The Common Naturalist

SERIES: Invertebrate of the Week

Invertebrate of the Week #4 – Cerogenes auricoma

SERIES: Invertebrate of the Week

Invertebrate of the Week #3 – Marrus orthocanna

Evarcha culicivora jumping spider capturing a mosquito

Evarcha culicivora – A Spider With A Taste for Blood

The 1986 Lake Nyos Limnic Eruption

Halley VI Antarctic research station aerial view. Image: Hugh Broughton Architects

Nice lab: Antarctic scientific research station designs

Domestic Haplopelma lividum cobalt blue tarantula spider in a terrarium

SERIES: Invertebrate of the Week

Invertebrate of the Week #1: Cobalt Tarantula (Haplopelma lividum)

The Museu Blau in the Forum Building in Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona’s Magnificent Museu Blau

A National Geographic infographic outlining human exploration of the solar system.

Astronomy Exploration Noteworthy

National Geographic’s “50 Years of (Space) Exploration” Infographic

Curious polar bears approach a camera in the water near an iceberg in Alaska

Polar Bear Fur Isn’t (Technically) White – It’s Translucent!

A close-up photograph of Panulirus interruptus spiny lobsters on a rocky reef in California.

For Spiny Lobsters (Panulirus sp.) ATP Serves as a Molecular Dinner Bell