How to feed your garden birds without spreading disease Summer feeding should be paused because this is a time when natural food sources such as caterpillars, bugs and flies, are much more abundant.

Summer feeding should be paused because this is a time when natural food sources such as caterpillars, bugs and flies, are much more abundant.

A European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) wearing a pair of red and blue 3D glasses. They look cool as fuck. Their arms are reaching out and they have a sandy striped pattern

A European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) wearing a pair of red and blue 3D glasses swimming just above the ground. They look very cool. They have a yellow sandy beige colour.

A European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) wearing a pair of red and blue 3D glasses sitting on the ground. Their two centre arms are raised and reaching back while the other limbs rest on the ground. They have a grey colour with brown spots. They look extremely cool.

A European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) wearing a pair of red and blue 3D glasses reaching for a projection of a shrimp. They look pretty cool. They have a sandy brown colour.

In 2019, scientists velcro'd 3D glasses to European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

They didn't do this just to make them look cool as fuck, but in order to study their vision. Using a 3D theatre made for the cuttlefish, they were able to test if cuttlefish have stereo vision (they do!)

Most of all, it’s a testament to the resilience and determination of the Hungarian people — and a reminder to all of us to keep striving for fairness, equality and the rule of law.

a close up of a planet with a shadow of a plane on it . Alt: Europa Clipper, a small spacecraft with protruding solar panels, moves above Europa, a pale golden-brown moon with criscsrossing lines.

A few things to look forward to after Artemis II:

Artemis III lander test in orbit: currently '27
Artemis IV and V moon landings: currently '28

Spaceport Nova Scotia: '28

And maybe most exciting of the lot, Europa Clipper.
Dec '26: Earth flyby
Apr '30: Jupiter orbit
'31-'34: EUROPA!

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

A whale that lives for over 200 years and almost never gets cancer. How?

A recent study published in Nature found something unexpected. Bowhead whale cells actually need fewer mutations than human cells to turn cancerous. They're not better protected from damage - they're better at cleaning it up.

Our Chair Mike Galsworthy lays it out, leaving the ECHR would not “stop the boats”, it would cut off the data sharing that tracks criminals across Europe, from fingerprints to flight logs, and risk turning Britain into a blind spot for serious crime.

Did BBC radio 4 #Today programme really just do a whole package about drilling in the N Sea without once even mentioning #climate change? And not having anyone challenging the one-sided claims of former BP boss? So irresponsible #bbcr4today

Historical black-and-white illustration from 1790 titled "Indian zoology" showing two fish species: on the left, a tiger shark with a long, slender body marked by distinct dark and light bands resembling tiger stripes; on the right, a Zeylon wrasse with an elongated oval body covered in fine lines and a rounded tail. Both fish are rendered in detailed line engraving against a plain background with their names labeled vertically beside each.

🐯 Indian zoology..
London: Printed by Henry Hughs, for Robert Faulder, 1790..

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My Garden of a Thousand Bees Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn is bee obsessed. He has found over 60 species in his Bristol garden and sets out to film them, with mind-blowing results.

Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn is bee obsessed. He has found over 60 species in his Bristol garden, from giant bumblebees to scissor bees the size of a mosquito, which he films with mind-blowing results.

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Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets

VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England.

I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/

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Beauty Spot on Wing of Teal Drake, Leaves of Leeks in Winter, Nonpareil Apple from the Wall -- What's your Werner Green colour today? Follow the link in our bio to see more of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours in our Digitised Special Collections. #NatureInArt

Introduce Proportional Representation now, for the love of god

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Floreana giant tortoise reintroduced to Galápagos island after almost 200 years Subspecies driven to extinction by hungry whalers returns after ‘back breeding’ programme using partial descendants

#GoodNews on #Biodiversity, because we all need some

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Illustration from 1902 showing eight different fish species and two seahorses, each numbered for identification. The fish vary in shape and texture, including rounded, inflated bodies and elongated, slender ones. The seahorses are depicted with detailed curled tails, horse-like heads, and segmented bodies. Notable features include spiny or smooth textures, fins in various positions, and distinctive snouts on some fish. The image combines flat and raised body forms with subtle color shading in browns, greens, and yellows, capturing naturalistic details for species recognition in a historical scientific context.

🦄 Our country's fishes and how to know them
London: Simpkin, Hamilton, Kent & Co., [1902]

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Historical scientific illustration titled "G. Calmarét (Loligopsis) Pl. III" from 1835, depicting detailed anatomical views of a squid-like cephalopod. The image shows two full-body ventral views with tentacles and fins, and multiple labeled close-ups of internal organs and structures including the nervous system, reproductive organs, and glandular formations. The illustration emphasizes the squid’s complex anatomy with fine line work and stippling, featuring symmetrical layouts and separate botanical-like diagrams of small associated structures. The paper shows age spots and foxing typical of 19th-century prints. The species name at bottom is "L. guirata, Grant."

