The National Trust Conduct Their Oil Beetle Survey
People enjoy the fine weather on the coast at Wembury during the first ever nationwide survey to map the location of the threatened and creatures on March 24, 2011 in near Plymouth, England. Often found on the coast, and particularly in the south west of England, the number of oil beetle species found in the UK has halved in the last 100 years and the survey will help establish the whereabouts of the remaining four species and boost efforts to secure their future. The survey is being launched today by Buglife: The Invertebrate Trust and the National Trust in partnership with Natural...
Photographers: Andrea Hallgass. Insects Close-Up in High Resolution
Emus hirtus (Linnaeus, 1758). (Photo by Andrea Hallgass)...
Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition 2012
Most people know Nikon as a purveyor of pro and consumer-grade digital cameras. But the company's expertise with optics bleeds over into related markets – it's one of the science community's major suppliers of microscopes. And each year the company asks the community to send it some of their favorite images of tiny objects. A panel of scientists and journalists have chosen the best of this past year's submissions, which Nikon has placed on its Small World site.
Photo: Honorable Mention. [Snow crystal, illuminated with colored lights (5x)]. (Photo by Dr....
Minimonsters of John Hallmén. Part II
Studio stack: Rabbit? Acanthocinus aedilis, Cerambycidae, A female Timberman (Timbermam perhaps?). Stacked from 216 exposures in Zerene Stacker (PMAX). (Photo by John Hallmén). P.S. All pictures are presented in high resolution....
Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition 2011
[Microscope images forge an extraordinary bond between science and art, said Hidenao Tsuchiya, Olympus Americas Vice President and General Manager for the Scientific Equipment Group. We founded this competition to focus on the fascinating stories coming out of todays life science research laboratories. The thousands of images that people have shared with the competition over the years reflect some of the most exciting work going on in research today – work that can help shed light on the living universe and ultimately save lives. We look at BioScapes and these beautiful images as...
The Glasswinged butterfly – Greta Oto
[The Glasswinged butterfly (Greta oto) is a brush-footed butterfly, and is a member of the subfamily Danainae, tribe Ithomiini, subtribe Godyridina]. – Wikipedia. (Photo by DavidFingerhut.com)...
The White Dragontail (Lamproptera curius)
[The White Dragontail, Lamproptera curius, is a species of swallowtail native to parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It belongs to the Dragontails genus, Lamproptera, of the Swallowtail (Papilionidae) family]. – Wikipedia. (Photo by Boti)...
Photographers: Scott Linstead
[Scott Linstead is an internationally published, freelance wildlife photographer/writer. His clients include Natural History Magazine, Hewlett Packard, Ranger Rick Magazine and a number of wildlife publications in North America and Europe. Scotts column on the techniques of bird photography appears in every issue of Outdoor Photography Canada].
Photo: A veiled chameleon extends its tongue to catch a cricket. Canadian wildlife photographer Scott Linstead, formerly an aerospace engineer and high school teacher, uses a device called Phototrap [to not only photograph the...
Sculptures By Edouard Martinet
Edouard Martinet was born in Le Mans, France in 1963 he studied art at ESAG, Paris and graduated in 1988. From 1988 to 1992 he lived and worked in Paris as a graphic designer, and in 1990 started sculpting and staging exhibitions. From 1992 to 1995 he lived in Charente before moving to his current location in Rennes where he teaches art at LInstitut des Arts Appliques....
A Golden Spider Silk Cape Is Unveiled At The Victoria And Albert Museum
Model Bianca Gavrilas wears a a hand-embroidered cape made from the silk of the Golden Orb Spider in the V&A Museums Medieval and Renaissance Gallery on January 23, 2012 in London, England. The cape is one of two golden spider silk textiles that exist in the world, it was made in Madagascar over a period of 8 years and using the silk of silk of 1.2million spiders. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)...
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