas so that moose can be seen as they approach the road.Moose (A. a. gigas) crossing a road in Alaska.File:MSU V1 - Alces alces pack animals 2.pngMoose kept as pack animals, Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve, December 1952An artist's rendition of Libralces gallicusAlderA Red Alder seed is a tiny samara like those of all aldersAlder coat of arms of Grossarl, AustriaSpeckled alder (Alnus incana subsp. rugosa)—leavesLeaves of the tag alderGreen Alder (Alnus viridis)Alnus × spaethiiPups of Arctic fox with summer morphA Arctic fox (Summer morph) with fishArctic fox sleeping with its tail wrapped around itselfThe Arctic fox's seasonal furs, summer (top), "blue" (middle), and winter (bottom)SkullAphaenogaster dlusskyana worker in amberAphaenogaster gonacantha workerA. lepida worker and maleThe front and rear sides of a piece of birch barkBirch leavesBirch trees near stream in Hankasalmi, FinlandA stand of birch treesBirch tree in autumnBirch plywoodA birch bark inscription excavated from Novgorod, circa 1240–1260SkullBootherium skullMaria Grazia BuccellaMale and haremFur seal pups, including one rare albinoOverview of rookeryNorthern fur seal pupsMen killing fur seals on Saint Paul Island, Alaska, 1890sCarpenter ant cleaning antennaeCarpenter ants carrying a dead beeA major worker of Camponotus sp.Carpenter ant colony in an old fir stumpC. pennsylvanicus, winged maleC. crispulus queenWood damage by C. herculeanusThis structural board was destroyed by carpenter ants. They left the dense "late wood" of each growth ring intact, to use as galleries.This structural board was destroyed by carpenter ants. They left the dense "late wood" of each growth ring intact, to use as galleries.Honeypot ants in Northern Territory, AustraliaCarabus macropus in a colour plate from Jacobson 1905-1915Carabus favieri fezzanusCarabus hispanusCarabus rutilansC. rutilansLarvaSkeleton of Cervus elaphus found at Għar DalamStag and hindsA group of hinds with calvesTwo males roaringRed deer matingjuvenileThe Monarch of the Glen, 1851, by Sir Edwin Landseer, an iconic image of the 19th centuryRustic deer antler candle holderChrysolina bicolorChrysolina hypericiChrysolina numidaChrysolina quadrigeminaYoung male catkins of Corylus avellanaA hazel coppice in winter at Bubbenhall in Warwickshire, England.Crepidula walshi, now Siphopatella walshiCrepidula immersa, now Maoricypta or ZeacryptaSkull of a cross between a narwhal and a beluga whale, at the Zoological Museum, CopenhagenSkeleton of D. leucasFront view of a Beluga whale in captivity Head of a beluga showing its distinctive white colouring and the large frontal prominence that houses the melonSpiracle in the back of a beluga's headA beluga showing its tail fin in shallow water in Vancouver Aquarium, CanadaEmission and reception of sounds in a toothed whaleAerial view of a pod of belugas swimming at the surfacePacific salmon, the staple diet of belugas from AlaskaFemale and calfVocalizations of Delphinapterus leucas published by NOAACircumpolar distribution of beluga populations showing the main subpopulationsBeluga in the mouth of the Churchill River in the Hudson Bay, CanadaIllustration from 1883 showing Dena'ina hunting party harpooning a beluga in Cook Inlet, AlaskaRussian scientists working on the White Whale Program place transmitters onto whales in Sea of OkhotskBeluga whales in an aquarium interacting with trainersBeluga at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Saguenay RiversVideo explaining conservation efforts in the Sea of Okhotsk, RussiaPictured on Faroe Islands stampEngravings on beluga bonesMother sea otter with rare twin pups, Morro Bay, California. Sea otter twin births are rare, and the high demands on the mother usually result in one pup being abandoned.[16]Sea otter ln Morro Bay, CaliforniaSea otter floating in Morro Bay, CaliforniaA sea otter's thick fur makes its body appear plumper on land than in the waterFile:MSU V2P1b - Enhydra lutris skull.pngSkull, as illustrated by N. N. KondakovSensitive vibrissae and forepaws enable sea otters to find prey using their sense of touchSea otters are keystone species and keep sea urchin populations in check. Its depopulation in the Aleutian Islands may have led to the decline of kelp and subsequently of sea cows.[17]Sleeping sea otters holding paws, photographed at the Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[18] Note the high buoyancy of the animals' bodies.During mating, the male bites the nose of the female, often bloodying and scarring itA mother floats with her pup on her chest. Georg Steller wrote, "They embrace their young with an affection that is scarcely credible."[19]Sea otter, Kenai Fjords National Park, AlaskaJohn Webber's Sea Otter, circa 1788Sea otter nursing pup. California has almost 3,000 sea otters, descendants of about 50 individuals discovered in 1938.Sea otters keep kelp forests healthy by eating animals that graze on kelpRemote areas of coastline, such as this area in California, sheltered the few remaining colonies of sea otters that survived the fur tradeAleut men in Unalaska in 1896 used waterproof kayak gear and garments to hunt sea ottersPelt sales (in thousands) in the London fur market – the drop beginning in the 1880s reflects dwindling sea otter populations.[20]In the wake of the March 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, heavy sheens of oil covered large areas of Prince William SoundSea otters in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary – note the unusual shape of the hind feet, in which the outer toes are longestFile:Moss-landing-otter.jpgSea otters like this one near Moss Landing are a tourist attraction in the Monterey Bay area in CaliforniaAleut carving of a sea otter huntSea otters at the Lisbon Oceanarium show their flexibility when groomingEpipremnumEpipremnum giganteumGray whaleSkeletonA close-up of a gray whale's double blow hole and some of its encrusted barnaclesGray whale breachingGray whale spouting along shores of YachatsA whale swims nearby Santa Monica Mountains.Gray whale breaching off the coast of Santa Barbara, CaliforniaA gray whale viewed from aboveA gray whale breaching in a lagoon on the coast of MexicoA gray whale swims near surf on Nootka Island within residential range.A gray whale in the water of Sakhalin.Charles Melville Scammon's 1874 illustration of a gray whaleJoint American-Russian freeing effort of whales entrapped by ice floe in Beaufort Sea.Steller sea lion skullRelative sizes of sleeping Steller sea lion pup, adult female, and male on Yamsky Islands in the northeast Sea of OkhotskSteller sea lions congregate on rocks in the Gulf Islands of British ColumbiaAdult bull, females, and pups near Juneau, AlaskaSteller sea lion pup (Kuril Islands, Russia)Steller sea lions haul out on Amak IslandSteller sea lions near Vancouver IslandSteller sea lion releasing air underwaterExiliaHelophorus grandisRibbon seal pup on the iceRibbon sealSteller's sea cowThe skull of a Steller's sea cow, Natural History Museum of LondonIllustrations of the dentition of Steller's sea cow by Johann Christian Daniel von SchreberStejneger's 1925 reconstruction of Steller measuring a sea cow in 17421966 Soviet postage stamp depicting Bering's second voyage and the discovery of the Commander IslandsKotick the white seal talking to sea cows in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1895)LaurusLeistusAnatomy of LittorinaParsonsia browniiParsonsia browniiMagnoliaMagnolia seeds and fruit on a tree in northern ArgentinaMagnolia grandifloraMagnolia flowers in Wiesbaden, GermanyM. obovataM. wilsoniiM. fraseriM. macrophylla var. ashei flower in female phaseM. liliifloraMagnolia × albaMagnolia × soulangeanaFlowering Magnolia figo 'Purple Queen'Magnolia × wieseneriMagnolia tree in full bloomMagnolia tree in KenoshaMagnolia tree in the Fall.Magnolia by Sarah MaloneyA sea otter at Moss Landing, California, eating what appear to be Mya arenariaNebria bonellei in a colour plate from Jacobson 1905-1915Abapertural view of the shell of Neptunea lyrataCollared pika on Hatcher Pass, AlaskaOchotona sp. fossilsVegetation pile, drying on rocks for subsequent storage. Gad Valley, Snowbird Ski Resort, Little Cottonwood Canyon, UtahAmerican pika with mouthful of dried grass. Sequoia National Park, CAPika Ochotona sp. fossil distribution. Extinct pikas and Ochotona indet. are red, steppe pikaO. pusillablue, northern pikaO. hyperboreagreen, other extant pikas black.[21][22][n 1]Fossil occurrences of leporids and ochotonids and global environmental change (climate change, C3/C4 plants distribution).[21]Walrus, labeled Ros marus piscis, is depicted in а 16th-century map of Scandinavia (the Carta Marina)Young male Pacific walruses on Cape Pierce in Alaska. Note the variation in the curvature and orientation of the tusks and the bumpy skin (bosses), typical of males.Walrus using its tusks to hang on a breathing hole in the ice near St. Lawrence Island, Bering SeaSkeletonSkull without tuskSkull with tusksToothWalruses fightingA pup of walrus at Kamogawa Seaworld, JapanVibrissae of captive walrus (Japan)Walruses leaving the waterHunter sitting on dozens of walruses killed for their tusksWalrus tusk engraving made by Chukchi artisans depicting polar bears attacking walruses, on display in the Magadan Regional Museum, Magadan, RussiaTrained walrus in captivity at SeaWorld San AntonioWalrus being fed at Skansen in Stockholm, Sweden, 1908Walrus ivory masks made by Yupik in AlaskaJohn Tenniel's illustration for Lewis Carroll's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter"Dutch explorers fight a walrus on the coast of Novya Zemlya, 1596Walrus cows and yearlings (short tusks), photo courtesy USFWSEuceratherium skeletonThis skull, in the collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, displays the muskox's large horns.Fossil Ovibos moschatus skull from prehistoric SiberiaMuskox family in east GreenlandNunivak Island, Alaskan muskoxen in the 1930s, shown here in defensive formationMuskox in Dovrefjell National Park, NorwayDall sheepWhitecoated pupHarp seal mother nursing pupParo, a medical robot pet based on the harp sealPandora (1861) by Pierre Loison (1816–1886)Jules Joseph Lefebvre: Pandora, 1882Swedish soprano Christine Nilsson as Pandora by Alexandre Cabanel.[23] The Walters Art Museum.John William Waterhouse: Pandora, 1896Pandora trying to close the box she has opened. At left, the evils of the world taunt her as they escape. Engraving, based on a painting by F.S. Church.A pithos from Crete, ca. 675 BC (Louvre Museum)An Attic pyxis, 440–430 BC (British Museum)Nicolas Régnier: Allegory of Vanity—Pandora, c. 1626. Régnier portrayed Pandora with a jar, not a box.backflippersPup of ringed seal.Preparation of the ringed sealskin of the ringed seal.SkeletonHarbor seal toothHarbor seal skull and jawsHarbor seal colony in Helgoland, GermanyPup nursing at Point LobosPicea used in coat-of-arms of Kuhmo, FinlandP. glauca sapling, Kluane National Park, CanadaImmature P. mariana cones, Ouimet Canyon, Ontario, CanadaP. pungens cone and foliageP. abies woodSpruce (Picea mariana) essential oil in a clear glass vialFoliage and conesSeedsWhite spruce taiga along the Denali Highway in the Alaska RangeA dwarf Alberta white spruce in Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic GardenA dwarf Alberta spruce, with reversion in one branchBlack Hills spruce grown as bonsaiNeedles and conesBlack spruce taiga, Copper River, Alaska.Foliage, mature seed cone, and (center) old pollen coneSitka spruce forest in the Olympic Mountains, WashingtonFelled Sitka spruce, Oregon Coast Range, 1918Sitka spruce in the Hoh rain forest in Olympic National ParkEnd grain on P. sitchensis plankRadially cut plank of P. sitchensisSitka spruce trees with burls, Olympic National Forest, WashingtonPine Forest in Vagamon, Southern Western Ghats, Kerala (India)A Khasi pine in Benguet, PhilippinesHuangshan pine (Pinus hwangshanensis), Anhui, ChinaAncient Pinus longaeva, Nevada, USABark chipsIllustration of needles, cones, and seeds of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)A prescribed fire in a European black pine (Pinus nigra) woodland, PortugalLogging Pinus ponderosa, Arizona, USAPinus sylvestris prepared for transport, HungaryPine coneTongue and groove solid pine flooringEdible seeds of the Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis)Foliage and conesLarge P. monticolaWestern white pine in St. Joe National Forest. Died in 1998 and was cut down in 1999.PopulusMale catkins of Populus × canadensisPopulus nigra in autumnLeaves of Populus lasiocarpaFastigiate black poplar cultivar of the Plantierensis group, in HungaryPoplars dominate the flora of Khorog City Park, Gorno-Badakhshan, TajikistanPopular Populus variety G48 in Punjab, India; Jhalli Farms Village Niara/HoshiarpurTraditional Pamiris houseRotor poplar and willow cuttings planter, planting a new nursery of poplar for biomass with short rotationHarbor seal swimmingHarbor seal in Svalbard Old oak tree on the shore of Lake Koluvere, Estonia.A hybrid white oak, possibly Quercus stellata × Q. muhlenbergiiHeart of oak beams of the frame of Saint-Girons church in Monein, FranceSherry maturing in oak barrelsA cross section of the trunk of a cork oak, Quercus suberOak forest in Estonia.Oak on sandy earth.Oak forest on the beach in Njivice, CroatiaOak powdery mildew on pedunculate oakOak branches on the coat of arms of EstoniaGrīdnieku ancient oak in Rumbas parish, Latvia, girth 8.27m, 2015Tamme-Lauri oak is the thickest and oldest tree in Estonia.The Big Oak, by Gustave Courbet (1843).Reindeer losing the velvet layer under which a new antler is growing, an annual processSkullCaribou licking salt from roadway in British ColumbiaSwedish reindeerThe size of the antlers plays a significant role in establishing the hierarchy in the group.[13]Swedish reindeer walkingReindeer standing on snow to avoid blood-sucking insects.Approximate range of caribou subspecies in North America. Overlap is possible for contiguous range. 1.R. t. caribou subdivided into ecotypes: woodland (boreal), woodland (migratory), woodland (montane), 2.R. t. dawsoni extinct 1907, 3. R. t. granti, 4.R. t. groenlandicus, 5. R. t. groenlandicus/pearyi6. R. t. pearyiMale Porcupine caribou R. t. granti in AlaskaThe Beverly herd of barren-ground caribou, Thelon River, Nunavut.[14]The Peary caribou is a relatively small and pale subspecies found in the tundra of far northern North America. Unsurprisingly, it is part of the group known as tundra reindeer.Characteristically small and relatively short-legged reindeer from SvalbardSvalbard reindeer (R. t. platyrhynchus)Southernmost reindeer: South Georgian reindeer with velvet-covered antlersReindeer pulling a sled in RussiaEarly 20th Century Inuit parka from caribou skinA reindeer sled, Arkhangelsk, Russia. Late nineteenth-century photochromMilking reindeer in the 19th centuryTragelaphus or deer-goatTwo Scottish reindeer relax after pulling Santa's sleigh at the switching on of Christmas lightsMunicipalities in Lääne CountyKoluvere castle dating from the 13th centuryNorth-west coast of Estonia near Nõva, Lääne countySaiga antelope skull and taxidermy mount on display at the Museum of Osteology.File:MSU V2P1a - Saiga tatarica carcass.pngRemains of male saiga killed by a pair of gray wolves at a waterhole. Chu river valley, Kazakhstan. 3 November 1955.Saiga in West Kazakhstan. 2017Stuffed saiga herd at The Museum of Zoology, St. PetersburgExamples of Saiga Antelope Horn Products Seized by the Hong Kong GovernmentShells of Scaphander lignarius with preserved soft parts insideJovian siliqua, c. 363Constantine III (usurper)Underside of S. droebacheinsisS. droebachiensis righting itselfCypress knees at low water, Wee Tee Lake, South CarolinaFossil leaf of Taxodium dubium, 8 Mil. years old, Hambach lignite open pit mine, GermanyBald cypress in Trap Pond State Park, DelawareBald cypress rangeBald cypress on the Texas side of Caddo LakeFoliage in autumn just before sheddingBald cypress swamp and Spanish moss at First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach, VAA bald cypress in the Atchafalaya Basin of LouisianaBald cypress knees in duckweedBald cypress forest in winter, showing "knees" and (brown) high flood level, Lynches River, Johnsonville, South Carolina
Timber
The Roman diocese of Thraciae.Personification of the province of Thrace from the HadrianeumTrichotropis bicarinataTsuga diversifolia foliage and cones in snowTsuga mertensiana foliage and conesTsuga canadensis boughs shedding older foliage in autumnTsuga (Tsuga canadensis) essential oilTsuga heterophyllaT. heterophylla often grows on coarse woody debris such as nurse logs and cut stumpsThe ball-headed graft narvan elm, Ulmus minor 'Umbraculifera', cultivated in Persia and widely planted in central Asia.Lafayette Street, Salem, Massachusetts: an example of the 'high-tunnelled effects' of Ulmus americana avenues once common in New EnglandCamperdown elm (Ulmus 'Camperdown'), cultivated in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New YorkAn avenue of elm trees in Fitzroy Gardens, MelbourneElm woodElm in boat-building: John Constable, Boat-building near Flatford Mill, 1815 (landscape with hybrid elms Ulmus × hollandica[24])English longbow of elmInternal mill-wheel of elm, De Hoop mill, Oldebroek, NetherlandsChinese Elm Ulmus parvifolia bonsaiAchilles and ScamanderDryadThe Sibyl and AeneasUnder the elm, Brighton, 2006A rooted cutting of European White Elm (July)Vaccinium oxycoccos, the common cranberry, one kind of cranberryHarvest cranberries, New Jersey, United StatesDeveloping inflorescences of Vitis viniferaVitis coignetiae with autumn leavesVitis for producing Sherry at Jerez'Palatina', a German grapeRed foxV. bengalensis's distributionV. cana distributionV. chama distributionV. corsac distributionV. ferrilata distributionVulpes lagopus distributionV. macrotis distributionV. pallida distributionV. reuppellii distributionV. velox distributionV. vulpes distributionV. zerda distributionComparative illustration of skulls of red fox (left) and Rüppell's fox (right): Note the more developed facial area of the former.Skull of a northern foxSkull of a southern grey desert foxRed fox (left) and corsac fox (right) yawningVarious red fox colour mutationsWhite morph red foxes may be distinguished from Arctic foxes by their 25% greater size, longer muzzles, and longer, pointed ears.[25] This captive example shows the dark pigment of the eyes, nose, and lips that would not occur in an albino. Complete albinism in red foxes is rare and primarily occurs in southern forest zones. Typically, albinism is accompanied by deformations and usually develops in years of insufficient food.[26]A pair of European red foxes at the British Wildlife Centre, Surrey, EnglandA pair of Cascade red foxes (V. v. cascadensis) matingEuropean red fox kit in OxfordshireKits coming out of their denSide and above view of a red fox denA European red fox (V. vulpes crucigera) in an inquisitive postureA European red fox (V. vulpes crucigera) in an alert postureA pair of Wasatch mountain foxes (V. v. macroura) squabblingFox barks, UK, January 1977Red fox with coypu.Red fox confronting a grey foxGolden eagle feeding on red foxFox challenging two badgersA North American red foxEuropean red fox with mangeReynard the Fox in an 1869 children's bookNine-tailed fox, from the Qing edition of the Shan Hai JingBeagle and Fox (1885) by Bruno LiljeforsRed fox peltsCarcass of a lamb near a fox denFox in a Birmingham garden investigates a rabbit hutchRed fox in an urban environmentRed fox in central LondonEating from a bag of biscuits"Fleet" the urban fox from the BBC's WinterwatchA ground crab spider with earthy colorationRoman empire under Hadrian (ruled 117–38), showing the imperial province of Thracia in southeastern Europe.Map of the Poul Creek Formation in AlaskaSemibalanus balanoidesMagdalenian bison on plaque, 17,000–9,000 BC, Bédeilhac grottoe, AriègeBisons depicted at Cave of AltamiraSkulls of European bison (left) and American bison (right)A group of images by Eadweard Muybridge, set to motion to illustrate the movement of the bisonA bison charges an elk at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge."Last of the Canadian Buffaloes", 1902, photograph: Steele and CompanyA bison and an elk grazing together in the Yellowstone National Park.Wolves hunting bisonPhoto from the 1870s of a pile of American bison skulls waiting to be ground for fertilizer.Fossil Branchioplax carmanahensis.Artist's impression of a Beringian wolfF1wolf-dog hybrids from Wildlife Park Kadzidlowo, Poland. The first is the product of a male wolf and a female spaniel, while the latter comes from a female wolf and a male West Siberian LaikaDifferences between gray wolf and coyoteGray wolf skeletonWolf mandible diagram showing the names and positions of the teeth.Black and white-furred gray wolvesGray wolf packGray wolves matingIllustration of various gray wolf growth stagesAmerican bison standing its ground, thereby increasing its chance of survivalGray wolf trotting. The gray wolf generally places its hind paws in the tracks made by the front paws.[27]Two gray wolves eating a white-tailed deerFacial expressions (Konrad Lorenz, 1952). Bottom to top: increasing fear (ears back); left to right: increasing aggression (snarl); top right: maximum of both.Gray wolf howlingGray wolf marking its territory with urineGray wolf carrying caribou hindquarter, Denali National ParkGray wolves attacking brown bear with cubsGray wolves confronting coyotes over pronghorn carcass (1919), Louis Agassiz FuertesPolychromecave painting of a gray wolf, Font-de-Gaume, FranceLast wolf to be killed in central Finland (Karstula, 1911)Range of Canis lupus in Europe, based on Canis lupus European regional assessment, IUCN and Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe. Lime color stands for population lower than 800, while green is above 800.European wolf in Bavarian Forest National Park, GermanyIndian Wolf at Velavadar (Blackbuck National Park, Gujarat)Gray wolf near Ardahan, Turkey. Although Turkish wolves have no legal protection, they may number about 7000 individuals.[28]Historical range of Subspecies of Canis lupus in North America100 lb (45 kg) gray wolf killed in Montana, 1928. Before they were extirpated around 1930, Montana's wolves could be very large. Wolves recolonized the state from Canada beginning in the 1970s.Captive Mexican gray wolfFootage of a gray wolf taken from Abruzzo Natural Park showing advanced signs of canine distemperLittle Red Riding Hood (1883), Gustave DoréCoat of arms of the Elvange family, featuring a wolf charge rampantWaiting for a Chinook (c. 1900), Charles Marion RussellChild snatched by a wolf (1914), Le Petit JournalCarcasses of hunted wolves in Russia.Gray wolves and coyotes used as draught animals in northern Ontario, 1923CastaliaBearded sealBearded seal pupCave art depicting a woolly mammoth and other animals, from the Rouffignac Cave, FranceModel depicting the calf "Dima", StuttgartCopy of an interpretation of the "Adams mammoth" carcass from around 1800, with Johann Friedrich Blumenbach's handwriting1930s illustration of the lectotype molars by Henry Fairfield Osborn. The left one is now lost.Georges Cuvier's 1796 comparison between the mandible of a woolly mammoth (bottom left and top right) and an Indian elephant (top left and bottom right)Cast of an intermediate form between M. trogontherii and M. primigenius; M. p. fraasi, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde StuttgartModel at the Royal BC MuseumFur in Naturhistorisches Museum, ViennaSkeleton with asymmetrical tusks, Barcelona Mammoth MuseumMolar from Font de Champdamoy, France, Musée Georges-GarretMural depicting a herd walking near the Somme River, by Charles R. Knight, 1916, American Museum of Natural HistoryLower leg and foot of the "Yukagir mammoth"Replica of a ca. 26,000-year-old ivory carving depicting a mammoth, Krahuletz-MuseumThe frozen calf "Lyuba" which still had food in its stomach, Royal BC MuseumMandibles and lower molars, BarcelonaCross sectioned tusk with growth ringsHead of the "Yukagir mammoth"; the trunk is not preservedSkeletal diagram showing the size of the largest European specimen and a smaller Siberian specimenWoolly mammoth carved in ivory, discovered by Édouard Lartet in 1864Cro-Magnon artists painting mammoths in Font-de-Gaume, by Charles R. Knight, 1920Reconstructed bone hut based on finds in Mezhyrich, exhibited in JapanThe Venus of Brassempouy, made from woolly mammoth ivory, National Archaeological Museum, FranceSkull and jaw of the calf "Yuka", which may have been extracted from the carcass by prehistoric humans16,500-year-old mammoth spear thrower from France, British MuseumMap showing climatic suitability for woolly mammoths in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene: red is increasing suitability, green is decreasing suitability. Black points are records of mammoths, black lines are the northern limit of humansSkull discovered by fishermen in the North Sea, at Celtic and Prehistoric Museum, IrelandMounted "family group" from RussiaThe "Adams mammoth" on exhibit in Vienna; skin can be seen on its head and feetA third of this model is covered with the skin of the "Berezovka mammoth", Museum of Zoology, St. Petersburg"Dima", a frozen calf about seven months oldFrozen calf nicknamed "Mascha"The frozen calf "Yuka"Model of an adult, Naturkundemuseum StuttgartA mammoth tusk with Inuit carvings of scenes on the Yukon River, 19th century, De Young MuseumPeter III of Russia carved in mammoth ivoryLa fuite devant le mammouth, Paul Jamin, 1885Marmota primigenia fossilBoiled blue mussels in Normandy, FranceMyricaO. japonica, O. × intermedia, and O. lanceaPortunidaeAgriotheriumTiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)Life cycleTiger salamander larvaeFront limbAn A. giganteus skull with chipped left canine and more severely damaged right canine. This chipping is not severe enough to be called a true break, which would be in excess of half of the caninePallid batWingspan of the pallid batRestoration by Charles R. Knight, 1902Camelops spine bone68,000-year-old C. hesternus skeleton at the Waco Mammoth National MonumentLife reconstruction of C. hesternusClusters of staminate (male) flowers of C. africana, with 4 tepals and 4 stamens eachLeaf of C. occidentalisCommon beak (Libythea lepita) caterpillars feed on CeltisCuvieroniusLife restoration of Cuvieronius hyodon, based on specimens from MexicoTooth of CuvieroniusSkull, University of California Museum of PaleontologySkullFoot bonesTipton kangaroo rat (D. nitratoides nitratoides) at the California Living Museum in BakersfieldAssemblage of bones, illustrated as discovery in situ, of Equus scottiArtist's reconstruction of Hagerman horse (left) with Grevy's zebra (middle) and Domesticated horse (right).Juvenile male – young males spend their first winters with their mothers.E. d. dorsatum, resting in a tree, Ottawa, OntarioPorcupines prior to mating. The female is higher in the tree.RoadrunnerRoadrunner beak clatterGreater roadrunner with a lizardGreater roadrunners often become habituated to the presence of people.Greater roadrunner warming itself in the sun, exposing the dark skin and feathers on its back.Three views of the same specimenThree views of the same specimenGreater roadrunnerGreater roadrunner on the runGlossotheriumG. robustum in ViennaJuvenile G. robustumH. serum size comparisonH. serum skullA baculum from Indarctos arctoides.Wild hare doe in city gardenHareBrooklyn Museum - California Hare - John J. AudubonCape hare Lepus capensisEuropean hare (above) and mountain hareYoung Hare, a watercolour, 1502, by Albrecht DürerDreihasenfenster (Window of Three Hares) in Paderborn CathedralEarly restoration by Lancelot Speed from 1905 depicting Machairodus with tiger-like markingsM. aphanistus skeleton from Cerro de los BatallonesYellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula), ThailandMegatylopus"Ten" from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien ToriyamaJapanese weaselLong-tailed weaselSkulls of a long-tailed weasel (top), a stoat (bottom left) and least weasel (bottom right), as illustrated in Merriam's Synopsis of the Weasels of North AmericaLong-tailed weasel in winter fur attacking a quail, as illustrated in Popular Science MonthlyNothrotheriumSkinA muskrat skullA muskrat eating a plant, showing the long claws used for digging burrowsA muskrat push-upMuskrat swimming, Rideau River, OttawaMuskrat fur coatMuskrat trap in the NetherlandsA juvenile (lamb)Bighorn ramsA bighorn ram following a juvenile eweSkullA petroglyph of a caravan of bighorn sheep near Moab, Utah, United States, a common theme in glyphs from the desert southwestBighorn sheepRhynchotheriumSouthern Spadefoot toad, Florida-adultRear foot of a Couch's Spadefoot, Scaphiopus couchii demonstrating the "spade" that gives them their nameSciurus granatensisPonderosa pine groovePonderosa pine foliage and conesAbert's squirrel collecting nesting materialView of an Abert's squirrel showing rusty/reddish stripe on back.Sciurus aberti ferreus: foothills west of DenverAbert's squirrel eating a ponderosa pineconeAlarm callStenomylus hitchcockiS. conklingi skullMale desert cottontail at 8 weeks, and the same specimen at 16 months of ageSubmissive posture anticipating foodCalifornia High Desert cottontail on alert for predatorsMother and juvenileAdult female American badger (sow)American badgerAmerican Badger SkullA paw with long and sharp claw of American badger. American badger can dig the ground with this claw.American badger at Omaha's Henry Doorly ZooBadgers can be found in the sagebrush deserts of eastern Oregon.Dentition, as illustrated in Knight's Sketches in Natural HistoryTerrapene carolina carolina (young)T.c.bauri hatchlingRings on the scutes of T.c.triunguis. Rings can be used to estimate the age of box turtles in their early years.Distribution of the four species of TerrapeneDrake of the ring-necked duck (A. collaris) in alternate plumage. Note black wings.Dressel 1B type amphora Key : 1 : rim - 2 : neck - 3 : handle - 4 : shoulder - 5 : belly or body - 6 : footChinese celadon vase in form similar to an amphora, Song or Yuan DynastyLarge late Geometric Attic amphora, c. 725–700 BCPanathenaic prize amphora for runners, c. 530 BCA Greek glass amphora, 2nd half of the 2nd century BC, from Olbia, Roman-era Sardinia, now in the Altes MuseumSkull of a North American Beaver found on San Francisco Bay shoreBeaver lodge, Ontario, CanadaBeaver dam, northern California, USABeavers use rocks for their dams when mud and branches are less available as seen on Bear Creek, a tributary to the Truckee River, in Alpine Meadows, California.C. c. canadensis, feeding in winterBrooklyn Museum – American Beaver – John J. AudubonSkulls of a European and Canadian beaver.Canada goose nest on beaver lodge Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) jumping beaver dam Tree felled by beaver (C. c. canadensis), diameter 20 cmBeaver before being drowned by trapper's snare in Lincoln Park, Chicago 2008After trapping, beaver lodge reappears in Lincoln Park, Chicago, fall, 2009Beaver damage on the north shore of Robalo Lake, Navarino Island, ChileBeaver sculpture over entrance to Canadian Parliament BuildingKnown watershed locations of Catostomus commersoniiShells of Cochlicopa lubricaColumellaStatue of Columella, holding a sickle and an ox-yoke, in the Plaza de las Flores, CádizDe re rustica, 1564Modern copy of the Diskophoros, attributed to AlkamenesDiscus-thrower, tondo of a kylix by the Kleomelos Painter, Louvre MuseumModern copy of Myron's Discobolus in University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden, DenmarkRutger Smith in phases of the discus throwRobert Garrett at the 1896 Summer OlympicsGerd Kanter in OsakaA young E. lucius specimen—a "Chain pickerel" in the original sense—in an aquarium.Pike in Haus des Meeres, ViennaSign on the River Shannon, IrelandA caught pikeFossil EsoxUusikaupunki coat of armsThe canting arms of Lucie de Cockermouth: Gules, three lucies in pale argent, (2 and 1).Coat of arms of Gimte, in Lower Saxony, Germany.Northern pike in the Aquarium Dubuisson [fr]Esox lucius skullNorthern pike in public aquarium in Kotka, FinlandNorthern pike in the Straussee at StrausbergDrawing of northern pikePrague Vltava fish exhibitionE. lucius caught and released by an angler in lake Finzula, CroatiaNorthern pike caught with a fishing lure in BelgiumEuropean ash in flowerNarrow-leafed ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) shoot with leavesCanker on an ash tree in North Ayrshire, ScotlandEmerald ash borerWhooping crane in flightWhooping cranes breed in marshes.At Calgary Zoo, Alberta, CanadaYoung whooping cranes completing their first migration, from Wisconsin to Florida, in January 2009, following an ultralight aircraft. This procedure is carried out by Operation Migration.In 1957, the whooping crane was featured on a U.S. postage stamp supporting wildlife conservation.Walnut is one of the main ingredients of Baklava and Turkish cuisine.Persian walnut (Juglans regia) seedsThe shells of walnutsStaining from handling walnuts with husksWalnut shoot cut longitudinally to show chambered pith, scale in mmWalnut tree in a gardenJapanese walnut foliage and nutsTamarack larch foliage and cones in August. The lighter brown cones are from the current season; the darker brown cones are mature cones from previous seasons.Tamarack sapling in a sphagnum bogYoung tree with fall colorsLarix laricina bonsaiLycopodiumA shell of Lymnaea stagnalisThe dissected central ring ganglia of Lymnaea stagnalis. Scale bar is 1 mm. LBuG and RBuG: left and right buccal ganglia LCeG and RCeG: left and right cerebral ganglia LPeG and RPeG: left and right pedal ganglia LPIG and RPIG: left and right pleural ganglia LPaG and RPaG: left and right parietal ganglia VG: visceral ganglion.Lymnaea stagnalis in typical mating position of this species. The top snail is performing the male role (sperm donor), its white preputium (penis-carrying organ, Pp) can be seen inserted under the shell of the sperm recipient, where the female opening is located. During insemination, sperm (from the seminal vesicles) and seminal fluids (from the prostate gland) are transferred. Since these are simultaneous hermaphrodites, sexual roles can be swapped immediately afterwards.