Blogs Posts on "Species"

Human Cultural Attributes by Linkmoko on Nov 18, 2009The human species has a unique capability for culture in the sense of conscious thinking and planning, transmission of skills and systems of social relationships, and creative modification of the environment. The integrated patterns of behavior requi...

Language of Love: Unique Animal Mating Habits by WebEcoist on Nov 15, 2009(Images via: Red Bubble, Top News, Flickr, Friend’s Korner, Flickr) The classic “boy meets girl” love story is hardly the invention of humans. Just ask our friends in the animal kingdom, who have certainly perfected the art of roma...

Hungry, Hungry Animals: 10 Unique Stories of Consumption by WebEcoist on Nov 8, 2009(Images via: Science Blogs, Channel 4, Travel Pod, Neat-O-Rama) A recent study detailed that nearly 50 percent of dogs and almost 60 percent of cats are overweight or obese due to high-calorie diets and insufficient exercise, sparking questions in th...

Harmless Digestive Enzyme Evolved Twice Into Dangerous Toxin In Two Unrelated Species by Friends Revolution on Nov 2, 2009On Science Daily I discovered an interesting story about the adaptation of a once harmless enzyme into a toxic and deathly defense for a lizard. The evolution of toxicity in species is a fascinating subject, and it's been seen before."The venom is es...

Nature’s Halloween Tricks: 31 Scary Deep Sea Monsters by WebEcoist on Oct 31, 2009(Images via: Animal Pictures Archive, It’s Nature, Photo Bucket, It’s Nature, PBS) With the endless run of horror movies, spook houses, candy, pumpkin seeds and other perks, Halloween is about as good as it gets in terms of a holiday that...

Earthlings by Linkmoko on Oct 28, 2009Landslides, earthquakes, eruptions, floods, storms, and other cataclysms have wrought many changes in the complexion of the planet's face during the past millennium. Still, despite some significant local alterations, the overall physiognomy of the Ea...

Nature’s Halloween Horrors: 20 Scary Animals by WebEcoist on Oct 23, 2009(Images via: Nose Digg, The Hostess, Somethin Beautiful, Wolaver) With Halloween just around the corner, what better time than now to talk about some of the scariest and freakiest animals in nature. From the nocturnal primate (ayer ayer) that looks l...

Nature’s Cold Weather Warriors: 14 Adaptive Animals by WebEcoist on Oct 16, 2009(Images via: Twighlight Earth, EC Morgan, Fotopedia, Viral Nerd) As the days shorten and the weather gets colder, it’s easy for most of us humans to adapt. Simply break out the long underwear, dust off the winter coat and we’re pretty muc...

Crazy Animal Diversions: 5 Natural Masters of Spin by WebEcoist on Oct 9, 2009(Images via: Phys Org, Soiled Laundry, A Minus 3, Dem Left) Nature is all about survival of the fittest, a challenging truth to smaller animals who may lack the size of their predators but make up for this difference with shrewd intelligence and dece...

Why Save Species? by Linkmoko on Oct 6, 2009But why go to the trouble of saving species and ecosystems? Countless species became extinct before humans evolved into the dominant form of life on Earth. Habitats and ecosystems changed dramatically. Indeed, several mass extinctions have taken plac...