Catalogue of Organisms

The dinoflagellate formerly known as Ceratium humile , from here . Ceratium has long been a popular choice as a representative dinoflage...

Dicranum flagellare , photographed by Sue . The upright green stalks are the brood branches. The subject of today's post is the cosmo...

European barn owl Tyto alba , photographed by Nuno Barreto . I have no idea where the 'wise old owl' stereotype originally came f...

And it came to pass that Google did speak from on high, and say unto them: "You know that whole Reader service that you've been usi...

European spined loach Cobitis taenia , from here . The spined loaches of the Cobitidae are a family of small freshwater fishes found acro...

Just a quick one this week, as I'm busy preparing for the International Conference of Arachnology in Taipei next week. The wonderful as...

Sunorfa , from here . The beetle pictured just above is not the intended subject of today's post. It is a related beetle found in Tha...