[29]Eggs of Lymnaea stagnalisPediastrum boryanumShell of Physella acuta.Drawing of the right valve external view of Pisidium moitessierianumDrawing of the right valve internal view ofPisidium moitessierianumDrawing of the right valve lateral view of Pisidium moitessierianumPlatygonus compressus skeletonPlatygonus compressus skeleton.Platygonus compressus skull in The Children’s Museum of IndianapolisPlatygonus compressus skullSori on outer edge under the leavesYoung bracken fronds curledBracken in Ireland with a linear pattern running across the hillside, a possible indication of past cultivation.At the base of the petiole a pair of stipules form. These may fall in spring, or last for much of the summer or even for more than one year (marcescence).Young male catkinA Weeping Willow, an example of a hybrid between two types of willowKnotted willow and woodpile in the Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen, Ghent, BelgiumMale catkin of Salix cinerea with beeWillow tree in spring, EnglandWillow tree with woodbine honeysuckleThe willow tree as seen as the main part of an heraldic escutcheon over the main portal of a patrician house belonging to the Salis family in Chur, Switzerland, circa 1750Environmental art installation "Sandworm" in the Wenduine Dunes, Belgium, made entirely out of willowCurled up Selaginella tamariscinaWallace's Selaginella (Selaginella wallacei)Selaginella selaginoidesSelaginella willdenowii is known for its iridescent coloursRed sphagnum closeupSphagnum with Northern Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia purpurea) at Brown's Lake Bog, Ohio.Peat moss soil amendment, made of partly decayed, dried sphagnum moss.Mer Bleue Conservation Area, a large, protected Sphagnum bog near Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaThujaFoliage of the cultivar 'Rheingold'T. plicata bark, foliageOld growthT. plicata, Olympic Peninsula, USAThuja occidentalis cultivar 'EuropeGold' Lime nail galls, caused by the mite Eriophyes tiliaeLeaves and trunkT. johnsoni leaf fossil, 49 Ma, Washington, USABombus terrestris on Tilia cordataLimewood Saint George by Tilman Riemenschneider, circa 1490Bole of an ancient Tilia at Frankenbrunn, BavariaAncient lime tree at Chilston Park, EnglandAvenue of lime trees at Turville Heath15-year-old lime-tree, Haute-Savoie, FranceTyphaTypha in art. Bruno Piglhein, Hirtenknabe ("Shepherd Boy").A shell of Vallonia pulchellaTwo views of the type specimen of Valvata oregonensis. Width: 8.0 mm, height: 5.0 mm.Side view of the shell of Valvata sinceraVertigoVertigo alpestrisA Jumping Mouse of Canada (1797), by Thomas DaviesKey features of a wolf skull and dentitionDentition of an Ice Age wolfTimeline of canids with Canis armbrusteri in red. (Tedford & Wang)Display at the Page Museum of 404 dire wolf skulls found in the La Brea Tar Pits[30]Restoration of a pack in Rancho La Brea by Charles R. Knight, 1922[31]Two dire wolves and a saber-toothed cat (Smilodon) with the carcass of a Columbian mammoth at the La Brea tar pits by R.Bruce Horsfall[32]Skull of the dire wolf[33]Skeleton from the La Brea Tar Pits mounted in running pose. Note the baculum between the rear legs.Dire wolf skull and neckMounted skeletons of Smilodon and dire wolf near ground sloth bonesMap of US states shaded gray where Canis dirus remains have been foundCloseup of a mountain coyote's (C.l. lestes) headToltec pictograph of coyote.Skeleton of Pleistocene coyote (C.l. orcutti)Melanistic coyotes owe their color to a mutation that first arose in domestic dogs.[34]Coywolf hybrid conceived in captivity between a male gray wolf and a female coyoteMearns' coyote (C. l. mearnsi) pups playingA pack of coyotes in Yellowstone National ParkA coyote howlingUrban coyote in Bernal Heights, San FranciscoA Sonoran Desert coyote at the Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson ArizonaComparative illustration of coyote and gray wolfMountain coyotes (C. l. lestes) cornering a juvenile cougarRange of coyote subspecies as of 1978, (1) Mexican coyote, (2) San Pedro Martir coyote, (3) Salvador coyote, (4) southeastern coyote, (5) Belize coyote, (6) Honduras coyote, (7) Durango coyote, (8) northern coyote, (9) Tiburón Island coyote, (10) plains coyote, (11) mountain coyote, (12) Mearns' coyote, (13) Lower Rio Grande coyote, (14) California valley coyote, (15) peninsula coyote, (16) Texas plains coyote, (17) northeastern coyote, (18) northwest coast coyote, (19) Colima coyote, (20) eastern coyote[35]California valley coyote (C. l. ochropus) suffering from sarcoptic mangeSpirit shield fashioned from coyote skull and crow feathersMural from Atetelco, Teotihuacán depicting coyote warriors.A sign discouraging people from feeding coyotes, which can lead to them habituating themselves to human presence, thus increasing the likelihood of attacksCoyote confronting a dogCoyote with a typical throat hold on domestic sheepFur of a Canadian coyoteC. lunensis skullVideo of captive maned wolves at Ueno Zoo, in JapanDrawing of the skull of a maned wolfA maned wolf and pup at White Oak ConservationManed wolf pupTwo cladograms proposed for Panthera. The upper cladogram is based on the 2006 and 2009 studies, while the other is based on the 2010 and 2011 studies.Range map showing lion subspecies that were considered valid in the late 20th centuryCave lions in the Chauvet Cave, FranceA cylinder seal from Elam (now Iran) featuring an Elamite adaptation of the Babylonian theme of the lion hunt. 800–600 BC. Underbelly hair is visible. Now at the Walters Art Museum.Video of lioness and her cubs in the wild, South AfricaA skeletal mount of an African lion attacking a common eland on display at The Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.During agonistic confrontations with other lions, the mane makes the lion appear largerWhite lions owe their colouring to a recessive alleleAdult male lion stretching in Etosha National Park, NamibiaLion attacked by spotted hyenas in Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South AfricaLioness stealing a kill from an African leopard in Kruger National Park, South AfricaThe Tsavo Man-Eaters on display in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, the United States of AmericaLions mating at Masai MaraNamibian lioness with cub. Mothers do most of the parental care.Captive Kruger lion showing advanced signs of bovine tuberculosisEast African lions seeking refuge from flies by climbing a tree near Lake NakuruHead rubbing and licking are common social behaviours within a prideThe maximal range of lions in the past – red indicates Panthera spelaea, blue Panthera atrox, and green Panthera leo leo/Panthera leo persica.Two male, captive Asiatic lions in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai. The wild population of the endangered Asiatic lions is restricted to the Gir Forest National Park and its vicinity in western India.[36]The Asiatic lion, whose habitat once ranged from the Mediterranean to north-west Indian subcontinent, is today found only in and around the Gir Forest of Gujarat, India. It was estimated that 650 Asiatic lions survive in the wild.[37][38]Black maned male lion, shot in the Sotik Plains, Kenya (May 1909)Lion cubs at Clifton Zoological Gardens, England, 1854Male lion from TransvaalAlbrecht Dürer, lions sketch. (c. 1520)Lion at Melbourne Zoo enjoying an elevated grassy area with some tree shelterNineteenth-century etching of a lion tamer in a cage of lions and tigersGeorgian lion from ColchisA lion depicted on a decorative panel from Darius I the Great's palace of the Persian Empire (550–330 BC).A lion carving in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India (UNESCOWorld Heritage Site)Daniel in the lions' den is an account in Daniel 6 in the BibleA Chinese guardian lion outside Yonghe Temple, BeijingDetail of the Karamon of Nishi Hongan-ji in Kyoto; Momoyama period; National TreasureDepiction of Goddess Durga, her mount is a lionLion in MuseumSkeleton from the La Brea Tar PitsSkullPituophis melanoleucus mugitus, Florida pine snakeFlorida pine snake close up of headFlorida pine snake with a light patternFlorida pine snakePtinusPtinus plagiatusA swift fox napping during the day in a zoo.AriusThe Council of Nicaea, with Arius depicted beneath the feet of the Emperor Constantine and the bishopsConstantine I burning Arian books, illustration from a book of canon law, ca. 825The Arian Baptistry erected by Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great in Ravenna, Italy, around 500Ceiling Mosaic of the Arian Baptistry, in Ravenna, Italy, depicting the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost present, with John the BaptistThe rattle of a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (notice the black and white coloring on the lower right)Occurrences of Iridomyrmex species reported in Australia as of May 2015Meat ant mound near Bungendore, New South WalesWhile most Iridomyrmex species are notable for their aggression, some are quite timid. This worker is moving pupae to a safer location instead of attacking intruders after the nest was exposed.Iridomyrmex with a captured termiteMeat eater ant nest during swarmingFertilised meat-eater ant queen beginning to dig a new colonyI. rufoniger worker tending to a scale insectArtistic depiction of an Antelope JackrabbitA groundhog burrow hole showing size.An adult female groundhog walking through snow in MarchA groundhog has climbed up to reach water in a bird bath.Juvenile groundhog siblings on a morning in early June.Mated groundhogs in March. Female on the left, male on the right.Juvenile groundhog siblings play-fightingGroundhog prepares to feast on an acornEmerged from hibernation in February, groundhog takes leaves to line the burrow nest or toilet chamber.Groundhogs can climb trees to escape predatorsMotionless individual, alert to danger, will whistle when alarmed to warn other groundhogsA groundhog mother and her cubs (kits) in a suburban yardSkeleton on exhibit at The Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, OklahomaStriped skunk pairSkunk in Guelph, Ontario, CanadaStriped skunk peltries.Skulls of a long-tailed weasel (top), a stoat (bottom left) and least weasel (bottom right), as illustrated in Merriam's Synopsis of the Weasels of North AmericaStoat (left) and least weasel (right) pelts—note the stoat's larger size and black tail-tipSkeletonA stoat in winter furYoung stoatStoat killing a European rabbitStoat surplus killing a family of chipmunks, as illustrated by Ernest Thompson SetonLeonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine (1489–1490).Skeleton of an American mink from the Muséum national d'histoire naturelleFile:MSU V2P1b - Mustela vison skull.pngSkull, as illustrated by N. N. Kondakov.American mink with porcupine quills in its face. Yarmouth, NSAmerican mink paws, as illustrated by Ernest Thompson SetonA southern mink (N. v. vulgivagus) in a threatening postureAmerican mink emerges from a pond.American mink in a burrowAmerican mink kitsAmerican mink with fish, in NorwayAn American mink in Lithuania's Kėdainiai districtIllustration of an American mink approaching a board or log trapVarious American mink colour mutationsMink as petThe mask of a raccoon is often interrupted by a brown-black streak that extends from forehead to nose.[39]A Torch Key raccoon (P. l. incautus) in Cudjoe Key, Florida. Subspecies inhabiting the Florida Keys are characterized by their small size and very pale fur.Skull with dentition: 2/2 molars, 4/4 premolars, 1/1 canines, 3/3 incisorsSkeletonBaculum or penis boneLower side of front paw with visible vibrissae on the tips of the digitsEastern raccoons (P. l. lotor) in a tree: The raccoon's social structure is grouped into what Ulf Hohmann calls a "three class society".On an apple treeCaptive raccoons often douse their food before eating.An eastern raccoon (P. l. lotor) kitYoung Florida raccoon (P. l. elucus) crossing a roadMississippi Delta raccoon (P. l. megaloudus) searching for food on a lake shoreAn albino Florida raccoon (P. l. elucus) in Virginia Key, FloridaDistribution in Germany: Raccoons killed or found dead by hunters in the hunting years 2000–2001, 2001–2002 and 2002–2003 in the administrative districts of GermanyOn the roof of a house in Albertshausen, GermanyRaccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis larvaeA skunk and a California raccoon (P. s. psora) share cat food morsels in a Hollywood, California, back yardA Florida raccoon (P. l. elucus) in the Florida Everglades approaches a group of humans, hoping to be fed.Stylized raccoon skin as depicted on the Raccoon Priests Gorget found at Spiro MoundsCoonskin capAutomobile coat made out of raccoon fur (1906, U.S.)Pen with climbing facilities, hiding places, and a watering hole (lower-left-side)File:Waschbär - Common raccoon (32019008882).jpgRaccoon model, Natural History Museum, LondonMolehillLinnaeusCutwormCommon earthwormWinter coat, Ottawa, OntarioIn nest, under productionLitter and nesting materialThree-week-old kitJuvenile, unknown age, showing white blaze on foreheadCommon and Eurasian pygmy shrews (genus Sorex), size comparisonThirteen-lined ground squirrelFront view, Gatineau Park, QuebecEating nut, in Edmonton, Alberta, 2013Red squirrel swimmingGray fox kit at the Palo Alto Baylands in CaliforniaA yawning gray fox, northern FloridaGray fox, showing black tail stripe, Sierra NevadaGray fox skullAcalypha capitataAcalypha fruticosaAcalypha cuneataAcalypha indicaAcarAcar (left) served with sambal, the common condiments in Indonesia.Shikra (A. badius) with a garden lizard (Calotes sp.) in Hyderabad, IndiaBrown goshawk (A. fasciatus), Kurwongbah (Queensland, Australia)Drawing of A. dolichonemaSegestaThe Greek theatreSegesta Temple in Thomas Cole´s picture from 1843Green sturgeonWater diversion is one of the factors affecting conservation efforts for the green sturgeon.The Rheinwaldhorn (left) seen from south of ValsThe ascent by Placidus a SpeschaThe Rheinwaldhorn seen from the Paradies GlacierOut of the waterAesopA woodcut from La vida del Ysopet con sus fabulas historiadas (Spain, 1489) depicting a hunchbacked Aesop surrounded by events from the stories in Planudes' version of his lifeAesop as depicted by Francis Barlow in the 1687 edition of Aesop's Fables with His LifeExample of a coin image from ancient Delphi thought by one antiquarian to represent Aesop.Aesop shown in Japanese dress in a 1659 edition of the fables from KyotoPortrait of Aesop by Velázquez in the Prado.The beautiful Rhodope, in love with Aesop; engraving by Bartolozzi, 1782, after Kauffman's originalCurrent accepted taxonomy of the Alcidae with Aethia shown in blue. Modified from Friesen et al. 1996. Mol. Biol. Evol. 13, 359-367.Ailanthus altissima, male flowersA burrowing owl on the lookoutA family of burrowing owls.A burrowing owl makes a home out of a buried piece of pipe.A. c. floridana by its burrow in FloridaCommon thresherEarly illustration of a common thresher from Natural History of Victoria (1881).TeethThe common thresher is often hooked by the tail, because it uses its long caudal fin to attack prey.Embryos of the common thresher are nourished by eggs during development.A common thresher hooked on a longline; this shark is taken commercially by many countries.NOAA researchers tagging a common thresher; such efforts are critical for developing conservation measures.Antigone by Nikiforos Lytras (1865)File:Oedipe et Antigone by Johann Peter Krafft (1809).pngOedipe et Antigone by Johann Peter Krafft (1809)Antigone by Frederic Leighton, 1882Head of an adult maleProfile of an adult malePronghorns in Fort Rock, OregonPronghorn herd, Yellowstone National ParkHerd of pronghornsFawn (juvenile) in New MexicoDoe with fawns about an hour old, near Fort Davis, Texas, 1947, photo by Smithsonian zoologistHelmut BuechnerPronghorns in MontanaMale adult pronghorn in Yellowstone National ParkAmelanchier alnifoliaFruit and leaves of Amelanchier ovalisFlorida scrub jay, Aphelocoma coerulescensJuvenile Florida scrub jay at Blue Spring State Park, FloridaCalifornia scrub jayJuvenile in California, USA"California" scrub jay (Aphelocoma californica immanis), showing the well-marked breast band of the coastal races. Acorns are a typical food."California" scrub jay fledgling being fed by a relative."California" scrub jay in flight in Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, CaliforniaBenzeneNitration of salicylic acidCoupling reaction1-naphthol hydrogenationResorcinol hydrogenationAn illustration of typical polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Clockwise from top left: benz(e)acephenanthrylene, pyrene and dibenz(ah)anthracene.Male in winter plumage in New Jersey, USAFemale and ducklingsNorthern shovelerFemale stretching after bathing in KolkataIn flightLarge groups of northern shovelers swim rapidly in circles to collect food from the surface by creating a funnel effect.Eggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenAthenaMarble Greek copy signed "Antiokhos", a 1st-century BC variant of Phidias' 5th century Athena Promachos that stood on the AcropolisAthenian tetradrachm representing the goddess AthenaA new peplos was woven for Athena and ceremonially brought to dress her cult image (British Museum).Athena depicted on a coin of Attalus I, ruler of Pergamon, c. 200 BCThis dedication from the temple of Athena Polias in Priene, currently held in the British Museum reads: "King Alexander dedicated [this temple] to Athena Polias."[40]Dedication of Alexander the Great to Athena Polias at Priene. British MuseumThe owl of Athena, surrounded by an olive wreath. Reverse of an Athenian silver tetradrachm, c. 175 BCAthena is "born" from Zeus's forehead as a result of him having swallowed her mother Metis, as he grasps the clothing of Eileithyia on the right; black-figuredamphora, 550–525 BC, Louvre.Atena farnese, Roman copy of a Greek original from Phidias' circle, c. 430 AD, Museo Archeologico, NaplesThe Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis, which is dedicated to Athena Parthenos[41]The Athena Giustiniani, a Roman copy of a Greek statue of Pallas Athena with her serpent, ErichthoniusClassical Greek depiction of Medusa from the fourth century BCThe Dispute of Minerva and Neptune by René-Antoine Houasse (c. 1689 or 1706)Ancient Greek mosaic from Antioch dating to the second century AD, depicting the Judgement of ParisMinerva and Arachne by René-Antoine Houasse (1706)Restoration of the polychrome decoration of the Athena statue from the Aphaea temple at Aegina, c. 490 BC (from the exposition "Bunte Götter" by the Munich Glyptothek)Minerva and the Triumph of Jupiter by René-Antoine Houasse (1706)Statue of Pallas Athena in front of the Austrian Parliament Building. Athena has been used throughout western history as a symbol of freedom and democracy.[42]Long-eared owl at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (Wyoming)Close-up of the head.Eggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenGreater white-fronted geese, Texel Netherlands (2013)Anser albifrons – Greater White-fronted Goose – XC96532Egg, Collection Museum WiesbadenGolden eagleSubadult, note white in tail and dark neckThe formidable foot and talons of a golden eagleCalls of a Golden Eagle, recorded at Kinlochewe, Scotland, July 1969Golden eagle flying in dihedral with foodGolden eagles are readily distinguished by their brown plumage, paler than most other Aquila, and pale nape patchClose-up of headA captive Aquila chrysaetos canadensis shows the typical rusty coloration of the race.Beinn Mhor on the Isle of Mull, Scotland is typical golden eagle habitat: rugged and mountainous.In Spain, golden eagles such as this one in the Province of Ávila are sedentary.Two golden eagles in an aerial conflict over their home ranges, the upper bird clearly a juvenile.Eyrie (in hollow at left center) in the Valley of the Siagne de la Pare, Alpes-Maritimes, France1870s illustration of burkutfalconers in KazakhstanIn flight in Czech RepublicMountain beaverMountain beaver burrowImmature mountain beaverAmphicyon range based on fossil findsA. major jawJaws, Paläontologische Museum MünchenAnadara satowi's fossil in Prefectural Museum of Natural HistoryAnadara valve interior showing taxodont dentition; Pliocene of Cyprus.Female plant of A. vaginatum susbp. cryptopodum on Ponderosa pine.Arbutus menziesiilignotuber near ground level provides fire-resistant storage of energy and sprouting buds if fire damage requires replacement of the trunk or limbs. Note the typically smooth orange bark on the upper portion of the trunk.The bear and the tree at Puerta del Sol, MadridArctostaphylosCommon Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursiA manzanita (Arctostaphylos sp.)Black turnstoneAn old empty shell of Megastraea undosa, wedged under a rock and covered in the pink coralline algaLithothamnion, which has cemented it to the subtrate.Eating a small fish, the main preyOn a slow-flying glideAt the nestAlbireo A and B (Hunter Wilson)Description of arm’s section of starfish genus Astropecten. 1- papulas: they are soft and retractable appendages with respiratory functions 2- paxilla 3- superomarginal spines 4- superomarginal plates 5- scales and small spines covering the vertical face of superomarginal plates 6- ambulacral plates 7- adambulacral plates 8- inferomarginal plates 9- inferomarginal spines 10- pedicellaria: special pedicels with prehensile termination necessary to grab bodies and detritus 11- external adambulacral spines 12- median adambulacral spines 13- internal adambulacral spines 14- ambulacral pedicellariaOssicles of an Astropecten irregularis.Ossicles of an Astropecten jonstoni.Flat ossicles of an Astropecten platyacanthus.Fossil flipperSurfacing in the Kenai Fjords, AlaskaFossil of Balaenoptera acutorostrata cuvieri from Pliocene of ItalyA cladogram of animals related to the fin whaleFin whale skeletonFin whales often travel in pairs.A fin whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, showing characteristic backswept dorsal finFin whale arching for a deep divePorcupine Seabight, South West IrelandFin whale showing colouring on right sidePorcupine Seabight, South West Ireland, showing chevronsAerial view of a fin whale, showing V-shaped chevronA frontal view of a fin whale, showing asymmetrical colourationDrawing of a fin whale on a Faroese stamp, issued 17 September 2001Fin whale and a boat in the Strait of Gibraltar. Finback Whale Skull, San Diego Natural History MuseumOverhead view of a fin whale feedingFin whale lunge feeding at the surfaceFin whale being flensed at the Hvalfjörður whaling station in Iceland, showing the baleen bristles used to filter prey organismsThe whaling historian Sigurd Risting sitting on the baleen bristles of a fin whale landed at a whaling station in the Shetland Islands (1912)A 65-long-ton (66 t), 72 ft (22 m) fin whale caught at Grays Harborcirca 1912"The Finback" (Balaenoptera velifera, Cope) from Charles Melville Scammon's Marine Mammals of the North-western coast of North America (1874)An 18.8 m (62 ft) fin whale skeleton at the Oceanographic Museum in MonacoPeople in a zodiac watching several Fin whales off TadoussacA immature fin whale in distress off national park of Caesarea MaritimaFossil skull and mandibles of Balaenula astensis from Portacomaro (Asti)Bankia's operational headquarters in Puerta de Europa Tower in MadridBarbourofelisRingtail in Phoenix, ArizonaRingtail in Phoenix, ArizonaA male big skate resting on the sea floor off Mt. PinosThe egg capsule ("mermaid's purse") of a big skateBlack brantBuboes on the leg, caused by bubonic plague.Owl showing much of its camouflage pattern/colorThe eyes of great horned owls are amongst the largest of terrestrial vertebrates.Talons, legs and feet Great, Horned Owl (Canada)Illustrated comparison of a great horned owl, left, to its closest North American cousin, the snowy owlGreat horned owl perched on the top of a Joshua Tree in Landers, CaliforniaCoastal great horned owl (B. v. saturatus) at Grouse Mountain (Vancouver, BC)South American great horned owl (B. v. nacurutu) with its notably dark eyesNorthern great horned owl (B. v. subarcticus) in ManitobaCalifornian great horned owl (B. v. pacificus) stretching, Bernal Hill Park, San FranciscoDesert great horned owl, (wet feathered) Bubo virginianus pallescens waiting out a rainstorm in the Mojave desertA great horned owl with its eyes closedComposite photo of great horned owl flight phasesGreat horned owls are typically sluggish and passive but aware during daytime.Closeup of great horned owl toes and talonsPainting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes depicting a great horned owl with one of its primary prey species, a snowshoe hareA surprisingly large portion of the great horned owl's food consists of small rodents, such as white-footed mice.Black-tailed jackrabbits are an important food source for western great horned owls.American coots are often a favored food source for great horned owls living near wetlands.An immature red-tailed hawk eats a vole, one of the many prey items that feed both the competing hawks and great horned owls.A juvenile red-tailed hawk eating a California voleNestlings of the Rocky Mountains great horned owl (B. v. pinorum) in New MexicoJuveniles (B. v. saturatus) near Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon, United StatesA brooding female great horned owl (B. v. virginianus) on her nest in LouisianaGreat horned owls (B. v. virginianus) in nest near Madison, WisconsinMale flying in CaliforniaLeaves of Sideroxylon marmulanoFile:BursaBursaA view of Bursa in the 1890sA view of Bursa in 2013Kent Meydanı AVM shopping centreThe glass pyramid entrance of Zafer Plaza AVM shopping centreUludağ UniversityInterior of the Ulu Cami (Grand Mosque), showing the fountain (şadırvan) for ritual ablutions.Bursa Atatürk MuseumCharacteristic red tailRed-tailed hawkIn flight showing the red tailRed-tailed hawk hovers in the windA juvenile red-tailed hawkRed-tailed hawks engaging in an inflight battle over prey. Painted by John James Audubon.Red-tailed hawk eating a rodentJuvenile eating a squirrelTerritorial adult chasing away an immature red-tailed hawkParent in nest with chicksRed-tailed hawk in OregonSwainson's hawkSwainson's hawk migration route. 30 birds were fitted with satellite tracking devices to produce this mapSoaring light-morph adultGrasshopper, a favorite food of Swainson's hawkA Swainson's hawk chickJuvenile Swainson's hawkInjured light-morph Swainson's hawk recuperating in Boise ZooSnake River Birds of Prey National Conservation AreaIleocecal junction (Cecum appear in orange color)Gastric cecum of dissected cockroach. Scale bar, 2 mm.Sanderlings at Ocean Beach, San FranciscoSanderling at High Island, Texasat kutchTwo individuals of Calliostoma annulatum are visible on this hydrocoralCalliostoma canaliculatumA living specimen of Calliostoma canaliculatumCalliostoma ligatumCalosoma denticolle from a colour plate in Jacobson 1905-1915Calosoma planicolleCalosoma senegalenseCalosoma scrutator by Alejandro Santillana "Insects Unlocked" Project, University of Texas at AustinA Camponotus festinatus queen with workersCanarium resinieferum seeds dispersed by hornbills in Pakke Tiger ReserveDammar resin from Canarium strictumCancerSymptoms of cancer metastasis depend on the location of the tumor.The incidence of lung cancer is highly correlated with smoking.Cancers are caused by a series of mutations. Each mutation alters the behavior of the cell somewhat.The central role of DNA damage and epigenetic defects in DNA repair genes in carcinogenesisChest x-ray showing lung cancer in the left lungDeath from cancer per million persons in 2012
135–367
368–443
444–521
522–588
589–736
737–968
969-1,567
1,568–2,085
2,086–2,567
2,568–3,320
Engraving with two views of a Dutch woman who had a tumor removed from her neck in 1689University of Florida Cancer HospitalJuvenile cougars conflict with coyotesCrested caracara in flightCrested caracara, Brazoria National Wildlife RefugeThe mottled breast and pinkish-purple facial skin and cere are typical of immaturesYoung adult perched on a cactus, Bonaire, BES IslandsNorthern caracaras fighting. Painted by John James Audubon.C. prelutosus fossilAn immature bird surveying the surroundings in Texas, USAThe great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and megalodon were previously thought to be close relatives.[43][44]Great white shark off Guadalupe Island, MexicoA 4-cm-tall fossil C. carcharias tooth from Miocene sediments in the Atacama Desert of ChileUpper teethGreat white shark's skeletonLower teethA great white shark swimmingGreat white shark biting into the fish head teaser bait next to a cage in False Bay, South AfricaA great white shark turns onto its back while hunting tuna baitA beachcomber looking at bite marks from a great white shark on a beached whale carcassA great white shark scavenging on a whale carcass in False Bay, South AfricaThe great white shark is one of only four kinds of sharks that have been involved in a significant number of fatal unprovoked attacks on humans.Great white shark in the Monterey Bay Aquarium in September 2006 A narrow form C. hastalis from the Pliocene of Italy.Finished hickory in a cabinetStrip mining for fossil Castanopsis in the form of lignite ("brown coal"). Garzweiler (Germany), 2006. Click to enlarge; note Bagger 288 and 289 in the left background.Shii (Castanopsis cuspidata) parts drawingCastanopsis sieboldii leavesTurkey vultureIn flight over FloridaTurkey Vulture in flight, C. a. septentrionalis (Canada)Spread-winged adultFeeding on dead gull at Morro Bay, CaliforniaA side view, showing the perforated nostrils.Ceanothus arboreus, illustrating the three parallel leaf veins characteristic of this genus.Ceanothus fendleri blossom.Ceanothus americanus (fruit left, flowers right)Flowers of Ceanothus cuneatus (Buck brush, Wedgeleaf ceanothus) in Pinnacles National Park.Ceanothus integerrimus (Deerbrush) in Yosemite National Park.Open fruits of Cedrela sp. showing the central column.Celastrus orbiculatusA pigeon guillemot in winter plumage at Moss Landing, CaliforniaPigeon guillemot flying off coast of OregonAt cliffside nestTwo pigeon guillemot chicks, one just hatched, in a nesting crevice with eggs shell remains.An almost fledged pigeon guillemot nestlingAdult callingA pigeon guillemot diving at Living Coasts, Torquay, EnglandAspergillus fumigatus, a fungal disease that affects this bird when in captivityCercocarpusCalifornia horn snails are common in the Morro Bay estuary of CaliforniaLocation of Svidník District in the Prešov Region.Male basking sharkHead of a basking sharkA basking shark filter feedingBasking shark filter feeding at Dursey SoundThe "wonderful fish" described in Harper's Weekly on 24 October 1868, was likely the remains of a basking shark.C. riabinini skullDrawing of the Smooth-headed Dreamer, C. dracoVocalizationA. c. caerulescens blue morphA. c. atlanticus, spring migration, blue morphs in foreground, Alexandria, OntarioGreater snow geese in flightSnow geese (Anser caerulescens)Snow geese in a corn field on Fir Island, Washington in the Skagit River deltaWintering snow geese on Fir Island, WashingtonFossil scallop with barnaclesChrysolepisCinnamomum tamala, young leaves, Kerala, IndiaCinnamomum tree in a 10th-century Arabic manuscriptBark of Cinnamomum camphoraFile:Cinnamomum parthenoxylon.JPGLeaves of Cinnamomum parthenoxylonDrawing of Cinnamomum iners Reinwardt. ex Blume by J.C.P. Arckenhausen, ~1835Cissus verticillataA Cissus javana cultivarWell-hidden speckled sanddabs at the Steinhart AquariumAncient statue of Clementia in the Museo ChiaramontiAtlantic herring (Clupea harengus)Video loop of a school of Atlantic herring migratiing to their spawning grounds in the Baltic SeaCommercial herring catchMedieval herring fishing in Scania, 1555LC IUCN 3 1.svgCochliomyiaEntomologist Edward F. Knipling proposed the sterile insect technique.Sterile C. hominivorax male labeled with a number to study the behavior, dispersal, and longevity of the flyThe extinct Guadalupe flickerGreen-barred woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros), a forest flickerThe golden-olive woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus) was formerly placed in PiculusTapiroideaHomogalax tapirinus, a tapiromorphColubraria tortuosa (Reeve, 1844)ColumbaThe remains of St. Columba's Church, Gartan, County Donegal.Saint Columba. Stained glass window in Iona AbbeyAt a feeder near Pecos, New MexicoUpper bodyThe Columbarium of San FranciscoConus fergusoniBlack vulture pair feeding on a mule deer. Plate 106 from The Birds of America by John James Audubon.Coragyps atratus brasiliensisAdult and juvenile, Hueston Woods State Park, OhioA bird in flightEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenHatchlingsFeeding on a wood storkA flock on a horse carcassIn species such as this Cornus unalaschkensis, the tiny four-petaled flowers are clustered in a tightly packed, flattened cyme at the center of four showy white petal-like bracts.Cornus masCornus florida in springCornus drummondii in flowerMature and immature flowers of Cornus canadensis, Bonnechere Provincial Park, OntarioCornus canadensis fruitSpring buddingCherokee Princess dogwoodAn American crow making its distinctive call.The skull of an American crowBrooklyn Museum - American crow - John J. AudubonAn American crow egg, in the collection of the Children's Museum of IndianapolisA rock scallop with a sponge covering its shellPlant of Crataegus monogynaClose-up of the flowers of C. monogynaCrataegus monogyna 'Crimson Cloud' in Elko, NevadaHawthorn rootstock on a medlar tree in Totnes, United Kingdom.Hawthorn trees demarcate a garden plot. According to legend, they are strongly associated with the fairies.Crossata ventricosaIn a defensive posture.Cross section of C. laeve fruiting bodies in various stages of developmentCross section of C. laeve fruiting bodies in various stages of developmentDrawing of a cross-section through a part of a young fruiting body, showing the developing peridiolesC. laeve growing on a Douglas-fir coneSkeletal formula of salfredin B11. A total synthesis of the compound was achieved in 1998.[45]Close-up of the peridioles of C. laevePeumo leavesCryptocarya macrocarpa - MHNTCulicoides brevitarsisWing pattern of 12 species of CulicoidesCamboatá (Cupania vernalis)Cupressus lusitanica foliage and conesCupressus govenianaWhistling swan with yellow patch at base of billAdult (front) and half-year-old immature Bewick's swans (C. c. bewickii) wintering in Saitama (Japan)Adult whistling swans (C. c. columbianus). Click to magnify for seeing variation in the yellow bill spots.Adult whistling swan in flight. Seen from below, all "Arctic" swans look almost identical.Flock of adult and young whistling swansBewick's swan feeding by upendingThe eggWoodcut by Robert Elliot Bewick of the swan named in memory of his father by William Yarrell. 