The Most Effective Pollinator Principle is a caricature of floral divergence. Adaptive landscapes can offer a more nuanced depiction of floral divergence that recognizes the fitness contributions of all visitors, not just the ones we think are important. academic.oup.com/aob/advance…

Sujay Sanan - one of favourite biological artists has a new exhibition coming soon. sujaysanan.com/ instagram @sujaysanan

Pollen Wars: explosive pollination removes pollen deposited by previously visited flowers Check out the early view publication in Am Nat journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10… and the video below

It bites down on the upper peal of a flower when it lands, scrapes the oil from the flower and stores it in the dense hairs of its hind legs

A Centris bee approaching the oil producing inflorescences of Byrsonima intermedia

Found a little family of burrowing owls hanging out on the street corner. Someone even built them a little house

Also home to the largest living rodent. ..capybaras roam the shoreline of the lake munching on shoreline vegetation. They get over a meter long and weigh up to 70kg

Curious terrapins in an urban park in Uberlandia, Brazil

With areas are characterized by stands of palms where red shouldered macaws noisily roost

A walk with Vini and colleagues through the fire-dependent cerrado vegetation of Brazil

Allan Ellis is well known for his work on mimicry, crypsis and deception journals.uchicago.edu/doi/fu… Here, he ttempts to hide among the daisies with his yellow t-shirt. But his students are not easily fooled!