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Web site of Jay Matternes, Artist naturalist.

Working in watercolour, gouache and acrylics on either canvas or paper, Peter's work features in books such as "Prehistoric Animals of Australia", "A Gap in Nature", "Astonishing Animals", "Possums of the World", "Tree Kangaroos A Curious Natural History", and "Feathered Dinosaurs".

Different species often depend on one another. David Gonzales describes the remarkable relationship of the Clark's nutcracker and the whitebark pine, to illustrate the interdependency known as symbiosis.

Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavioral tests, on primates and other mammals, that show how many of these moral traits all of us share.

Bats have long suffered from an undeservedly bad reputation, stemming from largely unfounded fears. Rabies, for example, is often associated with bats, and yet, over 15 years in the U.S., an average of just two people per year died of bat-related rabies.

Professor John Bradshaw is holding out a clenched fist – you might see this as a novel way of greeting a stranger were it not that it is my dog, Lily, he is approaching.

In this video we catch up with Emma Hawkins, co-curator of the 2010 Hawkins Zoomorphic Collection exhibit in London. Put together in association with her father J.B. Hawkins, a 40-year-veteran of the antique industry, the collection contains over 200...

The United Nations Decade on Biodiversity has begun. The mission has been defined and targets established. The task is huge, however, and will require creative solutions from every possible angle.

Official website of illustrator Katie Scott.

Ontograph Studios provide video graphics, interactive exhibits, and illustration for museums, science centres and television. The studio specialises in natural history and palaeontology, and is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards in scientific accuracy.