Here’s an Otocolobus manul — nature’s Grumpy Cat — discovering a camera trap outside it’s den. Camera traps are used by biologists to lean about rare animals’ behavior, abundance, and health — just by setting up a solar-powered camera with a motion trigger. No physical trapping necessary.
O. manul (also known as Pallas’s cat) is about the size of a house cat, but you’ll notice has round pupils instead of slits. It lives in western China and the steppes of Central Asia.
You’d think that Pallas’s cat would rule the internet by now - but there aren’t too many photos of them because they are both rare and shy. The IUCN lists them as near-threatened. Just another reason to support species conservation!
Think we know everything?
Turns out that Rome’s Colosseum was a housing complex during the Middle Ages. Its vast center was used for trade, while 12th century built walls enclosed the cells. Read more on Discovery News.
Trade Mark, 1986, Oil on canvas 79 x 79 inches
Sky & Sea, 1984, Oil on canvas, 79 x 79 inches
Seva’s Blue, 1979, Oil on canvas, 79 x 79 inches
Not To Be Leaned On, 1987, Oil on canvas, 94 x 67 inches
No. Not another Angry Bird. In the mind of a medieval illuminator, this is an oyster.
(Middle Ages on Mahable. Cool.)
The Lansdowne Bust of Athena of Velletri.
Roman, 2nd-century copy after a Greek original of circa 430–420 B.C. by Kresilas.
Gran Cairo, 1962
Louisiana Lottery Co., 1962
Sunset Beach, Sketch, 1967
Grey Scramble, 1969
Line Up, 1962
Hyena Stomp, 1962
Horoscope of Prince Iskandar, grandson of Tamerlane, the Turkman Mongol conqueror, by Imad al-Din Mahmud al-Kashi, from The Book of the Birth of Iskandar (ca. 1384) – Source: Wellcome Library, London.
At UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, assistant professor Octavio Aburto-Oropeza and his team serve as protectors of the world’s oceans, studying these vast ecosystems up close. #powerofpublic