biology
2024-03-08 @ 18.24.38 ∈ In English
Egg-laying caecilian amphibians produce milk for their young, find scientists
The research team observed that the young of the Brazilian caecilian Siphonops annulatus consumed milk for over two months, which appears to be secreted in response to tactile and acoustic stimulation from the mother's cloaca. The milk consists mainly of fats and carbohydrates and is produced in the glands of the female's oviduct.
2024-01-01 @ 16.17.53 ∈ In English
Only one observation from Finland currently (AFAICS), an Oxypoda spectabilis.
First Known Photographs of Living Specimens
This project is designed to showcase the first known photographs of living specimens of any species. Note that by ‘first known’ I’m referring to the first known photographs of a species anywhere, not just the first photographs to be submitted to iNaturalist.
2023-11-28 @ 12.59.54 ∈ Suomeksi
Lapinverkkoperhonen ja tundrahopeatäplä nähtiin viime kesänä Pallas-Yllästunturilla ja Lemmenjoella kymmenien vuosien tauon jälkeen
Metsähallituksen Luontopalveluiden kartoituksessa Lapin luonnosuojelualueilta löytyi kaikkiaan 35 uhanalaisiksi ja silmälläpidettäväksi arvioitua lajia. Pelkosenniemeltä […] löytyi ahmaspistiäisiin kuuluva laji Cubocephalus casparyani, jota on aiemmin löydetty vain yksi naarasyksilö Mongoliasta.
2023-11-20 @ 16.28.52 ∈ Suomeksi
2023-11-13 @ 19.28.16 ∈ In English
Mysterious new moth species discovered in Europe
The moth, named Mirlatia arcuata, […] is one of the most remarkable discoveries in Lepidoptera of recent decades. […] Initial genetic data from the mitochondrial COI barcode, as well as characteristics of the tympanal organ (auditory organ), point to a largely independent systematic position of the species.
2023-09-27 @ 18.30.48 ∈ In English
2023-09-15 @ 14.57.16 ∈ Suomeksi
2023-08-29 @ 17.37.55 ∈ In English
2023-08-28 @ 19.00.02 ∈ In English
‘Oh my God’: live worm found in Australian woman’s brain in world-first discovery
The doctors and scientists involved in her case hypothesise that a python may have shed the parasite via its faeces into the grass. They believe the patient was probably infected with the parasite directly from touching the native grass or after eating the greens.