The natural instinct to clean a loved one’s fur. And little Punch cleans his teddy.

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Heartwarming story of Chucky, a senior dog, who found is forever home. His smile is to die for. 🥰

A photo of a black standard poodle sitting at attention in front of a television showing a baseball game.

A photo of a black standard poodle sitting at attention in front of a television showing a sci-fi show featuring a spacecraft.

We have learned that our new rescue dog Kosmo enjoys both sports and science fiction ⚾️🚀

A quite grumpy looking toad, brown in color with lighter colored sides, covered in dark brown splotches! Their back is covered in lots of warty bumps, and they have very large parotoid glands! They appear to be contemplating a nearby concrete step!

Our friend the Rocky Mountain Toad lives in many areas of the Western United States and northern Mexico! They are a very common subspecies of the Woodhouse's Toad and are sometimes called the Western Woodhouse's Toad! (photo by John Sullivan)

Close up of an alligator snout

"You'd be so pretty if you smiled"

Me:

A male tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)

Tufted duck in the spring sunshine.

#birds #photography

TO A LAND UNKNOWN Trailer German Deutsch (2025) UT YouTube video by KinoCheck Indie

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The surprisingly big health benefits of just a little exercise Nature - ‘Exercise snacks’ and other forms of everyday movement can greatly reduce the risk of heart disease and death.

How much exercise do you actually need?

go.nature.com/49Mi2ju

Painting of a crowd of stylised figures skating on a lake

Skating in the Bois de Boulogne, 1913 by Swiss artist Alice Bailly #womensart

Wer fliegt denn da?
Crows and what else?
#wildlife #birds #crows #vögel #krähen #bodensee

#silvester #konstanz #abendstimmung

Pepper, cabbage, mushroom and cucumber on a bright orange background with lettuce know written on the foreground.

"Lettuce" know! 🥬 We’re blooming with excitement to grow our database, but we need your help to make it even better.
Is there a specific plant, flower, or garden feature you’d love to see added? We are constantly updating our list to help your garden thrive. 🌻
Comment your requests below! 👇

Black and white illustration featuring two hippo like creatures, one sleeping the other watching next to an oil lamp in a semi dark interior

From Tove Jansson's book 'Moominland Midwinter'1957... Moomintroll, unlike his family who hibernate, decides to stay up through the harsh winter. It is a tale of endurance, acceptance and learning to live with the discomfort of uncertainty #womensart ❄️ #Midwinter

Their breakthrough marks the first demonstration of an #antimatter quantum bit and paves the way for substantially improved tests of nature’s fundamental symmetries.

Read more about this achievement:
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A yellow-green toad with large black splotches! They are covered in lots of warty bumps!

Our friend the Thick-skinned Harlequin Frog is a critically endangered toad who lives at high altitudes in the Andes mountains of Ecuador and Peru! They are also known as Schmidt's Stubfoot Toad, named after Eduard Oscar Schmidt, who first described them as a species in 1857! (photo by Jasmin Odar)

A Robin stands on a branch with its tail flicked high, feathers fanned out like it’s doing an exaggerated warm-up stretch before a big day. Its red orange chest is puffed proudly and its tiny feet are braced as if limbering up to be a festive icon.

Robins warming up for their festive shift...

It's 1st December!

#MondayMotivation

📷 Vicky Outen

Schwan füttert Fische Süßer geht’s kaum! Ein kleiner Schwan sorgt in China für großes Herzklopfen – weil er scheinbar Futter mit hungrigen Koi-Karpfen teilt.

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‘Teenage T. rex’ fossil is actually a different species Nature - The discovery of smaller predator Nanotyrannus could prompt a re-think of tyrannosaur evolution.

A fossil once assumed to be of a young Tyrannosaurus rex is in fact that of a different species altogether

go.nature.com/4nsFLJb

A James Webb Space Telescope image featuring a detailed view of the Cat's Paw Nebula, showcasing vibrant clouds of gas and dust in rich blues and oranges. Surrounding the nebula is a black border with the NASA logo at the top right, and the words “James Webb Space Telescope, Cat’s Paw Nebula at the bottom left. Along the bottom of the image are muted shades of blue, green, yellow and red.

CAT’S PAW ON YOUR WALL! Download and print a poster featuring an infrared image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula captured in 2025 by #NASAWebb. Perfect for posting at home, school, work, or around your neighborhood: https://go.nasa.gov/3IThBsS 🔭 🧪

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Where do great tits learn their tricks? Baby Big Birds Learn From Their Parents but With Only a Few Weeks' Nesting Time, Great Tit Chicks Need More Options

Where Do Great Tits Learn Their Tricks? - Science & Health www.haaretz.com/science-and-...

Tom Kimmerer (@tomkimmerer) Our Trees will feature mistletoe on Sunday and gibbons on Tuesday. Sunday Tree is about an important holiday plant, mistletoe. Mistletoe is common in the south, but we only notice it when the leaves ...

What do mistletoe and gibbons have in common? Both are featured in the coming week on Our Trees, mistletoe on Sunday, gibbons on Tuesday. Please join us then!

Dragonflies and Damselflies have been around for 300 Million years, they live up to 6 months & feed on mosquitos & other insects, keeping numbers in check. They are a good species to have around as they require clean water, indicating a good ecosystem & they do not bite or sting contrary to rumour.

Print featuring a wooded landscape with bare trees reflected in large puddles

Contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #WomensArt

Raccoon (Procyon lotor): A mother Raccoon takes care of her young, these mammals are native to North America and have a body length of 70cm (28in). Its greyish coat mostly consists of dense underfur which insulates it against cold weather. Photo taken by Casey Willis in Sebago, Maine, USA 🦝 #raccoon

Sounds interesting. Would love to see one day robots flocking endlessly adaptive like birds in the sky ;)

Ever feel like our culture has gone wrong? If so, we're maybe not alone. Check out this mind-bending story of the emergence of a behavioral tradition where capuchin monkeys abduct infant howler monkeys led by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social and @bjjbarrett.bsky.social of @livingingroups.bsky.social !

The Schwarzschild Solution On the Gravitational Field of a Mass Point according to Einstein’s Theory (1916)

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Quokka (Setonix brachyurus): 56cm (21in). This Australian mammal is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as kangaroos and wallabies), the quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal. #quokka #marsupial #macropod #nature #australia