1847 edition of Thomas Bewick's A History of British Birds.Tundra swans alight at Mattamuskeet Refuge in North CarolinaFemaleCytharaParis, France. An instrument from the Stuttgart Psalter (France), early 9th century, labeled "cythara" in that text. Shown vertically here, most illustrations in the psalter show it played held in the arms horizontally, like a citole.Netherlands. Cittern, showing the buckles, knobs where the neck meets the instrument's body, remnants of the citole's shoulder projections.Castile/Spain, c. 1300-1340. The left instrument has been called both citole and guitarra latina. It seems to lack the citole's deep neck, trefoil, and vestigial wings, but the body shape resembles the citole, and it has the sound holes in each corner and the circle of sound holes in the center. Right instrument has been called guitarra morisca.Cyma molding profile (left) and shadow pattern (right)Spines of D. armataTrunk of D. lanceolariaFlowers of D. lanceolariaPods of D. lanceolariaChess pieces in D. latifolia rosewoodFlowers of D. miscolobiumWood from a Dalbergia sp. - MHNTD. superbus skullD. vetus skull, Paleontology Museum of ZurichD. vetus skeleton, Paleontology Museum of ZurichThe strait of the Dardanelles (yellow) takes its name from Dardanus.Females of both species (sooty grouse pictured) are mottled brown with dark brown and white marks on the underparts.In breeding plumage, this sooty grouse male is typical of the species. It is dark grey with a yellow wattle over the eye. The tail is long and black with a square pale gray tip.Sooty grouseSooty grouse male and femaleSize of leatherback compared to humanOesophagus of a leatherback sea turtle showing spines to retain preyHatchlings crawling to the seaLeatherback turtle covering her eggs, Turtle Beach, TobagoD. coriacea distribution - yellow circles represent minor nesting locations, red circles are known major nesting sitesLeatherback turtle at Sandy Point National Wildlife RefugeA leatherback turtle with eggs, photo taken on Montjoly beach (French Guiana)Baby leatherback turtleDecaying plastic bag resembling jellyfishDeroceras panormitanumLespedeza thunbergii was formerly known as Desmodium formosum and Desmodium thunbergiiDesmodium intortumDesmodium triflorumBeggar lice seeds readily stick to many objects, such as this shoeDesmodium oojeinense parts drawing. Dietrich Brandis (1874): Illustrations of the Forest Flora of North-West and Central India.Desmodium paniculatum flowersDiacria, showing the dispositions of the Greek and Persian forces at the Battle of MarathonDaeodonDiodora aspera, undersideLateral view of a shell of Diodora inaequalisVentral view of a shell of Diodora inaequalisDiospyrosEbony jivari of a sitarDiospyros buxifolia leavesDiospyros celebica woodGold apple (D. decandra) fruitDiospyros geminata foliage and young fruitDiospyros virginiana in Tampa, FloridaDiospyros whyteana twig with young fruitDiospyros revaughanii in MauritiusMerriam's kangaroo ratMerriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami)A kangaroo rat narrowly escaping an attack by a Mohave rattlesnakeOrd's kangaroo ratSouthern alligator lizardDefensive displayEngina pyrostomaEngina menkeanaEpihippusVegetative stem: B = branch in whorl I = internode L = leaves N = nodeStrobilus of Northern giant horsetail (Equisetum telmateia subsp. braunii), terminal on an unbranched stem.Microscopic view of rough horsetail, Equisetum hyemale (2-1-0-1-2 is one millimetre with 1/20th graduation). The small white protuberances are accumulated silicates on cells.Rough horsetail in Parc floral de ParisBranched horsetail (E. ramosissimum)Equisetum × moorei (Rough Horsetail × Branched Horsetail)Equus simplicidens skullA male at the North Carolina Zoo in Ashboro, North Carolina, USIn British Columbia, CanadaA nest with three chicks in the oil fields of Alberta, CanadaSouthern right whale in the breeding grounds at Peninsula Valdés in PatagoniaOrange whale lice on a right whaleSouthern right whale skeletonThe distinctive V-shaped blow of a right whaleRight whale eyeAn example of baleen plates; there are about 50 plates in this photo.A female North Atlantic right whale with her calf.Whaling in small wooden boats with hand harpoons was a hazardous enterprise, even when hunting the "right" whale.A southern right whale approaches close to whale watchers near Península Valdés in PatagoniaNorth Atlantic right whale on a FaroesestampThe remains of a North Atlantic right whale after it collided with a ship propellerEuceratheriumLunatia lewisii is digging into the mud to protect itself.Apical view of a shell of Lunatia lewisiiFalco peregrinus. Royal National Park, New South Wales, AustraliaIllustration by John James AudubonBreeding ranges of the subspeciesF. p. anatum in flight, Morro Bay, CaliforniaPainting of F. p. babylonicus by John GouldJuvenile of subspecies ernesti in Mount Mahawu, North Sulawesi, IndonesiaAdult of subspecies pealei or tundrius by its nest in AlaskaF. p. macropus, AustraliaF. p. minor, illustration by Keulemans, 1874Captive Falco peregrinus pealeiCloseup of head showing nostril tubercleFlying in California, USAFalco peregrinus, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, USA.Silhouette in normal flight (left) and at the start of a stoop (right)An immature peregrine eating its prey on the deck of a shipAt nest, FranceEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenPeregrine falcon chicks in a nest on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City being bandedTame peregrine striking a red grouse, by Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1920)Peregrine flying along the coastline of the White Cliffs of Dover in EnglandF. catus: a domestic tabby catF. chaus: a jungle cat in IndiaF. s. silvestris: a European wildcat in GermanyF. nigripes: a captive black-footed catF. margarita: a captive sand catF. bieti: a captive Chinese mountain catAerial root that may eventually provide structural supportA Ficus caricaA common fig's syconium (fruit)Cut through ripe common figFicus exasperata, fruitsLeaves of the sacred fig (Ficus religiosa)Fig tree roots overgrowing a sandstone Buddha statue, near Wat Maha That in Ayutthaya province, ThailandPuffinA Tufted puffin in Seattle, WashingtonAtlantic puffin, Lundy, UKAtlantic puffins on the Faroe IslandsPuffin in Iceland1895 portrait of breeding adultAdult in winter plumageJuvenilesAdult outside nesting burrow on the Kuril IslandsAdult swimming at the Henry Doorly ZooNote feet and red top of frontal shieldAmerican coot on take-offThe American coot is regularly found in sizable flocks.Brooklyn Museum - American Coot - John J. Audubon"Caribbean coot" type with fully white frontal shieldMating pair, American cootsCoot standing over its nest. Note red eyesNesting American cootAmerican coot with two chicksNorthern fulmarBird SoundBird SoundA tail-piece wood engraving in Thomas Bewick's A History of British Birds, Volume 2: Water Birds, 1804Egg, (coll.MHNT)Nesting in Shetland, ScotlandNests in County Mayo, IrelandA fulmar flying in Kongsfjord, Ny Alesund, SvalbardFossil shell of Fusinus longiroster from Pliocene of Italyshell of Fusinus ingloriusFusinus sp. from the Pliocene of Cyprus.Juvenile tiger shark in the BahamasVideo of juvenile tiger shark at Lord Howe Island, Australia, from PLOS ONEA large tiger shark caught in Kaneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu in 1966Distribution of Gasterosteus aculeatus (Three-spine stickleback) in the United States, from USGS NAS web siteMale stickleback with red throat and shiny blue eyeA three-spined stickleback with stained neuromasts that form the lateral line system.Breeding, top, and non-breeding, bottom, black-throated loonsNon-breeding adultA black-throated loon taking offEggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden, GermanyA video of a black-throated loon foragingAn adult black-throated loon with its chickIn AlaskaPacific loonAn adult in non-breeding plumage shows the speckled back which gives the bird its specific name.Adult in breeding plumage in IcelandVery young birds are covered with dark brown or grey down feathers.In flight, the hunchbacked profile of the red-throated loon is distinctive.The red-throated loon breeds primarily in coastal tundra, often on very small lakes.Among the loons, the red-throated loon is exceptional in its ability to take off from very small bodies of water.Once they are 3–4 days old, the young are fed fish—which can be quite large compared to the size of the chick.Eggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenChicks are competent swimmers, able to accompany their parents soon after hatching.Juveniles have darker necks and fewer speckles on their backs than adults do.GemmulaIdentificationRestoration of foraging Gomphotaria pugnax with Dusignathus in foregroundDesert tortoise, Gopherus agassiziiAgassiz's desert tortoise in Rainbow Basin near Barstow, CaliforniaDesert tortoiseA captive male Sonoran Desert tortoise with visible chin glands eats strawberries.Hatching baby desert tortoiseA young desert tortoiseTortoise Monitoring and Research at Joshua Tree National ParkFrederick Polydore Nodder's illustration accompanying George Shaw's 1797 species descriptionCalifornia condor skullFossil of the extinct species Gymnogyps amplus from the La Brea Tar PitsG. amplustarsometatarsus (holotype) accompanying Loye H. Miller's descriptionAdult in flight. Tracking tags can be seen on both wings.Upper bodyCalifornia oak savanna on the east flank of Sonoma MountainPreening condorsAn adult with a 30-day-old chick in a cave nest near Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, California, USAJuveniles feedingA juvenile in the Grand Canyon, with its numbered tag prominent.Condor chick being fed by condor feeding puppetA USFWS sign at Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge, California, USAPinnacles National Park, a release siteZooniverse icon for Condor WatchCondor on 2005 commemorative coinHaminoea cyanomarginata in situshell of Haminoea naviculaJawA Chiapan beaded lizard in captivity.Hemipristis serraDried Cyathea podophylla.Skeleton in Natural History Museum, LondonRestoration of Pleistocene South AmericaThe Nereid Monument. From Xanthos (Lycia), modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey. 390–380 BCE. Room 17, the British Museum, LondonNereid riding a sea-bull (latter 2nd century BC)French Empire mantel clock (1822) depicting the nereid Galatea velificansMetapodialSkullSkeleton of H. primigeniusJaw and teethA pair of males flanked by a pair of femalesEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenEvolutionary tree chart emphasizing the subfamily Homininae and the tribe Hominini. After diverging from the line to Ponginae the early Homininae split into the tribes Hominini and Gorillini. The early Hominini split further, separating the line to Homo from the lineage of Pan. Currently, tribe Hominini designates the subtribesHominina, containing genus Homo; Panina, genus Pan; and Australopithecina, with several extinct genera—the subtribes are not labelled on this chart.A model of the evolution of the genus Homo over the last 2 million years (vertical axis). The rapid "Out of Africa" expansion of H. sapiens is indicated at the top of the diagram, with admixture indicated with Neanderthals, Denisovans, and unspecified archaic African hominins.[46]H. occidentalis skullReconstruction by Heinrich Harder, c. 1920H. horridus skullH. horridus and LeptomeryxHydrangea paniculataHyrachyusInga sp. – MHNTFruit of an Inga-speciesIschnochiton spp. (unknown species) from South AfricaFossil teeth of I. hastalisThe jawsJawThe lower teethThe head of a mako sharkAeneas carrying Anchises, with Ascanius and his wife, red-figure amphora from a Greek workshop in Etruria, ca. 470 BC, Staatliche AntikensammlungenLandscape with Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia (1682), Claude Lorrain's last paintingIn Juncus effusus (and other species in J. sect. Juncotypus), the bract appears as a continuation of the stem, and the inflorescence appears lateral.JuniperCones and leaves of Juniperus communisDetail of Juniperus chinensis shoots, with juvenile (needle-like) leaves (left), and adult scale leaves and immature male cones (right)Juniper needles, magnified. Left, Juniperus communis (Juniperus sect. Juniperus; note needles 'jointed' at base). Right, Juniperus chinensis (Juniperus sect. Sabina; note needles merging smoothly with the stem, not jointed at base)Juniperus phoenicea on El Hierro, Canary IslandsJuniperus virginiana in October laden with ripe conesCones and seedsJuniperus communis wood pieces, with a U.S. penny for scale, showing the narrow growth rings of the speciesJuniper (Juniperus osteosperma and scopulorum) essential oilKelletia kelletiiAn apertural view of a shell of Kelletia kelletii from its original description drawn by William Hellier Baily.Three Kelletia kelletii in captivity (one hidden behind another) feed on dead fish, each one using a long, prehensile proboscis to reach down to the food.The sea star Pisaster giganteus is eating the bivalve Chama pellucida while three Kelletia kelletii are attempting to get to the prey.Egg laying occur in spawning groups.Eggs of Kelletia kelletii.KelliaFile:File:21 - Lima - Août 2008.jpgLimaPachacamac was an important religious centre before the arrival of Spanish conquistadorsBalconies were a major architectural feature during the colonial periodThe Walls of Lima were built between 1684 and 1687 by viceroy Melchor de Navarra.Lima as seen from the International Space StationLima at night from spaceWeather averages for the Jorge Chávez International AirportPeople of Lima.Children at an elementary school in Santiago de Surco.Pueblos jóvenes on the outskirts. Financial center of Lima.Government Palace of PerúLima City Hall building at nightCourthouse.Lima's main square, c. 1843Woman in White Poncho on Horseback. Cantonese watercolor, sold in Lima mid-19th century. These paintings were copies of works of Francisco Fierro, a popular Afro-Peruvian artist of the time. Collections of the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe.Miraflores Hotel Skyline.Jorge Chávez International Airport.The Port of Callao.Buses in Avenida Arequipa.El Metropolitano.Lima Metro.Lampris guttatusA herring gull (front) and a lesser black-backed gull (behind) in Norway: two species with clear differences.The Larus gulls interbreed in a ring around the arctic (1 : Larus argentatus argentatus, 2: Larus fuscus sensu stricto, 3 : Larus fuscus heuglini, 4 : Larus argentatus birulai, 5 : Larus argentatus vegae, 6 : Larus argentatus smithsonianus, 7 : Larus argentatus argenteus)California gullWinter plumage, CaliforniaHand-painted glass slide of a colony of California gulls at Malheur Lake, taken by Finley and Bohlman during a 1908 photograph trip to the area. Finley and Bohlman's photographs would later help Malheur become a bird refuge in 1908.Ring-billed gullRing-billed gull in BarcelonaGlaucous-winged gull, juvenileOnce they leave the nest, chicks follow their parents to the nearest water.Gill of a juvenile garAlligator gar are stalking, ambush predatorsAlligator gar caught in Moon Lake, Mississippi, March 19101995 Choke Canyon HarvestOn site processingMarket display of gar filletsFillets grilled and boiledGanoid scale jewelryGanoid scale earrings6 ft (1.8 m) 129 lb (59 kg) alligator gar caught by Steve Zeug and Clint Robertson, Brazos River, Texas, 2004Alligator gar maneuvering with pectoral fins in large zoo aquariumPreserved display of an alligator gar headMounted skeletonBlack-tailed jackrabbit sitting.Juvenile Black-tailed jackrabbit eating a carrot in the California Mojave desert.Weathered adult Black-tailed jackrabbit eatingAn adolescent Black-tailed jackrabbit, is too young to have learned to fear humans, and is oblivious to the camera being 3 feet from him, as he enjoys the hospitality of the cameraman's carrot breakfast in the Mojave desert, CaliforniaTypical pose when alertedBlack-tailed jackrabbit in Texas, cooling off in the shade on a hot summer's day.In the Mojave Desert, a thirsty black-tailed jackrabbit senses water nearby on a human's property, and risks venturing onto the property to steal a drink of water from a dog's water bowl under a swamp cooler.A flock of migratory waders, dominated by bar-tailed godwitDorsal and anterior view of the male's head.L. styraciflua inflorecences on stemFossil leaf of Liquidambar from Pliocene of ItalyLithocarpus sp. - MHNTLithocarpus sp. - MHNTLithocarpus pseudoreinwardtiiSkullThe river otter's streamlined shape allows it to glide through the water.The river otter's sensitive whiskers allow it to detect prey in murky water. Note the inconspicuous ears.North American River Otter at the River dartSliding across ice is an efficient means of travel. Note the long, tapered tail.Tracks in the snowRaft of L. c. pacifica surfacing to eat fishA pair of captive North American river otters at Phillips Park Zoo in Aurora, IL.The species inhabits coastal areas, such as marshland.A river otter in the San Anselmo Creek.River otter swimming in San Francisco Bay stop to sun themselves on rocks at Richmond, CA MarinaNorthern river otter eating a white sucker (catostomus commersonii) at the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (Wyoming)River otters are hunted and trapped for their valuable fur.LottiaLottia mixtabasal viewA shell of Malea ringens. Museum specimenMandiblePygmy mammoth humerus bone, next to that of a Columbian mammothMancallinaeMouth of preserved specimenWorldwide sightings of the megamouth sharkTeethTarpon fishing in Sierra Leone.A speared tarpon leaps from the water in an 1894 illustration by Hermann SimonYoung whale with blowholes clearly visibleVideo of a young singing humpback whale in the waters of Vava'u, TongaFeeds while being surrounded by kayakers at Port San Luis near AvilaHumpbacks frequently breach, throwing two-thirds or more of their bodies out of the water and splashing down on their backs.A humpback in the waters of the Abrolhos ArchipelagoSpectrogram of humpback whale vocalizations: detail is shown for the first 24 seconds of the 37-second recording "Singing Humpbacks". In this recording, the ethereal whale "songs" are heard before and after a set of echolocation "clicks" in the middle.
Humpback swimming on its back in AntarcticaDouble breaching in AlaskaA group of 15 whales bubble net fishing near Juneau, AlaskaHumpback whale lunging in the center of a bubble net spiral.A whale off Australia on the spring migration, feeding on krill by turning on its side and propelling through the krillA humpback straining water through its baleen after lunging.Humpback breaching near coastProfessor John Struthers about to dissect the Tay whale, Dundee, photographed by George Washington Wilson in 1884Possible Migaloo sighted off the Royal National ParkA dead humpback washed up near Big Sur, CaliforniaHumpback whale in Colombia's Uramba Bahía Málaga National Natural Park, a favorite place for whales to give birth to their young, making it a tourist destinationLiving specimen of Megathura crenulata with mantle extended over much of its shell.White-winged scoterEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenComposite image of velvet scoterWith crabMG 5668 Cricket SRGB INWM. d. differentialis juvenile (4th or 5th stage), Ottawa, OntarioDifferential Grasshopper seen in Arlington, Texas, USA.Meliosma henryiMeliosma pinnata var. oldhamii seeds,Singing in Delaware USATaken near Anacortes, Washington in March, this individual is most likely M. m. morphnaTaken at Springfield, Oregon in early April, this photo probably shows M. m. cleonensis or a "phaea" hybridJuvenile, FloridaEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenMerluccius productus California, Cordell Bank National Marine SanctuaryThe Barstow Formation in which Merriamoceros was discoveredIllustrationMerycodusMesohippusSkull of a northern elephant seal.Male elephant seals fighting for mates.Male elephant seals fighting for matesNorthern Elephant Seal Skull on display at the Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Mother and pup, Piedras BlancasAdult male northern elephant seal at Point Reyes National Seashore, CaliforniaThree pups are nursing from a single adult female: Female elephant seals deliver only one pup; the two other may have wandered away from their mothers and gotten lost. In this situation, no pup would get enough milk.The northern elephant seal population was estimated to be 171,000 in 2005.[47]Mithra (left) in a 4th-century investiture sculpture at Taq-e Bostan in western Iran.Mithras-Helios, in Phrygian cap with solar rays, with 1st century BC Antiochus I Theos of Commagene. Found at Mount Nemrut, in present-day eastern Turkey.Relief of Roman Mithras, in a tauroctony scene.Ida's miter with egg capsulesFirst complete skeletal restoration, 1918M. elatus specimen, AMNHRestoration of M. elatus by Robert Bruce HorsfallLarge California mussel beds, north Moonstone beach near Cambria, California. Brown, furry-looking seaweed is Gloiopeltis furcata , both in the mid to upper intertidal zones.Chemical structure of the prototypical NaSSA mirtazapine (original brand name Remeron).Front view of skeletonNectandra cissiflora berry.Ventral view of live specimen of Neobernaya spadicea crawling on aquarium glass, anterior end to the bottomDorsal view of a shell of Neobernaya spadicea, anterior end to the topAdult female N. fuscipes, UC Davis Quail Ridge ReserveN. fuscipes house, UC Davis Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, CADesert woodrat in a century plantDesert woodrat eating a peanutWood rat (Neotoma lepida) middenNeritaShell and opercula of Nerita pelorontaNerita polita rumphii Récluz, 1841 : often referred to as Nerita litterataA shell of Nerita spenglerianaNerium oleanderNerium Oleander(Red)A seed follicles spreading seedsOleander shrub, MoroccoOleander growing wild in a Libyan Wadi (river valley)Nerium Oleanders, in Galveston. Yellow is unusualOleandrin, one of the toxins present in oleanderThe first oleander planting in Galveston, Texas'Oleanders' by Vincent van GoghBurying beetleBurying beetle life cycleN. brachyops skull with canines piercing the leg bone of another specimenNorrisia norrisii shell with a slipper shell Garnotia norrisiarum attached.Notoacmea A shell of Notoacmea mayiBroadnose sevengill sharkPainting by Kawahara KeigaPainting by Frederick SchoenfeldNucella limaThe forked tail is more easily seen from aboveFork-tailed storm petrel, St. Lazaria Island, Alaska, showing forked tailEgg (coll.MHNT) Ocotea guianensis - MHNTDried ishpingo (O. quixos) cupules can be used as spice.Small herd of mule deer in the Sulphur Springs Valley of southern ArizonaStotting mule deerMule deer foraging on a late winter morning at Okanagan Mountain Provincial ParkMule deer grazing in Zion National ParkBuck grazing near Leavenworth, WashingtonDoe grazing in Alberta, CanadaSmalltooth sand tiger in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, FloridaSmalltooth sand tiger at the Northampton Seamount. In the open ocean, this species is strongly associated with submarine ridges and seamounts.A smalltooth sand tiger at a hydrothermal vent on the Kasuga-2 submarine volcano. Smaller individuals such as this tend to remain in deeper water.Olivella biplicata'Hermit crab using the shell of Olivella biplicataMountain goatClose-up of headIn the Cascade Range, Mount Rainier National Park, near the southern limit of their distribution.Young mountain goat licking handrail for saltA mountain goat grazing at Mount Rushmore, South DakotaMountain goat kid at Cawridge, AlbertaMountain goat with kid in Glacier National ParkOreortyx pictusEgg of Oreortyx pictus – MHNTOlympia oysters and shucking knife for scaleOriginal publication, The Examiner, London, Sunday, January 11, 1818, No. 524, page 24.A fair copy draft (c. 1817) of Shelley's "Ozymandias" in the collection of Oxford's Bodleian LibraryThe Younger Memnonstatue of Ramesses II in the British Museum. Its imminent arrival in London may have inspired the poem.1817 draft by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Bodleian LibraryThe depiction of a shark's head by Nicolas Steno in his work The Head of a Shark DissectedMegalodon tooth with two great white shark teethRestoration of megalodon with a similar appearance to the great white sharkMegalodon may have had a build similar to the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus).[48]: 35–36 Reconstruction showing the position of the replacement teethReconstructed jaws on display at the National Aquarium in BaltimoreReconstructed megalodon skeleton on display at the Calvert Marine MuseumCoprolite attributed to megalodonVertebra of a whale bitten in half by a megalodon with visible gashes from teethMegalodon may have faced competition from large sperm whales, such as Livyatan melvillei.[49]Artistic impression of a megalodon pursuing two Eobalaenoptera whalesCollection of teeth of juvenile megalodon and C. chubutensis from a probable nursery area in the Gatun Formation of PanamaMegalodon may have become coextinct with smaller baleen whale species, such as Piscobalaena nana.[50]The HMS Challenger discovered megalodon teeth which were erroneously dated to be around 11,000 to 24,000 years old.[51]Male on the left, female on the rightPalaeolagusMandible with tooth marks from MegalodonShell of Patelloida mufriaShell of Patelloida victorianaNicodemus the HagioriteSkull of P. mauretanicusRestored skull of P. sandersiP. chilensis skeleton seen from belowA brown pelican opening mouth and inflating air sac to display tongue and some inner bill anatomy.American white pelican with knob which develops on bill before the breeding seasonAn adult brown pelican with a chick in a nest in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, US. This species will nest on the ground when no suitable trees are available.[52]An Australian pelican gliding with its large wings extendedBrown pelicans diving into the sea to catch fish in JamaicaPelecanus occidentalis, Tortuga Bay, Island of Santa Cruz, GalápagosGreat white pelicans loafing in KenyaPelicans on a Fifth Dynastyrelief at the Abu Gorab temple, EgyptStatue of pelican wounding its breast to feed its chicksWWII 1944 Scottish Blood Transfusion PosterQueen Elizabeth I: the Pelican Portrait, by Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1573), in which Elizabeth I wears the medieval symbol of the pelican on her chestThe arms of the Kiszely family of Benedekfalva depict a pelican in her piety both in the crest (heraldry) and shield.Pelican on the Albanian 1 lek coin.Adult nonbreeding in Marin County, California. Note lack of "horn" and duller bare parts.American white pelicans gathering at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. Brown pelicans can also be seen in center, and at left and right margins.Non-breeding adult wintering in CaliforniaAmerican white pelicans fishing in a group near Corte Madera, CaliforniaIn breeding condition at Tulsa Zoo, USAAmerican white pelican (breeding) in Green Bay, WI, 2013Nest at Chase LakeAdults on their nests, already in nonbreeding plumage (note dark nape)Brown pelicanBrown pelican showing throat pouchJuvenile at Bodega Harbor, California, United StatesAdult in flight, Bodega Bay, CaliforniaDivingFlag of Louisiana prominently displaying the brown pelicanAerial view of the Pelican Island National Wildlife RefugePersea americana flowersPersea macrantha leavesImperial shags in Beagle ChannelWing-drying behaviourOccipital crest or os nuchale in Phalacrocorax carboCormorant (species unknown) begins its diveImmature Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventerPhalacrocorax niger in Hyderabad, IndiaGuanay cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii) at Weltvogelpark WalsrodeLittle cormorant, Microcarbo nigerRed-legged cormorant (Phalacrocorax gaimardi)The double-crested cormorant's crests are normally not visibleGreat cormorant with hooked billGuanay cormorant, Leucocarbo bougainvilliiBrandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) – crestless, but with ornamental plumesLittle black cormorant, Phalacrocorax sulcirostrisGreat cormorant drying its wingsDouble-crested cormorantA Chinese fisherman with his two cormorantsCormorants catching Fish. Hanging silk scroll by Yūhi, Middle Edo period, Japan, 1755Adult in breeding plumage with white crestDisplaying, CaliforniaWith a fishEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenParent and a chick at the nestPelagic cormorantNonbreeding adult P. p. resplendens on Morro Rock (California, United States)Pelagic cormorants (presumably P. p. resplendens) at Kitsap Peninsula (Washington, United States) preening after fishing. Note spread-winged posture of bird in center.Adult on a nest in San Luis Obispo, California, United StatesThe largely sympatricred-faced cormorant (P. urile, shown here in breeding plumage) is the pelagic cormorant's sister speciesAdult showing blue throat patch characteristic of breeding plumage1859 illustrationEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenChickRed-necked phalaropeWaved albatross pairA chick just before it left the Hawaiian archipelagoOne of several chicks translocated to Muko-jima Island, JapanCaptive Greater flamingos feedingP. croizeti fossilMany molecular and morphological studies support a relationship between grebes and flamingosFlamingos in flight at Rio Lagartos, Yucatán, MXAmerican flamingo and offspring. The arcuate (curved) bill is well adapted to bottom scoopingChilean Flamingo feeding its youngColony of flamingos at Lake NakuruMoche Ceramic Depicting Flamingo (200 AD) Larco Museum Collection Lima, PeruPhotinia fraseri', showing the red colour of new growth contrasted to the glossy green older leaves.Flower of an ornamental shrub cultivarTexas horned lizardPhrynosoma douglasiiComparison of P. modestum and P. platyrhinosGrowing tip of Bishop Pine, showing male cones and the long paired needlesGrowth habitNeedles and spikes on a branchPine cone on forest floorPollen cones. Scale bar, 2 cmDetail of barkPlantation in AustraliaCSIRO researchers of the Juvenile Wood Initiative sampling the increment growth coreAdult femaleBole of an aged Platanus, in Trsteno, near Dubrovnik, CroatiaPatterned bark of London planeLife restoration at MUSE - Science Museum in TrentoGrey plover in non-breeding plumage from Arnala, Virar, Maharashtra, India in February 2016Podiceps sociata foassilHorned Grebe Basic (nonbreeding) plumageChicks swimming alongside adult in alternate plumageAtlantic midshipman (Porichthys plectrodon)Photophores on an Atlantic midshipman. Midshipman fish are named after their photophores.In intertidal reef-flat environments, massive Porites form characteristic microatoll formations, with living tissues around the perimeter, and dead skeleton on the exposed upper surface. Microatoll growth is predominantly lateral, as vertical growth is limited by a lack of accommodation space.[53]Small colony of Porites poritesPrieneThe Temple of Athena with the cliff side of the acropolis in the background.Location of Priene at Maeander River's mouth.BouleuterionTheatreThe western part of the main street (Western Gate Street) with drainageBack of blue sharkJapanese cherry (Prunus serrulata) in bloomCherries are prone to gummosis.The development sequence of a nectarine (Prunus persica) over a 7.5 month period, from bud formation in early winter to fruit ripening in midsummerCoast Douglas-fir seed cone, from a tree grown from seed collected by David DouglasCoast Douglas-fir branchRocky Mountain Douglas-fir twigThe buds of a coast Douglas-firSpiny butterfly ray (Gymnura altavela)Galápagos shearwater, P. subalarisComparison between P. olsoni and P. puffinusSooty shearwaterUpper body of a bird swimming off the shore of CaliforniaA small portion of a huge flock off the shore of California, United States in SeptemberAdult near Burrow on Bruny Island. The photograph was taken at night.Fledgling, Austins Ferry, Tasmania, AustraliaCougarAlthough large, the cougar is more closely related to smaller felines than to other big cats.Close-up of faceCougar skull and jawboneAlthough cougars somewhat resemble the domestic cat, they are about the same size as an adult human.Rear paw of a cougarA captive cougar feeding. Cougars are ambush predators, feeding mostly on deer and other mammals.Cougar cubsCougar cubA cougar in Yellowstone National ParkA camera trap image of a cougar in Saguaro National Park, ArizonaFront paw print of a cougar. An adult paw print is approximately 10 cm (4 inches) long.[54]Pumapard, photographed in 1904Cougar conservation depends on preservation of its habitatA Boeing-727 from the now defunct Cougar Airlines.Mountain Lion warning sign in California, USA.Diagram showing the numbering and ring fusion locations of pyrene according to IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry.Ridgway's rail Rallus obsoletusR. l. aequatorialis (left) and nominate (right)Drupes of a staghorn sumac in Coudersport, PAA young branch of staghorn sumacRhus lancea fruitStaghorn sumac bob, Hamilton, OntarioWinged Sumac leaves and flowersRhus malloryi fossil. ~49.5 million years old. Early Ypresian, Klondike Mountain Formation, WashingtonSumac spiceEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenFossil of Sabal majorThe skull of S. ensidensLeidy's illustrations of the humerus of S. major and the vertebrae of S. ensidensThe vertebrae and limb bones of the holotype specimen of S. ensidensA fossil of "Saniwa" feistiSapindus emarginatus leaves in Hyderabad, IndiaSapindus emarginatus drupes in Hyderabad, IndiaS. saponaria var. drummondii berriesScaldicetus caretti vertebraeSpiny lizardSceloporus uniformisWestern fence lizardS. o. occidentaliscourting on a logThe blue ventral side of the lizard, giving it the name "blue belly"CamouflagingCloseup of headSebastes carnatus at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.Sebastes chlorostictus at the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.Sebastes constellatusSebastes inermisSebastes goodeiSebastes diaconus at the Vancouver Aquarium.Sebastes nebulosus.Sebastes norvegicus at the New England Aquarium.Sebastes pachycephalus.Sebastes serricepsFossil shell of Semicassis rondoletiiA mid-15th century Florentineworld map based on the 1st (modified conic) projection in Jacobus Angelus's 1406 Latin translation of Maximus Planudes's late-13th century rediscovered Greek manuscripts of Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geography. Serica is shown in the far northeast of the world.A Latin inset map derived from Ptolemy's Geography.