A researcher was walking through a city market when he came upon a piece of dinosaur tail, encased in amber and preserved for millions of years in all its feathery glory.
Our curator of dinosaurs says it could help settle a debate over how feathers evolved in the first place.
by NI Yipeng
Unbelievable Places On Earth That Look Like They’re From Another Planet
Prefiero la compañía de los animales, ellos son mucho más simples (…) Los motivos por los que se puede querer tanto a un animal con tanta intensidad; es porque se trata de un afecto sin ambivalencia, de la simplicidad de una vida liberada de los insoportables conflictos de la cultura. Los perros son más simples, no tienen la personalidad dividida, la maldad del hombre civilizado ni la venganza del hombre contra la sociedad por las restricciones que ella impone.
Sigmund Freud (via belle-indifference)
Science Posters
Kelsey Oseid on Etsy
Short-eared dogs or jungle dogs (Atelocynus microtis) are a unique and elusive canid species endemic to the Amazonian basin. Since short-eared dogs favor undisturbed habitats, wild sightings are rare. What is known about the species is due mostly to a semi-wild animal named Oso (bottom photo) who was the subject of a ten-year study. The species is threatened by feral dogs, habitat destruction, and diseases like rabies and distemper. (x x x x)