Results tagged “australia” on Earth Touch Blog
Flickr group: pic of the day – rockhopper penguin May 29 2008
Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) are native to Argentina, Australia, South Africa, Chile, the Falkland Islands, Uruguay and New Zealand. There are also vagrant populations in Antarctica and Brazil.
Tags: africa, antarctica, argentina, australia, bird, brazil, falkland islands, flickr, hile, new zealand, penguin, photograph, photography, rockhopper, south africa, south america, uruguay, vertebrateThe red fox (Vulpes vulpes) has a range spanning most of North America and Eurasia, southern Australia and North Africa.
Tags: africa, america, australia, canada, flickr, fox, group, mammal, red foxFlickr group: pic of the day – emu May 20 2008
Emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) are large, flightless birds native to Australia, although farmed in many other countries.
Tags: australia, bird, emu, flickr, photograph, photography, vertebrateFlickr group: pic of the day – wallaby May 15 2008
Wallabies are found widely throughout Australia.
Tags: australia, flickr, kangaroo, mammal, marsupial, photograph, photography, wallabyFlickr group: pic of the day – Tailed jay butterfly May 6 2008
The tailed jay butterfly (Graphium agamemnon), also known as the green spotted triangle, tailed green jay or green triangle, is a tropical species of the swallowtail family. It is widely found in Australia, India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.
Tags: asia, australia, butterfly, flickr, india, insect, invertebrate, photograph, photography, southeast asia, sri lanka, tailed jayFlickr group: pic of the day – great white egret May 2 2008
The great white egret, also known simply as the great egret Ardea alba, is the world’s largest egret.
Tags: africa, aggression, america, argentina, asia, australia, bird, brazil, canada, egret, europe, flickr, great egret, great white egret, group, heron, large, namibia, protect, white, youngFlickr group: pic of the day – gentoo penguin Apr 24 2008
Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) are an easily recognisable species, because of the distinctive white stripe across their foreheads. According to the International Union for Conservation, they are native in Antarctica; Argentina; Australia; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); French Southern Territories (Crozet Island, Kerguelen); Heard Island and McDonald Islands; South Africa (Marion and Prince Edward Islands); South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. They are currently classified as near threatened.
Tags: africa, antarctica, argentina, australia, bird, flickr, gentoo penguin, penguin, photograph, photography, south africa, south america, vertebrateWildlife news from around the world
Robotic aircraft to track marine mammals Apr 17 2008
Robotic aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) may soon take to the Australian skies in the name of marine mammal research, if a project to test the technology succeeds.
Tags: australia, dugong, humpback, mammal, marine, migrate, whaleFlickr group: pic of the day – grey kangaroo Mar 31 2008
Grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) are found mainly in eastern Australia and Tasmania. They are sociable animals, living together in small groups called mobs made up of six or seven individuals. Often several mobs will graze together.
Tags: australia, flickr, grey kangaroo, kangaroo, mammal, marsupial, photograph, photography, tasmania, vertebrateWildlife news from around the world
Keeping track of whale sharks Jan 8 2008
Not a great deal is known about whale sharks, even though they are the biggest fish in the world. It is thought, however, that their patterns of spots are unique to each individual. Scientists have therefore been keeping visual records of the creatures to help them find out whether measures to protect the species are working.
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Birds are learning to eat invasive cane toads Dec 3 2007
An Australian researcher has discovered that birds are learning how to eat highly toxic and invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus). This is good news for the environment as there are currently no other predators to keep cane toad populations in check.
Gillian Marchant of Southern Cross University in New South Wales has found that birds such as crows and magpies flip the cane toads over and rip open their soft underbellies with their beaks to get to their internal organs.
Tags: amphibian, australasia, australia, beak, bird, cane toad, crow, magpie, toad, venomWildlife news from around the world
Do penguins pick their teams? Oct 17 2007
Do penguins team up with the same group of individuals when they cross the beach and go fishing? New Scientist reports that researchers led by André Chiaradia of the Phillip Island Nature Park in Victoria, Australia, recorded the groupings of micro-chipped little penguins (Eudyptula minor) over four breeding seasons.
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Cycad’s scent secret revealed Oct 5 2007
Cycads reproduce when pollen from male cones is transported to female cones. But an Australian species, Macrozamia lucida, has cone scales too close together to allow wind pollination. It relies instead on an insect called thrips eating the male pollen and carrying some of it inadvertently to female cones.
Wildlife news from around the world
Nifty adaptation to desert environment Aug 23 2007
Some desert-dwelling lizards, such as the Australian thorny devil (Moloch horridus), have the amazing ability to suck up water and transport it along microscopic channels in between their scales to their mouths for drinking.
After rains, thorny devils will dip their stomachs in puddles. Their ability to soak up the water is detailed in a new paper by American and Australian authors, ScienceNOW Daily News has reported.
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