Thomas Mayo Brewer was an American naturalist that lived from 1814 to 1880.
Street sign located at 42.336052,-71.658911.
Street sign located at 42.345671,-71.654244.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Harris: Street Sign with Famous Biologist's Last Name
Street sign located at 42.345671,-71.654244.
Chen: Street/Road Sign with Famous Biologist's Last Name
Emani: Lepidopteran
Golden Helicon Butterfly
Heliconius hecale
Location: 42.367066,-71.070224
Postman Butterfly
Heliconius melpomene plesseni
Location: 42.367066,-71.070224
Harris: Plant Adaptation for a Specific Environment
42.234437, -71.624467
This White Oak Tree (Quercus alba) has adapted to it's forest environment by having its leaves above all the other plants' leaves so its leaves can absorb the sunlight needed for photosynthesis. The leaves in the picture are actually leaves of other plants; the leaves on the oak tree are so high they can only be seen at the very top of the photograph.
Chen: Viviparous Organisms
Zalophus californianus
37.80914,-122.409582
Macropus rufus
42.302613,-71.086886
Sigel: Animal Adaptation for a Specific Environment
The winter flounder or Pseudopleuronectes americanus has adapted to its specific environment on the ocean floor by having a very flat appearance and being a similar color to the ocean floor to disguise itself from predators and sneak up on prey. The winter flounder also has both eyes on one side so it has a better view of what is going on around it.
Location: 42.358886,
-71.050829
This leopard gecko or Eublepharis macularius has adapted to its specific environment of sandy deserts and grasslands by having spotted skin that helps them blend in with sand and some bushes to protect them from predators. Also, the leopard gecko's skin is very durable, so it is able to withstand the rough sand and rocks in its environment.
Location: 42.065065,
-71.584511
Crowley: Street/road sign with famous biologist's last name
Gray Street in Boston, MA; 42.34560, -71.07279
There are multiple famous biologists that share this last name:
1. John Edward Gray, who lived from 1800-1875, was a British zoologist who worked at the British Museum as the Keeper of Zoology. He authored and published many zoological collections that were some of the best in the world at the time; the records dealt with animal groups and new species of animals.
2. Asa Gray, who lived from 1810-1888, was a significant American botanist. He helped with the taxonimical names of many plants in his time period and published Gray's Manual, a book that identifies and explains many plants in North America.
3. George Robert Gray, who lived from 1808-1872, was an English zoologist. He had the title of FRS, which stands for "Fellow of the Royal Society." He is famous for his four decades of work with birds at the British Museum and his publication of Genera of Birds.
Adams Street in Westborough, MA; 42.23208, -71.62107
There are two famous biologists (brothers) that share this last name:
1. Arthur Adams, who lived from 1813-1877, was an English naturalist, conchologist, and malacologist. He was a surgeon in the navy who, later in his life, wrote a three-volume book series with his brother (Henry Adams) about new species and articles about interesting spiders.There are two famous biologists that share this last name.
1. Arthur Adams, who lived from 1813-1877, was an English naturalist, conchologist, and malacologist. He was a surgeon in the navy who, later in his life, wrote a three-volume book series with his brother (Henry Adams) about new species and articles about interesting spiders.There are two famous biologists that share this last name.
2. Henry Adams, who lived from 1820-1878, was an English physician and naturalist. He helped his brother (Arthur Adams) write the three-volume book series entitled The Genera of Recent Mollusca: Arranged According to Their Organization.
Emani: Vestigial Organ
Sinaloan Milksnake
Lampropeltis triangulum sinaloae
Location: 42.367066,-71.070224
The Sinaloan Milksnake has a pelvis, which is a vestigial structure as this pelvis is unnecessary and has lost all of the function that L. t. sinaloae's ancestors would have derived from the structure.
The Sinaloan Milksnake has a pelvis, which is a vestigial structure as this pelvis is unnecessary and has lost all of the function that L. t. sinaloae's ancestors would have derived from the structure.
Harris: Parasitism
42.234333, -71.623811
Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica) have a parasitic relationship with peach trees (Prunus persica) as they eat the leaves of the peaches trees, leaving holes that can be seen in the second picture.
42.234288, -71.624086 Mosquitoes (Anopheles quadrimaculatus) have a parasitic relationship with humans (Homo sapiens) when they suck humans' blood.
Emani: Animal Larva or Pupa
Bright-Line Brown-Eye Larva
Lacanobia oleracea
Location: 42.278372,-71.630173
Larger Striped Swordtail Pupa
Graphium antheus
Location: 42.367066,-71.070224
Emani: Detritovore
Housefly
Musca domestica
Location: 42.278372,-71.630173
Nightcrawler
Lumbricus terrestris
Location: 42.278372,-71.630173
Crowley: Population
Lined Seahorse (Hippocampus erectus)
42.35889, -71.05083
*These seahorses were restricted to their own tank; no other species was with in the same tank habitat as the lined seahorses.
European Moon Jelly (Aurelia Aurita)
42.35889, -71.05083
42.35889, -71.05083
*These jellyfish were restricted to their own tank; no other species was with in the same tank habitat as the European Moon Jellies.
Emani: Amphibian
Australian Green Tree Frog
Litoria caerulea
Location: 42.367066, -71.070224
Cane Toad
Bufo marinus
Location: 42.367066, -71.070224
Crowley: Radially symmetrical individual
Spiny Sunstar (Crossaster papposus)
42.35889, -71.05083
Giant Green Anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)
42.35889, -71.05083
Crowley: Viviparous organism
California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
42.35889, -71.05083
Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus)
42.24637, -71.63498
Emani: Arthropods
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Gromphadorhina portentosa
Location: 42.367066, -71.070224
Jungle Nymph
Heteropteryx dilatata
Location: 42.367066, -71.070224
Harris: Viviparous Organisms
Marmota monax
42.234398, -71.624394
Capra hircus
42.262023, -71.608668
Crowley: Mutualism
Example 1 (6/30/12): Clownfish and Anemone
These are pictures of a common clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) and its home of an anemone (Heteractus magnifica); 42.35889, -71.05083.
A common clownfish living in this anemone is an example of symbiotic mutualism because both species benefit:
A. The clownfish benefits...
1. by receiving a home that is protected from predators. The clownfish is immune to the stinging cells of the anemone that harm clownfish predators.
2. by eating the little invertebrates that gather near the anemone.
B. The anemone benefits...
1. because the clownfish eat the invertebrates harmful to the anemone that gather near the anemone.
2. by receiving nourishment from clownfish feces.
Example 2 (9/4/12): Goliath Grouper and Neon Gobies
In this photo, the blue/small/skinny Neon Gobies (Elacatinus oceanops) and the Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajarra) are exhibiting their mutualism behavior that benefits both species. The gobies are picking the harmful parasites off the grouper and eating them. This benefits the grouper because it gets cleaned of harmful parasites, and this benefits the gobies because their prey are easy to find on the grouper.
42.35889, -71.05083
Crowley: Organism's home
These three pictures are of the common house spider (Parasteatoda tepidariorum) on its home of a web. For the first two pictures, I used a black piece of construction paper as the backdrop in order to better show the web.
42.25006, -71.63126
These beehives are the homes of the honey bee (Apis mellifera).
42.54869, -70.79877
Sigel: Viviparous Organism
Red Kangaroo
Macropus rufus
Location: 42.065065,
-71.584511
North American River Otter
Lontra canadensis
Location: 42.264101,
-71.766066
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