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Tag: biodiversity
July 3, 2012
Awesome science-y buttons.
There’s actually a whole bunch of them (mostly not science related), but here are a few that are…
From Run Pencil Run.
July 2, 2012
Edouard Martinet’s brilliant metallic sculptures: A gallery of some of his entomological pieces.
By Edouard Martinet (unfortunately, his website is down, but he does have representation with the Sladmore Gallery)
June 29, 2012
The Moon Hoax of 1835
This is really quite something. Both the narrative of the hoax, as well as these awesome illustrations.
“Purported to be the findings of British astronomer Sir John Herschel, perhaps the best known astronomer of the time, the New York Sun, in a blatant use of yellow journalism, started publishing six stories in 1835 reporting the “discovery of life on the moon.” Most likely authored by Richard E. Locke in an ultimately successful attempt to boost the newspapers readership, the extravagant stories where full of alien flora and fauna, including bat winged men, nude moon maidens with luna-moth wings, unicorn moon bison and bipedal tailless beavers. In the articles it was proposed that an expedition be made to the moon using hydrogen filled balloons lifting ship like gondolas beneath, which later returned to earth under large umbrellas.”
The Proposed Ship for traveling to the Moon.
Types of things discovered on the Moon.
Text by Benjamin Starr at the Visual News.
June 27, 2012
Lonesome George, never again. O.K. This made me tear up a little…
By 9gag.com, and in reference to Lonesome George’s recent passing.
June 25, 2012
Coral Reef Deck for Phylomon Project now available as a free pdf download.
Sponsored by the fine folks over at the World Science Festival, I must say that this deck looks awesome! Go here for details on the deck (with links to the printable deck pdf), and also keep an eye out for the print-version Beaty Museum Deck which should soon be coming out in the next few months.
(And, if you’re in Vancouver, come out to a Phylo art exhibit and “learn to play” event at the HIVE – facebook page).
For now, check out some of the art for the Coral Deck cards below:
Art above by Joe Kloc, Emilie Clark, and Nadir Balan. From the Phylo Project.
June 23, 2012
Extinct birds by Brian R. Williams
The a=last three being the Great Auk, the Laughing Owl, and the Imperial Woodpecker.
By Brian R. Williams, via Drawn.
June 21, 2012
Garbaged plastic bottles repurposed for environmental art’s sake #coolfishsculpture
“As part of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) an enormous outdoor installation of fish was constructed using discarded plastic bottles on Botafogo beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.” (From Colossal – see link below)
See more at this Flickr set, and also this great collection via Colossal.
June 19, 2012
I WANT this book! The Golden Book of Biology illustrated by Charley Harper.
Alas, out of print and (for obvious reasons) a collector’s item.
(Click on the images for larger versions)
Pictures by Charley Harper.
June 18, 2012
Common Grackle doesn’t look so common in this picture. They look epic actually.
I learnt something new this evening. This is a Grackle.
And the above photo is outstanding. By Adam Baker, via Colossal.
May 25, 2012
Kid meets Manatee. Kid goes “whoa.” #natureandkids
It’s pretty simple really: kids plus biodiversity equals awesome.
This amazing photograph is by Christopher at CMGW Photography, via Colossal.
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