crossbills

Have you ever heard of the long-tailed mouse (Pseudomys higginsi)? Growing up to 13.8 in (35 cm) from head to tail, this species is the only rodent native to Tasmania. This omnivore feeds on plants, fungi, and invertebrates. Scientists think its extra long tail is used for balance. When threatened, its large hind feet help it to leap away from foes. 

A slime mold, Arcyria ferruginea, grows on dead wood in Hertfordshire, UK. Despite their common name, slime molds are not fungal, and are in fact an amoeba-like organism that clumps together in large structures.

Alighiero Boetti

1940 - 1994

DARE TEMPO AL TEMPO

embroidery on linen

28 by 25.5 cm. 11 by 10 in.

Executed in 1989.

萩原 卓哉／Hagihara Takuya

Harmonia Mantle (Caria rhacotis), family Riodinidae, Ecuador