Larval alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) feeding
A larval alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) eating a worm underwater, recorded using high-speed video.
Adult fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) feeding
An adult fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) eating a cricket, recorded using high-speed video.
Adult Lake Patzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii) eating a worm
An adult Lake Patzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii) eating a worm underwater, recorded using high-speed video.
Larval Macedonian crested newt (Triiturus macedonicus) feeding
A larval Macedonian crested newt (Triiturus macedonicus) swallows some food underwater, recorded using high-speed video.
Natural history collections: reference libraries of biodiversity
Natural history collections are vast repositories of biodiversity data. We share photos of a recent visit we made to a natural history museum to collect linear caliper measurements and other data from the specimens.