[55] Serica (Sericae Pars) lies to the north of the Sinae, who lie on the Great Gulf (Magnus Sinus) at the eastern end of a land-locked Indian Ocean (Indicum Pelagus).Laurent Fries's 1522 world map, including both Serica (Serica Regio) north of the Himalayas and Cathay (Cathaya) in far northeastern Asia.Green Roman glass cup unearthed from an Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) tomb, Guangxi, ChinaBronze coin of Constantius II (337–361), found in Karghalik, modern ChinaRestoration of S. nitida as a semi-aquatic animalBlue admiral (Kaniska canace) caterpillar on China smilax (S. china)Diosgenin is found in S. menispermoideaAmerican sarsaparilla (S. aristolochiifolia) from Köhler's Medicinal PlantsCalifornia ground squirrel at Point LobosGolden-mantled ground squirrelThe Pacific angelshark has dorsally placed eyes, a terminal mouth, and nasal barbels.Squatina californica jawsThe Pacific angelshark's cryptic dorsal coloration enables it to ambush prey.Two skuas and a giant petrel fighting over a dead Antarctic fur sealSkua in AntarcticaA skua nestling, with egg tooth presentThe six stamens and style of Sternbergia luteaAlcock's boafish, S. nebulosusLobatus galeatusLong-tailed meadowlarkSkullBrush rabbitSthenictis campestris jawTaranis (Jupiter with wheel and thunderbolt), Le Chatelet, Gourzon, Haute-Marne, FranceGundestrup cauldron, created between 200 BC and 300 AD, is thought to have a depiction of Taranis on the inner wall of cauldron on tile CVotive wheels called Rouelles, thought to correspond to the cult of Taranis. Thousands of such wheels have been found in sanctuaries in Belgic Gaul, dating from 50 BC to 50 AD. Musée d'Archéologie Nationale.Skull, showing the powerful beakEgg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden, GermanyAn Eulenloch ("owl-hole") in northern Germany lets barn owls access the attic for nestingBrood prior to fledging, beginning to shed their nestling downThree barn owl chicks threatening an intruderLanding on a handler's gloved hand. Captive birds often live longer than wild ones.Light coloured adultIn flight, Sandesneben (Germany)Barn owl on Lithuanian silver coin of 5 litas (2002)Fossils of Tyto cavaticaFossil of Tyto ostologaThe fossil species Tursiops osennaeIndo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, T. aduncusWolphin Kawili'Kai at the Sea Life Park in HawaiiBottlenose dolphin head, showing rostrum and blowholeDolphin and a paddler at Dalkey IslandBottlenose dolphin responding to human hand gestures.Mother and juvenile bottlenose dolphins head to the seafloorAn adult female bottlenose dolphin with her young, Moray Firth, ScotlandA bottlenose dolphin attacks and kills a harbour porpoise at Chanonry Point, ScotlandAt Notojima Aquarium, JapanK-Dog, trained by the US Navy to find mines and boobytraps underwater, leaping out of the waterBottlenose dolphin (at Hundred Islands National Park).1659 painting by Elisabetta Sirani (adapting Merian's engraving); Timoclea pushing the Thracian captain who raped her into a well.Timoclea before Alexander the Great, painting by Domenichino, c. 1615, Louvre.Léon Davent, Etching, c.1541/45, after Francesco Primaticcio. 341 x 231 mm.Fossil specimenRelative sizes of various tunas, with the Atlantic bluefin tuna (top) at about 8 ft (2.4 m) in this sampleMaximum reported sizes of Thunnus species.Adult flying over the German Wadden Sea; note white underwingsChipmunks in northern WisconsinEastern chipmunk at the entrance of its burrowSkullTeratornisTerminaliaBotta's pocket gopher skull and teeth from Elliot 1901An individual emerging from a burrow in southern CaliforniaThe certain global range and distribution of Cape Snoek.[56]California thrashers in mating ritual at Descanso Gardens, California.Male lemon-yellow clawed fiddler crab (Uca perplexa), wavingGeneral anatomy of a fiddler crabUmbellulariaLignotuber near ground level provides fire-resistant storage of energy and sprouting buds if fire damage requires replacement of the trunk or limbs.Naturalized occurrence of species in Snake Lake Park, Tacoma, WashingtonThe leaves are entire and lance-shaped about 3–10 centimetres (1.2–3.9 in) long. They may substitute for the Mediterranean bay leaf in cooking.Flowers open in late winter and early spring.An unripe bay nutNearly ripe bay nuts being prepared for roasting.Roasted bay nuts ready for eating, or grinding into a powdery paste for beverages and cookingAdult bird in basic (winter) plumage, GermanyEtching of a common guillemot."Bridled guillemot" in IcelandSkeletonPart of a U. a. californica colony, Farallon Islands, CaliforniaMurre eggsHerring gull steals an egg, LundyAdults feeding chick, LundyPupsMale common side-blotched lizard, with blue and yellow coloration and a characteristic dark blotch behind the forearmCommon side-blotched lizards matingCooper's drawing of Urolophus halleri, accompanying his 1863 description.A round stingray at Laguna Beach. This species injures hundreds of people each year off California.VenusSize comparison with EarthFalse-colour image of Maat Mons with a vertical exaggeration of 22.5Impact craters on the surface of Venus (false-colour image reconstructed from radar data)The internal structure of Venus – the crust (outer layer), the mantle (middle layer) and the core (yellow inner layer)Venus orbits the Sun at an average distance of about 108 million kilometres (about 0.7 AU) and completes an orbit every 224.7 days. Venus is the second planet from the Sun and orbits the Sun approximately 1.6 times (yellow trail) in Earth's 365 days (blue trail)Venus is always brighter than all other planets or stars as seen from Earth. The second brightest object on the image is Jupiter.The phases of Venus and evolution of its apparent diameter2004 transit of VenusThe pentagram of Venus. Earth is positioned at the centre of the diagram, and the curve represents the direction and distance of Venus as a function of time.The "black drop effect" as recorded during the 1769 transitGalileo's discovery that Venus showed phases (although remaining near the Sun in Earth's sky) proved that it orbits the Sun and not EarthModern telescopic view of Venus from Earth's surfaceArtist's impression of Mariner 2, launched in 1962, a skeletal, bottle-shaped spacecraft with a large radio dish on topGlobal view of Venus in ultraviolet light done by Mariner 10.♀drawing of one row of teeth in the radula of Velutina velutinaThe song of the rufous-browed peppershrike is described as a whistled phrase with the rhythm Do you wash every week?ⓘTwo forms of vulsellum forcepsCalifornia sea lionLithography by Joseph Smit.California sea lion skeletonSea lions in Santa Cruz, CaliforniaSea lion rookerySea lion pupSea lions resting on a buoyZak, a 375 lb (170 kg) Navy sea lion leaps back into the boat after a harbor-patrol training mission.Captive sea lion performingA California sea lion at Central Park Zoo. It has climbed to the edge of its tank awaiting feeding, showing awareness of its regular feeding time.Hundreds of California sea lions bask on Pier 39 in San Francisco, where they are welcomed as a tourist attraction. Shooting sea lions, ca. 1870sIn Hermosillo, Sonora, MexicoIn Guelph, Ontario, Canada.Adult and squabs in cactus-protected nest, High Desert (California)AdultEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenParent and two chicks in ArizonaPair of doves in late winter in MinnesotaAudubon's Carolina pigeonIn California, United StatesZygolophodon tapiroides tusks excavated in Milia (Greece)Autumn foliageThe Golden Fleece by Herbert James Draper (1904) "Aeetes Accepts the Dismembered Corpse of Absyrte". Engraved by René Boyvin after Leonard Thiry, 1563.Plaque with Medea's Murder of Absyrtus by Martin Didier Pape (between 1580 and 1600)AcrostichumAgrilusAgrilus biguttatus on a stump of a treeAgrilus alesiAgrilus aureusAgrilus auriventrisAgrilus auroapicalisAgrilus biakanusAgrilus celebicola lectotype.Agrilus connexus holotype.Agrilus crepuscularis holotype.Agrilus cupricauda lectotype.Agrilus diversornatus holotypeAgrilus evinadus lectotype.Agrilus horni lectotype.Agrilus horniellusAgrilus inamoenusAgrilus korenskyi lectotype.Agrilus kurandae lectotype.Agrilus laurenconi holotype.Agrilus marmoreus lectotype.Agrilus mucidus holotype.Agrilus nebulosus.Agrilus nirius lectotype.Agrilus nitidus lectotype.Agrilus oblatus lectotypeAgrilus perrotiAgrilus picturatus holotype.Agrilus pluvius holotype.Agrilus pseudoambiguus holotype.Agrilus samoensis holotype.Agrilus sordidulusAgrilus tebinganus lectotype.Agrilus tesselatus holotype.Agrilus trepanatus holotype.Agrilus umrongso holotype.Agrilus yamawakiiAgrilus zanthoxylumiRestoration of A. elrodi by Robert Bruce HorsfallLife reconstruction of Aepycamelus giraffinusAeshna speciosa fossilAgabusCandlenut (Aleurites moluccanus)Candlenut seedlingAllophylus timoriensis - MHNTUtah, October 2005Nevada, summer 2006Multicolored swarm in Nevada, 2002.Andrena vaga visiting her nestAnemiaMain symptoms that may appear in anemia[57]The hand of a person with severe anemia (on the left) compared to one without (on the right)Figure shows normal red blood cells flowing freely in a blood vessel. The inset image shows a cross-section of a normal red blood cell with normal hemoglobin.[58]Peripheral blood smear microscopy of a patient with iron-deficiency anemiaAnthomyia procellaris laying eggs into faeces on a stump of treeAnthonomusAphodiusAphodius septemmaculatusMarbled orb-weaver (Araneus marmoreus), Temagami, OntarioMarbled orb-weaver (Araneus marmoreus)AnthomyiaEacles imperialis caterpillar undergoing apolysisCalico flower (A. littoralis): habitAristolochic acid, the main toxin of pipevinesOrnamental Aristolochia ringensRajah Brooke's birdwing: its caterpillars feed on Aristolochia foveolataAristolochia acuminata habitus drawingAristolochia arborea flowersAristolochia erianthaAristolochia gibertiiAristolochia pistolochiaAristolochia maximaAristolochia lindneriAristolochia macrophyllaAristolochia ponticaAristolochia sempervirensMichel Adanson (1727-1806), who named the genus AsiminaFlower of Asimina reticulataAsimina triloba is often called prairie banana because of its banana-like creamy texture and flavor.Black spleenwort (A. adiantum-nigrum)Asplenium aethiopicumCrow's-nest fern (A. australasicum), one of the bird's-nest fernsAsplenium azoricumSea spleenwort (A. marinum)Forked spleenwort (A. septentrionale)Green spleenwort (A. viride)Female Neck-stretching courtship ritual of the male redheadAthaliahGustave Doré, The Death of Athaliah.AttagenusAttagenus fasciatus larvaAttagenus trifasciatusBorealosuchus skeleton cast at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State MuseumBorealosuchus sp. fossilBrachinus sclopetaBruchus atomariusBruchus rufimanusBruchus affinisBuprestis dalmatinaBuprestis haemorrhoidalisBuprestis lineataBuprestis novemmaculataBuprestis octoguttataBuprestis rufipesFemale Callomyia amoenaCardiospermum halicacabum - MHNTTypical interior structure of a small carpenter bee's nest, here built into a dry stem of fennel. The stem cavity is partitioned into cells, each one containing pollen bread and one offspring. In the lowermost cell (on the right), the larva has already hatched. The other two cells still contain eggs.Ceratina bifidaCeratina chalcitesCeratina smaragdula"Dog Town" or settlement of prairie dogsAphroditeAphrodite Ourania, draped rather than nude, with her foot resting on a tortoise (Musée du Louvre)Ruins of the temple of Aphrodite at AphrodisiasMosaic from Roman Syria depicting Aphrodite and Ares. Shahba, SyriaAncient Greek mosaic from Antioch dating to the second century AD, depicting the Judgement of ParisThe so-called "Venus in a bikini", from the house of Julia Felix, Pompeii, Italy actually depicts her Greek counterpart Aphrodite as she is about to untie her sandal, with a small Eros squatting beneath her left arm, 1st-century AD[Notes 1]Wall painting from Pompeii of Venus rising from the sea on a scallop shell, believed to be a copy of the Aphrodite Anadyomene by Apelles of KosThe Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum) often bears flowers directly on its trunk.Hispid pocket mouseArchaeological museum of ChalkidaView of the ancient Roman aqueductVenetian map of Chalcis (Negroponte) (1597).Church of Saint Paraskevi, patron saint of ChalkisNegroponte by Vincenzo Coronelli, 1687The Ottoman fortress of KarababaSt Nicholas churchThe city hallThe Chalcis' Bridge connecting the island with the mainland of Greece.M/V Arktos at Chalkis Shipyards.Bust of philosopher Aristotle, from Chalcidice, apoikia of Chalkis.A statue of Mordechai FrizisNikos SkalkottasGoldenrod soldier beetle (C. pennsylvanicus)CicadaA 17-year cicada, Magicicada, Robert Evans Snodgrass, 1930[59]Chorus cicada, a species endemic to New ZealandMesozoic fossil forewing of Mesogereon superbum, AustraliaThe giant cicada Prolystra lithographica from Germany Jurassic, about 150–145 MyaA Japanese Minminzemi (Oncotympana maculaticollis)Cicada sound-producing organs and musculature. a, Body of male from below, showing cover-plates; b, From above, showing drumlike tymbals; c, Section, muscles that vibrate tymbals; d, A tymbal at rest; e, Thrown into vibration, as when singingCicada exuviaEastern cicada killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus) with cicada prey. United StatesCicada camouflaged on an olive tree. Kassiopi, Corfu, Greece.Cicadas evade predators with strategies such as camouflage.The day-flying cicada Huechys sanguinea warns off predators with its aposematic red and black coloration. Southeast AsiaSilver casket with writing utensils, made by the Nuremberg goldsmith Wenzel Jamnitzer (1507/08–1585). Silver cicada is at lower left.Japanese snuff bottle in the form of a cicada, c. 1900Deep-fried Cryptotympana atrata in Shandong cuisineCurculionidaeA true weevilCompound of a Cyrtotrachelus in acrylCionus tuberculosus (Curculioninae)A northern flicker at a tree in the Seedskadee National Wildlife RefugeTwo males in a territorial display during springNorthern flicker feeding juvenile at nest cavity entrancePrairie dogFull view of a prairie dogPrairie dogs at a burrow entrancePrairie dog familyA pair of prairie dogsFemale with juvenileJuvenile prairie dogsPrairie dog callingA prairie dog and his holeA black-tailed prairie dog forages above ground for grasses and leaves.Cryptophagus corticinusCryptophagus lemoncheiAnatomy of a Culex larvaAnatomy of a Culex adultCulex malariager in amberHouses in Ghadames are made of mud, lime, and palm tree trunks with covered alleyways between them to offer good shelter against summer heat.Cylindrotoma distinctissima in copulaBaroque Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) depicted the pursuit of the nymph Daphne by the god Apollo as inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses, in Apollo and Daphne (1622–1625). This statue is in the collection of the Galleria Borghese in Rome.DaphniaThe beating heart of Daphnia under the microscopeResting egg pouch (ephippium) and the juvenile daphnid that just has hatched from itFishhook waterflea (above) and Bythotrephes longimanus (spiny water flea) (below)Extracted human botfly larva. The arrow points to the larva's mouthparts.Map of human botfly regionDermestesDermestes haemorrhoidalisJaw fragmentsA hemodialysis machineOsmosis diffusion ultrafiltration and dialysisSchematic diagram of peritoneal dialysisFile:Continuous Venon Venous Haemofiltration with pre and post-dilution (CVVH).svgContinuous veno-venous haemofiltration with pre- and post-dilution (CVVH)Continuous veno-venous haemodiafiltration (CVVHDF)Arm showing tubesSkeleton in the Field Museum of Natural HistoryRestoration of Dinictis chasing Protoceras, Charles R. KnightD. hyalipennisD. linearisD. rufipesD. goldiana, Goldie's fernDysdercus cingulatus, Kaeng Krachan National Park, ThailandEctobius species – NymphThe mature strobili of a horsetail (Equisetum arvense).A cross section through a horsetail strobilus, showing spores with elaters.Spores and two elaters of the liverwort Ptilidium.Empis (Xanthempis) lutea, female feeding honeydewEobasileus (left) and Uintatherium (right)Skull in the Field MuseumRestoration by Charles KnightModel of Eotitanops (bottom) in comparison with various species of MegaceropsBottle of ephedrine, an alkaloid found in ephedraA 1798 printed broadside advertising the availability of a stallion for horse-breedingmodern Tatuidris tatusia workerEuphorbia as a small tree: Euphorbia dendroidesEuphorbia miliiEuphorbiafalse-flowerDetail of poinsettia flowers and immature fruitsAn old Euphorbia hybridEuphorbia obesaSimplified diagram of relations in subtribe EuphorbiinaeDistribution of the least chipmunkLeast chipmunkF. accreta worker, with cocoonsF. integroides workerFornax Chemica can be seen below Cetus in this card from Urania's Mirror (1825).The constellation Fornax as it can be seen by the naked eye.Four globular clusters in Fornax.[60]The Hubble Ultra Deep Field seen with MUSE.[61]A photograph of the head of a tsetse illustrating the forward pointing proboscisA photograph of the whole body of a tsetse illustrating the folded wings when at restA photograph of the wing of a tsetse illustrating the hatchet shaped central cellA photograph and diagram of the head of a tsetse illustrating the branched hairs of the antenna's aristaGlossina palpalis and G. morsitans from a 1920 lexiconCows dead from rinderpest in South Africa, 1896Serengeti National Park, TanzaniaTsetse fly from Burkina FasoTrypanosomes in a blood smearTsetse fly from Burkina FasoTsetse trapG. kohlsi paratypePonderosa forest near Forest Lakes, ArizonaPinyon jay in flightH. gregariusSkullMiriholcorpa forcipata holotype, a Middle Jurassic scorpionflyHumulusH. improssopunctatusHylobius abietisHolotype BMNH M16336Restoration by Heinrich HarderIlex paraguariensisHollies (here, Ilex aquifolium) are dioecious: (above) shoot with flowers from male plant; (top right) male flower enlarged from female plant; (lower right) female flower enlarged, showing stamen and reduced, sterile stamens with no pollen.Traditional Christmas card with holly and mistletoe. Circa 1880sThe underside of a fertile frond of Dicksonia antarctica. Each circular brown structure is an individual sorus.JanusDifferent depictions of Janus from Bernard de Montfaucon's L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figuresThe temple of Janus with closed doors, on a sestertius issued under Nero in 66 AD from the mint at LugdunumA bronze as from Canusium depicting a laureate Janus with the prow of a ship on the reverseThe traditional ascription of the "Temple of Janus" at Autun, Burgundy, is disputed.A cylinder seal depicting the gods Ishtar, Shamash, Enki, and Isimud, who is shown with two faces (circa 2300 BCE)IasosInterior of bouleuterionView of agora from bouleuterionRuins on the agora, possibly from the basilicaPortico on eastern side of agora, looking southSanctuary of Artemis AstiasMale slate-colored junco (Junco hyemalis hyemalis)Male and female Junco hyemalisOregon juncoPink-sided juncoGray-headed juncoFledgling pink-sided junco (Junco hyemalis mearnsi) at about 1 month after hatching, Yellowstone National Park.Nest with eggsJunco hyemalis in flightA pink-sided junco in Elizabeth, ColoradoKalmiaKalmia microphyllaegg of a LagopusWhite-tailed ptarmiganA red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) in the Yorkshire Moors of EnglandAn individual with late summer plumage blends into subalpine tundraLasiusLasius niger, queen, workers, and eggsLasius flavusCarrie Fisher reprised the role of Leia in Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015.Princess Leia cosplay (Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California, April 2015)File:Amsterdam Women's March L1003135-Edit (32399726686) (cropped).jpgProtest sign from the Amsterdam Women's March in 2017 reading "A Woman's Place is in the Resistance" over a photograph of Princess Leia.Actress Olivia Munn cosplaying in the iconic Princess Leia "metal bikini" slave outfit from Return of the Jedi (1983)White-tailed jackrabbit in the snow at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (Wyoming)Running in Great Sand Dunes National ParkBlack rosy finchSandia Peak - New MexicoFemale - Sandia Peak - New MexicoDried Fruits of Lindera neesiana Used as spice (coll.MHNT)Lindera umbellataLinnaeus in the traditional dress of the Sami people of Lapland, holding the twinflower (Linnaea) that became his personal emblem (1853 portrait by Hendrik Hollander)The leaves are under 1cm long, with a few shallow teeth on the upper half.Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, U.S.Linnaea borealis may form long-persisting clonal coloniesRue Linnea Borealis, Cogne (Aosta Valley)"Locusta testing in Nero's presence the poison prepared for Britannicus", painting by Joseph-Noël Sylvestre, 1876LycosaLycosa hawaiiensis carrying youngLycosa narbonensisLycosa singoriensisLycosa tarantula, illustrationLycosa godeffroyi carrying youngFlowering crabapple bloomsRipe wild crab apples (Malus sylvestris)Baskets of crab apples for sale in Connecticut in 1939.Trunk of malusCrabapple bonsai tree taken in AugustYellow-bellied marmotWell-fed Marmota flaviventris standing, Ansel Adams Wilderness, CAFemale with nursing pup, Kamloops, British ColumbiaMarmots eating trash left by backpackers at Trail Camp near Mount Whitney, CAMegalictisRestoration of M. arikarenseFemale and male M. arikarense skullsMessorDawn redwood foliage - note opposite arrangementEocene (Ypresian) age M. occidentalis branchletFile:File:Metasequoia occidentalis.jpgMetasequoia occidentalisM. occidentalis cone with long, leafless stalk; early Paleocene, AlbertaLeft upper and lower molar teethLong-tailed voles may reside near marshes growing hardstem bullrush (Schoenoplectus acutus)Musca (as Apis) can be seen in the upper right of this extract from Bayer's Uranometria of 1603The constellation Musca as it can be seen by the naked eyeThe Coalsack Nebula can be seen as the large dark region near the top of the photo. It extends into the northeast of Musca. The vertical dark column in the lower right of the image is the Dark Doodad Nebula.Skull, as illustrated in Merriam's Synopsis of the weasels of North AmericaBlack-footed ferret at the Louisville ZooBlack-footed ferret performing a weasel war danceBlack-footed ferret kitsBlack-footed ferret chasing prairie dog.Ferret in the wild, July 2008Myrmica species cultivating aphidsMyrmica species workers drinking sugared waterBottom view of N. pilipes, Agumbe Rainforest, IndiaMature female (N. clavipes), Davie, FloridaN. clavipes web, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, FloridaAustralian golden silk orb-weaver (N. edulis) and a locust caught in its web.N. pilipes female with many malesN. inaurata, MadagascarCape made from Madagascar golden orb-weaver spider silk, Victoria and Albert Museum, London[62]Inskip Point, SE Queensland, AustraliaFar Eastern curlews in Olango Island Group, Philippines.Snowy owlThe engraving Snowy Owl, Plate 121 of The Birds of America by John James Audubon. Male (top) and female (bottom).Juvenile Snowy Owl, about 12 weeks oldAdult Snowy Owl, CanadaCross-section of a floating leaf of Nympheae alba, E1: upper Epiderm, E2: lower Epiderm, P: Palisade mesophyll, M: Spongy mesophyll, B: vascular bundle, I: intercellular, S: sclerenchymaNymphaea stellataBlue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) on an 18th Dynasty jar found at AmarnaWater Lilies by Claude Monet, 1906This individual was at 603 m (1,978 ft) in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.The American pika's cryptic coloration helps it blend in with its environment in the Sierra Nevada.Lepus (Lagomys) princeps print from original scientific text.Slender glass lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus)Frontal view of skullOrohippusOsmanthus decorusFemale Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (O. c. canadensis) in Yellowstone National ParkPaederusMandible of the type species P. minuta, from Schlosser 1888 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFSchlosser1888 (help)Inferior view of Bunaelurus (=Palaeogale) from Matthew 1902 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFMatthew1902 (help)Tooth of Phenacodus and PalaeonictisMandible of P. eterrimaPanorpaP. nuptialisSkull of Patriofelis ultaPepsisPepsis wasp with preyNorth American deer mouse rangeAstragalus hamosus - MHNTPheidole mendiculaSkeleton of Phenacodus primaevus.Restoration by Heinrich HarderFlowering Lewis's Mock-orange (Philadelphus lewisii) in habitatMexican evergreen mock-orange, Philadelphus karwinskyanusJapanese mock-orange, Philadelphus laxusHoary mock-orange, Philadelphus pubescensSchrenk's mock-orange, Philadelphus schrenkiiPhyllobius virideaeris in copulaIn Yellowstone Bear World (near Idaho Falls, Idaho)Back view showing dark blue-green feathersScavenging the remains of a large animal carcassAt Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (Wyoming)Platycheirus fulviventris malePlatycheirus peltatus malePlatycheirus clypeatus malePlatycheirus manicatus malePlatycheirus splendidus malePlatycheirus albimanus femalePlatycheirus manicatus femalePlatycheirus occultus femaleClose-up of head, P. nearcticaFossil of Poebrotherium sp. in CosmoCaixa BarcelonaPoebrotherium wilsoni skull in the Milan Natural History MuseumRight dentary dentition of a juvenile P. wilsoni from the White River Badlands.Australian spotted crake (P. fluminea)Egg of Baillon's crake (P. pusilla)Differing plumages of male (left), female (center) and immature little crakes (P. parva)Footage of the now-extinct Laysan rail (P. palmeri)The enigmatic dark crake of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi is today included in P. sandwichensisSora foraging in waterSkeleton castRhagioRhagio notatus, femaleRhagio scolopaceusRhagio sp.Rhagio tringarius, maleRhagio vitripennisR. limbataR. arcticusR. odoratusR. saxatilisR. ellipticus var. obcordatusR. ulmifoliusR. chamaemorusR. phoenicolasiusR. hirsutusR. caesiusR. parviflorusR. idaeusR. fruticosusR. laciniatusR. hawaiensisR. spectabilis var. spectabilisCommercially produced R. strigosus raspberriesR. rosifoliusFlowers of European black elderSambucus canadensis showing the complex branching of the inflorescenceSambucus canadensis showing the inflorescenceSambucus javanicaElderberry cultivation in AustriaDried elderberries ready for steepingMale and female Sassafras albidum flowers. The male flower is on the right; the female is on the left. The male flower has nine stamens (one partially obscured), while the female has a central pistil.Fossil Sassafras hesperia leaf from Early Ypresian, Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington, USAS. albidum is a host plant for the spicebush swallowtail.Male with blue sidesCamouflaged by treeEastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulates) Amelia Court House, VAEastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) with turquoise markingsEastern fence lizard eggScolytus scolytusBluebirdS. obscuraMap showing the Roman empire in AD 125 and contemporary barbarian Europe, showing two possible locations of the Sitones. One, based on Tacitus, places them in Central Sweden. Another view places them roughly in modern Estonia and/or Finland.The red-breasted nuthatch is said to have a callⓘ like a tin trumpet.Open ponderosa pine woodlands are a habitat for pygmy nuthatch. Cross-section of a western rock nuthatch nest cavity with a mud wall and tunnel across its entrance.The great spotted woodpecker is a serious predator of Eurasian nuthatch nests.[63]Eurasian nuthatch on a garden bird feederWhite-breasted nuthatch, common in much of North AmericaWhite-breasted nuthatchTail displayed S. c. carolinensisDeciduous woodland is the preferred habitat in the northeastAn adult at nest entrance, feeding its nestlings.Feeding sequenceFeeding on SuetBird feeders provide a supplementary source of foodSpermophagus sp.Fossil specimenExhibiting territorial behaviorEating a dandelionIn a suburban environmentSterculiaS. setigera, dry capsules and seeds – MHNTS. pruriens, wood texture – MHNTPanama tree, S. apetalaBust of unnamed Stratigos with Corinthian helmet; Hadrianic Roman copy of a Greek sculpture of c. 400 BCThe insignia of a full Stratigós of the Hellenic Army.Image by Harold Maxwell-Lefroy - Life history of SyrphusFlying in Central New York, USMatingNestingTenor voice range (C3–C5) notated on the treblestaff (left) and on piano keyboard in green with dot marking middle C (C4). Note that the numeral eight below the treble clef indicates that the pitches sound an octave lower than written: see Clef#Octave clefs. This is the standard clef for tenor parts in scores.Thamnophis elegans terrestris with dark coloringThomisusmale Thomisus kitamurai from Japanfemale Thomisus okinawensisSouth African species of Thomisus in ambush on Lavandula, by a flower too small for her to occupySouth African species of Thomisus disturbed on Lavandula inflorescencefemale T. labefactusSapindaceaeDodonaea viscosa flowersRambutan fruits.Alupag, Dimocarpus didyma fruitsLocation of Tingis in Roman Mauretania TingitanaTriumfettaTriumfetta pentandraTriumfetta semitrilobaTroxWorldwide vetch yieldHungarian vetch (V. pannonica) is often grown for forage.4-Chloroindole-3-acetic acid (4-Cl-IAA), a phytohormone found in several vetchesLeucoagglutinin, a toxic phytohemagglutinin found in raw Vicia fabaThe branched tendrils of black vetch (V. nigricans) help to distinguish it from other species.Vicia amoenaKashubian (Danzig) vetch (V. cassubica)Vicia grandifloraPea-flowered vetch (V. pisiformis)Vicia tenuifolia ssp. dalmaticaThe Villa Medici in Fiesole with early terraced hillside landscape: by Leon Battista AlbertiThe Getty Villa, an adaptation of the Villa of the Papyri, in Pacific Palisades, Los AngelesModel of Fishbourne Roman Palace, a governor's villa on the grandest scaleThe Villa di Medici by Giuliano da Sangallo-1470: Poggio a Caiano, TuscanyVilla di Pratolino with lower half of the gardens: by Giusto Utens-1599. Museo Topografico, Florence.Villa Doria Pamphili, RomeVilla "Sea Greeting" (Meeresgruss) in Binz, Rügen Island - a typical villa in 19th-century German resort architecture styleAerial view of giant "villa colonies" (Villenkolonien) in Dresden, Germany: Gründerzeit quarters of Blasewitz (incl. Tolkewitz and Striesen), Gruna and Johannstadt.Typical Villa in Graz, AustriaExample of Modern architecture villa in Sicily, ItalyHeritage villas: late 19th century, Auckland, New ZealandViburnum grandiflorumWeinmannia blumeiXantholinus glabratusXylocopa caerulea, Blue Carpenter Bee, robbing nectarCarpenter beeZamia furfuracea leaves Shell of Argopecten irradians from Bermuda Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di MilanoRange of Sinitrofulgur perversumLive lightning whelk on the beach at Core Banks, North CarolinaAbapertural view of a shell of Sinistrofulgur perversumSinistrofulgur perversum egg cases.A long string of egg cases also known as a "mermaid's necklace" on display in a museumBusycotypus canaliculatusSouthern African pilchard are the most important prey species of copper sharks off South Africa.The copper shark is often caught by recreational anglers.A Caribbean reef shark surrounded by jacks.Numerous Caribbean reef sharks attracted to a bait ball.Several Caribbean reef sharks being fed at a "shark feed" in the Bahamas.A blacktip shark swimming in murky water off Oahu, HawaiiBlacktip sharks are social and usually found in groups.The blacktip shark usually poses little danger to divers.A Caribbean reef shark cruising over a coral reef in the Bahamas.Fossil valves of Cerastoderma edule from Pliocene of ItalyCommon slipper shell10 fresh shells of Crepidula fornicataJackknife clam, cooked, valves openFrançois Perrier's The Sacrifice of Iphigenia (17th century), depicting Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter IphigeniaIphigenia as a priestess of Artemis in Tauris sets out to greet prisoners, amongst which are her brother Orestes and his friend Pylades; a Roman fresco from Pompeii, 1st century ADIphigenie (1862) by Anselm FeuerbachMactra glaucaLeft valve interior of Mercenaria mercenariaFossil shell of Mercenaria permagna. Pleistocene of United StatesLeft valve interior of Mercenaria mercenaria.An old quahog shell that has been bored (producing Entobia) and encrusted after the death of the clamSteamed clamsRaw top neck clams in New Jersey.A beachworn right valve of Petricolaria pholadiformis, from WalesJawsTeeth21 ton whale shark caught in China in 2008Whale shark filteringplankton in MaldivesA whale shark in the Philippines with remorasIn Oslob, Philippines, whale sharks are fed shrimp to return every morning for tourists and divers.Swimming alongside an adult free diverA whale shark in the Georgia AquariumSnorkelling with whale shark near Isla Mujeres (Mexico) 30 August 2011JawStewartia koreana - MHNTS. bariensis skullPartial skullPremolar1840 illustrationCooper's hawkVideo: Accipiter cooperiiComparison of a male Cooper's hawk (left) with a female sharp-shinned hawk (right)Immature Cooper's hawk in winterTypical fall foliage in red maple country.Red Maple leaf from specimen in northern FloridaImmature foliage of Acer rubrum (Red Maple)Drawing showing male and female flower, leaf and samaraSamaras from a specimen in Milford, New HampshireFemale flowersMale flowersAcer × freemanii 'Jeffersred' in TorontoMature bark, at Hemingway, South CarolinaSpecimen showing variation of autumn leaf colorationA bottle of maple syrupMale calling and entering amplexus'Acropora cervicornis, Bonaire, 2007, notice the "stems" reacting to a disease.Acropora palmata afflicted with white pox disease, Molasses Reef, Florida Keys, in March 2008Eggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenNorthern saw-whet owlThree juveniles in Oregon, United StatesSpotted eagle rays are social and often occur in groups. Three individuals off BelizeThe silvertip shark is a predator of the spotted eagle ray.An eagle ray searching the bottom for food at Curaçao, Netherland AntillesNest with eggsAgitated malemale red-winged blackbird hectoring an ospreyThe "perched display", with wings held away from the body, is an agonistic behavior of the red-winged blackbird.A. piscivorus, neonate; note the yellow tail tip.Distribution: Blue = A. p. piscivorus; Red = A. p. conanti, Green = A. p. leucostoma, Gray = intergradation[64]A cypress swamp in Big Cypress National Preserve, south FloridaA. p. piscivorus – gaping is part of the typical threat display.A. p. piscivorus, light-colored adultThe effects of central fusion and terminal fusion on heterozygosityThe effects of central fusion and terminal fusion on heterozygosityWood duck in flightWood duckLifting off to flyClose up of male headIn Central Park, New York, USAAdult with two juveniles on a nestAlligatorA rare albino alligator swimmingAmerican alligator showing teethAlligator prenasalis fossilAmerican alligator skullThe snout of an American alligatorX-ray video of a female American alligator showing contraction of the lungs while breathingAmerican alligator (right) and American crocodile (left) at Mrazek Pond, FloridaA young American alligator preying on a bullfrogAmerican alligator in the EvergladesAmerican alligator eating a crab.Nest and young in FloridaYoung American alligator swimming, showing the distinctive yellow striping found on juvenilesDefensive American alligator with mouth openMan wrestling American alligatorFossil of Alosa elongataShad roeAlveopora spongiosa
Bowfin activity in an aquarium.
