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Once again, our post today is inspired by a book, in this case two children’s books about Jane Goodall and her research. I’m reviewed the books at Wrapped in Foil and wrote about Jane Goodall’s early scientific career at Growing With Science. In 1960, the famous primatologist Jane Goodall recorded an amazing event. She observed a [...] Researchers recently discovered a way to control cane toads, an introduced pest, in Australia: put out cat food for the meat ants, Iridomyrmex reburrus. Sound a bit far fetched? It turns out that when scientists scattered cat food along the banks of cane toad-infested ponds, the meat ants would come to the shore to pick it [...] Any ideas what the yellow dots are on this Passiflora leaf? Are insects involved?
It turns out that insects are part of the story, but probably not in the way that you might think.
This is one of the insect characters, the larva of a Heliconius butterfly. [...] The theme today for Life Photo Meme at Adventures of a Free Range Urban Primate blog is “ancient.” If you spend time observing scorpions, you get the sense that these creatures have been around for eons. They seem to be the epitome of the word ancient. (Sorry about the focus, I tend to stand too far away [...] |
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