Graham Inglis has once again been cruising the Internet and looking for action - blog action that is. A look at dung beetles and ARKive
Missouri entomologist Ted C. MacRae says, "ARKive is a unique collection of videos, images and fact-files assembled from among the world’s very
best wildlife videographers and photographers in an attempt to create a centralized digital library of life on Earth."
The section on dung beetles includes this comment:
Missouri entomologist Ted C. MacRae says, "ARKive is a unique collection of videos, images and fact-files assembled from among the world’s very
best wildlife videographers and photographers in an attempt to create a centralized digital library of life on Earth."
The section on dung beetles includes this comment:
"While I would dearly have loved to embed one of ARKive’s extraordinary videos or photographs
of C. albissima within this post, copyright onsiderations do not allow that."
I would have thought that hotlinking, ie embedding an ARKive picture, would have helped their cause. Providing there's suitable citing of the source and provision of a link, of course. Is this one of those
"exclusivity" societies - or maybe it's just a precaution against server overload.
MacRae's blog is at http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com
of C. albissima within this post, copyright onsiderations do not allow that."
I would have thought that hotlinking, ie embedding an ARKive picture, would have helped their cause. Providing there's suitable citing of the source and provision of a link, of course. Is this one of those
"exclusivity" societies - or maybe it's just a precaution against server overload.
MacRae's blog is at http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com
Duckweed to save the world?
North Carolina State University researcher Dr. Anne-Marie Stomp says: "We can kill two birds – biofuel production and wastewater treatment – with one stone – duckweed." Starch from duckweed can be readily converted into ethanol using the same facilities currently used for corn.
Read more at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407105257.htm
If there are any emerging food shortages in the world, switching away from using corn for ethanol fuel production could be a useful move.
Life in the Desert
A picture-led blog about what it's like to live in a rural North American desert. Signs of spring are still few and far between, but butterflies are starting to make a showing. http://desertsurvivor.blogspot.com/
Up Close on Spiders
And another picture-led blog I like is http://www.bugshutterbug.com by insect macro photographer Kolby Kirk. Having tried some macro photography myself, I know it can be tricky!
Kirk gets up-close two spiders in the Mojave National Preserve. He's a webmaster, graphic designer, photographer, writer, and a traveler, so he gets to combine all of those pursuits on his blog!
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