Liquid Blood, Urine Found in Prehistoric Foal That Died in Russia 42,000 Years Ago — KTLA

Russian researchers have found liquid blood and urine inside the frozen carcass of a foal that died 42,000 years ago in Siberia’s Verkhoyansk region. The animal’s body fluids were extracted during an autopsy and tested in the hope of cloning the extinct species, according to Semyon Grigoriev, director of the Mammoth Museum at Northeastern Federal… via …

Colibrí Grande de Cola Oliva/Violet-chested Hummingbird/Sternoclyta cyanopectus — #UnAvePorDía (756 especies hoy)

Nombre en español: Colibrí Grande de Cola Oliva Nombre en ingles: Violet-chested Hummingbird Nombre científico: Sternoclyta cyanopectus Familia: Trochilidae Foto: Enrique Ascanio Canto: Peter Boesman El colibrí pechiazul​ o colibrí grande de cola oliva3 (Sternoclyta cyanopectus), es una especie de ave de la familia Trochilidae, orden Apodiformes. Distribución y hábitat Vive en bosques lluviosos subtropicales …

Bobcat Collared 1 Day Before Woolsey Fire Gives Birth to 4 Kittens — KTLA

Wildlife officials say a young bobcat captured, collared and released a day before a massive, deadly wildfire has given birth to four kittens. Officials with the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area said Friday that biologists recently found the bobcat’s den in dense vegetation in a large residential backyard in Thousand Oaks. While their mother… via …

I Been Feeling Puffy Lately! — Through Open Lens

F/9.0, 1/320, ISO 200. Killdeer What do you call a belt with a watch on it? A waist of time. Interesting Fact: Killdeer nests are simple scrapes often placed on slight rises in their open habitats. Killdeer may make several scrapes not far away from each other before choosing one to lay in. The duplication […] …

Birds of Georgetown: Woodpeckers — The Georgetown Metropolitan

https://www.youtube.com/embed/TLJCSSIQ1fI?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent This week on Birds of Georgetown, GM is exploring woodpeckers. Woodpeckers, for those not old enough to remember a certain famous cartoon, get their name from how they strike trees with their beak to find bugs to eat. Here in DC there are a few varieties you might see. (Although typically you hear them …