This is the last part of the dolphin series. History Animals have been held in captivity by humans for thousands of years. almost every species of marine mammal except for most of the great whales have been held in captivity, even if only for short periods of time. Most of them are dolphins, porpoises and …
Category: Biology
Dolphin series: monitoring dolphins
For the biologist, dolphin research presents challenges and opportunities in trying to understand individual species in their marine ecosystems. Marine mammals are highly mobile, cover large areas, move in three spatial dimensions, and spend most of their lives under water. So for most species of delphinids, basic aspects of their evolution, physiology, ecology, behavior and …
Natural stone table – geological facts
A geological description of a rock formation close to my town. It’s a special place, feel so magical I just had to write about it.
Photo hunt – lizards, spiders and a snake
This post is featuring lizards and some of their food – spiders. Sorry for the blurry photos, I mostly only have my phone on me while encountering these beuatiful creatures. Not many times has it happened that I was on an intentional photo hunt with a proper camera and managed to find and catch something. …
Animal photo hunt – insecta
Photo hunt – birds
Some photos are a bit blurry, but again, I wanted to share all of my encounters with you!
Photo hunt – butterflies
Some photos are a bit blurry, because I found some of these treasure while only carrying my phone, but I wanted to share all of my findings with you. Some of the photos are also not my own, they are courtesy of my dear, beautiful, talented friend (thank you, N.!).
Growing date palms from seeds (Phoenix dactylifera)
Growing plants from seeds is so exciting and gratifying and it makes our homes more beautiful. The process: 1. collect seeds form the dates (I used medjool variety). They are usually sold ripe and even more often – dried, but just FYI – the dates are ripe when they are slightly wrinkled and soft (I …
Animal photo hunt – amphibia
When the days get longer and warmer, one of the best things to do is go on a photo hunt for nature’s gifts. One will always discover brilliant treasures.
Dolphin series: fishery interactions
Fishing intensity keeps increasing throughout the world, which has negative impacts on nontarget species, including marine mammals. Thus bycatches have become a critical issue for marine mammal populations. Every year fishing industry removes about 80–90 million tons of fish and other marine organisms from the world’s oceans. Another 7–8 million tons of unwanted animal biomass …