Lizard limbo
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The Sleepy Lizard – half lizard, half pinecone – lives in shrublands and scrublands of southern Australia, where dry summers alternate with moist winters. What happens if those winters disappear?
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Ready for spring
/Some days you just gotta draw a salamander. Sure, it's still winter; that's what photos are for.
Long-toed salamander of the Pacific Northwest
(While I'm at it, might as well draw one that lives on the other side of the continent.)
Owl-style survival gear
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Tawny owls come in two colors: gray or brown. Brown morphs seem to fare poorly during harsh winters. Do gray morphs have feathers with better insulation?
Read MoreThe other side of the mushroom
/Whatever catastrophe befell this birch, it allowed me to see the tops and bottoms of some polypore mushrooms at the same time. I'm sure a similar phenomenon inspired Lewis Carroll.
Scarborough, Maine
Yipes, stripes
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This week's breaking news is that we (still) don't know what zebra stripes are for! A new study says, rather unshockingly, that they probably aren't much use as camouflage.
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