Wildlife As We Know It

Celebrating biodiversity and encouraging conservation
lambandserpent: Arctic fauna, printed in 1894.1. Polar Bear, 2. Glutton or Wolverine, 3. Arctic Fox, Blue Fox or Polar Fox, 4. Mountain Hare, 5. Lemming, 6. Reindeer or Caribou, 7. Musk Ox - Ovibos moschatus, 8. Walrus - Odebenus rosmarus, 9. Northern Fur Seal - Callorhinus ursinus, 10. Sea Otter - Enhydra lutris, 11. Arctic Right Whale or Greenland Whale - Balaena mysticetus, 12. Narwhal - Monodon monoceros, 13. Snow Grouse, 14. Arctic Owl or Snow Owl - Bubo scandiacus, 15. an 16. Common Eider - Somateria mollissima, 17. Razorbill - Alca torda, 18. Seagull

lambandserpent:

Arctic fauna, printed in 1894.

1. Polar Bear, 2. Glutton or Wolverine, 3. Arctic Fox, Blue Fox or Polar Fox, 4. Mountain Hare, 5. Lemming, 6. Reindeer or Caribou, 7. Musk Ox - Ovibos moschatus, 8. Walrus - Odebenus rosmarus, 9. Northern Fur Seal - Callorhinus ursinus, 10. Sea Otter - Enhydra lutris, 11. Arctic Right Whale or Greenland Whale - Balaena mysticetus, 12. Narwhal - Monodon monoceros, 13. Snow Grouse, 14. Arctic Owl or Snow Owl - Bubo scandiacus, 15. an 16. Common Eider - Somateria mollissima, 17. Razorbill - Alca torda, 18. Seagull

(via scientificillustration)

lambandserpent: Arctic fauna, printed in 1894.1. Polar Bear, 2. Glutton or Wolverine, 3. Arctic Fox, Blue Fox or Polar Fox, 4. Mountain Hare, 5. Lemming, 6. Reindeer or Caribou, 7. Musk Ox - Ovibos moschatus, 8. Walrus - Odebenus rosmarus, 9. Northern Fur Seal - Callorhinus ursinus, 10. Sea Otter - Enhydra lutris, 11. Arctic Right Whale or Greenland Whale - Balaena mysticetus, 12. Narwhal - Monodon monoceros, 13. Snow Grouse, 14. Arctic Owl or Snow Owl - Bubo scandiacus, 15. an 16. Common Eider - Somateria mollissima, 17. Razorbill - Alca torda, 18. Seagull

lambandserpent:

Arctic fauna, printed in 1894.

1. Polar Bear, 2. Glutton or Wolverine, 3. Arctic Fox, Blue Fox or Polar Fox, 4. Mountain Hare, 5. Lemming, 6. Reindeer or Caribou, 7. Musk Ox - Ovibos moschatus, 8. Walrus - Odebenus rosmarus, 9. Northern Fur Seal - Callorhinus ursinus, 10. Sea Otter - Enhydra lutris, 11. Arctic Right Whale or Greenland Whale - Balaena mysticetus, 12. Narwhal - Monodon monoceros, 13. Snow Grouse, 14. Arctic Owl or Snow Owl - Bubo scandiacus, 15. an 16. Common Eider - Somateria mollissima, 17. Razorbill - Alca torda, 18. Seagull

(via scientificillustration)

Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin! Some quotes of his: “There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.”  “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.”  “The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.”  “The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.”  “Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.” “False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.”

Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!

Some quotes of his:

“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” 

“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” 

“The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.” 

“The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.” 

“Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.”

“False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.”

fairy-wren: red-breasted mergansers photo by espresso photography

fairy-wren:

red-breasted mergansers

photo by espresso photography