Diagram showing fins and eyespot of a bowfin. USFW&SDrawing of a bowfin skull showing the bony plates protecting the headLateral view of a Bowfin skull. The dermal bones that are seen are composed of dermatocranium and cover the chondrocranium which is present but is located underneath the layer of dermatocranium. This specimen came from the Pacific Lutheran University Natural History collection.The lower figure is a skeleton of the bowfin. The pelvic and pectoral girdles are both visible and the axial and cranial elements are also both present.Dissection of a bowfin Swim bladder.Three divisions of Neopterygii comprising Lepisosteiformes, Amiiformes, and TeleosteiThe gill rakers are short with blunt processes and with a small space in between them. They are connected to the gill arch of the gills.Amia calva distribution in the eastern U.S., as well as from the St. Lawrence River and Lake Champlain drainage of southern Ontario and Quebec, westward around Great Lakes in southern Ontario into MinnesotaLernaea, or anchor worm, on a Murray cod. The same parasite also attacks bowfin.A man with a freshly caught bowfinNorthern pintail female wingspanNorthern pintail male in flightNorthern pintail femaleMale in river Ljubljanica, SloveniaNon-breeding males wintering in IndiaBreeding pairEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenUp-ending to feed (male on right)Male preeningMale flying above Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in WyomingFemaleFemale Spatula cyanoptera septentrionaliumMale (left) and femaleMaleBlue-winged tealMales and a female, Richmond, British ColumbiaIn flight, Ladner, British ColumbiaMales in Sarpy County, NebraskaMottled duckFlorida subspeciesA female American black duck (top left) and a female mallard (bottom right) in eclipse plumageAmerican black duckA female with a dull green beakAnas rubripes female, Hudson River, New Jersey, USAChart showing differences between the American black duck and the female mallardFemale and male dabbling, WWT London Wetland Centre, BarnesM. sejunctus front and back feet (right) and M. sphenodus lower jaw fragmentFlorida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox) close-up.Close-up of head of A. ferox.Juvenile Florida scrub jay developing adult colorationJuvenile Florida scrub jayGrey-necked wood railA grey-necked wood rail feeding on seedsA wading grey-necked wood railLimpkin performing a wing-stretchLimpkin with an apple snail (Pomacea)Limpkin searching underwater for foodJuvenile limpkinLimpkin chicks with parentsTest of a Arbacia lixula. Shell of Argopecten irradians from Bermuda Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di MilanoAriusShort-eared owl (Asio flammeus) in Mangaon, Maharashtra, IndiaAsio flammeus flammeus from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary in Sikkim from 13,500 ft near Lungthu. Such high altitude distributions can be found in Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh area of Higher Himalayas as well.In Texel, North Holland, NetherlandsOn the Galapagos Islands, EcuadorShort Eared Owl in its habitat. Notice how it chooses short shady trees to roost under, in a grassland/ desert habitat.Egg, Collection Museum WiesbadenIn flightIn flightIn Piraju, São Paulo, BrazilAtractosteus africanus fossilsEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenFlock feeding in Tokyo bay, JapanDrake with a leg ring in North CarolinaGreater scaup decoys, male on the left and female on the right. Each is attached to a lead weight.CanvasbackFossil of Balaenoptera acutorostrata cuvieri from Pliocene of ItalySkeleton of the Common minke whaleMinke whale in the Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park, showing the blowholes and dorsal fin at the same timeMinke whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence showing scars perhaps caused by killer whalesMinke whale's size relative to a Zodiac off TadoussacDwarf minke whale showing prominent white flipper and shoulder blazes, the light gray thorax patch, and the various dark gray dorsal fieldsView of a common minke whale underwater, showing the diagnostic white flipper bandWhale penis (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)Common minke whale breaching off the AzoresNorwegian minke whale quotas (blue line, 1994–2006) and catches (red line, 1946.2005) in numbers (from Norwegian official statistics)Common minke whale breaching in the St. Lawrence River near Tadoussac, QuebecBay barnacles in the Sea of Azov, UkraineLive barnacles on a shell with the small hermit crab (Diogenes pugilator)BasiliscusCap Bon, in modern Tunisia is the place where the Roman fleet led by Basiliscus landed to launch an attack upon the Vandal capital of Carthage.Tremissis issued by Emperor Zeno. Zeno, whose original name was Tarasicodissa, was of Isaurian origin, and thus considered a "barbarian" and not loved by the people of Constantinople. Basiliscus successfully exploited his unpopularity to get the purple for himself, only to become unpopular in his turn, mainly for his religious belief.Lindera melissifoliaPondberry flowersApical, apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Biomphalaria tenagophila. Scale bar is 3 mm.Northern short-tailed shrewB. c. constrictorHead shape of B. c. imperatorJuvenile South American boa constrictorA boa constrictor in BelizeA juvenile female boa constrictor in a shed cycle, note the blue "opaque" eyesCaptive boa constrictor strike-feeding on large (already dead) ratA vivariumillustration Boa constrictor eques (Eydoux & Souleyet 1842), synonymized into B. c. imperatorAmerican bitternAmerican bittern, Nisqually National Wildlife RefugeFor sale in a Japanese supermarket, 2014Ponds along Attikamek Trail at Sault Ste. Marie CanalOak toadAdult male (left), female (right). Note the sharply contrasted ventral surface, the vocal sac on the male's throat, and the female's larger size.Oak toad tadpoleSmallest toad species in North America.An apertural view of the shell of Bulimulus dealbatus[65]Apertural view of Bursa rhodostoma thomae (d’Orbigny, 1847) with operculum.Knobbed whelkKnobbed whelk shellsWhelk egg caseRange of Sinitrofulgur perversumLive lightning whelk on the beach at Core Banks, North CarolinaAbapertural view of a shell of Sinistrofulgur perversumSinistrofulgur perversum egg cases.A long string of egg cases also known as a "mermaid's necklace" on display in a museumSinistrofulgur sinistrumMuseum specimen of egg capsules of Sinistrofulgur sinistrumBusycotypus canaliculatusRed-shouldered hawk taking flight at Green Cay Wetlands, FloridaA pair of red-shouldered hawks. Painted by John James Audubon.Broad-winged hawk at Isle Royale National ParkRufous-morph bird in Hereford, Arizona, on its way to the pampasSubspecies B. v. maculata"Green heron" by John J. AudubonRed knotLarge flocks of C. c. islandica winter in the coastal marshes of Britain, along with other waders. The Wash, NorfolkNonbreeding adultCalidris canutus – MHNTRed knot feeding on horseshoe crab eggs in Delaware BayMontage showing the morphological variation of the dog.Lateral view of skeleton."Five different types of dogs," c. 1547.Montage showing the coat variation of the dog.A Golden Retriever with a golden shade of coat. Shades of coat colors can vary within breeds of dogs. For example, some Golden Retrievers have light, almost cream colored coats, and others may have dark, brownish shades of coat. [66]A mixed-breed terrier. Mixed-breed dogs have been found to run faster and live longer than their pure-bred parents (See heterosis)Dog nursing newborn puppiesA feral dog from Sri Lanka nursing her four puppiesThe Saarloos wolfdog carries more gray wolf DNA than any other dog breed[67]Golden Retriever gnawing a pig's footCavalier King Charles Spaniels demonstrate different colored coats within the one breedGunnar Kaasen and Balto, the lead dog on the last relay team of the 1925 serum run to Nome.Siberian Husky—pack animal A British Bulldog shares a day at the park.Green velvet dog collar, dates from 1670 to 1690.Dogs come in a range of sizes.Gaegogi (dog meat) stew being served in a Korean restaurantA human cuddles a Doberman puppy.Spread of Seuso, dogs at Lake BalatonA painting of Saint Dominic carrying the Dominican Rosary, with a dog bearing a torch, at his sideDecameron hunting scene, Davide Ghirlandaio, c.1485 Brooklyn MuseumFigure of a Recumbent Dog, China, 4th century, Brooklyn MuseumBuilding J (foreground) at Monte AlbánAnnotated night sky image showing Auriga and the Pleiades – Capella is the brightest star, towards top leftCapella components comparison with the SunH-R diagram show an evolutionary track for a star of approximately the mass of the two Capella giants. The current states of Capella Aa and Ab are marked.Giant trevally, C. ignobilis, the largest fish in the genusCaranx gracilis of the Oligocene from the Romanian Eastern CarpathiansA school of Pacific crevalle jack, Caranx caninus in PanamaCrevalle jackSeveral crevalle jacks over a reef in FloridaA school of crevalle jack swarming around a Caribbean reef sharkClaspers (external male copulatory parts) of a young Carcharhinus brevipinnaThe spinner shark is valued by both commercial and recreational fisheries.Bull shark (Bahamas)A blacktip shark swimming in murky water off Oahu, HawaiiBlacktip sharks are social and usually found in groups.The blacktip shark usually poses little danger to divers.Upper teethLower teethSandbar shark caught in the Atlantic.A juvenile night shark; after birth young sharks grow quickly, thereby reducing their risk of predation.Diagram indicating the differences between C. taurus and O. feroxAnnual movements of sand tiger sharks off South Africa and AustraliaA bottom-living smooth-hound shark, one of the important prey items of sand tiger sharksGrowth curve for sand tiger sharks in the north AtlanticSand shark in the Newport AquariumMale Northern Cardinal in Manhasset, NYThe male often feeds the female as part of their courtship behavior.Female cardinal eating a katydid, Missouri OzarksMale cardinal at feederA male Northern Cardinal feeding on a bird feederThe carapace of this loggerhead is reddish brown; five vertebral scutes run down the turtle's midline bordered by five pairs of costal scutes.Range of the loggerhead sea turtleA resting loggerhead sea turtleAn adult Aurelia jellyfish which loggerheads eat during migration through the open seaA horned ghost crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma) preying on a loggerhead hatchling in Gnaraloo, Western Australia. Ghost crabs are one of the chief causes of egg and hatchling mortality in sea turtles.[68][69][70]The red fox is a predator of loggerhead nests in Australia.Hatchling running to seaA mature loggerhead sea turtleLoggerhead turtle track on a beachA loggerhead sea turtle laying eggsLoggerhead sea turtle nest roped off as part of the Sea Turtle Protection Project on Hilton Head IslandLoggerhead sea turtle escapes from fishing net through a turtle excluder deviceIn this Carex panicea, the upper spike contains male flowers, and the lower spike contains female flowers.In flightSpearing a fishCassisPort-Mioucalanque in CassisView of CassisEmperor/Queen Helmet Snail in the wild.Cameo by Ascione manufacture, 1925, Naples, Coral and Cameo Jewellery Museum.Fossil valves of Cerastoderma edule from Pliocene of Italy50 second video of snails (most likely Natica chemnitzi and Cerithium muscarum) feeding on the sea floor in the Gulf of California, Puerto Peñasco, MexicoEggs in a nest on the groundParent protecting small chicks by performing a distraction display to draw attention to itself away from the nestScalation of carapace and plastronTaxidermied shell a Chelonia mydasAbout to break the surface for air at Kona, HawaiiSwimming, HawaiiGreen sea turtle grazing on seagrassHatchlingHarvested green turtles on a wharf at Key West, FloridaIn a public aquariumA poached green turtle in Costa RicaAt the Osaka Aquarium, profile photo of turtle resting on bottomCommon snapping turtleSkullIllustration from Holbrook's North American Herpetology, 1842A snapping turtle's eggsPolitical cartoon depicting merchants attempting to dodge the "Ograbme"HeadWoolly-necked stork Ciconia episcopusCircusSells Brothers Circus with Great Danes Video of a circus from 1954.Astley's Amphitheatre in London c.1808Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. Co., 1890Circus parade around tents, in lithograph by Gibson & Co., 1874Lion tamer, in lithograph by Gibson & Co., 1873Painting by Venezuelan Arturo Michelena, c. 1891, depicting a backstage area at the circusCirque du Soleil performing Dralion in Vienna, 2004Ticket Sale of Sirkus Finlandia in Jyväskylä, FinlandFire breathers risk burns, both internal and external, as well as poisoning in the pursuit of their art.Female lion tamer and leopard.Elephants from Cole Brothers Circus parade through downtown Los Angeles, 1953gorillashorse actElephant act at a 2009 circus in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. In December 2014, as a response to reports of animal mistreatment, the Mexican Congress passed a law banning the use of animals in any circus in the country.[71] The law set fines for violations and required circuses to submit lists of the wildlife they possessed, which would then be made available to zoos interested in taking the animals.[71]Circus buildingPaper postcard of the Old Kharkov Wood CircusThe Circus, by Georges Seurat, painted 1891. Original in Musée d'Orsay, Paris.Circus sealsBird in flight at an altitude over 12,500 ft in Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary in East Sikkim district, India in the month of NovemberEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenSedge wrenSedge wren in tall vegetationCladocoraFemaleEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenMother and six ducklings in IcelandIn flightAdult, Indialantic, FloridaComparison of black-billed cuckoo and yellow-billed cuckooAn illustration of a Colpophyllia natans colony.Conepatus humboldtiiHog-nosed skunkA hog-nosed skunk skeleton on exhibit at the Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, OklahomaCytharaConasprella delessertii (Récluz, C., 1843)Apertural view of Conus patricius.Apertural view of a shell of Coralliophila miraComposite image of fish crowsFish crow eating an eggspecimen at AMNH10 fresh shells of Crepidula fornicataCommon slipper shellC. adamanteus,Saint Louis Zoological ParkDetail of rattleC. adamanteusIn the Universeum Science Park, Gothenburg, SwedenC. adamanteus showing one of its venomous fangs, Louisville Zoo, Louisville, KYCrucibulumInula heleniumInula oculus-christiPloughman's-spikenard (Inula conyzae)F. c. columbarius hunting a northern blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata bromia), Mount Auburn Cemetery, Massachusetts, United StatesJuvenile at the Cincinnati ZooIts black bill is useful in distinguishing the trumpeter swan from other speciesPlate 406 of the Birds of America by John James Audubon, depicting the trumpeter swanApproximate summer range of the three regional populations of trumpeter swans in North AmericaIn winter, they may eat crop remnants in agricultural fields, but more commonly they feed while swimmingTrumpeter swan broodThree flying in MissouriWintering in British ColumbiaMated pair on a lake, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, AlaskaAdult and three juvenile trumpeter swans on the shore of Woods Lake, near Oyama, British ColumbiaSkull of C. peruvianus at the MNHN, ParisCyphoma signatumFlamingo tongue on a sea rodFossil of Cypraecassis pseudocrumena from Pliocene of ItalyDaedalochila uvulifera.
Chicken turtleAdult chicken turtle laying eggs, FloridaLarge adult chicken turtle, FloridaSkeleton, Natural History Museum of GenoaDentition, as illustrated in Knight's Sketches in Natural HistoryThe opposable "thumb" on the back footOpossum considers a bagel, but walks awayPacing diagram for Virginia opossum - key: rectangles represent hind tracks, ellipses are fore tracks, left tracks are red, right are green. (a) the position of the four feet frozen in mid-pace. (b) the opossum brings right fore and hind feet forward. (c) the opossum brings left fore and hind feet forward. One grid square represents one square inch.Opossum tracks (photo center) in mud: Left-fore print appears on left center of photo, right-hind print appears right center. The small, circular tracks at bottom center of photo were made by a meadow vole. The yellow ruler (top) is in inches.When injured or threatened, the Virginia opossum is well known for attempting to fake death or "play possum", as seen in this photo.Carrying its youngJuvenile opossum in Minnesota hissing defensively.Virginia opossum in northeastern OhioVirginia opossum inhabiting a piano in Houston, Texas, shortly before its releaseGrooved brain coral, Caribbean Sea, Vieques, Puerto RicoGrooved brain coral with black band disease in Caribbean Sea, Bahia de la Chiva, Puerto RicoSouthern lapwing with youngster under wingsSouthern lapwing chickNest of V. c. lampronotus with small clutchDrymarchon melanurus erebennusThe sea potato, Echinocardium cordatum, is the favored echinoid prey of S. granulata in the Mediterranean.[72]Little egret Egretta garzetta in Kolleru, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaWhite-faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae with a frogA black rat snake, Chatham County, North CarolinaShowing "kinked" threatened postureRaiding a bluebirdbirdhouseMating while climbing a treeCliff chirping frog, Eleutherodactylus marnockiiJackknife clam, cooked, valves openJackknife clamEquetusJuvenile jack-knifefish, Equetus lanceolatusJack-knifefish, Equetus lanceolatusSpotted drum, Equetus punctatusClaw of Eremotherium eomigrans at MUSE - Science Museum in TrentoHawksbill sea turtleCarapace's serrated margin and overlapping scutes are evident in this individualClose-up of the hawksbill's distinctive beakAnother model of the possible distribution of E. imbricata: Red circles represent known major nesting sites. Yellow circles are minor nesting sites.E. imbricata in a coral reef in VenezuelaYoung E. imbricata from Réunion IslandA female hawksbill turtle laying eggs on beach at Mona island, Puerto RicoHawksbill baby turtle in Paulista, Pernambuco, BrazilHawksbill hatchling in Puerto RicoHawksbill sea turtle (top right) in a 1904 plate by Ernst HaeckelPalauan women's money (toluk)A hawksbill sea turtle in TobagoA specimen at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.Lamarck's original description of Cidarites tribuloides (Eucidaris tribuloides), ca. 1816.A specimen dried for preservation.Adult flying in Huntington Beach State Park, South Carolina, United StatesAn American white ibis at Riverside Park, Jacksonville, FloridaAdults in shallow water at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge near the Atlantic coast of FloridaAdult American white ibis on pavement outside of Orlando, FL.American white ibis in a neighborhood pond in Tampa Bay, FloridaBirds roosting in a tree near to St. Johns River, FloridaJuvenile in Everglades National Park. Some of its brown feathers have molted and have been replaced with white feathers.Juvenile in FloridaAdult eating a fishVideo of adults foraging on Bonita Beach, Bonita Springs, Florida, United StatesAdults foraging for food in a front garden in FloridaEuglandina rosea from W. G. Binney, 1878.[73]Left to Right:Euglandina rosea (2 specimens), Euglandina rosea bullata, and Euglandina vanuxemensis. from W. G. Binney, 1878.[74]Euglandina rosea from NW FloridaEulithidium affineEulithidium bellumPlestiodon fasciatus on boardwalk at Francis Beidler ForestDetail of headSubadult with partly regrown tail pictured in parkland in Memphis, TennesseeCloseup of the Skink's faceEuropeansubspeciesaesalon. Adult male (front) and female (behind)Presumably coastal forest merlin (F. c. suckelyi), Potter Marsh, Anchorage (Alaska, United States)Male (presumably F. c./a. pallidus) wintering in Little Rann of Kutch (Gujarat, India)Juvenile, F. c. columbariusUpperside pattern of male (presumably F. c./a. pallidus) wintering in Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India Falco columbarius eggNestlingsA male smyril is featured on this Faroese stamp by Edward FugløHunter with trained merlin, Jandari Lake, Georgia, November 1979Eastern mud snake, Pasco County, Florida 2011VenterAnerythristic eastern mud snake, FloridaFavia sp., Pulau Aur, West MalaysiaVariegated figBudLeaves and immature fruitMountain fig tree in Zibad"Schiocca": calabrian dried figsFresh figsDried figsFigs in various stages of ripeningThe Expulsion from the Garden of Eden showing Adam and Eve with and without fig leaves, by Masaccio, 1426–27Map of Florida, likely based on the expeditions of Hernando de Soto (1539–1543).St. Augustine is one of oldest cities in Florida, established in 1565. The Spanish-Floridan color scheme of red and white is repeated throughout downtown.The Castillo de San Marcos. Originally white with red corners, its design reflects the colors and shapes of the Cross of Burgundy and the subsequent Flag of Florida.Grenadiers led by Bernardo de Gálvez at the Siege of Pensacola. Painting by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau, 2015.A contemporaneous depiction of the New River Massacre in 1836A Cracker cowboy, 19th century.The Battle of Olustee during the American Civil War, 1864.A topographic map of Florida.Köppen climate types of FloridaFlorida and its relation to Cuba and The Bahamas.An alligator in the Florida Everglades.The beaches of Key Biscayne in Miami.Florida's population densityA map of Florida showing the 67 county names and boundaries.Predominant ancestry in Florida in 2010Cuban men playing dominoes in Miami's Little Havana. In 2010, Cubans made up 34.4% of Miami's population and 6.5% of Florida's.[75][76]20% of Floridians speak Spanish, the second-most widely-spoken language.Miami Cathedral of Saint Mary. Roman Catholicism is the largest single religious denomination in the state.Florida Capitol buildingsTreemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election.The Florida Supreme CourtLaunch of Space ShuttleColumbia from the Kennedy Space CenterMap of Florida showing average income by county.The Brickell Financial District in Miami contains the largest concentration of international banks in the United States.[77][78]The Port of Miami is the world's largest cruise ship port.Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.Florida orangesThe Miami Civic Center has the second-largest concentration of medical and research facilities in the United States.[79]Miami Art Deco District, built during the 1920s–1930s.Florida's TurnpikeMiami International Airport is the world's 10th-busiest cargo airport, and second busiest airport for international passengers in the U.S.Amtrak serves most major cities in Florida. This West Palm Beach Station serves Amtrak and Tri-Railcommuter rail service.The Miami Metrorail is the state's only rapid transit system. About 15% of Miamians use public transit daily.Daytona International Speedway is home to various auto racing eventsJuvenile, TobagoRussetfin Topminnow (F. escambiae)G. g. faeroeensis in IcelandGallinago gallinago – MHNTG. g. gallinago at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.Common Snipe at Chilika, OdishaCommon moorhens fightingThe flightless Tasmanian nativehen, Tribonyx mortieriiBadge of HMS MoorhenCommon moorhen feet have no webbingMoorhen sighted in Fangu, Corsica (France)Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden, GermanyMosquito larvaeAn adult maleVideo of a male callingG. carolinensis eggsGavialosuchus eggenburgensis skullHeads of Geothlypis taxaCommon Yellowthroat in Birds of AmericaSinging male yellowthroatPilot whaleJaw of the extinct species Globicephala etruriaeLong-finned pilot whale skeletonPilot whale in the Gulf of CaliforniaPilot whales near Cape Breton IslandPilot whale pod near IrelandPilot whale mother and calf near Kona, HawaiiVolunteers attempt to keep body temperatures of beached pilot whales from rising at Farewell Spit, New Zealand.Killed pilot whales in Hvalba, Faroe IslandsPilot whale meat (black), blubber (middle), dried fish (left) and potatoes, a meal on the Faroe IslandsBubbles, the pilot whale, performing at Marineland of the Pacific, 1962Short-finned pilot whaleA short-finned pilot whale come up to the surface of the water.At along the western coast of Tenerife, Canary IslandsA number of beached short-finned pilot whales on Highland beach.A Japanese meal with short-finned pilot whale meat includes a skewer of fried whale meat (left) and a bowl with grilled meat over rice, topped with pickled ginger (right).Gopher tortoiseCarapaces of hatchlings are yellow, but they take on a darker color as they matureCourtship ritual and matingBleached shell of dead gopher tortoiseRoad sign in Sanibel Island, FloridaLesser sandhill crane (G. c. canadensis) George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Ladner, British ColumbiaFlorida sandhill crane, G. c. pratensis adult (behind) and juvenileIn British Columbia, CanadaA huge flock at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New MexicoA baby Mississippi sandhill crane is weighed at White Oak Conservation.Flying at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, United StatesFlorida sandhill crane, Ocala National ForestSandhill crane at Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Florida American oystercatcherJuvenileAmerican oystercatcherHalimedaFossilised HalimedaErect and sprawling Halimeda plantsHerodias, by Paul DelarocheFeast of Herod, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1531Feast of Herod, Peter Paul RubensFeast of Herod, Mattia Preti, c. 1660Salome delivers the head of John the Baptist, Juan de Flandes, 1496Describes the natural history of H. simusHexaplex fulvescensHolmesina occidentalisSchematic representation of the emergence of H. sapiens from earlier species of Homo. The horizontal axis represents geographic location; the vertical axis represents time in millions of years ago. Blue areas denote the presence of a certain species at a given time and place. Early modern humans spread from Africa across different regions of the globe and interbred with other descendants of Homo heidelbergensis, namely Neanderthals, Denisovans, and unknown archaic African hominins (top right).[80]love dart of Humboldtiana nuevoleonisWith distended vocal sacMale Hyla cinerea callingPair breedingTadpoleMetamorphAmerican green tree frogs vary in color.Pinewoods tree frog tadpole with red tail induced by the presence of predators (dragonfly larvae).In Central Park, New York CityNesting in Pennsylvania, USA'Compacta' leavesLeast bittern in Florida, United StatesSouth Padre Island - TexasCloseup of headIn the Pantanal, Mato Grosso, BrazilFortuna, Costa RicaNorthern jacana foraging at Tortuguero, Costa RicaA juvenile northern jacanaJacana pair and chick near a caimanPhoto of a live pinfish, Lagodon rhomboidesEastern red batA margay at Parc des Félins in FranceProfileCaptive ocelotAn Ocelot at the Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson ArizonaOcelotMoche Ocelot. 200 A.D. Larco Museum Collection Lima, PeruThe fur trade is a major threat to ocelot populations.Margay photographed near one of the active volcanoes in Costa Rica.Margay in Parque Municipal Summit, PanamaRidley sea turtlefossil of Lepomis kansasensisL. miniatusWarmoutha juvenile specimen of Lepomis gulosus from Kickapoo State Park, east-central IllinoisA warmouth in MississippiLarge shellcracker before preparation for consumptionIllustration of the redear sunfish, Lepomis microlophusMale guarding eggsLinatella caudataView from topFor a number of years during the 20th century, this very early illustration was designated as the neotype of this species: a figure of L. gigas from Recreatio mentis, et occuli (1684). The shell in the figure appears left-right reversed because of the engraving process. The original type was subsequently found, invalidating this designation.[81]Five different views of an adult shell of L. gigas: abapertural (upper left), lateral (center), apertural (upper right), apical (lower left) and basal (lower right). Note: The lip of this shell has been filed down or cut down artificially, a common practice in the shell trade.An adult queen conch shell with the lip completely intactAbapertural (left) and apertural (right) views of a beachworn and slightly bleached-out juvenile shell of L. gigasLobatus gigas fossil from the Pleistocene (Eemian) of Great Inagua, The Bahamas.Adult shell, apical view, Gualtieri, 1742Adult shell, ventral view, Gualtieri, 1742Adult shell, dorsal view, Gualtieri, 1742Juvenile shell, Tryon, 1885The foot (with a brown, sickle-shaped operculum), eyestalks and snout of Lobatus gigas exposed through the shell's aperture. At the tip of each eyestalk there is a well-developed eye. Near the tip is a small sensory tentacle.A drawing of an adult male Lobatus gigas (from Duclos in Chenu, 1844) showing the external soft parts including the spade-shaped penis on the left. Separate details show the mouth, the distal portion of the penis, and both sides of the claw-like operculumA subadult individual in a seagrass bed, Rice Bay, San Salvador Island, BahamasSeagrass bed with dense Thalassia testudinum and an immature queen conch (Eustrombus gigas), Rice Bay, San Salvador Island, BahamasThe shaded area of this map indicates the geographical distribution of Lobatus gigas.Anterior view of a live individual. The eyestalk on the left is protruded through the stromboid notch, and the eyestalk on the right is protruded through the siphonal canal. The outer surface of the shell is covered by periphytonA horse conch, Pleuroploca gigantea, feeding on L. gigas in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, June 2010A horse conch feeding on the queen conch, Eustrombus gigas, in Dry Tortugas National Park, FloridaThe giant hermit crab, Petrochirus diogenes, inside a subadult shell of L. gigasFour subadult shells of Lobatus gigas from Nevis, all having been fished and showing the cut in the spire. This cut is used to sever the columellar muscle allowing the soft parts to slide out.[82]Shell of this species featured in an 1902 painting by Frank Weston BensonThe island of Anegada, British Virgin Islands, a heap consisting of thousands of queen conch shells discarded after their flesh was taken for human consumptionA drawing depicting the shell of Lobatus raninus from Index Testarum Conchyliorum (1742).Lophelia pertusaA squat lobster living on a Lophelia reefA conger eel which has set up home in a Lophelia bedFemale at Walsrode Bird Park, GermanyLutjanus boharLutjanus ehrenbergiiLutjanus gibbusLutjanus monostigmaBasal viewIllustration from Holbrook's North American Herpetology, 1842Alligator snapping turtle using its vermiform appendage to lure prey. (Peckham's mimicry)Head of a young alligator snapping turtleAlligator snapping turtle with carpet of algaeCorrect handling of a 45-pound alligator snapping turtle at Austin Reptile Service, in Austin, TexasGiant Macrocypraea cervus – FloridaMark Catesby (1731), Natural History of Carolina etc., plate 39, with Magnolia lauri folio, subtus albicante, the Sweet Bay (Magnolia virginiana) and Coccothraustes coeruleus, the Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea).The diamond pattern of the turtle's backAdult femaleDiamondback terrapin juvenile.University of Maryland's testudo statueSkeletonMaoricrypta costata, ventral view showing "shelf" or "deck".Schott's whip snake, M. s. schottiCoachwhip, Masticophis flagellum, FloridaCoachwhip, Masticophis flagellum, FloridaCoachwhip, Masticophis flagellum, FloridaRed Racer/Coachwhip, Santa Fe, New MexicoMasticophis flagellum at Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research ReserveWestern coachwhipFossilised M. tintinnabulum(?), which grew on a boulderous debris fan (preserved as dark breccia, bottom), and were smothered by deposition of sands (orange upper layer), hence preserved in situ.Female with preyAtlantic tarponM. megantereon skullTeeth and jawThe red-headed woodpecker's distinct colors are true to the bird's name.Live M. quinquiesperforata (underside)Melongena coronaMelongena corona laying eggs.The shell of Melongena corona inhabited by a hermit crabKingfish caught from the Great South Bay.Left valve interior of Mercenaria mercenariaLeft valve interior of Mercenaria mercenaria.Fossil shell of Mercenaria permagna. Pleistocene of United StatesAn old quahog shell that has been bored (producing Entobia) and encrusted after the death of the clamSteamed clamsRaw top neck clams in New Jersey.Mergus merganser couple, Vaxholm, SwedenFemale goosander's bill showing the serrated edgeCouple and single female on Jona (river) in SwitzerlandM. m. americanus, female and juvenilesEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenRobert Wilkinson Padley - A Goosander, 1817Merycoidodon gracilis and culbertsoniModern restoration of Merycoidodon culbertsoniRound scars from cookiecutter shark bites can be seen on the flank of this stranded Gray's beaked whale.M. krahuletziMicropogonias furnieriLargemouth bassA Largemouth bass caught by an angler.Micrurus fulviusFire coralDisplayingAdult mockingbirds have solid pale grey or buff breasts, juveniles mottledEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenEggs in a nestSongs and callsCalling during springRiding a red-tailed hawkIn the urban habitat at Durham, North CarolinaPainting by John James AudubonBrown-headed cowbird, one callBrown-headed cowbird male (right) courting femaleEastern phoebe nest with one brown-headed cowbird eggJuvenile in CaliforniaFile:Gonfalone del comune di Stazzema.jpgFlag of the Comune of Stazzema, decorated with the military Gold Medal for Military Valour.Painted stork Mycteria leucocephala at Uppalapadu, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaWood stork alighting, Hontoon Dead River, in FloridaThe wood stork's head much resembles that of an ibisNesting colony in Georgia, USWood stork in flight at Harris Neck National Wildlife RefugeMylodonFur and skin at the Museum für Naturkunde, BerlinModel in Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument where fossils were found in 1896Toe nails, dung and skin, Natural History Museum, LondonHibernating southeastern myotisPhoto of Myotis austroriparius captured in early April while harp trapping a caveA gray bat caught in Oklahoma in 2013Gray bat in torpor at a hibernaculumGray bats arousing from hibernation due to human disturbance (in this instance scientists are conducting a population estimate). Gray bats may lose as much as 0.48 g of weight in the first hour of disturbance and these crucial fat reserves can not be replenished until spring emergence.Native range in the United StatesThe male and female flowersCoati band performing mutual grooming after reaggregationThree infant coatis with their motherGreen Water Snake, (Nerodia cyclopion) FloridaNerodia erythrogasterUpper teethLower teethA lemon shark with many remoras clinging to its body.Caribbean monk sealTwo young individuals in New York Aquarium, 1910Depiction by Henry W. Elliott from 1884A Nerodia fasciata attempting to prey on a parvalbumin-coated lure. Parvalbumin is involved in prey signaling.[83]Northern water snake basking west of Ottawa, OntarioBrown water snakeNodipecten nodosus, Gulf of MexicoMuseum specimen with successive species labels, NaturalisLong-billed curlewLong-billed curlews courtingEating a sand crabFossil nummulitid foraminiferans showing microspheric and megalospheric individuals; Eocene of the United Arab Emirates; scale in mm.Fossil nummulites in Urbasa, NavarreAdult N. v. ssp. pauper, North Seymour Island, Galapagos IslandsImmature yellow-crowned night heronFeeding on crayfishNesting yellow-crowned night herons with nestlingsStuffed night heron in the American Museum of Natural HistoryA night heron building a nest.Sign welcoming visitors to OlarFossil specimen of Oliva sayana from the PlioceneShells of Oliva sayanaOrbicella annularisDrawing of Oryzomys molestus,[84] now a synonym of Oryzomys albiventer[85]Holotype skull of Oryzomys antillarum, seen from above (A), below (B) and the left (C)[86]Oryzomys couesi (above) and Tylomys panamensis (below)[87]Distribution and subspecies of the marsh rice rat according to Goldman (1918): 1. O. p. palustris; 2. O. p. natator; 3. O. p. coloratus; 4. O. p. texensisMarsh rice rats in much of Florida are more reddish than those elsewhere.[88]Mandible of a marsh rice rat from New Jersey, seen labially (from the outer side)[89]Upper (left) and lower (right) molars of a marsh rice rat from Virginia, with the front molars above[90]A marsh rice rat walking on mesh in Paynes Prairie, FloridaThe barn owl is an important predator of the marsh rice rat.Spartina alterniflora is eaten by the marsh rice rat.[91]Oscillum in Athens.American subspeciesAustralasian subspecies is the most distinctiveCalifornian bird with scraps of fish on its beakIn flight, over Lake Wylie, South CarolinaEating a fishPreparing to mate on the nestOsprey standing next to its nest showing their relative sizesEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenJuvenile on a man-made nestCap badge of the Selous Scouts was a stylized ospreyProbably P. s. oblitus, Kirkfield, Ontario, CanadaSkull MHNTClose-up of head at Nashville Zoo, Nashville, TNA flock at Whipsnade ZooA group of immature birds at Lago de Oviedo, Dominican RepublicThe flock flight at Cayo Coco, CubaA chick and its motherP. ruber stands on one leg in order to retain body heatOpening and extracting pearls from farmed pearl oystersCultivated pearl oyster (from JapanShima, Mie)Mature unopened female conesBark on a mature treeFemaleThe fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans the pathogen responsible for White-nose syndrome, growing on a hibernating tricolored batThe tricolored bat is found in the areas shaded yellow.[92]Pistia19th century illustration of Pistia stratiotesRails (Rallidae, "tikling"), feeding in Pistia stratiotes, Paombong, Bulacan).A hibernating Rafinesque's big-eared bat in a North Carolina cave.A male midnight mollyBlack drum Weight vs. Length for black drum based on data from the Calcasieu Estuary, Louisiana. (Fall female curve is obscured by the spring female curve. Data are from Jenkins, 2004) Length vs. age for black drum from two Gulf Coast locations. Fish on left and right are black drum caught in the jetties of Calcasieu Pass, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. A red drum is in the middle. The drum were caught using shrimp for bait on 80 lb braided line and steel leaders.Polygonum plebeiumFlowerhead of Persicaria maculata (syn. Polygonum persicara)Three views of a shell of Polygyra septemvolva volvoxis.Quercus pubescens - MHNTLeaves and acorns of a southern live oakThe Century Tree at Texas A&M University in College Station, TexasThe avenue of live oaks at Boone Hall in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, planted in 1743.A specimen at the former Protestant Children's Home in Mobile, Alabama. It has a trunk circumference of 23 feet (7.0 m), height of 63 feet (19 m) and limb spread of 141 feet (43 m).The avenue of live oaks at Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana, planted in the early 18th century.The Angel Oak on Johns Island, South Carolina. The man standing under the tree is 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall.The Emancipation Oak in Hampton, VirginiaBoat-tailed grackleFemaleBreeding display by male, CATIE, Turrialba, Costa RicaA male Great-Tailed Grackle, making its distinctive callMale in Casco Viejo, PanamaStatue of maria mulata in CartagenaAt Huntley Meadows in VirginiaA chickJohn James Audubon's depiction of the American avocet in breeding plumage.Pine woods snakeDetail of headCownose rays swimming in shallows in the Gulf of Mexico A shell of Polystira albidaFive views of a shell of Pomacea paludosaThe maturation of eggs of Pomacea paludosa: freshly laid eggs in a thick mucus matrix have a salmon coloration (left). Mature eggs in calcified shells are pinkish white in color (right).Female cooter baskingDistribution map for Australia where it is an introduced speciesApertural view of the shellAbapertural view of the shellPteria colymbus (Röding, 1798), museum specimens NaturalisFlying in IcelandEach retina of the Manx shearwater has one fovea and an elongated strip of high photoreceptor density. The pecten has many blood vessels and appears to keep the retina supplied with nutrients.[93]In flightEgg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden
Sabal palmetto from von Martius' "Historia naturalis palmarum"
Sabal 'Lisa' in Fort Myers, FloridaFlag of South CarolinaSeal of FloridaGiant otter head from the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi research instituteA wild giant otter "periscoping" in Cantão State Park in Brazil, showing its identifying throat marksSkull seen from the side. Short-snouted as usual in mustelids, it has a pronounced sagittal crest, allowing for a very powerful bite in this speciesGiant otters leave a pool together at the Philadelphia Zoo. The species is extremely social, a rarity among mustelids, and family groups are cohesive.A giant otter den dug on a lake shore at Cantão State Park — the newly dug white sand is a sign of recent activity at this den.Captive giant otters have contributed greatly to scientific knowledge of the species by providing readily available subjects for research on the species' reproduction and life cycle.A captive giant otter, when feeding, grasps prey in its forepaws and begins eating immediately, at the head.A group of four giant otters emerging from the water to patrol a campsite on the riverbank at Cantão State ParkCharacins such as piranha species are prey for the giant otter, but these aggressive fish may also pose a danger. Duplaix speculated that piranhas may attack giant otters.The Guianas are the last real stronghold of the giant otter. Suriname retains extensive forest cover and many protected areas; it is pictured above. Guyana is immediately to the west and French Guiana is immediately to the east.Scaphella junoniaAn American Eastern spadefoot.
