“Upupa, ilare uccello calunniatodai poeti, che roti la tua crestasopra l’aereo stollo del pollaioe come un finto gallo giri al vento;nunzio primaverile, upupa, comeper te il tempo s’arresta,non muore più il Febbraio,come tutto di fuori si protendeal muover del tuo capo,aligero folletto, e tu lo ignori” Eugenio Montale – “Ossi […]
N. Emilio Baldaccini
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The three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is a small fish made particularly famous by the studies that Niko Tinbergen carried out on it, so much so that it is considered a true icon of the behavioral sciences. Certainly, on the same level of Konrad Lorenz’s geese and Karl von Frisch’s bees, […]
The Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) is a small, plump, finely striped brown bird, with a proud and impertinent appearance that does not reach 10 centimeters in length. The short tail is constantly held up, helping to give it a vague brawler-like air. If its song is decidedly strong and melodious, with […]
Usually, the bird’s nest is a construction with specific characters aimed at reproductive behaviour. It is often found in the male’s territory and can thus be the center of its activities in every season. Other times it is something ephemeral, done just to lay eggs, hatch them and then leave […]
Eels grow in the fresh waters of rivers and lakes but reproduce in the oceans. Several species are known, all very similar to each other, both in the Atlantic and in the Pacific, capable of moving for thousands of kilometers, with migration systems that are among the most complex that […]