UK butterflies declining after 50 years of data Volunteers led by Dorset-based Butterfly Conservation have gathered more than 44m records.

UK butterflies declining after 50 years of data. Via @bbc #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature 🦋

Prehistoric “Vomit Fossil” Reveals Never-Before-Seen Flying Reptile A chance discovery inside a long-overlooked fossil has revealed an unexpected chapter in pterosaur evolution.

Prehistoric “Vomit Fossil” Reveals Never-Before-Seen Flying Reptile: A chance discovery inside a long-overlooked fossil has revealed an unexpected chapter in pterosaur evolution. scitechdaily.com/prehistoric-... #palaeontology #zoology #science #SciChat

A mother and baby sperm whale swimming together. Photo: Gabriel Barathieu, CC BY-SA 2.0 File: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mother_and_baby_sperm_whale.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

It’s #WhaleWednesday!

It turns out, Sperm Whale (Physeter macro­cephalus) communications closely resemble ours.

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Bird Feathers May Shed Heat Into Space, Engineers Explain Earth constantly loses heat through the atmosphere and into space, including countless plumes of energy that escape every day from an under-explored, possibly surprising source: birds.

Bird Feathers May Shed Heat Into Space, Engineers Explain. Via @sciencealert #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Ornithology 🪶

The Red Panda Problem Not Being Talked About Enough. Via @mndiaye_97 #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature

The First Asian Elephant Calf Is Born After a 25-Year Wait at the Smithsonian National Zoo Learn how Linh Mai, the first Asian elephant calf born at the Smithsonian in 25 years, is strengthening genetic diversity in an endangered species.

The First Asian Elephant Calf Is Born After a 25-Year Wait at the Smithsonian National Zoo. Via @discover.magazine #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature 🐘

Hopes more pine martens will be born in south-west England Conservation charity expects more kits to be born on Dartmoor and Exmoor.

Hopes more pine martens will be born in south-west England. Via @bbc #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature

The Worlds FASTEST Chicken. Via MoreParz #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Ornithology 🪶 #Australia 🇦🇺

The Animal That Shouldn't Exist: New Discoveries About Platypuses. Via @whatdamath #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature

he workflow for establishing a hybrid framework to estimate body mass in plesiosaurs. (A) Acquire data from fossil specimens (illustrated here using the modified image of Sachicasaurus vitae, Paramo-Fonseca, Benavides-Cabra & Gutierrez, 2018, CC BY 4.0). (B) Create lateral-view silhouettes of skeletal elements. (C) Estimate the dimensions of missing fossil elements through regression formulae and/or comparisons with closely related taxa. (D) Reconstruct the main body axis, including the dimensions and shape of the skull and vertebral column. (E) Reconstruct the ribcage in both lateral view and transverse cross-sections jointly, then restore the soft-tissue outlines of the main body axis and the flippers. (F) Estimate the body mass using the cross-sectional method (Zhao, 2024). (G) Establish body mass equations from the mass estimates of multiple species. Elements in this figure are not to scale. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21146/fig-1

Silhouettes of representative plesiosaur models from different clades, showing the reconstructed body outlines and transverse cross-sections. All models are scaled to the same length. (A) Thalassomedon haningtoni. (B) Aristonectes quiriquinensis. (C) Sachicasaurus vitae. (D) Liopleurodon ferox (E) Abyssosaurus nataliae. (F) Cryptoclidus eurymerus. (G) Martinectes bonneri. (H) Polycotylus latipinnis. (I) Meyerasaurus victor. (J) Macroplata tenuiceps. (K) Seeleyosaurus guilelmiimperatoris. (L) Microcleidus tournemirensis. (M) Nichollssaura borealis. (N) Brancasaurus brancai. (O) Plesiopterys wildi. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21146/fig-4

Representative plesiosaur reconstructions created in this study. (A) Kronosaurus queenslandicus. (B) Albertonectes vanderveldei. (C) Aristonectes quiriquinensis. (D) Plesiopterys wildi. (E) Brancasaurus brancai. (F) Liopleurodon ferox. (G) Seeleyosaurus guilelmiimperatoris. (H) Meyerasaurus victor. (I) Cryptoclidus eurymerus. (J) Mauriciosaurus fernandezi. All limbs are vertically oriented for display. The dorsal ribs in these skeletal reconstructions have been aesthetically refined and thus differ from the initial versions used to infer ribcage cross-sections. Scale bar equals 1 m. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21146/fig-5

Scatter plot and regression models of the pruned skull-neck dataset. The red curve, green dashed line, and the blue dotted line represent the nonlinear regression model based on a log–logistic (LL) function, the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) model, and the Phylogenetic Generalized Least Squares (PGLS) model, respectively. Lower values of sample-size corrected Akaike Information Criterion (AICc) and mean per cent prediction error (∣%PE∣) represent better model performance. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21146/fig-8

#Body reconstruction and #size estimation of #plesiosaurs by Ruizhe Jackevan Zhao: peerj.com/articles/21146 in @peerj.bsky.social relevant to #EvolutionaryStudies #MathematicalBiology #Paleontology #Zoology

Government backs permanent return of golden eagles to England The birds could be reintroduced as early as next year following a £1m injection from the government.

