https://www.vissmay.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-11-20 https://www.vissmay.com/blog/its-all-about-the-nectar-honeya-sneak-peek-into-the-sweet-and-sour-life-of-a-trumpet-creeper-campsis-radicans monthly 0.5 2024-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d2af74e734928f3a47821/1e6f31ee-6675-4552-9a9b-de783b6d79e3/Post5_Fig4_iStock-179058891.jpg Blog - “It’s All About the Nectar, Honey!”—A Sneak Peek into the Sweet and Sour Life of a Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) - Make it stand out Fig 4: The nectar-robber: Orchard oriole (Icterus spurius). (Photo credit: iStock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d2af74e734928f3a47821/26be0969-bf79-4325-8cab-efb774d8d84e/Post5_Fig3_iStock-487125820.jpg Blog - “It’s All About the Nectar, Honey!”—A Sneak Peek into the Sweet and Sour Life of a Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) - Make it stand out Fig 3: BFFs- Trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans) and ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris). (Photo credit: iStock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d2af74e734928f3a47821/e5083eae-6620-4a4d-961c-14bb57b32776/Post5_Fig5_iStock-1242427756.jpg Blog - “It’s All About the Nectar, Honey!”—A Sneak Peek into the Sweet and Sour Life of a Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) - Make it stand out Fig 5: A bee inside the flower of a trumpet creeper. Note the reddish lines in the background-these are the lane markings (aka nectar guides) showing the way to the nectar pools inside the flower. (Photo credit: iStock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d2af74e734928f3a47821/b980384c-669d-4268-b57d-fb4a2a17e87c/Post5_Fig6_iStock-1341416123.jpg Blog - “It’s All About the Nectar, Honey!”—A Sneak Peek into the Sweet and Sour Life of a Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) - Make it stand out Fig 6: An ant on the calyx of a trumpet creeper flower. 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(Photo credit: iStock) https://www.vissmay.com/blog/meet-the-dinosaur-nemesisthe-99-million-years-old-blood-sucking-ticks monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d2af74e734928f3a47821/4d9ea8d2-a2b4-45e8-8f60-b68232acd17d/iStock-477553076_closeup_illustration_of_tick_insect.jpg Blog - Meet the dinosaur nemesis—the 99 million-years-old blood-sucking ticks - Make it stand out Fig 2: A close-up illustration of a tick (Image credit: iStock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d2af74e734928f3a47821/c27c1813-3995-44f4-946b-bfe8b2f08083/iStock-486974591.jpg Blog - Meet the dinosaur nemesis—the 99 million-years-old blood-sucking ticks - Make it stand out Fig 5: The dermestid beetle larvae had a beautiful relationship with the dinosaurs, just as the modern birds have with the present day dermestid beetles. Cheers to the BFFs! 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This migration champion flies from its Arctic homeland to the Southern Ocean (Antarctic Ocean), a distance of nearly 35,000 kms (21,500 miles). (Photo credit:iStock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d2af74e734928f3a47821/8ceb8515-324d-442c-8ec5-5df1cab82977/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Avian Book of Flight Records-I - Make it stand out Fig 3: Grey-headed albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma). Living the quietessential birdie high life, this remarkable bird breeds in areas with the wildest wind and wave conditions on earth. (Photo credit:iStock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d2af74e734928f3a47821/3ba86811-a085-4e1a-9742-c1051eee1f33/iStock-1476295202_bar_tailed_godwit_14dec23.jpg Blog - The Avian Book of Flight Records-I - Make it stand out Fig 1: Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica), the bird that flies non-stop for 11 days over a distance of 13,560 kms (8,425 miles), from Alaska, USA to Tasmania, Australia! 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Which flower is it? - Make it stand out Fig 3: A plain (A) and a glazed (B) donut. Notice how the plain donut has a non-glossy surface which scatters light, thereby making it look matte. In contrast, the glaze of the other donut reflects light, making it look glossy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d2af74e734928f3a47821/440d4c80-f44c-4489-bd09-91aacc21a09d/Q1_fig5_Lightrays_internal_structure.png Quizzmay - Q1: Legend has it that you can tell if someone likes butter by checking the reflectance of this flower on that person’s chin. Which flower is it? - Make it stand out Fig 5: The play of light by the different layers of cells on the petal surface of the buttercup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d2af74e734928f3a47821/c029d86e-ef29-44bd-9b7f-2a50262b8993/Q1_fig4_collage_1.jpg Quizzmay - Q1: Legend has it that you can tell if someone likes butter by checking the reflectance of this flower on that person’s chin. Which flower is it? - Make it stand out Fig 4: (A) Kingcups (Marsh marigold or Caltha palustris) and (B) Buttercups (Ranunculus repens). They are closely related to each other, with one noticeable difference. Can you spot it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d2af74e734928f3a47821/73f321d1-6bbe-4207-9774-e2f507db5672/Q1_fig1_iStock-478021430.jpg Quizzmay - Q1: Legend has it that you can tell if someone likes butter by checking the reflectance of this flower on that person’s chin. Which flower is it? - Make it stand out Fig 1: The buttercup flower (Ranunculus repens). Note the characteristic feature of this flower—its super-glossy petals! (Photo credit: iStock) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653d2af74e734928f3a47821/4ccbdce9-82f4-4f48-9ab9-10d2576c39e1/Q1_fig6_iStock-474818558.jpg Quizzmay - Q1: Legend has it that you can tell if someone likes butter by checking the reflectance of this flower on that person’s chin. 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