A Great Blue Heron stands at the edge of a canal, about 1/2 way up a bank, with the water behind and low blue-flowering Dowingia (I think) flowers at the top of the bank.

The Great Blue Heron is now at the top of the bank and bent over, stalking through the Dowingia flowers (hopefully) for gophers. In the background is a cluster of taller Alyssums.

Another view of the Great Blue Heron stalking for prey on dry land.

Took these shots this morning through a rather dirty bedroom window but didn't dare show myself outside. Times like this I'm always reminded just how lucky I am. This is in south central Oregon. Luckier still if he managed to catch a gopher. 📸🦉🌏

‘Women are not weak’: meet Malaysia’s female tiger rangers | CNN Two women from the indigenous Jahai people are re-writing centuries of gender norms to save one of Earth’s most endangered big cats.

On a trip with WWF Malaysia visiting innovative projects connecting sustainable production, habitat conservation, and tiger protection, in part thanks to the hard work of indigenous communities including two female tiger rangers.

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www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/w...

source: cuddeback - 📷 yank moore

NASA recently released a breathtaking image of Earth, as seen from Space.

Wow. More than 17,300 downloads in 2 weeks since publication:

Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

#overpopulation

A huge gray and black camouflaged moth sits on the dead trunk of a tree. It is larger than the handheld black and red sunglasses to which it is being compared.

Get a load of this moth the size of a hotdog bun, it's enormous!

This is apparently the adult of the famous witchetty grubs (multiple spp.) you probably learned are a component of Indigenous Australian bush tucker. #虫 🌎

Photo by Ben Parkhurst

Climate-Fueled Wildfires and Dust Storms Drove Up Air Pollution Around the World Last Year - Inside Climate News A new report shows air pollution threatens the majority of the world’s population, while information gaps increase the risks.

The report measured fine particulate matter (PM2.5), a mix of tiny particles of soot, smoke, and other substances that can infiltrate the lungs and bloodstream, causing harms from respiratory distress to premature death: insideclimatenews.org/news/2403202...? Report: www.iqair.com/world-air-qu.... 🌎

Great work! That can help us to measure the problematic invasive species.

La Naturaleza en los Videojuegos: Ghost of Tsushima YouTube video by Tremert

My first video talking about Enviroment design inside videogames through the eyes of a biologist. (If you are english speaker you can translate the subtitles). This is my first step into this project of explaining ecology through videogames.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2d9...

I appear in this photo

A view of Earth from the Artemis mission is a powerful reminder: this is the only known place in the universe where life like ours exists. 🌍

Protecting Earth isn’t about saving the planet, it will persist in some form — it’s about protecting, at least for now, the only home that sustains humanity.

The nature of business and the business of nature | AICD Climate change has been a focus of boardroom risk conversations for years. A landmark international report approved in Manchester in February 2026 highlights that nature loss is also emerging as a significant concern for organisations, and that the two issues are increasingly interconnected.

"Because all businesses depend on and impact biodiversity, they have a responsibility to act as agents of positive change."

This is one of the key messages of the IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report.

Explore why the "business of nature" is now everyone’s business: https://ow.ly/1qph50YvOvA

The same cassowary dad sculpture as the original post but now complete with a shiny layer of varnish.

The cassowary chick on its own in the palm of my hand, about the size of or an olive.

Different angle of cassowary dad.

Cassowary dad now glazed and glamorous.

🐦‍⬛El #CSIC abre al público 50 años de censos de aves acuáticas en #Doñana

💻La @ictsdonana.bsky.social ha presentado hoy un nuevo portal web que permite a cualquier persona consultar datos históricos

🔬Servirá para fines científicos, de gestión o divulgativos

👉 http://tiny.cc/vwv0101

Encontrar trabajo se me hace cuesta arriba, encontrar trabajo en biología o ecología, ni te cuento. Bom dia

The striped hyena is in decline. There are fewer than 10,000 left. “Yet it remains largely overlooked in global policy frameworks,” says WCS’s Sue Lieberman.

🌎 At #CMSCOP15, we are supporting a proposal for protections. bit.ly/4uPPUEC

🌎🦉🧪 Next up in our bird vocalization series: the Brown Creeper. These tiny tree-climbing #birds are year-round Bay Area residents and begin nesting in March, building hammock-shaped nests behind loose bark. Their song is often remembered with the mnemonic: “trees, trees, beautiful trees.”

And an otter

Illustration of a pair of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks sitting on a flowering apple branch.

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (Pheucticus ludovicianus). Illustration from my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds

Opinion: This Tiny Desert Owl Needs Our Protection Now The Trump administration’s anticipated proposals to weaken the Endangered Species Act by rolling back critical protective regulations could seal the fate for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl. This fie...

The Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl is just one of the incredible—and incredibly endangered—animals protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA). But Republicans' proposal to weaken the ESA by rolling back critical protective regulations could seal the owl's fate: defenders.org/blog/2026/01.... #birds

Aves costeras y perros NO deben mezclarse.
Entrevista en @lavanguardia.com acerca de las razones para no llevar a tu perro a playas naturales donde las mascotas no están autorizadas. www.lavanguardia.com/mascotas/202...

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This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity!

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OMG, he was totally dedicated on that!

Are you planning to install some kind of cage to prevent that, or is it not possible?

Proyecto microtei - Fundación Canarina

La Fundación Canarina financia el proyecto de investigación MIcrotei.  Pero ¿en que consiste este proyecto de investigación que comenzó en 2022 y que llega a su fin este 20 de marzo con la presentación de los resultados finales?  https://fundacioncanarina.org/proyecto-microtei/
#microplásticos

Mi artículo sobre el impacto de las interacciones entre mascotas y fauna silvestre en @lavanguardia.com
www.lavanguardia.com/mascotas/202...
Republicado a partir del artículo original en @es.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/cuando-las-m...

We saw so many ragworms during fieldwork today, bright green for the breeding season! @animalsdoingstuff.bsky.social

Y en un mundo donde las ciudades siguen gentrificándose y la naturaleza solo la conocemos a través de las pantallas o los zoos, es de vital importancia que entendamos los tiempos, los ecosistemas, los seres vivos de una manera clara que nos permita cuidar y no pensar simplemente de forma extractiva.

No todos los juegos tienen que ser un pozo de enseñanza, pero los que se valen de la naturaleza como un recurso (Y sí, solo lo hacen como recurso). Enseñan al jugador de un modo antropocéntrico que todo lo que observamos y todo con lo que interactuamos tiene una función.

Los videojuegos son una gran herramienta de educación, tanto activa (con la dinámica de acción/reacción que plantean) como pasiva (simplemente incluyendo dinámicas en el comportamiento del jugador que pueden trasladar al día a día). ¿Podrían servir para explicar ecología? Sí ¿Lo hacen? No, o muy mal