Tout simplement merveilleux
Irremplaçable. Une fois disparu, c'est pour toujours... Ne l'oublions pas.
L'araignée paon...
Découvrez un autre film sur le comportement fascinant des araignées paons (photo de gauche de Jürgen Otto). Pour en savoir un peu plus, cliquez ici. Egalement un entretien en anglais avec l'auteur de ces images, ici Un film de Jürgen Otto
Crouching turkey, hidden dragon
Like us, birds stand on two legs. But unlike us they 'crouch'. To explain this odd posture, scientists at the Royal Veterinary College in the UK looked at the ancestors of birds: dinosaurs. They made 3D models of various dinosaur taxa including Tyrannosaurus...
Penguins: the flip side of flipper bands
Scientists often study penguins to see how climate change is affecting the marine ecosystem. To keep track of individual birds they use flipper bands. But a new study shows that these bands reduce the penguins' breeding success and survival, thus biasing...
Aquarius: The undersea laboratory
Just off the coast of Florida, 17 metres below the surface, lies Aquarius - the world's only operating undersea laboratory. Scientists can live in Aquarius for up to two weeks, giving them plenty of time to study the coral reef community. But with budget...