White-tipped Sicklebill
A White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila) with RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser demonstrating their co-evolution with their primary feeding flower Centropogon granulosa. The hummingbirds get to enjoy the nectar of the flower while serving its purpose as a pollinator for these plants. Nature is staggeringly awesome!
Read More“Warming Oceans Putting Marine Life ‘In a Blender’ “
The title of this article is very well put! But “[a]ccording to a 2013 study, marine species are pushing their range boundaries poleward, away from the Equator, at an average speed of 4.5 miles a year,” which is beyond mind blowing when one considers the history of the Earth and its evolution in hundreds of millions or billions of years. They are moving at the speed of light. The climate has always shifted, but it happens slowly over thousands upon thousands of years instead of decades as it is now due to humans. Even then it often meant extinction for those who had flourished...
Read MoreAmerican Woodcock in March Snow
I was delighted to find this American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) feeding in the exposed leaf litter and mud thanks to the warm, flowing spring and expansive wetlands in my yard today after about six more inches of snow fell yesterday and early this morning. Note the muddy end of this shorebird’s bill showing it had been busy foraging throughout the day in this video… …and the photos below: This well-known spring species dances on the ground while foraging and in the sky while courting every March, though this year the displays may be a little later than usual. The sun is so...
Read MoreKeel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
This Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) was eagerly photographed by an excited RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser who took a terrific shot on a dark day in Costa Rica. That bill is evolution at its finest!
Read MoreKatydid in Costa Rica
Here’s a lovely Katydid that RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser photographed in Costa Rica yesterday, perfectly posed with its evolutionary inspiration, for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project.
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