Environmental Graffiti

Predator Vs Prey

Predation. It's meat and drink to anyone interested in our obsessive documenting of the natural world. Maybe it has to do with parallels with the culture we live in, where many seem only too eager to prey on perceived weaker individuals for their own prosperity. You'll doubtless enjoy the following pics – while we offer a verdict on what the animals mean culturally. We kept expecting the voice of Donald Trump or Allan Sugar to declair: "You're fired!"

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Enter the Dragonfly [PICS]

With those kempt whiskers and that smile – not to mention those baby blue eyes – the dragonfly seems to be asking sweetly to be anthropomorphised. Still, putting the “Gillette, the best a man can get” jests to one side for the moment, there does seem to be something extra-specially human about the dragonfly.

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Beer is Bad for Science

A new study on scientific productivity has arrived at the conclusion that beer is bad for science. Image by Tomasz Sienicki It seems obvious, drunks aren’t very common in labs or the library after all, but the report is one of the first to take a scientific look at [...]

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Archaeologist in Loin Cloth wins First Annual Ph.D Dance-Off

It may be an unfortunate stereotype, but very few people consider scientists to be doctors of the more funkified arts. Archaeologist Dr. Brian Stewart won the competition with a little help from Herbie Hancock. Image by Jesus Mena Quintana A new competition in Austria aimed to change all that [...]

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Chimps Have Role Models Too

Scientists have come out with new evidence that suggests chimpanzees rely on role models to shape their “culture” more than humans do. Scientists call the differences in behaviour that separate communities of chimps exhibit their “culture”. The new study suggests

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