🐌 Histoire naturelle: Paris: Impr. de A. Lacour, 1835.

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Marine biologists discover 28 new deep sea species—and an old VHS tape The level of ocean biodiversity near Argentina staggered researchers.

Let's not trash the deep sea before we've done more than glimpse its wonders. (Even though we're already polluting it.)

#NoDeepSeaMining

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Illustration of three vibrantly colored, imaginary fish from an 18th-century book. The largest fish on the right features vertical black and white stripes, a green spotted tail, and multicolored fins and mouth with an open jaw displaying teeth. The upper left fish has a blue body with diagonal black stripes, a red heart shape on its side, pink and yellow-tipped fins, and a red and yellow face. The bottom left fish is brown with a yellow tail, green-striped fins, and a head with exaggerated pink and orange features. The artistic style is detailed but fantastical, combining natural elements with imaginative shapes and colors.

🦄 Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires, .
A Amsterdam, Chez Reinier & Josué Ottens, 1754..

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Ice age Europeans imported tools from distant lands, perhaps as souvenirs Mementos may have reinforced vast social networks during turbulent times

For the 1st time, archaeologists have direct proof of far-flung social networks during the last Ice Age. “In times of climate crisis, cooperation—not conflict—was a successful strategy,” says @cnrs.fr's @solangerigaud.bsky.social. “It’s good to recall that as a lesson from our past.” 🏺 @science.org

The aurora tonight from Fairbanks, Alaska filmed in real-time (not sped up). Insane show!

a stuffed penguin with a pink nose is standing on a white surface . Alt: Pingu sliding on ice and nooting.

Good morning. It's Penguin Awareness Day. Please be extra aware of penguins. Or else.

Pesticides may drastically shorten fish lifespans, study finds Even low levels of widely used agricultural chemicals were linked to accelerated ageing, research suggests

#OneHealth - on this #PoisonedPlanet, the costs are mounting

#Pesticides #PlanetaryBoundaries
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Giant hermit crab rocked up wearing a very stylish queen conch shell this morning 👑🐚🦀💪 #gianthermitcrab #hermitcrab #coolcrab #queenconch #shell #diogenes #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

4 valentines in a grid, a pelican eel with the words "You make my jaw drop", an anglerfish that says "You're my light in the darkness", a grimalditeuthis that says "I find you a LURE ing" and two octopuses and a snailfish on the skeleton of a whale that says "I've Whale Fallen for you" lmao. The octopuses are making a heart with their arms together.

Everything is really scary and horrible, and on the utter flipside, we made these really adorable valentines.

The dissonance of seeing horror, then posting "hey buy some cute valentines" is making me feel loopy.

But also nice things persist despite terror? Ugh idk.

Get 'em at SquidFacts.net

The recent @yougov.co.uk survey that showed all parties with less than 25% support is proof enough that our antiquated electoral system needs replacing

We will never be able to get a representative government while we cling onto this relic

PR is the only way

You don’t need a brain to benefit from a good night of sleep. Despite lacking a central nervous system, jellyfish and sea anemones have sleep patterns remarkably similar to those of humans, researchers report.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/3NgeAEQ

Edinburgh illustration from historical archives

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ichthyology
Edinburgh, etc.: W.H. Lizars, etc., 1852-1854.

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Illustration from 1912 showing various cephalopods and detailed views of their tentacles and suckers. The image includes multiple species arranged in rows, each with elongated bodies and numerous long, slender arms radiating outward. Some tentacles are shown separately to highlight the suction cups' structure. The cephalopods vary in size and shape but consistently display a tapered body ending in a fin-like structure. The illustration is monochrome, finely detailed, and labeled with numbers corresponding to individual specimens or parts. It serves as a scientific reference for cephalopod anatomy from the Plankton-Expedition.

🐌 Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition
Kiel: Lipsius & Tischer, 1912.

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A woodland scene with some bare trees, green grass, orange ferns, and some reflections of the tree trunks in a puddle.

Candlesnuff fungi

A little cluster of tiny mushrooms, one with a bug on it.

The sun seen through some dried red ferns

Back in the woods again! Still some mushrooms around (not many!) and lots of red ferns.

#Autumn #AutumnColours #Hockeridge

I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer

"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."

My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.

Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.

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