Sciadopitys verticillata from "Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe"
Bounding tracks in concreteClose-up of an eastern gray squirrel's head; note the brownish fur on its face, the gray fur on its back and the white fur on its underside.Reaching out for food on a garden bird feeder, this squirrel can rotate its hind feet, allowing it to descend a tree head-first.Eastern gray squirrels are born hairless with their eyes closedEastern gray squirrel dreyCalls recorded in Surrey, EnglandHazelnuts gnawed by gray squirrel; the curved cut marks left by the sharp incisors are visible around the holesThe eastern gray squirrel is considered an invasive species in the UK (Bunhill Fields, London)Melanistic eastern gray squirrel carrying a peanutFox squirrel foraging in the grass in Indianapolis, Indiana.Backyard fox squirrel searching for a location to bury its acorn, in Berkeley, CaliforniaManipulation of food items by paws and headEating a Santa Rosa plum in Fullerton, CaliforniaBabyFox squirrel pausing from building its nest in an attic in Berkeley, California.Fourteenth-century sedilia at Heckington (Lincolnshire)A free-standing sedile with desk in Alsike Church in SwedenA three level sedilia and piscina recessed into the thickness of the wall; nave built around 1180, chancel re-built in C13, in St Mary's church, Buriton, England. The seats are low and cold to sit on; the addition of four inches of cushion makes them comfortable.A varix is visible on the left in this ventral view of a slightly discolored shell of Semicassis granulata from North Carolina, United States.The Blue crab sometimes feeds on the Scotch Bonnet.St. Francis' vision of a seraph (fresco attributed to Giotto)Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the Petites Heures de Jean de Berry, a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by John, Duke of Berry.Saw palmettos beneath the larger evergreen canopy in the Apalachicola National Forest in FloridaGreater siren skull & hyoidGreater siren skeletonGreater siren skeletonGreater siren skull & hyoidGreater siren out of waterS. m. miliariusExamples of scrapers. In American English, the rubber scraper (left) is often called a spatula by some because it is a flat utensil used for scraping or spreading. The tool on the right is also called a dough cutter.Great barracuda with preySphyraena barracuda in French PolynesiaAn adult and nestlings in a tree nestA chipping sparrow at a suburban bird feederS. bariensis skullPartial skullPremolarSqualodonStewartia koreana - MHNTShort-tailed snakeHernando County, FL 2011Marion County, FLNorthern brown snake, S. d. dekayiSongThe Cuban subspecies S. m. hippocrepis (Wagler, 1832) is small and more streaked below, and may be a separate speciesStylophoraApertural view of a live but retracted Strombus pugilis out of water in a human hand showing the brown operculumStrombus alatusBreeding plumageBats flying near Frio Cave in Concan, TexasMexican free-tailed bats, emerging from Carlsbad Caverns, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New MexicoDusk emergence of bats at the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, Texas, U.S.Free-tailed bats roosting at a cave in the BahamasAn eastern chipmunk placing food in its cheek pouch Fossils of Tectonatica astensis from Pliocene of ItalySeen in the 1824 star chart set Urania's Mirror (in the lower right)The globular cluster NGC 6584, as observed with the Hubble Space TelescopeThe interacting galaxy system NGC 6845, as observed with GALEXCommon box turtleThe hinges of the box turtle's lower shellEgg-layingPierce Brodkorb with the tarsometatarsus of Titanis (dark) and another birdAt the time of First Contact.X-ray image of a shell of Tonna galea17th-century engraving of Tonna galea by Wenceslas Hollar. The image is reversed because of the engraving process.An adult with a juvenile in Virginia, USAJohn James Audubon's picture depicting ferruginous thrushnest and eggsBrown thrasher, High Island, TexasTrachemysSkull of a West Indian manatee on display at The Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Skull of a West Indian manatee on display at The Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma"Endangered Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus)".Manatee postures in captivity.Manatee plateApproximate distribution of Trichechus; T. manatus in green; T. inunguis in red; T. senegalenis in orangeA group of three manateesYoung manatees can be curious; this individual is inspecting a kayakAntillean manateeTrichechus sp.A manatee at SeaWorld, FloridaAll the hairs of the manatee may be vibrissaeManatee from Crystal River, FloridaBasking at Haulover Canal, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, FloridaSculpture of manatee showing vibrissaeManatees in a conservation project in Brazilian northeastern coastWest Indian manatee skeletons on display at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, North CarolinaShell of Tricolia gabinianaWandering tattler (Tringa incana), formerly in HeteroscelusWillet (Tringa semipalmata), formerly in monotypicCatoptrophorusJuvenileHunting behaviourTriplofusus papillosus at the National Museum (Prague)Audubon's illustration of nesting house wrenAdult bringing food for young (note begging calls)Turnaround video of a Martinique wren specimen, Naturalis Biodiversity CenterTronaTrona sample from Searles Valley, California near the town of Trona, California The ambient temperature crystal structure of trona viewed down the b axis with the unit cell indicated by the solid gray line. Abapertural viewMotion of a Typhlops, not like an earthworm. (Video shot in Taiwan.)Nest and eggsEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenOrange-crowned warblerCrown patch visibleThe only extant Roman vexillum, 3rd century AD. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Russia.Modern reproduction of a Roman cavalry vexillum Roman Ensigns, Standards, Trumpets etc.Leaves in autumnWhite-eyed vireo (Vireo griseus) at Clarks River National Wildlife RefugeNorth Carolina muscadine grapesSome muscadines in a bowl; the green grapes are scuppernongsThe wild progenitor of the muscadine grape still grows freely in the southeastern United States, such as near Indiantown, South Carolina.Xenosmilus and GlyptodonZonaria
-->
Simon Berglund at Occultfest 2010Zonaria at Occultfest 2010Birds of the white-striped form have tan only at the loresOttawa, OntarioSong of the white-throated sparrowSpotted salamanderPolymorphic spotted salamander egg masses: white morph (left) and clear morph (right)Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) LarvaAriusAmerican bison galloping, photos by Eadweard Muybridge, first published in 1887 in Animal LocomotionLast of the Canadian Bisons, 1902, photograph: Steele and CompanyMale plains bison in the Wichita Mountains of OklahomaAdult male (farther) and adult female (closer) with a background of rich autumn colors, in Yellowstone National ParkPile of American bison skulls to be used for fertilizer in the mid-1870sBison herd grazing at the National Bison Range in MontanaA group of bison trudge across the landscape at the National Elk Refuge.Canned Bison meat for saleHerd of bison in Yellowstone National ParkGrazing in winter, Yellowstone National Park: Bison use their heads to clear out snow for the grass.Bison fighting in Grand Teton National Park in Moose, WyomingCalfAmerican bison standing its ground against a wolf pack.Wolf-Bison Demonstration at Wolf Park, Indiana.Map from 1889 by William T. Hornaday, illustrating the Extermination of the American BisonBison hunt under the wolf-skin mask, 1832–33Bison being chased off a cliff as “seen” and painted by Alfred Jacob MillerOriginal distribution of plains bison and wood bison in North America along the "Great bison belt". Holocene bison (Bison occidentalis) is an earlier form at the origin of plains bison and wood bison.
Holocene bison
Wood bison
Plains bison
Map of the extermination of the bison to 1889. This map based on William Temple Hornaday's late-19th century research.
Original range
Range as of 1870
Range as of 1889
Distribution of public herds of plains bison and of free-ranging or captive breeding wood bison in North America as of 2003.
Wood bison
Plains bison
A wood bison around Coal River in CanadaWyoming uses a bison in its state flagManitoba uses a bison in its provincial flag, as seen inside the Manitoban coat of armsThe 1935 Buffalo nickel—this style of coin featuring an American bison was produced from 1913 to 1938First postage stamp with image of bison was issued US in 1898—4¢ "Indian Hunting Buffalo", part of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition commemorative seriesThe illustration that accompanied Müller and Henle's description.The hardnose shark is slender, with a long snout and elongated rear tips on the dorsal fins.A female dusky shark on display at Sea World, Queensland; this species is found throughout Australian waters.The bluefish is a major prey species of dusky sharks in the northwestern Atlantic.Dusky shark tooth on a Gilbertese weapon.Dusky sharks are highly valued by commercial fisheries.Plate 111 of theBirds of America by John James Audubon, depicting the pileated woodpeckerMale excavating a nest holeVideo: Eating suetDorudonDorudon hind limbs, an example of vestigial organs, from a specimen at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum, Washington, DCLadyfish Elops saurus, Fort Desoto County Park, Tampa Bay, November 2016PlastronDistribution, includes United States and CanadaLying on a log, basking in the sunIndividual preparing to enter the waterFemale wood turtle with radio transmitterP. c. crucifer tadpoles, about 4–5 wk old and 24 hours away from complete metamorphosisMarsh periwinkles on marsh grassThis specimen of M. americanum in Madrid, the first discovered (in 1788), was the first prehistoric animal skeleton mounted (in 1795).M. americanumRestorationSkullShells of Oliva sayanaWhite-footed mouseIn Quetico Provincial Park, OntarioFemale with sucklingsUnusual among cetaceans, the sperm whale's blowhole is highly skewed to the left of the headThe lower jaw is long and narrow. The teeth fit into sockets along the upper jaw.The arterial system of a sperm whale foetus.Anatomy of the sperm whale's head. The organs above the jaw are devoted to sound generation.Like other toothed whales, the sperm whale can retract its eyes.Global concentrations of sperm whalesA piece of sperm whale skin with giant squid sucker scarsAmbergrisSperm whales adopt the "marguerite formation" to defend a vulnerable pod member.In the 19th century, sperm whales were hunted using rowboats and hand-thrown harpoons, a rather dangerous method, as the whales sometimes fought back. Scrimshaw was the art of drawing on the teeth of sperm whales. It was a way for whalers to pass the time between hunts.Sperm whaling peaked in the 1830s and 1960s.P. ruberP. ruber
Neural mapBean's Searobin (P. beanii)BonnetheadThe scalloped hammerhead (left) and the smooth hammerhead (right) differ in cephalofoil shape.Upper teethLower teethA migrating smooth hammerhead swimming with its dorsal fin exposedEarly illustration of a whitetip reef shark from Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen (1841).The whitetip reef shark almost exclusively inhabits coral reefs.The "face" of a whitetip reef shark is distinctive, with a broad snout, tubular nasal flaps, and oval eyes with vertical pupils.Whitetip reef sharks spend much of the day lying still on the bottom.The lower jaw and teeth of whitetip reef sharkGregarious in nature, whitetip reef sharks are often found in groups.CellanaCellana mazatlandicaCellana rotaVentral viewStuffed specimenMoho apicalis and Chaetoptila angustiplumaConus chaldaeus (Röding, P.F., 1798)Conus flavidusConus imperialis Linnaeus, C., 1758Drawing of Conus litoglyphus Two varieties of Conus planorbis: Conus planorbis planorbis and Conus planorbis vitulinus.Conus striatusDistribution map of Monetaria caputserpentisVideo of two living cowries; Erosaria helvola (seen 1st) & Monetaria caputserpentis (last)Monetaria caputserpentisMonetaria caputserpentisErosaria erosa, dorsal viewErosaria erosa chlorizans, anterior end towards the right - AustraliaErosaria erosa chlorizans side view, anterior end towards the rightDistribution map of Erosaria erosaErosaria helvola, lateral view, anterior end towards the rightA shell of Erosaria poraria, lateral view, anterior end towards the rightA shell of Erosaria poraria, dorsal view, anterior end towards the leftA shell of Erosaria poraria, dorsal view, anterior end towards the leftFungiaFungia scutaria mouthRadiols (spikes) of a "slate pencil sea urchin". They are a classical souvenir.Shell of Luria isabella from PhilippinesShell of Luria isabella from PhilippinesA shell of Lyncina vitellus, anterior end towards the rightA shell of Lyncina vitellus, dorsal view, anterior end towards the rightA shell of Lyncina vitellus, lateral view, anterior end towards the rightA shell of Lyncina vitellus polynesiae, lateral view, anterior end towards the rightA shell of Lyncina vitellus polynesiae, ventral view, anterior end towards the leftA shell of Lyncina schilderorum from Hawaii, dorsal view, anterior end towards the rightA shell of Lyncina schilderorum from Hawaii, lateral view, anterior end towards the rightA shell of Lyncina schilderorum from Hawaii, apertural view, anterior end towards the leftA shell of Lyncina leviathan leviathan from Hawaii, lateral view, anterior end towards the leftA shell of Lyncina leviathan leviathan from Hawaii, dorsal view, anterior end towards the leftApertural view of a shell of Lyncina leviathan leviathanMauritia maculiferaA shell of Mauritia maculifera from Rangiroa, Polynesia, lateral view, anterior end towards the rightDorsal view of shells of Mauritia maculifera from Rangiroa, Polynesia, anterior end towards the rightShell of Mauritia mauritiana from HawaiiSubadult Mauritia mauritiana from HawaiiRangeA shell of Mauritia scurra from Philippines, dorsal view, anterior end towards the rightA shell of Mauritia scurra from Philippines, lateral view, anterior end towards the rightA shell of Mauritia scurra from Philippines, apertural view, anterior end towards the rightIn Hawaii, a group of three Monoplex nicobaricus (probably a mating pair and another male) have attracted a predatory Conus pennaceus, which is attacking the largest MonoplexKahuku area - O'ahu, HawaiiKahuku area - O'ahu, HawaiiRice coral (Montipora capitata) growing over Porites sp.A Bonin petrel trapped in the sand on Midway Atoll by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, before being rescued.Bonin petrel chickJuvenile fish among the branchesShell of Gibberulus gibberulus (Index Testarum Conchyliorum (1742) of Niccolò Gualtieri)Tonna perdixBrown formThis tun has paralyzed an Actinopyga echinites at Réunion Island, and is in the process of eating it. A shell of Talparia talpa, anterior end towards the bottomTridentarius dentatus from Index Testarum Conchyliorum (1742) by Niccolò Gualtieri.VanikoroMap of the Santa Cruz IslandsAesculus glabra Ohio buckeye Flower of Aesculus x carnea, the red Horse ChestnutBeatrix Potter called Babbity Bumble a "bumble bee" in The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse, 1910.A common carder bumblebee Bombus pascuorum extending its tongue towards a HeucherainflorescenceCuckoo bumblebees, like this Bombus barbutellus, have similar aposematic (warning) coloration to nest-making bumblebees, and may also mimic their host species.Nest of red-tailed bumblebee. Bombus lapidarius, showing wax pots full of honeyBumblebee life-cycle showing adults and larvae in nest of B. terrestris. Engraved in 1840 by William Home Lizars after drawing probably by James Hope Stewart.[94]An above-ground nest, hidden in grass and moss, of the common carder bee, Bombus pascuorum. The wax canopy or involucrum has been removed to show winged workers and pupae in irregularly placed wax cells.A bumblebee loaded with pollen in its pollen basketsThe cuckoo bumblebee B. vestalis, a parasite of B. terrestrisBumblebee nest dug up and destroyed by a predator, probably a badgerBumblebee stored as food by a great grey shrikeBumblebees and human culture: Bombus anachoreta on a Russian postage stamp, 2005Drone short-haired bumblebee, Bombus subterraneus. The species was successfully reintroduced to England from Sweden.A widely believed falsehood holds that scientists proved bumblebees to be incapable of flight.[95]Bumblebee in flight. It has its tongue extended and a laden pollen basket.The Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote the Flight of the Bumblebee, c. 1900Emily Dickinson wrote a poem about a bumblebee. Daguerreotype, c. 1848Bumblebees of different species illustrated by Moses Harris in his 1782 Exposition of English InsectsA female coneCluster of male conesReleased seeds collected from the groundLiriodendron chinense twig with flowers. Notice that the orange pigment characteristic of L. tulipifera petals is absent.Tulip tree barkTulip tree flowerTuliptrees can be very large. This 130-footer in Pennsylvania with a 5-foot trunk dwarfs a group of mature oaks and maples.Tulip trees serving an ornamental role in Vancouver, BC.Liriodendron at Hingham Center Cemetery, Hingham, MassachusettsSkullComparative illustration of bobcat (top) and Canada lynx (bottom) heads (1906)Canada lynx lying downCanada lynx kittens are born with blue eyesThe Canada lynx's forelimbs are shorter than its hindlimbs, giving it a downward sloping appearanceCloseup of faceLedum (L. groenlandicum) essential oil in clear glass vialClose-up of leavesBonsai example.Rhododendron in JapanA garden with tall Rhododendrons in Lynnwood, WashingtonRhododendron forest in NepalRhododendron (গুরাস), Sandakphu, West Bengal, IndiaRhododendrons (Guras or Buras) at Fakding, NepalDeciduous Rhododendron luteum in fall colorEvergreen azalea Rhododendron kaempferiEvergreen azalea cultivar leaf color before sheddingRhododendron fallacinum photographed in situ on Mount Kinabalu, BorneoRhododendron-Park Bremen, GermanyNova Zembla Rhododendrons growing in a nursery in New Jersey.Leon Wyczółkowski, Pink Rhododendrons, 1903Rhododendron wardii var. puralbumRed rowanAmerican water shrewFlower diagram of Spiraea hypericifolia.Spiraea betulifoliaSpiraea japonica 'Goldflame' 06Spiraea betulifolia in autumnSpiraea japonicaSpiraea thunbergiiNatural rangeAmerican bison galloping, photos by Eadweard Muybridge, first published in 1887 in Animal LocomotionLast of the Canadian Bisons, 1902, photograph: Steele and CompanyMale plains bison in the Wichita Mountains of OklahomaAdult male (farther) and adult female (closer) with a background of rich autumn colors, in Yellowstone National ParkPile of American bison skulls to be used for fertilizer in the mid-1870sBison herd grazing at the National Bison Range in MontanaA group of bison trudge across the landscape at the National Elk Refuge.Canned Bison meat for saleHerd of bison in Yellowstone National ParkGrazing in winter, Yellowstone National Park: Bison use their heads to clear out snow for the grass.Bison fighting in Grand Teton National Park in Moose, WyomingCalfAmerican bison standing its ground against a wolf pack.Wolf-Bison Demonstration at Wolf Park, Indiana.Map from 1889 by William T. Hornaday, illustrating the Extermination of the American BisonBison hunt under the wolf-skin mask, 1832–33Bison being chased off a cliff as “seen” and painted by Alfred Jacob MillerOriginal distribution of plains bison and wood bison in North America along the "Great bison belt". Holocene bison (Bison occidentalis) is an earlier form at the origin of plains bison and wood bison.
Holocene bison
Wood bison
Plains bison
Map of the extermination of the bison to 1889. This map based on William Temple Hornaday's late-19th century research.
Original range
Range as of 1870
Range as of 1889
Distribution of public herds of plains bison and of free-ranging or captive breeding wood bison in North America as of 2003.
