On Aug. 31, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo welcomed a litter of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs. Shera and her cubs can now be viewed on the Zoo’s live webcam. Five-year-old Shera gave birth to four cubs, her first litter and the first surviving litter for the cubs’ father, 4-year-old Luke. The cubs were born between [...]
The hardy team of biologists stationed on the Farallon Islands, a minuscule set of outcroppings in the Pacific just west of San Francisco, suffers a lot of inconveniences. After all, they’re living on islands made up mostly of rocks, drinking filtered rainwater and using solar power that wanes during the short days of winter. [...]
The trials and tribulations of a nesting pair of American robin are proving to be a hit on Glacier National Park’s website, even though there’s been a tragedy in the family. On June 17, employee Jean Ervin, who works in the Park’s mailroom, noticed robins were building a nest in a bush outside her [...]
“Inspired by Iceland” is a lovely visual chillout website that allows you to gaze through various high-speed webcams throughout the land. Included vistas: glacial lakes (complete with icebergs), the famed blue lagoon, and downtown Reykjavík. An island country in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle. Norse settlers arrived c. 850-875, and Christianity was introduced c. [...]
A little black bear cub that was born while people watched via webcam in northern Minnesota in January is now missing. The biologists who run the North American Bear Center said on its web site Monday night that it had been nearly three days since they had seen “Hope” and her mother “Lily” together. Lynn [...]
The film “On Golden Pond” introduced common loons to the general public in 1981. Even their voice, particularly the yodel, became a widely recognized bird sound. Until then, we suspect few nonbiologists and nonbirders knew what loons were. They nest on isolated lakes across Canada and the northern tier of states so relatively few people [...]
Representative Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts has asked BP and the head of the Coast Guard to start streaming the nonstop video of the seabed oil leaks that one of BP’s submersibles is capturing — to allow independent scientists (and the public) to monitor and assess the flow. If BP is averse to hosting the [...]
The first of four peregrine falcon eggs has hatched at Derby Cathedral watched live by webcam viewers from around the world. The other eggs are expected to hatch in the next few days. Nick Dixon, a national expert on peregrines nesting, is asking anyone who sees the chicks being fed to leave a comment on [...]