Lance-leafed coreopsis

Here they come!!

I am so jealous. Every year I pray for mantis babies.

Gabe was happy to help! 😄

Name use by companion parrots Humans organize social interactions in part by referring to others using proper names (hereafter “names”). Names might also facilitate the complex social lives of animals. Several animal species produ...

Gabe contributed to this study on name use by pet parrots. 😄 He likes to talk about our cat Murdoch and ask to see him.

Learning to conglobulate too, apparently. Look at that little day-old potato curling up just like a big boy!! 😭

It's baby season in the isopod colony and THEY'RE SO CUTE I'M GONNA DIE. They're the size of pinpricks and they curl up into perfect little poppyseeds and 😭

She'll grow much more slowly too, but I still have to keep a close eye on her.

Wisteria frutescens (the native species).

The native wisteria species (Wisteria frutescens). Aka "Amethyst Falls".

That's amazing.

... I knew it.

Wow, that's next level! I like it. What ended up being the ESS? :3

Frequency-dependent selection exercise?

And like a labrador puppy, it is also super cute!! 😭

Talk about caked up. 👀

Oh man, I've gotta stop doing that.

Yuss!! Finally! Thank you!

They always get him eventually.

Spider that looks like it is pretending to be an ant

Oh um also I have been meaning to ask you *timidly pulls out photo* is this an an't?

Yes. In the worms.

Diamond hole saw set

Freshly cut hole in granite countertop

Freshly installed faucet

Diamonds are a girl's best friend. 🙂🙂🙂💎

I was also blessed by this twin-flagged jumping spider.

Spider that looks like an ant

Did I find one? Did I finally find an an't?! (ant mimic spider)

Good job, little guys! (I get those in my yard too; I had no idea they were so useful!)

This is so beautiful.

A jar of tiny beetles in flour

I've adopted flour beetles (Tribolium confusum). They're a classic model system in ecology, so I couldn't resist. Now to design some lab experiments for the students...

Although if a wizard pops up named Ryan Lemon Alley, I WILL cry real millennial tears.

Scott Pilgrim No Clue GIF Alt: Scott Pilgrim No Clue GIF

Oh! This was the only one I couldn't figure out when I read the comic.

African grey parrot hangs upside down in cage and stares at camera.

"How bird doing?"
I don't know, Gabe, you tell me!! 😄

White-breasted nuthatch perched on a tree trunk.

A white-breasted nuthatch in the golden hour, looking more elegant than it has a right to.

An Italian cream cake.

Southern ladies know; it's all about that Italian cream cake life. 🍰