Danuta Knihinicki
Danuta K. Knihinicki has been with NSW Agriculture since 1989 working on the taxonomy of plant-feeding mites and their predators. She worked with Dr Eberhard Schicha, a world authority on the predatory mite family Phytoseiidae, until he retired ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Bombardier Beetles
John Dengate met Jodi Rowley, from the Australian Museum, at Long Reef Golf Course. There they found a bombardier beetle hiding under a log. This remarkable creature is able to squirt would-be predators with boiling acid. The beetle can aim its ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Bird-dropping Spiders
One of the best known Bird-dropping spiders is Celaenia kinbergi. Several groups of spiders have evolved an effective strategy against being eaten by day-active predators like birds and wasps - they have bodies that look like unappetising bird ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Barbara Melton, M.Ed., LPC
There are the physical dangers-the predators, the dates your child meets on MySpace, the sites that seduce your child into online gambling and illegal drug purchases. And then there are the emotional dangers-the lack of empathy, the superficial ... [... more]
Random House |
Susan Shankle, MSW LISW-CP
There are the physical dangers-the predators, the dates your child meets on MySpace, the sites that seduce your child into online gambling and illegal drug purchases. And then there are the emotional dangers-the lack of empathy, the superficial ... [... more]
Random House |
David Bischoff
The best time of Machiko Naguchi's life came in the wake of the Ryushi colony massacre. It was then that she abandoned her human heritage and ran with the Predators as a dedicated Hunter. But it was only two years before she returned to live with ... [... more]
Random House |
William Nothdurft
In 1911, Dr. Ernst Stromer led an expedition to Egypt's Bahariya Oasis in the Sahara and discovered four new species of dinosaurs, including the Tyrannosaurus rex-size predator Spinosaurus. But tragically, all his work was incinerated in 1944 ... [... more]
Random House |
Tribe Eurymelini
The Eurymelini are commonly known as gum treehoppers because all species are found only on eucalypts. Adults and nymphs are usually found in groups tended by ants. Unlike most leafhopper nymphs, eurymeline nymphs don't jump but avoid predators by ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
HortNews - Tiny Fungi Might Protect Trees - NZ Researcher
Communities of microscopic fungi that live inside trees might help protect their hosts from disease and predators, says a New Zealand researcher. WELLINGTON 23/11/2005 - Communities of microscopic fungi that live inside trees might help protect ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Reptiles in the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Reptiles in the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Taxonomy of Water Dragons Distribution of Water Dragons Reproduction in Water Dragons Predators of Water Dragons Recent research projects Results of research projects FAQ - Water Dragon ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
Pat Parelli: Horse Sense
His theory is based on the prey-predator concept. Pat Parelli says horses evolved as prey animals, that is they were animals which were hunted then eaten by carnivorous animals such as the big cats and humans, the predators. The best way horses ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Leaf-curling spiders
The araneid leaf-curling spiders (genus Phonognatha) are day-active orb weavers that protect themselves from predators by sitting inside a silk seamed, curled leaf. The leaf-curling spiders (genus ) are day-active orb weavers that protect ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