Wood bison
Plains bison
A wood bison around Coal River in CanadaWyoming uses a bison in its state flagManitoba uses a bison in its provincial flag, as seen inside the Manitoban coat of armsThe 1935 Buffalo nickel—this style of coin featuring an American bison was produced from 1913 to 1938First postage stamp with image of bison was issued US in 1898—4¢ "Indian Hunting Buffalo", part of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition commemorative seriesAntlers in TübingenPartial hornFossils in BergamoAffixing a transmitter for research purposesA carving in the bark of the treeOxalisFloral diagram of OxalisPale grass blue (Pseudozizeeria maha) of the dry-season brood laying eggs on OxalisAn apricot-coloured variety of Oxalis tuberosa for eatingSome oca (O. tuberosa) tubersOxalic acid, the toxin found in many wood-sorrels and other edible plantsFour-leaved pink-sorrel (O. tetraphylla) grown as a pot plantOxalis versicolor (candycane sorrel) grown in New Zealand.Double-flowered Oxalis compressaOxalis triangularisOxalis articulata Savign. forma crassipes (Urb.) Lourteig, 1982Oxalis corymbosaOxalis articulata Savign. subspecies rubra (A.St.-Hil.) Lourteig, 1982Oxalis debilis Kunth varietas corymbosa (DC.) Lourteig, 1981Oxalis dehradunensis Raizada, 1976Oxalis gigantea Barneoud, 1846Oxalis luteolaOxalis magnifica R.Knuth, 1919Oxalis pes-caprae, LOxalis priceaeSmallOxalis purpurea L., 1753Oxalis spiralis vulcanicola Donn.Sm.Wood of the Platanus occidentalis. From Romeyn Beck Hough's fourteen-volume work The American Woods, a collection of over 1000 paper-thin wood samples representing more than 350 varieties of North American tree.Potentilla diversifolia at 1,636 metres (5,367 ft) in Olympic National ParkEuropean cinquefoil (P. reptans), the type species of Potentilla, was described by Linnaeus in 1753.Sulphur cinquefoil (P. recta) growing in a gardenThe arms of the chief of Scottish Clan Hamiltonundifferenced, "gules, three cinquefoils ermine".FoliageSeeds and seed hairs from an eastern cottonwoodBroad-leaved dock leaves (R. obtusifolius)Flowers of curled dock (R. crispus) with remarkable tuberclesPurpletop vervain (V. bonariensis) as an ornamental plantcommon vervain (V. officinalis) from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen by Johann Georg Sturm and Jacob Sturm, 1796ViolaPlaying a 43 cm (17 in) viola in 3rd position.Bow frogs, top to bottom: violin, viola, celloFirst position viola fingerings3-stringed viola, used in Hungarian and Romanian folk musicAcris crepitans eggsAcris crepitans blanchardiPainting by Nicolas Huet the Younger19th-century painting of a maleAllogona profundaAllogona ptychophoraLight-coloured cane toadYoung cane toadSpecimen from El Salvador: The large parotoid glands are visible behind the eyes.Distribution of the cane toad in Australia (map out of date – current range includes northern WA, northern NSW and SA)[96]R. marina in the Philippines are referred to as kamprag, a corruption of 'American frog'.[97]Cane toad merchandiseCeratogaulus rhinocerus fossil1902 Illustration of a pair of horned gophersKissing prairie dogsTwo juveniles at the Rio Grande ZooGunnison's prairie dogBlack-tailed prairie dogAt the National Zoo in Washington, DCTwo adultsCynomys ludovicianus gathering grassTwo black-tailed prairie dogs grooming themselvesSix-week-old black-tailed prairie dogA black-tailed prairie dog eating a peanutChannel catfish, Ictalurus punctatusChuck the Channel catfish, 1986 roadside sculpture in Selkirk, ManitobaCanada Weight vs. length for Channel Catfish, where b = 3.2293 and cm.[98][99]Channel catfish caught in a stocked lake.Lampropeltis calligasterLepisosteus platostomusGreen sunfish from Walnut Point State Park, east-central IllinoisA juvenileAdultBrown bear claws are longer and less curved than those of black bearsBrown bear skullAn Ussuri brown bear of Hokkaido, a relatively small-bodied population, in the snow.Considering pinnipeds[100] and polar bears[101][102][103] to be marine, the Kodiak bear is the largest[104][105] of the living, land-based, mammalian predators.Brown bear at Brooks FallsBear watching hut in Alutaguse, Estonia. There are around 700 bears in Estonia and they are specially numerous in Alutaguse forests.Eurasian brown bears are often adapted to wooded and montane habitats.Like all bears, brown bears can stand on their hindlegs and walk for a bit in this position unlike most carnivorans, usually motivated to do so by curiosity, hunger or alarm.Pair of mating brown bears at the Ähtäri Zoo in Ähtäri, FinlandGrizzly bear cubs often imitate their mothers closelyKodiak bear cubs play fightingA hunter with the head of a Kodiak bear on his backBrown bear feeding on salmonA grizzly bear sow and her two cubs foraging in a field for wild berries.A freshly caught salmon is a very nutritious meal for an Alaska Peninsula brown bear.An Arctic ground squirrel burrow that has been excavated by a hunting barren-ground grizzly bear.A grizzly bear feasts on a bison carcass in Yellowstone.Taxidermy exhibit portraying a brown bear fighting a Siberian tiger, Vladivostok MuseumBrown bear and cubs attacked by gray wolvesFront paw imprintRear paw imprintGorgonia, a Native American (Mescalero Apache) man. He holds a bear pelt and wears moccasin boots, a breechcloth, kilt, and vest.Drum or barrel trap used to safely relocate bears; currently parked adjacent to a building in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, United StatesA statue of the Ussuri brown bear from Hokkaido who perpetrated the worst bear attack in history, killing seven people."The Story of the Three Bears", illustration from Childhood's Favorites and Fairy StoriesBerni is a brown bear mascot of German football club Bayern MunichReplica of the Padrão of Sunda Kalapa (1522), a stone pillar commemorating a treaty between Portuguese Kingdom and Hindu Sunda Kingdom, at Jakarta History Museum.The 5th century Tugu inscription discovered in Tugu district, North JakartaDutch Batavia built in what is now Jakarta, by Andries Beeckman c. 1656 The City Hall of Batavia (Stadhuis van Batavia), the seat of the Governor General of the VOC in the late 18th century by Johannes Rach c. 1770. The building now houses the Jakarta History Museum, Jakarta Old Town.Monas which stands in the centre of Merdeka square, commemorates the Indonesian struggle for independence.Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Jakarta's main avenue and business districtGovernor's office at Jakarta City Hall ComplexMap of the municipalities (Kota administrasi) in Jakarta province. Each city is divided into districts (Kecamatan).Ancol beachBoat ride at Indonesian archipelago lake in Taman Mini Indonesia IndahAncol GondolaGereja Santa Perawan Maria Diangkat Ke Surga, Paroki Katedral Jakarta is the metropolitan see of the Archbishop of Jakarta. This cathedral is located in front of Istiqlal Mosque.Ondel-Ondel, often used as a symbol of Betawi cultureGado-gado is a popular Indonesiansalad dishNational Museum of Indonesia in Central JakartaIndonesia Museum in Taman Mini Indonesia IndahA Metro TV news van parked in Merdeka Square, JakartaThe TVRI Tower in Senayan, South JakartaNight view of SCBD (Sudirman Central Business District), JakartaBank Indonesia head office in Central JakartaMall Taman Anggrek, West JakartaFile:Jakarta7.JPGGrand Indonesia Shopping Town in Central JakartaPinisi at Sunda Kelapa harborPart of Jakarta Inner Ring Road or Jalan Tol Lingkar Dalam Jakarta in Grogol Petamburan, West JakartaJakarta pedestrians, joggers and bicyclists take over the main avenue during Car-Free DayArgo Bromo, a non-stop train connecting Jakarta and SurabayaA taxicab waiting at a mall in JakartaJakarta double-decker city tour bus passing through Jakarta landmarks and points of interestTransJakarta has the world's longest bus rapid transit routes.A KRL Jabotabek commuter trainJakarta MRT construction in Jalan M.H. Thamrin, in 2016.Soekarno–Hatta International Airport Terminal 3Facade of the Museum Bank Indonesia in Kota TuaWisma 46 in post-modernist architecture, currently fourth tallest building in Jakarta.Night view of Monas, the Jakarta landmarkFootball match at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.Faculty of Medicine, University of IndonesiaThe Secretariat of ASEAN at Jalan Sisingamangaraja No.70A, South Jakarta, IndonesiaA live Cominella adspersa at Castlepoint, New Zealand.Arcangeliella crassa is one of the milk-caps with closed fruitbodies that are phylogenetically nested within Lactarius.Lactarius quietus exuding cream-colored latex from gills upon cut.Spores of Lactarius alnicola showing a reticulate (net-like) ornament with an amyloid stain reaction.Lactarius indigo is one of the most strikingly colored Lactarius.Lactarius pyrogalus mainly associates with common hazel.Lactarius deliciosus for sale on a market in Barcelona, SpainSchool of Law at the Federal University of Pernambuco.Ricardo Brennand Institute. The "best museum in South America".[106]Bicycle path in Boa Viagem Beach.General Headquarters Command of Pernambuco Military Police.Signs warning of shark attacks at Boa Viagem Beach.Natural pools – Boa Viagem Beach.Mário SchenbergPaulo FreireStatue of Clarice Lispector in Recife.RivaldoPalmoxylonFossil trunks of Palmoxylon from Quaternary of Libyan SaharaPodocarpus macrophyllus with mature seed conesP. totaraP. oleifoliusP. neriifoliusSori, borne on the back of the leaflet, are globose and naked as in this Polypodium amorphumPolypodium formosanum cv. 'Cristatum'Polypodium nipponicumPolypodium percussumBrown meagreSciaena umbra juvenileBuccinum polare Gray, 1839. Museum specimens.Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758 – museum specimenCooked whelks removed from the shellDog whelkColour variability of shells of Nucella lapillus.Nucella lapillus snails and its freshly laid egg capsules.Empty egg capsules of Nucella lapillus.Neptunea despectaFront view of A. moreni skullIn flightEgg, Collection Muséum de ToulouseBanded chick on Gannet Island, LabradorWith common murres, Runde, Norway.Underside of Asterias forbesiPurse seine boats encircling a school of menhaden
Global commercial capture of menhaden in million tonnes 1950–2010[107]
Capture of menhaden in 2010 reported by the FAO[107]
Live channeled whelks for sale in a California seafood marketBlue Crab escaping from the net at Core Banks, North Carolina.Female blue crab with eggsCooked blue crabsCooked blue crabs, shown here on sale at a fish market in Washington, D.C., are red.A moltedcarapace of Cancer irroratus from Long Beach, New York.Top view, Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, OntarioCytharaElectra at the Tomb of Agamemnon, Frederic Leighton c. 1869Orestes, Electra and Hermes at the tomb of Agamemnon, lucanian red-figure pelike, c. 380–370 BC, Louvre (K 544)Electra and Orestes, from an 1897 Stories from the Greek Tragedians, by Alfred ChurchLower jaw of the holotypeOsteodermsEntobia in a modern bivalve. Note the characteristic chambers connected by short canals.Entobia from the Prairie Bluff Chalk Formation (Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous) of Starkville, Mississippi. Preserved as a cast of the excavations.Wolverine skull from the Pleistocene of Germany at the Berlin's Natural History MuseumFile:MSU V2P1b - Gulo gulo skull.pngSkull, as illustrated by N.N. KondakovSkeletonVideo of a wolverine in the Helsinki ZooWolverine on rocky terrainCaptive at the Kristiansand Zoo, NorwayThe Wolverine pendant of Les Eyzies, when wolverines were still found in southern FranceBog turtleAn adult specimenBog turtle habitat in the southern Appalachians of western North Carolina, during a search for turtles by conservation organisationsWalking in thick grass highlights the turtle's sizeStriped skunks prey on the bog turtle.A young individualA baby bog turtle held in a palmA captive-reared bog turtle is released into the wild, with affixed radio transmitterA controlled burn in progressModiolus modiolus at stamp of Faroe Islands by Postverk Føroya.Woodland jumping mouseWoodland jumping mouse killed by cat in Sheffield, Vermont, with ruler for scalePagurus anachoretusPagurus bernhardusLong-armed hermit crab, Pagurus longicarpusHairy hermit crab, Pagurus hirsutiusculus, outside its shell – note the soft-shelled and curved abdomen (top of photo) Tooth of Palaeocarcharodon from Atlas mountain in Morocco. 60 mya, long 3 cm.Subspecies P. c. capitalis, Grand Tetons, WyomingSubspecies P. c. capitalis (left) and P. c. obscurus (right); illustration by Keulemans, 1877Perisoreus canadensis obscurus in Mount Rainier National ParkGrey, sooty plumage of a juvenileFemale incubating her eggsA hatchlingPair of jays feeding their nestlingsBold grey jay, typical of those individuals accustomed to humansA researcher holding up a large striped bassStriped bass brisket with a lima-fava bean pureeNew Jersey Pine Barrens demonstrating lighter skin tonesMer Bleue Conservation Area, showing dark skin tonesSpring mating callsGreen frog pair in amplexus: Note large tympanum of male, on top, and small tympanum of the femaleLithobates sylvaticus found in southern QuebecWeight vs. length for red drum (data from Jenkins 2004)A vertebra in dorsal (top) and posterior (end) view, referred to Thecachampsa sp. by William Bullock Clark in 1901A tooth referred to Thecachampsa sericodon by William Bullock Clark in 1901A tooth in lateral (side) and basal (bottom) view, referred to Thecachampsa contusor by William Bullock Clark in 1901Coprolite attributed to ThecachampsaA fragment of a lower referred to Thecachampsa marylandica by William Bullock Clark in 1901TubaFile:M478 - tuba - C W Moritz - foto Hans Skoglund.jpgTuba by Wieprecht & Moritz as described in Prussian patent No.19.Tuba section in a British style brass bandComparison of euphonium (left) and tuba (right)Tuba with four rotary valves"Kaiserbass" (tuba in B♭) and cornetFelucca used in the Strait of Messina to hunt swordfish
Global capture of swordfish in tonnes reported by the FAO, 1950–2009[107]
Swordfish on deck during long-lining operationsTurnaround video of Specimen No. 57 and a razorbill, Naturalis Biodiversity CenterThe "Great Auk, Northern Penguin, or Gair-Fowl", wood engraving by Thomas Bewick in A History of British Birds, 1804 [a]Summer (standing) and winter (swimming) plumage, by John Gerrard KeulemansPaintings showing variation in egg markings, as well as seasonal and ontogenic differences in plumageStac an Armin, St. Kilda, Scotland, one locality where the great auk used to breedGreat Auks by John James Audubon, from The Birds of America (1827–1838)Great auk eating a fish, by John GouldNesting ground with juveniles and eggs, by KeulemansCast of an egg, Museum WiesbadenIllustration of two Humeri (1) and two Tibiae (2), bones of the great auk uncovered by archaeologists in an ancient kitchen midden in CaithnessThe only known illustration of a great auk drawn from life, Ole Worm's pet, received from the Faroe Islands, 1655Eldey, last refuge of the great aukSpecimen No. 3 in Brussels, one of the two last birds killed on Eldey in 1844Specimen No. 39, skeleton, and replica egg at Senckenberg MuseumInternal organs of the last two great auks, Zoological Museum of CopenhagenMonument to the last British great auk at Fowl Craig, OrkneyBalsam fir (Abies balsamea) essential oil in clear glass vialBalsam fir krummholz on Mount Hight, New HampshireN. lutea (American lotus)Nelumbo 'Mrs. Perry D. Slocum'- Dried seed podLotus in lake, showing leaves, buds, flowers, seed headsNelumbo nucifera budFoliage of Nelumbo nucifera: an example of the lotus effect after rain.File:File:Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitabha), Kamakura period, 12th-13th century, wood with gold leaf and inlaid crystal eyes - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05345.JPGAmitābhaBuddha Amitābha in Tibetan Buddhism, traditional thangka paintingPortrait of Buddha Amitābha attached in Annotation to the Infinite Life Sutra (Ch. 佛說大乘無量壽莊嚴清淨平等覺經科註)Statue of the Buddha Amitābha (Mongolia, 18th century)Kōtoku-inMandala of Amitayus, Tibet, 19th century, Rubin Museum of ArtThis altar display at a temple in Taiwan shows Amitābha flanked by Mahāsthāmaprāpta on his left and Guanyin on the rightTang dynasty Amitābha sculpture, Hidden Stream Temple Cave, Longmen Grottoes, ChinaThe Food of the Gods on Olympus (1530), majolica dish attributed to Nicola da UrbinoThetis anoints Achilles with ambrosia, by Johann Balthasar Probst (1673–1748)Lycurgus attacking the nymph Ambrosia (mosaic from Herculaneum, 45–79 AD)Native eastern white pine, Sylvania Wilderness, MichiganPartial distribution map of Pinus strobus in North AmericaMeasuring the circumference of an Eastern White PineWhite pine boughs, showing annual yellowing and abscission of older foliage in the autumn. Upstate New York, USA.An illustration dated 1902, showing a variety of insect pests affecting eastern white pineBoard of Pinus strobusFoliageClosed, mature conesP. banksiana forest with Vaccinium groundcoverBall-and-stick model of the tetraamminediaquacopper(II) cation, [Cu(NH3)4(H2O)2]2+This high-pressure reactor was built in 1921 by BASF in Ludwigshafen and was re-erected on the premises of the University of Karlsruhe in Germany.Ammoniacal Gas Engine Streetcar in New Orleans drawn by Alfred Waud in 1871.The X-15aircraft used ammonia as one component fuel of its rocketengineAnti-meth sign on tank of anhydrous ammonia, Otley, Iowa. Anhydrous ammonia is a common farm fertilizer that is also a critical ingredient in making methamphetamine. In 2005, Iowa used grant money to give out thousands of locks to prevent criminals from getting into the tanks.[109]The world's longest ammonia pipeline, running from the TogliattiAzot plant in Russia to Odessa in Ukraine.Hydrochloric acid sample releasing HCl fumes, which are reacting with ammonia fumes to produce a white smoke of ammonium chloride.Production trend of ammonia between 1947 and 2007Main symptoms of hyperammonemia (ammonia reaching toxic concentrations).[110]Ammonia occurs in the atmospheres of the outer gas planets such as Jupiter (0.026% ammonia) and Saturn (0.012% ammonia).Ball-and-stick model of the diamminesilver(I) cation, [Ag(NH3)2]+File:File:Arius püspök.jpgAriusHuge swarms of Chaoborus edulis, resembling distant plumes of smoke over Lake Malawi's waterChariot clock in National Statuary Hall by Carlo Franzoni, 1819, depicting Clio, titled the Car of History.Clio: the Muse of History by Artemsia Gentileschi.Three Phragmites australis seedlings: A.) very young, B.) juvenile, C.) the oldest (3-4 months). Roman numerals denote different shoot generations. Sc = scutellum. (From Om Skudbygning, Overvintring og Foryngelse by Eugen Warming, 1884) A previously sandy beach 'invaded' by Phragmites australis reeds.SipsiThe duduk or mey mouthpiece is a flattened piece of giant reed (arundo donax) a relative of common reed, itself used in zurnaClio by Pierre Mignard.A fedora made by Borsalino with a gutter-dent, side-dented crown, the front of the brim "snapped down" and the back "snapped up"Another example of a fedora made by Borsalino, with a pinch-front teardrop-shaped crownFrank Sinatra as Tony Rome, sporting a fedoraMan wearing fedora c. 2017The illustration that accompanied the 1904 description of the mouse catshark, as Pristurus murinus.A roughtail catshark (G. arae) in its natural habitat; members of this genus occur close to the bottom in deep water.Close-up from above of the caudal fin denticle crest of the longfin sawtail catshark (G. cadenati); such crests are shared by all Galeus species.Drawing of Azolla filiculoides, about 5 mm. Upper green leaves perform photo synthesis, lower lack chlorophyll.Azolla covering the Canning River, Western AustraliaAzolla on the Canning River, Western AustraliaSEM image of Azolla surfaceScanning electron micrograph of a megaspore of the genus Azolla with adhering massulae from postglacial sediments of Laguna El Junco, Galápagos Island of San Cristóbal[111]Transmission electron micrograph of a megaspore of the genus Azolla from postglacial sediments of Laguna El Junco, Galápagos Island of San Cristobal[111]Alangium salviifolium.Bishop BorgnaAraucaria araucana with seed conesThree members of the genus growing together – left to right, Araucaria columnaris, Araucaria cunninghamii and Araucaria bidwilliiAraucaria columnaris sapling with distinctive axial bud.Araucaria heterophylla leavesPetrified cone of Araucaria mirabilis from Patagonia, Argentina dating from the Jurassic Period (approx. 157 mya)Canavalia cathartica illustration. Francisco Manuel Blanco, Flora de Filipinas, etc. (1880-1883)Canavalia lineataHornbeamHornbeam trunkBeanpods and leaf details of the northern catalpaThe catalpa tree in Reading, Berkshire, EnglandAutumn foliageLarge, dark purple clematis flower with white finger stamens in sunlightPurple clematisClematis armandiiClematis 'Multi Blue'Clematis floridaC. montanaFlowers of C. vitalbaSeed heads of C. vitalba growing in a hedge, showing why it is known colloquially as "old man's beard"AchenesFruits of C. dioica in Guanacaste, Costa RicaC. terniflora seed clusterMale caste of C. degeeriWorker caste of C. corticicolaArboreal carton nest of C. castaneaC. castanea worker tending a treehopper in a Pigeonwood treeMature spindle fruit (Euonymus sp.), split open to reveal the seedsEuonymus fortunei in a nurseryFokienia hodginsiiHeliosHelios in his chariot, early 4th century BC, Athena's temple, IlionSolar Apollo with the radiant halo of Helios in a Roman floor mosaic, El Djem, Tunisia, late 2nd centuryHelios as the personification of midday by Anton Raphael Mengs. Notice the apollonian traits absent in mythology and Hellenic art, such as the lack of a chariot and the bow and arrow.Coin of Roman Emperor Constantine I depicting Sol Invictus/Apollo with the legend SOLI INVICTO COMITI, c. 315 AD.Bust of Alexander the Great as an eidolon of Helios (Musei Capitolini).Colossus of RhodesMooneye caught in Quetico Provincial Park, OntarioIn August,Czech RepublicIn winter, FranceWalnut tree - Juglans regia L. Claimed to be the oldest walnut tree in the world. Near Khotan, Xinjiang, China, in 2011NupharNuphar sagittifolia (Walter) Pursh, leaves sagittateUnripe fruit of Nuphar lutea"Field" of Nuphar on a small lake, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, AlaskaMime artists Jean Soubeyran and Brigitte Soubeyran in 1950.Mime Pablo Zibes.A Dog's Life (1918). Charlie Chaplin.Whitefaced mime on Boston Common in 1980Paulownia fortunei flowers and barkThis paulownia flower pattern (go-shichi-no-kiri) is the symbol of the Office of the Prime Minister of Japan. It also decorates the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Paulownia Flowers.A JapaneseKobundō (小分銅), 95–97% gold, "Paulownia" Kiri (桐) mark, Kikubana (菊花) emblem, 373.11 grams, JapanPithecellobium dulceRhamnus crocea flowersTaeniolabis taoensis skull, Am. Mus. 16321.Water caltrop (T. natans) seedsWater caltrop field in Tainan CityGrave of J. R. R. Tolkien and Edith TolkienSaguaro cactus flowers and buds after a wet winter. This is Arizona's official state flower.The North Rim of the Grand Canyon.Mexico in 1824. Alta California is the northwestern-most state.Geronimo (far right) and his Apache warriors fought against both Mexican and American settlersChildren of Depression-era migrant workers, Pinal County, 1937Eleanor Roosevelt at the Gila River relocation center, April 23, 1943Köppen climate types of ArizonaThe Horseshoe Bend of the Colorado River.West Mitten at Monument Valley Blue Mesa at Petrified Forest National ParkThe Grand Canyon.San Francisco Peaks seen from Bellemont, ArizonaSonoran Desert at Saguaro National ParkCathedral Rock near Red Rock Crossing in SedonaA population density map of Arizona.Extent of the Spanish language in the state of ArizonaView of suburban development in Scottsdale, 2006Art Deco doors, Cochise County Courthouse, Bisbee, AZThe Spanish mission of San Xavier del Bac, founded in 1700.Arizona's Meteor Crater is a tourist attraction.Entering Arizona on I-10 from New MexicoA Navajo man on horseback in Monument ValleyThe original Arizona State Capitol, PhoenixTreemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election.The University of Arizona located in Tucson.Arizona State University located in Tempe.Northern Arizona University located in Flagstaff.View of Monument Valley from John Ford's PointStandin' on the Corner Park and mural in Winslow, ArizonaA spring training game between the Cubs and White Sox at HoHoKam Park.Cactus wren, the Arizona state bird Spotted thick-knee
Threat display of a spotted thick-knee in defence of its chicks
Double-striped thick-knee Eurasian stone-curlew distribution. Different colours indicate area of migration.Bush stone-curlewSpotted thick-knee with chickEurasian stone-curlew eggsSpotted Thick-knee in a garden in South Africa.Turnaround video of a C. c. carolinensis specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity CenterIllustration by Jacques Barraband, 1801Photo of a live pet specimen, 1906Turnaround video of a C. c. ludovicianus specimen, NaturalisTurnaround video of a mounted skeleton, NaturalisC. c. ludovicianus by John James AudubonIllustration by John James Audubonred dome blanketflower (Gaillardia pinnatifida)Gaillardia 'Fanfare'Texas horned lizard in Beeville, TexasC. decurrens foliage and male conesA. t. multiscutatusThe button rattle of a juvenileThe closeup of head at the Zoological Garden, Ulm, GermanyA skeleton at the Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, OklahomaC. atrox, patternless specimenC. atroxA male crotalus atrox with a pair of intromittent organs called hemipenes, used for reproductionMale collared lizard, with blue-green body and yellow-brown head, at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge near Lawton, OklahomaGila monsterPlate from the Century Cyclopedia depicts the Gila monsterHead with bead-like scales and strong forelegs and claws suitable for diggingA reticulated Gila monster (H. s. suspectum)Gila monster at the Bristol ZooFile:MSU V2P1b - Mustela nivalis subspecies painting.pngVarious least weasel subspecies; (from left to right) M. n. pygmaea, M. n. nivalis, M. n. pallida, M. n. vulgaris, M. n. boccamela, M. n. heptneriTwo least weasels fightingWeasel at the British Wildlife CentreSkulls of a long-tailed weasel (top), a stoat (bottom left) and least weasel (bottom right), as illustrated in Merriam's Synopsis of the Weasels of North AmericaSkeleton, as illustrated in Lydekker's The New Natural HistoryThe winter coat is conspicuous when there is no snow on the ground.Taxidermy exhibit showing a least weasel attacking a European hare, in the Natural History Museum of GenoaLeast weasels driven from a mountain hare carcass by a stoat, as illustrated in Barrett-Hamilton's A History of British MammalsAlaskan weasel Mustela n. eskimo17th century print of a weasel confronting a basiliskCommon chuckwalla, Sauromalus aterCommon chuckwalla Sauromalus ater at Bristol Zoo, EnglandChuckwalla (S. ater) in rocky area of Death Valley National ParkCythara Lemoine's incorrect 1881 illustration of G. eduardsii (now G. parisiensis)Life restoration of G. steini (now G. gigantea) with outdated, ratite-like plumage, 1917Reconstructed G. geiselensis skeletonSkull and mandible of G. gigantea specimen AMNH 6169Skeletal restoration of G. giganteaSupposed Gastornis feathers which turned out to be plant materialLife restoration of G. gigantea, a species found in North AmericaCrinoidA stalked crinoid drawn by Ernst HaeckelClose-up on the calyx of a characteristic abyssal stalked crinoid. Ten arms are visible, with their pinnules.Close-up on the pinnules with visible rows of translucent podia.A stalked crinoid (white) and a comatulid (red) in deep sea, showing the differences between these two sister groupsAgaricocrinus americanus, a fossil crinoid from the Carboniferous of IndianaMiddle Jurassic (Callovian) Apiocrinites crinoid pluricolumnals from the Matmor Formation in Hamakhtesh Hagadol, southern IsraelColorful crinoids at shallow waters of Gili Lawa LautMultiple crinoids occupying the reef of Nusa Kode IslandUpper surface of right tibia. (Anterior is at top.)KneeBones of the right leg. Anterior surfaceLower extremity of tibia seen from the frontLower extremity of tibia seen from the backPlan of ossification of the tibia. From three centers.Epiphysial lines of tibia and fibula in a young adult. Anterior aspect.Satellite view of the region.Another view of the region.Kouros of Tenea with the archaic smileApollo of Tenea in the Pushkin MuseumVelleda, as imagined in a 19th-century painting by Charles Voillemot.Red panda descending head firstRed panda skullRed panda sleepingSounds of red panda twitteringRed panda standingRed panda gnawingRed panda and its herbivore diet Red panda tending its cubCaptive red pandaCloseup of red pandaThe red panda in the Taronga Zoo, AustraliaRed panda resting on a treeRed panda at Prospect Park Zoo, New York, USRed panda in a ginkgo treeRed panda gnawing on an exfoliated bamboo bushCaptive red pandaCaptive red pandaCaptive red pandaDrawing and description of red panda in the Zhonghua Da Zidian, 1915Bigeye thresherBigeye threshers are often caught on longlines.Early 19th century shad fishing on the Peedee (Greater Pee Dee) River, South Carolina.Grey heronHead, with neck retracted(video) A grey heron foraging on mudflatsSwallowing an eelHeronry in Stuttgart, GermanyBuilding nestEggs, collection Museum WiesbadenSeeking food from a zoo penguin enclosure"The Heron. Common Heron, Heronsewgh, or Heronshaw. (Ardea cinerea, Lath.—Héron cendré, Temm.)" wood engraving by Thomas Bewick in his History of British Birds, volume 2, 1804BotrychiumBotrychium virginianumSceptridium dissectumWintering at the Wadden Sea, GermanyEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenIn a defensive positionFemale Busephala clangula with chicksEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenAdult in breeding plumage; note sharp margin of breast colourEgg of Gallinago media - (Muséum de Toulouse)Great snipeMüller and Henle's illustration of a silky shark, accompanying their original species descriptionThe silky shark is typically encountered in open water.Upper teethLower teethTuna are a favored prey of the silky shark, which is often found trailing their schools.A juvenile silky shark – this species gives birth to live, fully formed young.A silky shark caught by a sport angler – this shark is heavily fished in many regions.Spotted seatrout weight vs. length[112] Speckled trout are among the top ten species for recreational fishing in the United States.Southern stingraySouthern stingrayJawsA roughtail stingray at the McGrail Bank in the Gulf of Mexico; sandy flats are a favored habitat of this species.The roughtail stingray is characterized by the angular shape of its disc and the thorns over its body and tail.The roughtail stingray typically forages for food on the sea bottom, but will also take prey from the water column.A roughtail stingray caught in the Gulf of Mexico; this specie was fished in United States waters.Bluntnose stingrayThe bluntnose stingray is characterized by the shape of its disc and snout.A Deinosuchus jaw fragment, exhibited at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Fossils of this large alligatoroid have been discovered in 10 US states and northern Mexico.Deinosuchus may have preyed upon large ornithopods. Kritosaurus lived alongside the giant crocodilian in the Aguja Formation ecosystem.[113]Reconstructed skull of D. riograndensis, Museo de la Evolución de PueblaThe osteoderms of Deinosuchus, as illustrated by W.J. Holland. They are proportionately much thicker than those of modern crocodiliansEbenezer Emmons illustrated two fossil teeth in 1858. Most likely, they belonged to the crocodilian that would later be named Deinosuchus.This skull reconstruction, exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History for nearly a half-century, is probably the best known of all Deinosuchus fossils. The darker-shaded portions are actual fossil bone, while the light portions are plaster.Deinosuchus scutes and vertebra, Carnegie Museum of Natural History.The constellation Delphinus as it can be seen by the naked eye.Delphinus is depicted on the left of this card from Urania's Mirror (1825)Adult puffins have boldly coloured beaks in the breeding season.Appearance of beak and eyes during the breeding season (left) and after the moult (right; lettered items have been shed)Bobbing about on the waves off the coast of northern NorwayAtlantic puffins on a cliff-top at Skellig Michael, County Kerry, IrelandRelaxation in the colonyEstablishing dominancePair outside burrow on Skomer Island, WalesTypical Atlantic puffin breeding habitat in IcelandEgg at Museum Wiesbaden GermanyAdult returning with sand eels to feed the chickNearly fully fledged, near its burrow and at risk of predationJuvenile recently emerged from the nestIn flight over the Isle of May, ScotlandApproaching nesting birds too closely may jeopardise the colonyFaroe Islands 1978 postal stamp by Holger PhilipsenAtlantic cod juvenileAtlantic cod.Capture of Northeast and Northwest Atlantic cod 1950–2012, (FAO)Atlantic cod are demersal fish—they prefer sea bottoms with coarse sediments.[114]Estimated biomass of the Northeast Arctic cod stock for the period 1946–2012, in million tons: Light blue bars represent the immature fraction of the stock, while the darker blue bars represent the spawning biomass.[115]Sarus craneIn flight, the black primaries contrast with the otherwise grey wings (Bharatpur, India).View of the headAll cranes have a raised and much reduced hind toe.A flock of sarus cranes in a field in GujaratThe long coiled trachea that produces the trumpeting callsEgg, Muséum de ToulouseA pair with young in VelavadarAge and plumage changesThese cranes are usually seen in pairs or small groups (Sultanpur National Park)A family group of two adults and a juvenileThe Floating Feather : a painting by Melchior d'Hondecoeter (c.1680) of the birds in the menagerie of William III of England at the Het Loo Palace showing a sarus crane in the background.A plate by Johann Michael Seligmann published between 1749 and 1776 based on a work by George EdwardsForaging in marshland (Bharatpur)A photo of the site where the fossils were found (2010)Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins' mounted Hadrosaurus, the first mounted dinosaur skeleton in the worldReconstructed skeleton, Academy of Natural SciencesPlates from Leidy's descriptionEurasian oystercatcher flying on Loch Sligachan on the Isle of Skye, ScotlandEgg - MHNTAn Indo-Pacific sailfish raising its sailExhibiting sail-raising behaviorErnest Hemingway in Key West, Florida, USA, in the 1940s, with a sailfish he had caught
Capture of Indo-Pacific sailfish in tonnes from 1950 to 2009
Characteristic shape in old field successionA log sawn in two and turned on a lathe, exposing the pale sapwood and the reddish heartwood"Berries" of the 'Corcorcor' cultivarPygmy sperm whaleSkullPygmy whale teeth on its lower rostrumTwo L. a. argenteus individuals on the shore of Coumeenoole Bay, IrelandBird SoundAdult Larus argentatus with yellow legs to the right, its offspring has the normal pink colour. This bird is not to be confused with the always yellow-legged Larus michahellis. Photo from Warnemünde (harbour of Rostock), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Northern Germany.Herring gull producing waste near Île-de-BréhatFeeding behaviours of the European herring gull.Stealing an egg from a common murreFighting for a fish.Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden, GermanyTearing open a bin bagStealing food from a man's handPerching on spikes designed to discourage perching birdsRubbish bag designed to resist scavenging behaviourHoneysuckleHoneysuckle Lonicera japonicaHoneysuckle -- LoniceraL. ciliosaL. japonica fruitL. hispidulaL. sempervirensL. tataricaL.caprifolium, ChèvrefeuilleVarious sizes of Lophius americanusJuvenile tilefishAdultJuvenile specimenTilefish, making a burrow inside a clay deposit.Intact fish skeleton at the North Carolina Museum of Natural SciencesAn 8-oz (230-g) marlin filetIntact fish skeleton at the North Carolina Museum of Natural SciencesAn 8-oz (230-g) marlin filetEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenFins, barbel and lateral line on a haddock. Haddock have three dorsal fins and two anal fins.Smoked Haddock served with onions and red peppersIllustration of a narwhal and a beluga, its closest living relativeComplete skeleton at the Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesThis narwhal skull has rare double tusks. Usually, the canine tooth only on the left side of the upper jaw becomes a tusk. Rarely, males develop two tusks. This specimen, however, was of a female (Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg; collected in 1684)Narwhals in the Creswell Bay at Somerset IslandA polar bear scavenging a narwhal carcassMale narwhal captured and satellite taggedThe head of a lance made from a Narwhal tusk with a meteorite iron bladeImage of narwhal from Brehms Tierleben (1864–1869) Eskimo curlewIllustration (middle) by Louis Agassiz FuertesNonbreeding range of Eskimo curlew.Specimen in the Museum of Comparative ZoologyIllustration by John James AudubonOyster toadfishLaysan albatross with chick on MidwayThe then at least 60-year-old female named Wisdom with her chick, in March 2011Chick, Midway AtollLaysan albatross rookery on Midway AtollBlack-footed albatrossLongleaf pine needles from a 30 m specimen near Tallahassee, FloridaLongleaf pine: 'grass stage' seedling, near Georgetown, South CarolinaPinus palustrisNaturally regenerated longleaf pines in DeSoto National Forest, MississippiTrolling for blue fishlithograph by Currier & Ives, 1866A large bluefish.Ovary of fish with visible Philometra females - lower row: bluefishWhite-chinned petrelIllustration by Joseph Smit, 1896On track near Mount Hobson, Great Barrier Island, 2011Off Wollongong, AustraliaIllustration of the skull of a false killer whaleFalse killer whale skull specimen exhibited in Museo di storia naturale e del territorio dell'Università di PisaFalse killer whale and bottlenose dolphin at the Enoshima Aquarium, JapanThe Flinders Bay beaching, 1986Illustration by Chester A. ReedP. l. lherminieri chick in nest burrow on Little Tobago.Puffinus lherminieri persicusAudubon's shearwater Puffinus lherminieri bailloni of Reunion Island.Circa 275–270 BCCast coin. Obverse: bust of Hercules l.; three pellets. Reverse: prow of galley; three pellets.Teruncius (Apulia, Lucera. Circa 220 BCAugustus QuadransQuadrans of DomitianFlower of Ranunculus glaberrimusGlacier buttercup Ranunculus glacialisFile:Ranunculus glaberrimus .JPGSagebrush buttercup (Ranunculus glaberrimus)Straightbeak buttercup (Ranunculus orthorhynchus)Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)Ranunculus asiaticus, a cultivated form Seed head of Ranunculus showing developing achenesWapato bulbCrisps (chips) made from tuberCommon eiders (Somateria mollissima) in the breeding season on Texel, the Netherlands.A common eider skullEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenA school of scalloped hammerheads.Flash-fried whole scupEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenLong-tailed jaeger in flightEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenAn immature parasitic jaegerRoyal tern in flight at Morro Bay, California.Adult royal tern and sandwich tern (right) in flight at Core Banks, North Carolina.Breeding plumageEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenSW Queensland, AustraliaRotuman tautoga performed in 1981 celebrating Rotuma's cession to Great BritainTautogIllustration of White MarlinAtlantic bluefin tuna migration
Capture of Atlantic bluefin tuna in tonnes from 1950 to 2009
Eggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenA Cuvier's beaked whale surfaces in Ligurian SeaA stranded Cuvier's beaked whaleDombeya elegansDombeya pilosa flowersDombeya burgessiaeMontparnasse derailment, France, 1895 One error and its catastrophic results: Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, painted by Adolph Northen in the 19th centuryHerzliya Airport (Israel) runway location and traffic pattern chart (left) was erroneously printed as a result of "black layer" 180° misplacement. The corrected chart is on the right.The 'Judas' Bible in St Mary's Church, Totnes, Devon. This edition is known as the 'Judas' Bible because in Matthew c26 v36 'Judas' appears instead of 'Jesus'. In this copy the mistake is corrected with a slip of paper pasted over the misprint.[116]Erroneous traffic sign in Israel. The correct sign is depicted on the lower-right corner.Rape of Orithyia by Boreas. Detail from an Apulianred-figure oinoche, 360 BC.The Abduction of Orithyia (ca. 1730), by Francesco SolimenaZanthoxylumZ. piperitum Fruits and seedsZ. rhetsa bark in Pakke Tiger ReserveLeafless Z. simulans showing its knobbed barkSchematic of the bulk feeding method employed by modern mysticetes. It is plausible that Aetiocetus used a variation of this method using a combination of baleen and teeth.Lek mating arena, in which each male guards a territory of a few meters in size on average, and in which the dominant males may each attract up to eight females.[117] In addition, each individual is shown with variations in personal space (bubbles), whereby higher-ranking individuals have larger personal space bubbles.[118] Common bird leks typically have 25–30 individuals. A strict hierarchy accords the most desirable top-ranking males the most prestigious central territory, with ungraded and lesser aspirants ranged outside. Females come to these arenas to choose mates when the males' hierarchy has become established, and preferentially mate with the dominants in the centre.A male with its gular sacs inflatedA femaleBlack-necked stiltFlying in California, USABolsa Chica Ecological ReserveThe Hawaiian stilt is sometimes considered a subspecies of the black-necked stilt.Stilts exhibit a weak or sick behavior in order to distract predators from the location of their young.Black-necked stilts foraging on Richardson Bay mudflatsBlack-necked stilt eggs Quintana, TexasHatchling of the black-winged stilt, H. (h.) himatopus. Those of the black-necked stilt look identical.Two L. a. argenteus individuals on the shore of Coumeenoole Bay, IrelandBird SoundAdult Larus argentatus with yellow legs to the right, its offspring has the normal pink colour. This bird is not to be confused with the always yellow-legged Larus michahellis. Photo from Warnemünde (harbour of Rostock), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Northern Germany.Herring gull producing waste near Île-de-BréhatFeeding behaviours of the European herring gull.Stealing an egg from a common murreFighting for a fish.Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden, GermanyTearing open a bin bagStealing food from a man's handPerching on spikes designed to discourage perching birdsRubbish bag designed to resist scavenging behaviourIn breeding plumageAdult in foreground, red knot in backgroundDiagram of the anatomical structure of a female Nautilus pompilius including most of its internal organs.Nautilus half-shell showing the camerae in a logarithmic spiralSection cut of a nautilus shellNautilus locomotion File format: Ogg File size: 1.29 MB Duration: 5 secondsNautilus with extended tentacles and hyponome visibleHead of Nautilus pompilius showing the rudimentary eye, which functions similar to a pinhole cameraNumber of captured N. pompilius at various depths around the Osprey Reef Seamount, Coral Sea. The data was collated from 271 trapping events spread across all months of the year. Nautiluses were most common at 300–350 m (1,000–1,100 ft). No specimens were recovered from a depth of less than 150 m (500 ft) during 18 trapping efforts.[119]A pair of N. pompilius feeding on two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar) bait during daytime at 703 m (2,306 ft) depth. This observation constitutes the deepest record of any nautilus species.Shell characters of the genera Nautilus and AllonautilusSection cut of a nautilus shellEutrephoceras dorbignyanumNautilus shells: N. macromphalus (left), A. scrobiculatus (centre), N. pompilius (right)Persian Ironwood FoliageThe tree's many branches and distinctive colored barkPersian ironwood in AprilProtitanopsPsephophorusMany varieties, such as the Nashi pear, are not "pear-shaped"Pear blossomsPyrus calleryana in flower(Left to right, top to bottom) Korean pear, Bosc pear, Forelle pear, red D'Anjou pear, Bartlett pear, green D'Anjou pear, Seckel pear, Comice pearPear treePear cultivation in 2012Pears simmered in red wineTaxusSeeds of Taxus baccataFoliage of Mexican yewMale (pollen-producing) cones of Taxus baccataFoliage of Irish yew; note the leaves spreading all round the erect shoots4112 year old Taxus in TurkeyEngraving of a spotted hyena from Thomas Pennant's History of Quadrupeds, one of the first authentic depictions of the species[120]Pair of spotted hyenas at White River, Mpumalanga. Note the great degree of individual variation in fur colour, which was once used as a basis for separating the species into various subspecies.Skull of Crocuta sivalensis, an extinct Indian hyena proposed by Björn Kurtén as being the ancestor of the modern spotted hyenaSkeletonSpotted hyena walking in profileSkull, as illustrated by Frédéric Cuvier. Note the disproportionately large carnassials and premolars adapted for bone consumption.Male and female reproductive systems of the spotted hyena, from Schmotzer & Zimmerman, Anatomischer Anzeiger (1922). Abb. 1 (Fig. 1.) Male reproductive anatomy. Abb. 2 (Fig. 2.) Female reproductive anatomy.[121] Principal abbreviations (from von Eggeling) are: T, testis; Vd, vas deferens; BU, urethral bulb; Ur, urethra; R, rectum; P, penis; S, scrotum; O, ovary; FT, tuba Fallopii; RL, ligament uteri; Ut, uterus; CC, Corpus clitoris. Remaining abbreviations, in alphabetical order, are: AG, parotid analis; B, vesica urinaria; CG, parotid Cowperi; CP, Corpus penis; CS, corpus spongiosum; GC, glans; GP, glans penis; LA, levator ani muscle; Pr, prepuce; RC, musculus retractor clitoris; RP, Musculus retractor penis; UCG, Canalis urogenital.Female nursing cub, Amboseli National Park, KenyaSpotted hyena cub in the Serengeti, Tanzania. Note the well defined spots, which will fade with age.Spotted hyena and two cubs in their den, Ngorongoro Crater, TanzaniaSpotted hyena with a wildebeest skeleton in Karatu, Arusha, TanzaniaSpotted hyenas mobbing a lion, Sabi Sand Game ReserveSpotted hyena confronting African wild dogs, Sabi Sand Game ReserveSpotted hyenas interacting aggressively in the Masai MaraSpotted hyenas greeting one another in Kruger National ParkSpotted Hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) (W1CDR0000381 BD12)Example from the Florida Teaching ZooGiggling call of a spotted hyena.Trace of a 20,000-year-old spotted hyena painting from the Chauvet Cave, FranceAtlatlmammoth ivory "creeping hyena", found in La Madeleine rock shelter, dated back to circa 12,000 to 17,000 years agoSpotted hyena mask from Burkina Faso, Musée barroisSpotted hyena being fed in Harar, EthiopiaSpotted hyena attacked by Maasai warriorsSpotted hyena shot by Abel Chapman at the Lukenia Heights, 23 January 1906South African zoologist Kevin Richardson with captive spotted hyenasGroup of grey seals on sands at Stiffkey, NorfolkCaptive grey seal being fed, showing snout shapeCow (l) and bull (r) gray seals mating, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, U.K.Few days old pupStegomyia pia, a recently described new species[122]Annonacin is a neurotoxin found in Annona muricata seeds.Halved annona fruitAnnona tree, Mérida, Yucatán, MexicoAnonna fruitMarietta Street, 1864In 1907, Peachtree Street, the main street of Atlanta, was busy with streetcars and automobiles.The Olympic flag waves at the 1996 gamesThe skyline of Midtown (viewed from Piedmont Park) emerged with the construction of modernist Colony Square in 1972.Craftsman bungalows in Inman ParkBeath-Dickey House (1890) in Inman Park neighborhood, 2011Atlanta's Piedmont Park in winterMap of racial distribution in Atlanta, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: White, Black, AsianHispanic, or Other (yellow)The Coca-Cola world headquartersThe CNN newsroomThe Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)The stage of the Tabernacle during a live performance by the band STS9Martin Luther King, Jr.'s childhood homeThe World of Coca-ColaA meal at The VarsitySunTrust ParkThe Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in northwestern AtlantaAtlanta City HallConcourse B at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest airportThe Downtown Connector, seen at night in Midtown.BryozoaBryozoaBryozoaA colony of the modern marine bryozoan Flustra foliacea.Cheilostome bryozoan with serpulid tubes; Recent; Cape Cod Bay, Duck Creek, near Wellfleet, Massachusetts.Peronopora, a trepostome bryozoan from the Whitewater Formation (Upper Ordovician) of eastern Indiana.Evactinopora bryozoan found in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States; from the permanent collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.Bryozoan fossils in an Upper Ordovician oil shale (kukersite), northern Estonia.An Upper Ordovician cobble with the edrioasteroidCystaster stellatus and the thin branching cyclostome bryozoan Corynotrypa. Kope Formation, northern Kentucky.Ropalonaria venosa, an etching trace fossil of a Late Ordovician ctenostome bryozoan on a strophomenid brachiopod valve; Cincinnatian of southeastern Indiana.[123]Phaenopora superba, a ptilodictyine bryozoan from the Silurian of Ohio.Encrusting cyclostome bryozoans (B), the one on the right showing swollen gonozooids; T = thecideide brachiopod and S = sabellid worm tube; Jurassic of Poland.lacelike Membranipora membranacea Mauritanian bryolith formed by circumrotatory growth of the bryozoan species Acanthodesia commensaleChacoan peccaryTimeline showing Cerdocyonina in redCerdocyon thousCombretumCombretum aculeatuminflorescenceCombretum paniculatumCombretum acutum - MHNTCentral American river turtleCentral American river turtle in Prague ZooGlyptodonRichard Owen's 1839 reconstruction of a Glyptodon skeleton; teeth at rightRestoration of Glyptodon in South American environment, alongside MegatheriumSkull in side viewClose-up view of carapaceGlyptodon skeleton and shell, Museum für Naturkunde, BerlinArmor at end of tailHumans hunting Glyptodon, by Heinrich HarderHippodamia with Pelops in a racing chariot, from a fragmentary reliefConvergent lady beetles adult aggregationRepresentative row of radula teeth of T. fluviatilisWallblake HouseMap of the European Union in the world with overseas countries and territories and outermost regionsOverlooking Sandy Ground, AnguillaThe beach at the Cap Juluca resort on Maundays BayIsland HarbourA modern square rigger viewed from Long BayAn aerial view of the western portion of the island of Anguilla. The Blowing Point ferry terminal is visible in the lower right, as are (right to left) Shaddick Point, Rendezvous Bay, Cove Bay and Maundays Bay.Map showing location of Anguilla relative to Sint Maarten/Saint Martin and other islands to its southMap of Anguilla2009 export percentagesApical view of the shell of Anguispira alternataUmbilical view of the shell of Anguispira alternataThe Australasian pipits of New Zealand may represent a separate species from those found elsewhereThe plumage colour of the long-billed pipit is typical of the genus, although this subspecies lacks the extensive streaking many other pipits, including other subspecies, have on the breastBerthelot's pipit is restricted to the Atlantic islands of Madeira and the Canary IslandsThe tree pipit breeds in Europe and Northern Asia and winters in India and AfricaBuff-bellied pipits will wag their tail from side to side as well as up and downAustralasian pipit chicks in the nestWintering Anthus spinoletta blakistoni at Tal Chhapar SanctuaryConspicuous head markingsIn typical breeding habitatEgg in Museum WiesbadenGlacier fleas are a prey item found on snow fieldsCedar waxwing pair passing a berry back and forth during courtshipTwo Dead Bohemian Waxwings by Lucas Cranach the elder, ca. 1530Audubon's illustrationIn the branches of a weeping holly treeEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenFeeding on tree sapEating berries"Red wax" on wing tips visibleA Holstein Fresian cow, a typical member of the Bos taurus taurus sub-speciesHolstein cattle are the primary dairy breed, bred for high milk production.Żubroń, a wisent and cattle hybridAn Ongole bullA Hereford bullA Brahman calfDisplayed skeleton of a domestic cowAnatomy model of a cowReproductive system of a bovine female.Ox testis.Ear postures of cows are studied as indicators of their emotional state and overall animal welfare.[124]Several senses are used in social relationships between cattleVideo of a calf sucklingTexas Longhorns are a US breedThis Hereford is being inspected for ticks; cattle are often restrained or confined in cattle crushes (squeeze chutes) when given medical attention.This young bovine has a nose ring to prevent it from suckling, which is usually to assist in weaning.Dairy farming and the milking of cattle was once performed largely by hand, but is now usually replaced by machineCattle in dry landscape north of Alice Springs, Australia (CSIRO)Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County, NevadaCattle grazing in a high-elevation environment at the Big Pasture Plateau, SloveniaDraft Zebus in Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaOxen used in PlowingRiding an ox in Hova, SwedenThe "Ure-Ox" (Aurochs) by Edward Topsell, 1658Legend of the founding of Durham Cathedral is that monks carrying the body of Saint Cuthbert were led to the location by a milk maid who had lost her dun cow, which was found resting on the spot. An idealized depiction of girl cow herders in 19th-century Norway by Knud Bergslien.LCNTNECRENNTVUDDHackberry tree on the campus of the University of ChicagoFruitsOne of the streets with 'bođoš' in Sombor, SerbiaShort-toed treecreeper, a confusion species in EuropeHodgson's treecreeper, probably C. h. mandelli, formerly considered to be a subspecies of Eurasian treecreeperCentral European bird feeding on a trunkEggs, Collection Museum WiesbadenIntroduced redwoods are the preferred nesting trees where present.Formica rufa, a competitor for arthropod preyThe claws of the treecreeper allows it to attach to the trunks and branches.Chimney swiftChimney swifts, like these in a chimney in Missouri, United States, roost communally when not breeding.Egg, Collection Museum WiesbadenPurpose built towers can provide nesting and roosting locations.In flight showing characteristic white wing bars.Common nighthawk in flight, near Miami, FloridaThe Palm warbler is a member of the Setophaga genusSummer adult male yellow-rumped warblers have slate-blue backs and yellow crowns (barely visible here). As a male myrtle warbler, this individual has a black "mask".In summer, adult females have streaked backs of black on blue-green and conspicuous yellow patches on the crown, flank, and rump. This individual is a myrtle warbler, as shown by the white throat.CatAncient Egyptian sculpture of the cat goddess Bastet. The earliest evidence of felines as Egyptian deities comes from a c. 3100 BC.Diagram of the general anatomy of a maleCat skullThermograph of various body parts of a catReflection of camera flash from the tapetum lucidumThe whiskers of a cat are highly sensitive to touch.A cat on a fence.Social groomingCat with an Alaskan Malamute dogThe hooked papillae on a cat's tongue act like a hairbrush to help clean and detangle fur.A tabby housecat uses its brush-like tongue to groom itself, licking its fur to straighten it.An arched back, raised fur, and an open-mouthed hiss can all be signs of aggression in a domestic cat.A cat that is playing with a caught mouse. Cats play with their prey to weaken or exhaust them before making a kill.Play fight between kittens, age 14 weeksWhen cats mate, the tomcat (male) bites the scruff of the female's neck as she assumes a position conducive to mating known as lordosis behavior.Radiography of a pregnant cat (about one month and a half)A newborn kittenFeral farm catCarrying half of a rabbitA black cat eating a house sparrowCats and peopleA 19th century drawing of a tabby catGlidingNorthern flying squirrelInstallation of a new squirrel box off the Blue Ridge Parkway.Group of grey seals on sands at Stiffkey, NorfolkCaptive grey seal being fed, showing snout shapeCow (l) and bull (r) gray seals mating, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, U.K.Few days old pupClose view of an Orchard OrioleGlaucous gullImmature plumageA mating aggregation of L. emarginataNorthern gannet breeding pairsNorthern gannet flying over the English Channel, in the 7 Islands Nature Reserve, northern FranceYoung northern gannet. The front part of its body shows adult plumage.Young birds are dark brown.Northern gannet on Bonaventure Island, in QuebecSelecting a dive targetPlunge-diving with wings retractedSilhouette in flightNorthern gannet calls from Grassholm, Wales.Breeding colonies in the north AtlanticPanoramic view of the Seven Island Nature Reserve that supports a northern gannet colony, in Brittany (France)Northern gannet colony on Bonaventure Island near Percé, Quebec, CanadaNests among the rocks. The population of this species appears to be increasing.Northern gannet searching for fishNorthern gannet transporting material for its nestFemale will not react if a male approaches her nest, but she will defend it fiercely if another female approaches"Billing", a mutual greeting gesture[125]MatingOcypodeOcypode africana from the Congo River estuaryOcypode brevicornis from Chennai, IndiaOcypode ceratophthalma from the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean TerritoryOcypode convexa from Gnaraloo, AustraliaOcypode cordimanus from New South Wales, AustraliaOcypode cursor from Dor-Habonim Beach, IsraelOcypode fabricii dorsal aspect (legs excluded)Ocypode gaudichaudii from Santa Cruz, Galapagos IslandsOcypode kuhlii from Palabuhanratu, West JavaOcypode madagascariensis from MadagascarOcypode pallidula from Point Lookout, Queensland, AustraliaOcypode ryderi from Zanzibar, TanzaniaOcypode stimpsoni from Nagasaki, JapanAmerican cliff swallowJuvenile American cliff swallowJuvenile American cliff swallow in gourd-shaped mud nestPetrochelidon pyrrhonota -California, USAIn-flight and mid-air feeding of juvenile cliff swallow by an adultCollecting mud at a puddle, Prince Edward Point, OntarioMate delivering food to American cliff swallow nestCliff swallow eggAlthough many species are herbaceous, P. dioica forms a substantial treeNymboida National Park, NSW, Australia, August 2014.Phytolacca americanaa cluster of Pokeweed berriesPhytolacca americanaAmerican golden plover taking flight, showing its dusky back and axillariesScrape nest with four eggsTownsend's big-eared batTownsend's big-eared bats exiting a maternity colony in a mineAdult with raised "crest"; Léon-Provancher marsh, Québec (Canada)Video of male callingNest with chicksSix-day-old chicksOvenbird song recorded in MinnesotaFallfish caught in Massachusetts.Mountain bluebirdMaleEastern bluebird in Huntley Meadows Park in VirginiaEggsThe nuthatch's habit of wedging seeds into cracks and hammering them open has given rise to its common name.Holes in a dying white birch, Jacques-Cartier National ParkRotuman tautoga performed in 1981 celebrating Rotuma's cession to Great BritainThuja occidentalisTrunkA swamp along the Superior Hiking Trail in November with white-cedars (left) and other trees and shrubsA grove of a columnar ornamental variety in Powsin Botanical Garden, Warsaw, PolandHemlock boughs in the autumn, shedding older foliage.A line drawing of the leaves and cones from Britton and Brown's 1913 Illustrated flora of the northern states and CanadaStand of eastern hemlock and eastern white pine in Tiadaghton State Forest, Pennsylvania. (Note the hemlocks' deeply fissured bark.)Shoot infested with hemlock woolly adelgidCloseup of barkThe weeping shrub form T. canadensis 'Sargentii'VineaAutumn leaf colourBark of a young Acer negundoLeaves and fruitA map showing the Battle of Actium.Battle of Actium by Laureys a Castro, 1672. Note anachronisms.Agathidium variansAnthraxSkin lesion from anthraxSkin anthrax lesion on the neckPhotomicrograph of a Gram stain of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, the cause of the anthrax diseaseInhalational anthrax, mediastinal wideningAnthrax and antibioticsLouis Pasteur inoculating sheep against anthraxColin Powell giving a presentation to the United Nations Security Council, holding a model vial of anthraxTraditional Aleut dressAleut in Festival Dress in Alaska, watercolor by Mikhail Tikhanov, 1818Basket and Lid, Aleut (Native American), early 20th century, Brooklyn MuseumMen's hunting hat, Arvid Adolf Etholén collection, Museum of Cultures, Helsinki, FinlandImitation of the sax, a traditional Aleut coat made from bird skins and sea otter fur.A Kamleika, or seal skin coatIllustration of an Aleut paddling a baidarka, with an anchored Russian ship in the background, near Saint Paul Island, by Louis Choris, 1817A man rowing a baidara (large skin boat)Paper birch leaves showing shape and colorA prescribed fire in a black spruce-paper birch-quaking aspen community in boreal AlaskaWhite birch at Acadia National Park in MainePeeling barkBotrychiumBotrychium virginianumChlaeniusChlaenius purpuricollisD. micansMarpessa and Idas, separated from Apollo by Zeus, Attic red-figure psykter, ca. 480 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 2417).Ilex opacaRipe fruitMature plants often display a pyramidal shapeNot only is the holly associated with winter decoration, it serves as a source of food and shelter during inclement weatherDionysusMarble sarcophagus with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Seasons. Roman ca. AD 260–270Hermes and the Infant Dionysus by Praxiteles, (Archaeological Museum of Olympia).The Dionysus Cup, a 6th-century BC kylix with Dionysus sailing with the pirates he transformed to dolphinsBacchus/ Dionysus returning from India.Triumph of Dionysus.North African Roman mosaic: Panther-Dionysus scatters the pirates, who are changed to dolphins, except for Acoetes, the helmsman; 2nd century AD (Bardo National Museum)Pentheus torn apart by Agave and Ino. Attic red-figure lekanis (cosmetics bowl) lid, c. 450-425 BC (Louvre)Lycurgus trapped by the vine, on the Lycurgus CupBadakshanpatera, "Triumph of Bacchus", British Museum.The winged daimon Dionysus riding a tiger, from the House of Dionysus in Delos, Greece, Hellenisticmosaic from the 2nd century BCBacchus and Ariadne by Titian, at the National Gallery in London.Satyr giving a grapevine to Bacchus as a child; cameo glass, first half of the 1st century AD; from ItalyA sculpted phallus at the entrance of the temple of Dionysus in Delos, Greece.Bacchus by CaravaggioBronze head of Dionysus, 50 BC -50 AD, in the British Museum[126]Marble table support adorned by a group including Dionysos, Pan and a Satyr; Dionysos holds a rhyton (drinking vessel) in the shape of a panther; traces of red and yellow colour are preserved on the hair of the figures and the branches; from an Asia Minor workshop, 170-180 AD, National Archaeological Museum, Athens, GreeceBacchus by Michelangelo (1497)The Triumph of Bacchus, Diego Velázquez, c. 1629The triumph of Bacchus by Cornelis de Vos.Bacchus by Paulus Bor.Sculpture excavated at the Villa of the Papyri depicting Dionysus, Plato, or possibly PoseidonTerracotta vase in the shape of Dionysus' head, ca. 410 BC; on display in the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens, housed in the Stoa of AttalusThe over-life size 2nd-century AD Ludovisi Dionysus, with panther, satyr and grapes on a vine, Palazzo Altemps, RomeEpiphany of Dionysus mosaic, from the Villa of Dionysus (2nd century AD) in Dion, Greece, Archeological Museum of DionA Roman fresco depicting Bacchus with red hair, Boscoreale, c. 30 BCOcypus The sanctuary for the oracle of Amphiaraus at Oropos is east of Delphi, northeast of Athensthe automobile museum "O Phaeton"Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum (Moor-king Lousewort)Pedicularis semibarbata ssp charlestonensis (Pinewoods lousewort)PollinationPedicularis zeylanicaPriscacaraProvanna alexiFlower of Ranunculus glaberrimusGlacier buttercup Ranunculus glacialisFile:Ranunculus glaberrimus .JPGSagebrush buttercup (Ranunculus glaberrimus)Straightbeak buttercup (Ranunculus orthorhynchus)Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)Ranunculus asiaticus, a cultivated form Seed head of Ranunculus showing developing achenesRepublica
-->
Republica live at San Antonio, TX in December 1996Rhantusmale Rhantus frontalisRhantus grapiiMale staghorn sumac flower at early stage of blooming.Gall on R. typhina caused by the aphid Melaphis rhoisSparganium eurycarpumFoliage and cones of subsp. mertensianaTsuga mertensianaFoliage of subsp. grandiconaAgkistrodon contortrixDetail of headSouthern copperhead, A. c. contortrix, at the southern limit of its range, in Liberty Co., Florida, camouflaged in dead leavesThe effects of central fusion and terminal fusion on heterozygosityRange map of the Jefferson SalamanderAn adult goshawk in the Kaibab Plateau, Arizona, in a pine tree that typifies the habitat used locally.Juvenile (left) and adult by Louis Agassiz FuertesAccipiter gentilis - northern goshawkA typical adult goshawk, with a strong brownish-gray cast, from the nominate subspecies, A. g. gentilis.A typical adult from the American goshawk subspecies, A. g. atricapillus, showing its strong supercilium, black head and blue-gray back.Juvenile northern goshawk in flight, the most likely age and condition to mistake a goshawk for another species.Large juvenile Cooper's hawks such as this are at times mistaken for a goshawk.Adult goshawks maintain territories with display flights.Goshawks are particularly agile hunters of the woodlands.Northern goshawks most often preys on birds, especially in Eurasia.An adult goshawk on Corsica with its fresh prey, a common wood pigeonHawk and Black-Game (Bruno Liljefors, 1884), a painting of a goshawk at the moment of catching a black grouseGoshawks sometimes become habitual fowl killers. This juvenile was caught pursuing chickens inside a hen house.A goshawk catching a red squirrel.Illustrating a goshawk attempting to catch a rabbit, by G. E. Lodge.Woodpeckers such as northern flickers often fall victim to goshawks.A juvenile goshawk in Japan with a young bird prey item.A goshawk chasing an osprey, most likely to rob it of food, but the osprey is even considered possible prey.Illustration of the formidable talons and beak, which are both proportionately large relative to their size, and give them a predatory advantage over many other raptors.Prey selection frequently overlaps between American goshawks and American martens, more seldomly both species will prey on the other.Egg Collection Museum WiesbadenNorthern goshawk nests are usually large structures placed quite high near the canopy on mature, tall trees, as seen on this birch in Norway.The mother goshawk seldom leaves the nest in either the incubation or the brooding stage, until the young are about 2 weeks.Nestling northern goshawks in a Germany nest.Two juveniles from Pennsylvania after they've become "branchers", or have left the nest but are not yet flying competently.Goshawks may be killed by collisions with man-made objects.Juvenile goshawk from Poland.Iranian falconer with a trained goshawk.Falconer's bird in ScotlandJuvenile at Innsbruck ZooEgg, Collection Museum WiesbadenBauhinia acuminataBauhinia thonningii in South AfricaBauhinia vahliiBeilschmiediaBeilschmiedia miersiiBeilschmiedia tarairiMarchantia, an example of a liverwort.The life cycle of a dioicous bryophyte. The gametophyte (haploid) structures are shown in green, the sporophyte (diploid) in brown.Hornworts include those bryophytes that are believed to be the closest living relatives of the vascular plants.Mosses are one group of bryophytes.Liverworts are included in the bryophyte groupMoss peat is made from SphagnumThe tail is white with a dark terminal band.The feet are feathered.Egg, Collection Museum WiesbadenFerruginous hawkDark-morph bird on nestIn flight as seen from belowPrairie dogs, one of the favorite foods of the ferruginous hawkFerruginous hawk skullFerruginous hawk nesting platformChicks on nestJuvenileBanding chicksLek mating arena, in which each male guards a territory of a few meters in size on average, and in which the dominant males may each attract up to eight females.[127] In addition, each individual is shown with variations in personal space (bubbles), whereby higher-ranking individuals have larger personal space bubbles.[118] Common bird leks typically have 25–30 individuals. A strict hierarchy accords the most desirable top-ranking males the most prestigious central territory, with ungraded and lesser aspirants ranged outside. Females come to these arenas to choose mates when the males' hierarchy has become established, and preferentially mate with the dominants in the centre.A male with its gular sacs inflatedA femaleRelief of seated Dionysus and satyr; inscription beneath is a decree by the demeAixone honoring the choregoi Auteas and Philoxenides (313–312 BC)Choragic Monument of Lysicrates near the Acropolis in Athens, GreeceIn flight showing characteristic white wing bars.Common nighthawk in British ColumbiaCommon nighthawk in flight, near Miami, FloridaThe right-handed helix (cos t, sin t, t) from t = 0 to 4π with arrowheads showing direction of increasing tTwo types of helix shown in comparison. This shows the two chiralities of helices. One is left-handed and the other is right-handed. Each row compares the two helices from a different perspective. The chirality is a property of the object, not of the perspective (view-angle)A helix composed of sinusoidal x and y componentsErythrinaErythrina flabelliformis - MHNTAsian pied starling (Gracupica contra) feeding on Indian coral tree (E. variegata) flowers in Kolkata, India.Erythravine is tetrahydroisoquinolinealkaloid from Erythrina mulungu, studied for possible anxiolytic properties.Erythrina abyssinica in flower, Funchal (Madeira)Erythrina zeyheri leafletsErythrina ×sykesii in flower, Auckland, New ZealandBark of Erythrina species 'Croftby', AustraliaFortuna and PontusHeraldic Fortuna in the arms of Glückstadt.Vatican, Rome, Italy. Statue of Fortune. Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival CollectionThe humiliation of Emperor Valerian by king Shapur I of Persia (260) passed into European cultural memory as an instance of the reversals of Fortuna. In Hans Holbein's pen-and-ink drawing (1521), the universal lesson is brought home by its contemporary setting.Albrecht Dürer's engraving of Fortuna, ca 1502Fortuna lightly balances the orb of sovereignty between thumb and finger in a Dutch painting of ca 1530 (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg)illustration by Al-Biruni (973-1048) of different phases of the moon, from the Persian Kitab al-tafhimLady Fortune in a Boccaccio manuscriptSculpture of Fortuna, ViennaFortunaEurasian lynxCanada lynxScandinavian lynx (Lynx lynx lynx), mountedFile:MSU V2P2 - Felis lynx skull.pngSkull, as illustrated by N. N. Kondakov.Eurasian lynx at the Monte Kristo Estates zoo in Hal Farrug, Luqa, Malta.Eurasian lynx kittenEurasian lynx in profilePostage stamp from the Soviet Union, 1988Eurasian lynx at the Zoo Aquarium de MadridL. lynx in Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald, GermanyThe Sacrifice at Lystra by Raphael, 1515.St. Paul and Barnabas in Lystra by Willem de PoorterCerth no. 19 "G", used by Gandalf as a personal sign or seal.Odin, the Wanderer (1886) by Georg von Rosen (1843–1923)"Odin disguised as a Traveller" from 1914.MnemosyneJupiter, vermomd als herder, verleidt Mnemosyne, godin van het geheugen by Jacob de Wit (1727)Júpiter y Mnemosine by Marco LiberiClark's nutcracker landing, Mount Hood, OregonClark's nutcracker on Sulphur Mountain, Banff National Park, AlbertaClark's nutcracker at Crater Lake, OregonA Clark's Nutcracker nestled on a branch at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon.Illustration (middle) by Louis Agassiz FuertesNonbreeding range of Eskimo curlew.Eskimo curlew by Archibald ThorburnSpecimen in the Museum of Comparative ZoologyIllustration by John James AudubonCommon poorwillPhareodus encaustus, from Green River Formation, at the Fossil Butte National MonumentSongClose-up of a male sharp-tailed grouse.Sharp-tailed grouse nest with eggsA male performing its mating display.Carbonaceous chondrite CV3 that fell in Mexico in 1969 (weight 520 g)The Murchison meteorite is on display at the Smithsonian’s NMNH.
^Williams, Robert W (2007-12-17). "Mass grave from the remote past"(also avail. as pdf). Norwegian Continental Shelf. 2007 (3). Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
^Blurton, T. R. (1992). "Stone statue of Shiva as Lingodbhava". Extract from Hindu art (London, The British Museum Press). British Museum site. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
^Cite error: The named reference Johnson2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Werdelin, L., Yamaguchi, N., Johnson, W.E. and O’Brien, S.J. (2010). Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae). Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids. Oxford, pp.59–82.
^"Supermatrix and species tree methods resolve phylogenetic relationships within the big cats, Panthera (Carnivora: Felidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56. 56 (1): 64–76. 2010. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.036. PMID20138224. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
^Cite error: The named reference Mazák2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Milan Novak, ed. (1987). Furbearer harvests in North America, 1600–1984. Ontario Trappers Association.
^van Woesik, R.; Golbuu, Y.; Roff, G. (2015). "Keep up or drown: adjustment of western Pacific coral reefs to sea-level rise in the 21st century". Royal Society. 2 (7): 150181.
^Cite error: The named reference GovBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Information, National Center for Biotechnology; Pike, U. S. National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville; MD, Bethesda; Usa, 20894. "Red Blood Cells – National Library of Medicine". PubMed Health. Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2016-01-31. {{cite web}}: |first4= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Cite error: The named reference C&L04 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Binney W. G. (1878). "The terrestrial shell-bearing mollusks of the United States and the adjacent territories of North America". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. (Harvard), 5.
^Cite error: The named reference Gibson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Binney W. G. (1878). "The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America". Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 59.
^Allmon, W. D. (2007). "The evolution of accuracy in natural history illustration: reversal of printed illustrations of snails and crabs in pre-Linnaean works suggests indifference to morphological detail". Archives of Natural History. 34 (1): 174–191. doi:10.3366/anh.2007.34.1.174.
^Cite error: The named reference RobertsonAConchologist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Ivars Peterson (11 September 2004). Flight of the Bumblebee "Flight of the Bumblebee". Science News. Retrieved 29 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help) "the venerable line about scientists having proved that a bumblebee can't fly appears regularly in magazine and newspaper stories. It's also the kind of item that can come up in a cocktail party conversation when the subject turns to science or technology. [...] Often, the statement is made in a distinctly disparaging tone aimed at putting down those know-it-all scientists and engineers who are so smart yet can't manage to understand something that's apparent to everyone else. [...] the story has had remarkable staying power, and the myth persists that science says a bumblebee can't fly. Indeed, this myth has taken on a new life of its own as a piece of "urban folklore" on the Internet."
^Cite error: The named reference kamprag was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Keenan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Anderson, R. O. and Neumann, R. M. (1996) "Length, Weight, and Associated Structural Indices", in Fisheries Techniques, second edition, B.E. Murphy and D.W. Willis, eds., American Fisheries Society.
^Cite error: The named reference Christiansen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference Smith was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference FitzgeraldKrausman2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Kodiak Bear Fact Sheet"(PDF). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
^"Polar bear, (Ursus maritimus)"(PDF). U.S. Fish and Wildlife service. Archived from the original(PDF) on 11 July 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2008. Appearance. The polar bear is the largest member of the bear family, with the exception of the Alaska's Kodiak brown bears, which equal polar bears in size. (Overview pageArchived 17 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine)
^ abKempf, E.K. (1976). "Low Magnifications - A Marginal Area of Electron Microscopy". ZEISS Information. 21 (83): 57–60.
^Jenkins, J.A. Fish Bioindicators of Ecosystem Condition at the Calcasieu Estuary, Louisiana. USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA. Open-File Report 2004-1323
^Atlantic codNOAA FishWatch. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
^Arctic Fisheries Working Group of ICES, published in the ICES Report AFWG CM 2013, ACOM:05. The estimation method was standard virtual population analysis.
^According to a note in St Mary's Church, Totnes, Cornwall, UK
^Starr, Cecie; Taggart, Ralph (1992). Biology – the Unity and Diversity of Life (6th ed.). Wadsworth Publishing Company. ISBN0-534-16566-4.
^ abHall, Edward T. (1966). The Hidden Dimension. Anchor Books. ISBN0-385-08476-5.
^Cite error: The named reference Dunstan et al. 2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Funk 2010, p. 134 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFFunk2010 (help)
^Schmotzer, B. & Zimmerman, A. (1922-04-15). von Eggeling, H. (ed.). "Über die weiblichen Begattungsorgane der gefleckten Hyäne" [About the female sexual organs of the spotted hyena]. Anatomischer Anzeiger [Anatomical Gazette] (in German). 55 (12/13). Jena, DEU: Gustav Fischer: 257–264, esp. 260. Retrieved 11 April 2016. Anatomischer Anzeiger: Centralblatt für die gesamte wissenschaftliche Anatomie [Anatomical Gazette: Central Journal for the whole of Scientific Anatomy].
^Pohowsky, R.A. (1978). "The boring ctenostomate bryozoa: taxonomy and paleobiology based on cavities in calcareous substrata". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 73: 192p.
^Starr, Cecie; Taggart, Ralph (1992). Biology – the Unity and Diversity of Life (6th ed.). Wadsworth Publishing Company. ISBN0-534-16566-4.
Cite error: There are <ref group=pdb> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=pdb}} template (see the help page). Cite error: There are <ref group=n> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=n}} template (see the help page). Cite error: There are <ref group=Notes> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=Notes}} template (see the help page). Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).