EditorialFulica americana, Print, The American coot (Fulica americana), also known as a mud hen, is a bird of the family Rallidae. Though commonly mistaken for ducks, American coots are only distantly related to ducks, belonging to a separate order. Unlike the ...
EditorialHydromys chrysogaster, Print, The rakali, Hydromys chrysogaster, also known as the rabe or water-rat, is an Australian native rodent first described in 1804. The change to the aboriginal name Rakali was intended to foster a positive public attitude by ...
EditorialLepadogaster gouanii, Print, Lepadogaster is a genus of clingfishes native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean extending into the Mediterranean Sea. Lepadogaster belongs to class Actinopterygii. This means that they share many of the same characteristics as ...
EditorialFulica americana, Print, The American coot (Fulica americana), also known as a mud hen, is a bird of the family Rallidae. Though commonly mistaken for ducks, American coots are only distantly related to ducks, belonging to a separate order. Unlike the ...
EditorialHydromys chrysogaster, Print, The rakali, Hydromys chrysogaster, also known as the rabe or water-rat, is an Australian native rodent first described in 1804. The change to the aboriginal name Rakali was intended to foster a positive public attitude by ...
EditorialLepadogaster gouanii, Print, Lepadogaster is a genus of clingfishes native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean extending into the Mediterranean Sea. Lepadogaster belongs to class Actinopterygii. This means that they share many of the same characteristics as ...
EditorialRhacophorus reinwardtii, Print, Rhacophorus reinwardtii is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is variously known under the common names of black-webbed tree frog, green flying frog, or Reinwardt's tree frog. It is found in China, Indones...
EditorialLepadogaster bimaculatus, Print, Lepadogaster is a genus of clingfishes native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean extending into the Mediterranean Sea. Lepadogaster belongs to class Actinopterygii. This means that they share many of the same characteristics...
EditorialCharadrius semipalmatus, Print, The semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) is a small plover. The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek kharadrios a...
EditorialPsalm 90; grotesques. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. [Whole folio] End of Psalm 89. Psalm 90 beginning with initial 'Q', Christ, his right hand raided in blessing, standing in front of a gothic building. Border decoration wit...
EditorialPsalm 81; grotesques. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. [Whole folio] End of Psalm 80. Psalm 81 beginning with decorated initial 'D'. Border decoration with three grotesques. In the outer margin, one with a male hooded peasant's...
EditorialPsalm 112; grotesque. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. [Whole folio] End of Psalm 111. Psalm 112 beginning with initial 'L', three boys kneeling. Border decoration; in lower margin, a figure with a grotesque head and a vermilli...
EditorialPsalm 77; grotesques. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. [Whole folio] Psalm 77. Border decoration with grotesques, including, in the lower margin, a large animal grotesque with long ears and webbed feet Image taken from Luttrel...
EditorialPsalm 36; grotesques. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. [Whole folio] Psalm 36. Border decoration with two grotesques, one in the form of a bearded man with body draped in a cloak and long bird's legs with webbed feet Image tak...
EditorialEurasian beaver or European beaver, Castor fiber, with webbed rear paw 1, and smaller front paw 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792.