Government backs permanent return of golden eagles to England. Via @bbc #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Ornithology 🪶

Pencil sketch of the American dipper, Cinclus mexicanus

Drew my favorite non-raptor bird because I was kind of stressed and birds always make me feel better. Props if you can recognize this species--if you can't, it's in the alt text 🩶
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Plate of cephalopod by Vérany

Histioteuthis bonelliana (1851) by Jean Baptiste Vérany, from Mollusques méditeranéens.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

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Giant Otter Gives Birth to Triplets at Chester Zoo — A Rare Success for the Endangered Species Learn how the birth of three giant otter pups at Chester Zoo could support conservation efforts for one of the world’s most endangered freshwater predators, with fewer than 5,000 left in the wild.

Giant Otter Gives Birth to Triplets at Chester Zoo — A Rare Success for the Endangered Species. Via @discover.magazine #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature

Emperor Penguins Added to IUCN Red List — Their Population Could Drop 50 Percent by 2080 Learn how the IUCN added emperor penguins to the Red List as climate change drives sea ice loss and could cut their population in half by 2080.

Emperor Penguins Added to IUCN Red List — Their Population Could Drop 50 Percent by 2080. Via @discover.magazine #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Ornithology 🐧

Want to help garden birds? Don't feed them in warmer months, says RSPB The UK's largest bird charity has issued new guidance advising people to stop using feeders to help wildlife thrive.

Want to help garden birds? Don't feed them in warmer months, says RSPB. Via @bbc #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Ornithology 🪶

X-ray image of a stickleback fish skeleton highlighting three decades of research in the Canadian Journal of Zoology.

Sticklebacks have taught us how evolution works in real time. The Canadian Journal of Zoology invites papers for a collection marking three decades of stickleback research.

Deadline: May 31, 2026 🐟▶️ https://ow.ly/y0ic50YpIqu

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Aoshima: Japan's tiny 'Cat Island' where felines hugely outnumber humans Once a thriving sardine fishing island, today Aoshima is home to roughly 80 cats and just a handful of people who look after the felines with the help of food donations from around Japan.

Aoshima: #Japan's 🇯🇵 tiny 'Cat Island' where felines hugely outnumber humans. Via @live_science #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature

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A new platypus mystery … hollow hairs like bird feathers!

Researchers have discovered that this egg-laying mammal, new platypus, has a microscopic feature in its hair never seen before in mammals. feathers! earthsky.org/earth/platyp... #biology #zoology #science #SciChat

Scientists Announce The First Clear Evidence of a Chimpanzee 'Civil War' Deep in the rainforests of Uganda, scientists have watched the largest known group of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) turn on each other, as if engaging in a 'civil war'.

Scientists Announce The First Clear Evidence of a Chimpanzee 'Civil War'. Via @sciencealert #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature 🐒

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Town keeps museum supplied with koalas for the freezer Most people usually drive past animals killed on the road, but in Armidale, they stop, bag them up, and drop them off at the local museum.  #libraries #museums #galleries #zoology #animals #universities #scientific #research #higher #education

Most people usually drive past animals killed on the road, but in Armidale, they stop, bag them up, and drop them off at the local museum.  #libraries #museums #galleries #zoology #animals #universities #scientific #research #higher #education

How the wildlife trade boosts the chance of a disease jumping from animals to humans Decades of data reveal that animals involved in the wildlife trade—from pet sales to meat markets to illegal poaching—are much more likely to carry pathogens that can infect humans

How the wildlife trade boosts the chance of a disease jumping from animals to humans. Via @scientific_american #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature

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Scientists stunned as chimpanzees turn on friends in killing spree -

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RSPB Lakenheath Fen helping restore UK crane population The site is home to three breeding pairs and has welcomed 26 chicks since 2007.

RSPB Lakenheath Fen helping restore #UK 🇬🇧 crane population. Via @bbc #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature

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