Canada goslings on the march with Mum. #BirdOfTheDay #AdulsWithChicks #ECK

Diagram of a bumblebee, the bum is the bum, the rest is the blebee.

A handy guide to the anatomy of springtime garden friends.

A long-haired tabby with an impressively bushy tail lies on a rug on a stone patio. Her eyes are half closed-closed in contentment (and exhaustion as she was a new mother).

Two itty-bitty kittens sit on a towel. The one on the left is gray. The one on the right is darker and looks likely to be tabby like mom.

It’s #Caturday! This is Daisy. She was a stray who had kittens (Oswald and Weenie) in the wood nook on our patio. We weren’t in a position to keep them, so we got them to a safe place where they later secured good homes. #RescueCat #cat #photography #ECK

Two black, yellow, and white striped Monarch caterpillars, one about twice the size of the other, munching on narrow leaf milkweed.

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Impossibly adorable

Get To Know Wood Frogs! YouTube video by Get To Know Nature

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH! Two minutes of Wood Frogs being awesome in my yard

#herps 🌿

The unique undersea tunnels that link the Faroe Islands | BBC Global YouTube video by BBC Global

This is absolutely wild youtu.be/laOEyd4vYBY?...

Two dogs. The large black dog is looking up at the photographer. He is begging for someone to save him from the small brown kelpie which is smooching the side of his mouth.

Sandy face kelpie kisses. There is no escape. #dogs #doggo #dogsofbluesky

A world in bloom: Spring flowers unfold from Tokyo to Mexico, in photos From soft peach to vivid pink and purple blooms, spring arrives in a burst of color across the Northern Hemisphere. In Washington, D.C. and Tokyo, streets and parks are awash in a sea of cherry blosso...

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Whale stranded off Germany swims to freedom after days of efforts to save it Rescuers used boats and excavators to try to guide 10-metre long sea mammal to deeper waters

Yay! I love a happy ending! 🐋

The Search for the Perfect Snail Snack - bioGraphic Hawai‘i’s depleted land snails are eking out an existence in human care. Giving them a brighter future means figuring out what they actually want to eat.

The Search for the Perfect Snail Snack

Hawai‘i’s depleted land snails are eking out an existence in human care. Giving them a brighter future means figuring out what they actually want to eat.

www.biographic.com/the-search-f...

Squirrels don’t settle – they work hard for better rewards Squirrels often choose better food even when it takes more effort showing smart decision-making in the wild.

Squirrels don’t settle – they work hard for better rewards #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

Male Anna’s hummingbird reaching up to probe pendant orange aloe flowers

A small flying jewel, the Anna’s hummingbird, visiting a coral aloe for #SmallBirdSaturday organized by @javajanegallery.co.uk

#birds #hummingbirds #nature #naturephotography #photography #stunday #ECK

Rehabilitated orangutan gave birth to seventh child in Indonesia's Mt. Leuser national park JAKARTA: A 38-year-old female Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) named Pesek gave birth to her seventh child in Mount Leuser National Park (TNGL) in North Sumatra on Tuesday (March 24), marking a major...

Good news for orangutans in Sumatra!

www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/as...

#MayorsMonarchPledge signatories across the country, like Lamoine, #Maine, have been planting and maintaining monarch gardens with native milkweed and nectar plants at town halls and other local locations. Act for monarchs 🦋 https://www.nwf.org/monarchaction
📸Larissa Thomas, Lamoine, ME

Bearded sakis (Chiropotes chiropotes) are native to Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Primarily fruit-eaters. Their range is in one of the most well-preserved and pristine regions of the Amazon, where human populations are low and no near-term development projects are planned.

Polar Bear Biology and Genetics | Polar Bears International Polar bears' large body size, white fur, hooked claws, and small ears are all defining features of a predator that is highly adapted to the Arctic environment. But how did these features evolve? In short, it all comes down to genetics

Polar bears are universally recognized the world over. Their large body size, white fur, hooked claws, and small ears are all defining features of a predator that is highly adapted to the Arctic environment. But how did these features evolve? Learn more: pbears.org/3TVwduB

The underestimated #Borneo Bearded Pig 🐗🫶😍 is a timeless forest gardener and protector of ecosystems in 🇮🇩🇲🇾 Hunting and #palmoil #deforestation are major threats. Help them each time you shop #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🩸🔥⛔️ @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/14/b...

Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍

Rear Window (1954)

By Jonathan Burton

What to read this week: the persuasive How Flowers Made Our World We shouldn't dismiss flowers as merely ornamental – these blooms are world-changers, argues a vivid new book by David George Haskell. Michael Marshall is mostly convinced

We shouldn't dismiss flowers as merely ornamental – these blooms are world-changers, argues a vivid new book by David George Haskell. Michael Marshall is mostly convinced

a close up of a dog 's face with a blue collar ALT: a close up of a dog 's face with a blue collar

#LastThingToday #DailyCuteAnimal #DogsOfBluesky #WoofWoofAndMoreWoof #GoodNightBluesky 😍🐕💚

The Lehringen Spear, Revisited New analysis of a 125,000-year-old Neanderthal site in Germany settles old doubts about elephant hunting and reveals a far more versatile predator than the record suggested

New zooarchaeological analysis of the 125,000-year-old Lehringen site confirms Neanderthals hunted a straight-tusked elephant with a wooden spear and butchered bear, beaver, and aurochs at the same lakeshore. #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #Zooarchaeology www.anthropology.net/p/the-lehrin...

Your cat is likely to live longer if you don’t let them roam – new study It’s not just wildlife that gets killed. Cats come off worse in road traffic accidents and fights when they roam.

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Charlie lived through abuse and neglect, but made it out thanks to people who cared—and lived her life in freedom at Woodstock Farm Sanctuary thanks to you. 🐽

240-Million-Year-Old Coelacanth May Have Used Lungs to Hear Underwater Learn how fossils and high-resolution imaging revealed that some Triassic fish may have used a lung-like organ to detect sound underwater — and what that suggests about early vertebrate senses.

240-Million-Year-Old Coelacanth May Have Used Lungs to Hear Underwater www.discovermagazine.com/240-million-...

Sokakta yürüyüş yolumda rastladıklarım... 😺

Lazy office boy 😽💤

#Blueskyねこ部 #cats #cat #caturday #catsky #catsofbluesky #kittens #catpics #catlover #photography #nature

Stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides) reside in South and Southeast Asia. True to their names, their tails are short. Their faces grow redder with age, and both males and females exhibit hair loss, like male pattern baldness in humans. Threatened by habitat loss and hunting. Vulnerable.

Tippy toes - A #Klipspringer is a small #antelope and has feet like goats. They prefer rocky terrains.
#wildlife #nature #africanwildlife #photography #canon #kruger #africa #OreotragusOreotragus #wildlifephotography #photographersofbluesky #krugersightings
📍 #KrugerNationalPark #SouthAfrica

The largest #bat 🦇🌎 in the world has a 1.7m wingspan, hangs out in S.E. #Asia’s #forests, the Malayan Flying Fox is #endangered by #palmoil 🌴🔥#deforestation #Boycottpalmoil 🌴💩🧐 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-9Zm

A fluffy grey and white 4mo kitten rests in a pile of colorful pillows with his front leg extended. He’s looking up at the camera with bright green-gold eyes. His left eye is a bit weepy and stains his fur. The photo is zoomed in so slightly blurry, almost looks like a watercolor painting! Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org

Maximum Derek and his ear tufts wish you a Happy #Friyay! 😻

In Laos, ancestral spirits are helping save one of the world’s rarest crocodiles When village conservation teams find a Siamese crocodile nest in the Xe Champhone wetlands of central Laos, they move fast, collecting eggs within 24 hours before poachers, predators or floods can…

Fewer than 1,000 Siamese crocodiles remain on 🌏️ .

In the Xe Champhone wetlands in Laos, a decade-long effort is restoring this rare species by honoring the community's spiritual ties to the animals. With 294 crocodiles released to date, the "gentle giants" are making a comeback.

By Liz Kimbrough.