When we talk Indian corn, we talk harvest and decoration. But have you ever wonder why rows of mixed colors appear on the same ear of the ornamental Indian corn and simply defy genetics? The explanation of this phenomenon earned Dr. Barbara McClintock the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1983.
Two words: ‘jumping genes’, technically called [...]
A poetic definition of harvest could be autumn, the time of gathering crops, the time to celebrate the beauty of the Earth.
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The beauty of harvest straw bales.
Like a painted backdrop, sunset over the cabbage patch.
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Broad smile from an Indian slum.
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A stroll along the Naples Fishing Pier during sunset. Shadows and sunlight.
The bark of Juniperus deppeana, also known as Alligator Juniper, is broken into a series of rectangular to square plates, superficially resembling an Alligator skin, hence the name of the tree.
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Alligator Juniper.
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Alligator Juniper bark texture – detail.
Every detail reveals a small part of the world, and therefore the world reveals itself in details.
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Close-up image showing the glorious details of the human eye.
Some species of Argiope spiders, known also as writing spiders, make an extra silk zigzag pattern on their webs. These white decorations, called stabilimentum, reflect UV light, but their role is still unclear to scientists.
Although Argiope spiders do bite, they are not considered dangerous to humans.
The web-decorating Argiope Spider – Picture Gallery.
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The koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus by their scientific name, are not herbivorous bears, but marsupials.
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One koala joey feeling safe in its mother’s pouch.
A new scientific study, A novel resource–service mutualism between bats and pitcher plants, conducted by T. Ulmar Grafe shows that in Borneo, the small Hardwicke’s Woolly Bat, Kerivoula hardwickii, uses the carnivorous pitcher plant, Nepenthes rafflesiana elongata, as shelter and toilet. The study proves that the interaction with the bat appears to have a beneficial effect on Nepenthes [...]
