Pondweed needed for a practical class this morning came with a stowaway - one very green damselfly nymph!

A painting of a curious squid by Paul Kidby

The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.

Excited to have a ground beetle project @carabidaeuk.bsky.social open for applications in @crocus-dla.bsky.social. Nice mix of analysing long-term data, fieldwork and time at @forestresearchuk.bsky.social, assessing trends in woodland carabids. Please share!

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Them: You have too many books

Me:

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Timelapse ✍️

Several goats climbing a fruit tree

The tree goats of Morocco have learnt to climb argan trees so they can eat their delicious fruit. (📷 Elena Tatiana Chis)

Happy to see the garden getting plenty of visitors! 🐝 And even happier to see a much higher abundance of butterflies this year in comparison to last

That's more bittern pics than I've ever taken so you've beaten me 🤷‍♀️

Cool find today of a stag beetle in a tree stump! @chrisfoster.bsky.social

Some insect finds during today's BioBlitz walk. 🪰

My window appears to be the ideal spot for snacking on and storing falafel 🤨

Secretary bird colorful sketch

An illustration of American kestrel

Sketch of an dancing Great Egret

3x Bird Sketches!
Always love the lifted mood when illustrating those beautiful animals🔥🔥

#birds #illustration #birdart #animal #animalart #wildlife #sketch #digitalart #secretarybird

Last month, beavers built several dams almost overnight in an area of the Czech Republic where the local authorities had been discussing a dam project for seven years. Having done so ‘without any project documentation and for free’, the beavers saved them about £1 million.

@grum61.bsky.social Of course I had to get some trilobite pics too!

Some fun specimens at the Glasgow Hunterian Museum!

#FlyFriday? Definitely gotta add this little dude I found on campus a few weeks back. He's definitely plotting something... 🤨