Doris Mitsch, a photographer living in California, creates surreal photos that challenge our perceptions of time, space, and our own linear reality. The artist drew inspiration in the flight patterns of migratory groups of birds in her current work titled Locked Down Looking Up. Her composite photographs combine images of those complicated flight trails to reveal the … [Read more...] about Photographer Creates Mesmerizing Flight Trails of Winged Creatures as a Time Meditation
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In The Oil Paintings Of Jon Ching, Flora and Fauna Combine To Create Fantastic Hybrid Creatures
In his painstakingly detailed oil paintings, artist Jon Ching skillfully balances texture and color to create fantastical creatures—owls with plumes of mushrooms and fuzzy molds, seahorses producing leafy stems, and fish with striped tulip fins—that appear natural in their surroundings. Ching's collection of work, which imagines a mystical ecosystem that visualizes the … [Read more...] about In The Oil Paintings Of Jon Ching, Flora and Fauna Combine To Create Fantastic Hybrid Creatures
Surprisingly, Bees Top The List of The Most Lethal Venomous Creatures in Australia
Australia has a reputation for being a land full with creatures who want you dead. While you may think to be more concerned with snakes than anything else down under, it appears that you should be more concerned about the skies. A recent study that looked at which poisonous animals bit and stung the most individuals in Australia over a 13-year period discovered that bees and … [Read more...] about Surprisingly, Bees Top The List of The Most Lethal Venomous Creatures in Australia
Crows From New Caledonia Have Demonstrated Abilities Never Before Seen In Creatures Other Than Humans
Crows from New Caledonia produce tools that are arguably more sophisticated than those made by any other animal outside humans. Crows appear to be able to learn from one another, and their technology may even be developing, but it has baffled scientists how such solitary animals without language can communicate with one another. Corvus moneduloides are very lonely animals, but … [Read more...] about Crows From New Caledonia Have Demonstrated Abilities Never Before Seen In Creatures Other Than Humans
Ivory Poaching in Mozambique Has Caused Female Elephants To Rapidly Evolve Into Tuskless Creatures
It's no secret that human activity has a significant impact on the ecosystem, but the manner in which humans influence the evolution of creatures in our immediate vicinity can be more subtle. Poaching proved to be a significant enough evolutionary pressure for a population of African elephants (both species are now listed as endangered) in Mozambique, according to new research, … [Read more...] about Ivory Poaching in Mozambique Has Caused Female Elephants To Rapidly Evolve Into Tuskless Creatures