Meet baby Sophie from the Saint Louis Zoo.
Just three months old, this fluffy little Coquerel’s sifaka lemur spends her day riding piggyback on mom Almirena. She is still nursing, but is beginning to reach out and show some curiosity about the food her parents and brother Titus (age 15 months) enjoy. Watch Sophie and Mom interact.
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Archie the corpse flower’s blossom is dying in the UMSL greenhouse. But Betty, a companion corpse flower is growing fast, and should reach her spectacular and smelly full bloom in the not too distant future.
The corpse flower, titan arum, is the largest flower of its type in the world. Technically, it is an unbranched inflorescence, meaning that within the flower structure are many male and female flowers. Native to the equatorial rain forest of Sumatra, it is spectacular in all senses of the word.
Over 11,00 young robotics enthusiasts from 48 states and 29 countries converged on the Edward Jones Dome for 4 days of team competition and excitement at the International FIRST—For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology—championship last week. The event, sponsored by the Saint Louis Science Center and FIRST, includes challenges for teams from kindergarten through high school.
The Saint Louis area had 34 teams competing in the four categories, and came out with several winners. The Perpetual Chaos Team from St. Louis Gateway Tech earned the “Coopertition” award”, the iBrick First Lego League Team from St. Albans got the judges “Save the Day” award, and fourteen area Junior Lego League Teams won special recognition. Luther Banner, a junior from Hazelwood High School and member of their Robo Hawks team was one of only ten students awarded the “Dean’s List Award” for outstanding leadership.
Continue reading Robotics fans from around the world have field day at Edward Jones Dome
