My name is Joel and I'm a student of biology at the University of Washington in Seattle. I am fascinated with the objects and processes of the natural world, most especially with living things, and I am aspiring to become a zoological researcher in the near future. When I don't have my nose in a textbook, I like to be landscaping, scuba diving, camping or hiking, motorcycling and/or collecting dead things.

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Groove-billed Ani - Photo (c) Pablo Lèautaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) CC
Groove-billed Ani Info
The Groove-billed Ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris, is an odd-looking tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak. It is a resident species throughout most of its range, from southern Texas and central Mexico through Central America, to northern Colombia and Venezuela, and coastal Ecuador and Peru. It only retreats from the northern limits of its range in Texas and northern Mexico during winter. (From Wikipedia)
tailless whipscorpions - Photo (c) José Eugenio Gómez Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) CC
tailless whipscorpions Info
Amblypygi is an order of invertebrate animals belonging to the class Arachnida, in the subphylum Chelicerata of the phylum Arthropoda. (From Wikipedia)
Hummingbird Hawkmoth - Photo (c) Alexandre Dulaunoy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) CC
Hummingbird Hawkmoth Info
The Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) is a species of Sphingidae. Its long proboscis and its hovering behavior, accompanied by an audible humming noise, make it look remarkably like a hummingbird while feeding on flowers. It is theorised that this resemblance is a result of convergent evolution. It flies during the day, especially in bright sunshine, but also at dusk, dawn, and even in the rain, which is unusual for even diurnal hawkmoths. Its visual abilities have... (From Wikipedia)
Humboldt Squid - Photo (c) NOAA Photo Library, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC
Humboldt Squid Info
The Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), also known as jumbo squid, jumbo flying squid, pota or diablo rojo (Spanish for 'Red Devil'), is a large, predatory squid found in the waters of the Humboldt Current in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. They are most commonly found at depths of 200 to 700 metres (660 to 2,300 ft), from Tierra del Fuego to California. Recent findings suggest the range of this species is spreading north into the waters of... (From Wikipedia)
Indian Pipe - Photo (c) Vicky Sawyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) CC
Indian Pipe Info
Monotropa uniflora, also known as the Ghost Plant, Indian Pipe, or Corpse Plant is a herbaceous perennial plant, formerly classified in the family Monotropaceae, but now included within the Ericaceae. It is native to temperate regions of Asia, North America and northern South America, but with large gaps between areas. It is generally scarce or rare in occurrence. (From Wikipedia)
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Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. It is recognized for a highly unusual transparent, fluid-filled dome on its head, through which the lenses of its eyes can be seen.The eyes have a barrel shape and can be rotated to point either forward or straight up, looking through the fish's transparent dome. M. microstoma has a tiny mouth and most of its body is covered... (From Wikipedia)
Saccopharyngiformes - Photo (c) Alexei Orlov, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC
Saccopharyngiformes Info
Saccopharyngiformes is an order of unusual ray-finned fish superficially similar to eels, but with many internal differences. Most of the fish in this order are deep-sea types known from only a handful of specimens such as the Umbrella Mouth Gulper Eel. Saccopharyngiformes are also bioluminescent in several species. Some, such as the swallowers, can live as deep as 10,000 feet (3,000 m) in the ocean, well into the aphotic zone. (From Wikipedia)
Harvestmen - Photo (c) FlaPack, all rights reserved C
Harvestmen Info
Harvestmen are eight-legged invertebrate animals belonging to the order Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) in the class Arachnida, in the subphylum Chelicerata of the phylum Arthropoda. As of 2006, over 6,400 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the real number of extant species may exceed 10,000. The order Opiliones can be divided in four suborders: Cyphophthalmi (Simon, 1879), Eupnoi (Hansen & Sørensen, 1904), Dyspnoi (Hansen & Sørensen, 1904) and Laniatores (Thorell, 1876). Well-preserved fossils have been... (From Wikipedia)
Windscorpions - Photo (c) José Eugenio Gómez Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) CC
Windscorpions Info
Solifugae is an order of Arachnida, containing more than 1,000 described species in about 140 genera. The name derives from Latin, and means those that flee from the sun. The order is also known by the names Solpugida, Solpugides, Solpugae, Galeodea and Mycetophorae. Their common names include camel spider, wind scorpion, jerrymuglum, sun scorpion and sun spider. In southern Africa they are known by a host of names including red romans, haarskeerders and baarskeerders, the latter... (From Wikipedia)
Hoatzins - Photo (c) David Cook Wildlife Photography, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) CC
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The Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), also known as the Hoactzin, Stinkbird, or Canje "Pheasant", is an unusual species of tropical bird found in swamps, riverine forest and mangrove of the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America. It is the only member of the genus Opisthocomus (Ancient Greek: wearing long hair behind, referring to its large crest), which in turn is the only extant genus in the family Opisthocomidae. The taxonomic position of this family has... (From Wikipedia)
Chimaeridae - Photo (c) August Rode, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) CC
Chimaeridae Info
The Chimaeridae, or shortnose chimaeras are a family of cartilaginous fish. (From Wikipedia)
Empusa - Photo (c) Ferran Turmo Gort, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) CC
Empusa Info
Empusa is a genus of mantises in the family Empusidae. (From Wikipedia)
Crows, Ravens, Jackdaws, and Rook - Photo (c) Joe McKenna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) CC
Crows, Ravens, Jackdaws, and Rook Info
Crows /kroʊ/ form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents (except South America) and several offshore and oceanic islands (except for a few, which included Hawaii, which had the Hawaiian crow that went extinct in... (From Wikipedia)
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