A grey and white staffy mix dog gazes out a window. She is in full sun with criss cross shadows falling over her.

Baked potato pup season is upon us. #dogsofbluesky

Pollinators who aren't insects (like the honey possum!)

Grateful to have been a part of this @pbs.org doc, Coyote Crossing, premiering April 20 at 7pm on PBS SoCal and the PBS TV app. ✨🐾👣

#Coyote #coexistence is already happening. Join us on a rich journey describing coyote relationships with people from past to present.

Print featuring a hare running left in front of a golden sun

Artwork by contemporary printmaker Diana Catchpole #WomensArt

A black and white archive photograph of a cat sitting on a cannon and arching his back. A dog is sitting right in front of the cannon.

It's Saturday but it's also #RespectYourCatDay so if you're ever sitting in front of a cannon with a cat near the firing mechanism then you better make sure you show it some respect. #Caturday

A real life Tom & Jerry cartoon from our Photographic Archive.

An opening from a medieval manuscript of Peraldus' Theological miscellany, showing illustrations of dragons and serpents.

How to Train Your Dragon 🐉🐉

Peraldus' Theological Miscellany, 1236-c.1250 (Harley MS 3244, f. 59r)

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Ink painting on white bg. A few pink tulips bunched up. At the bottom right an even smaller pink pig bunny (dwaekki) in a green scarf holds a paintbrush, implying that he painted this. Jiniret must be a great teacher.

A small fennec fox curled up asleep clutching their tail. A big purple iris droops over them from the left creating some shade.

White ferret is carrying a few orange ranunculus in his mouth walking towards the left. He is pretty long, but they are longer and the stems drag on the ground.

A few more minuscule skzoos. 🌷

@asmeesh.bsky.social

#MightyMustelids #mammalogy

Painting title: A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society. Painting of a dog. Birds and sea in the far background.

'A snarl! A scruffle round the room!
A sense that Death is drawing near!'
-To a Lady with an Unruly and Ill-mannered Dog Who Bit several Persons of Importance, Sir Walter Raleigh.

@signemaene.com and unruly dogs everywhere welcome you to #BookWormSat.

🎨Edwin Landseer

A grey and white dog licks whipped cream from a pup cup held by an offscreen person. She is focused on her task!

Happy Gotcha Day to Bella! We adopted this good girl five years ago. A pup cup for our sweetie!

A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines

It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

A loon carrying three babies on its back, credit to wildlife photographer Ricky Roman of Minnesota

Minnesota, my home, is carrying a heavy burden right now.

Being kind is not being weak. The strength to care for others, to love and protect our neighbors, to be a shield and not a sword, to be warmth in the cold is true Minnesota nice.

(Photo by local photographer Ricky Roman, MN)

Carpet Shark!

Gorgeous!

A Christmas Miracle A Christmas Miracle

Nice news from Zealandia. #Takahe

Scotland is rich in folklore, where even our trees are part of myths and legends! 🌳

The rowan tree was often planted at doorways as protection against enchantments. Ancient Druids considered it sacred, using its wood and berries for rituals and ceremonies. ✨

#NationalTreeWeek

Happy Winter Solstice! May you slumber in a pile of your friends and family underground for the next 5 months until there is real light in the sky and grass in the mountains.

Or not. You’re not a marmot, and you might want to consider different life choices. Up to you.

A photo of two tiny ceramic ermines. One is sitting calmly and the other is standing with its tail upright and back arched.

A pair of extra tiny ermines will be in this shop update! These two were super fun to make, but I might make them a little bigger next time. They will be available this Friday, November 21st at 8pm Eastern time.

Marvelous mustelids!

Close up of a sleeping grey pittie/staffie mix nestled in a blanket. She is cozy and softly snoring.

Bella is sharing a blanket on the couch with me. I love her puppy snores.

A table of fresh screen printed artwork of an opossum walking across a fence at night. A rabbit and luna moth are in the yard below.

We just finished printing some creatures of the night on this Halloween... 🎨🐡

I have eaten
the figs
that were on
the fig tree

and which
you would've probably
given
me anyway 🥺

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so sweet
🍈

✍️ William Carlos Williams
🦇 Peter's tent-making bat
📸 Norbert Wu, Minden Pictures

A little modern coffee window, with red wood frame, and lighter wood counter, window, and stools. Inside a dark brown sheltie works a bright blue espresso machine. She's holding the portafilter willed with ground coffee in her mouth. Outside the window, a lighter brown sheltie in a blue apron holds a plate with a croissant in her mouth (amazing self control), offering it to a french bulldog patron. Foliage is reflected in the windows, and casts light blue shadows on the wall. To the left is a potted lacy tree philodendron on top of a cinder block.

Doggust 31: Shelties. Summer Cafe. 🌻🥐
#doggust #doggust2025

Sketched as if the bats are three scoop of ice cream in a waffle come, in a digital colour pencil style

#fatbatfriday with three sweet scoops of microbats - aiming for that Neapolitan look with a Honduran white, Chocolate wattled, & Eastern red bat in a waffle cone (stacked by average max weights).
If you need the reminder: have a drink of water, have a snack, and take a long, slow & deep breath in.

I first misread the name as “Serotonin bat”—which still works since seeing her makes you feel happy. 🦇

I had to look up the penultimate ingredient to be sure you weren’t going all “Double, double toil and trouble” with this brew.

Take a break. Enjoy the sunshine with the flowers and the bees. #calm #pollinators #garden

May your coffee be strong and your Monday as productive as our #HeroRATs! Here's to starting the week with purpose and positivity. ☕🐭

#MondayMotivation #AfricanGiantPouchedRats #PositiveVibes #APOPO

A curious river otter pokes its head out of the water to check out the kayaker behind the camera.

One of my river otter escorts from the other evening on the kayak. They're always so curious, but I'm glad we manage to keep a safe distance between each other. Taken with a long lens. 🌿🦊