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📷 Bull elk, resting at the base of Kituwah Mound at dusk, July 14th.

#FediversalPictures #Kituwah #Nature

an elk with large antlers is lying on green grass in a clearing. the ground rises slightly into an rounded mound in front of them with a forest of dense trees in the background.
#nature #fediversalpictures #kituwah

🧬 A marine alga just rewrote biology's textbook rule

For decades, students learned only bacteria can fix nitrogen from the air. In 2024, scientists found a tiny ocean alga has a real organelle - the "nitroplast" - that does it too. Only the 4th organelle born from endosymbiosis in 4 billion years of life.

news.ucsc.edu/2024/04/nitrogen…

#science #biology #nature


Scientists discover first nitrogen-fixing organelle - News

In two recent papers, an international team led by UC Santa Cruz scientists describe the first known nitrogen-fixing organelle within a eukaryotic cell.
Erin Malsbury (News)
#nature #science #Biology

A global science project is asking volunteers to search Arctic satellite images for the animals, which are threatened by climate change.

yaleclimateconnections.org/202…

#Environment #Climate #Science #Yale #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis #Nature


You can help scientists study walruses

YCC Team (Yale Climate Connections)
#Environment #nature #science #climate #climatecrisis #ClimateDiary #yale

Grassamenstände in Sommersonne.

#photography #nature #AltGlas

Etliche gold angestrahlte Grassamenstände, gebeutelt von Trockenheit. Vordergrund einzelne scharf.
#photography #nature #altglas

🌱Je suis très contente : j'avais planté des noyaux de dattes il y a deux mois et maintenant quatre petits palmiers dattiers commencent à pousser 🌴
🌱I'm very pleased: I planted some date pits two months ago and now four little date palms are starting to grow🌴

#maphoto #myphoto #gardening #jardinage #nature

#myphoto #nature #gardening #maphoto #jardinage

Au premier degré...
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#deuxsevres #nature #philb_gatine 9258
#nature #deuxsèvres #philb_gatine

It's #MountainMonday lets celebrate #Yukon today!

On this multi-day backpacking trip we had maybe 6hrs of sunlight over a full week as the late summer storms hit us every day. This was one of the fleeting moments of brilliant light that pierced through the rain clouds. An absolutely breathtaking moment.

#landscapephotography #lpw #naturephotography #nature #mountains #canadianphotographer

A dense foreground of low tundra shrubs in yellow and green autumn colour sweeps toward a dramatic wall of dark, jagged peaks under a turbulent storm sky, with shafts of light breaking through the cloud cover and illuminating sections of the rock faces and the valley between the summits. A massive sheer cliff face dominates the left side of the frame, while rain or mist visibly falls through the gap between the peaks in the middle distance.
#nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #mountains #mountainmonday #LPW #yukon #canadianphotographer

≪ "Plüschmors" auf Flockenblume ≫


_(Bildbeschreibung: Eine Hummel sitzt auf einer violetten Flockenblume.)_

#photography #fotografie #foto #photo #postprocessed #myphoto #mywork #ownwork #nature #natur #umwelt

#photo #mywork #photography #myphoto #nature #foto #fotografie #Natur #Umwelt #postprocessed #ownwork

Fjaðrárgljúfur, a massive, steep-walled canyon located in South Iceland. It was carved out roughly 9,000 years ago during the last Ice Age as glacial meltwater eroded the soft volcanic bedrock. #geography #geology #nature #photo #moss
The moss covered Fjaðrárgljúfur, a massive, steep-walled canyon located in South Iceland. It was carved out roughly 9,000 years ago during the last Ice Age as glacial meltwater eroded the soft volcanic bedrock.
#photo #nature #moss #geology #geography

Je découvre qu'il y a un observatoire des vers luisants et des lucioles, où on peut signaler qu'on a vu un insecte bioluminescent 🥰
C'est là : asterella.eu/observe

#Insecte
#Science
#Biologie
#ScienceParticipative
#Nature

Signaler une observation

Utilisez le formulaire ci-dessous pour signaler votre observation de vers luisants et de lucioles. Si vous avez des difficultés à remplir le formulaire, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter à l'adresse ovl.france@gmail.com.
asterella.eu
#nature #science #insecte #biologie #scienceparticipative

I caught my #Robin friend Henry sunbathing yesterday. There is a particular spot he likes to do this in. Sunbathing helps oil to spread across the feathers and helps to drive out parasites.
#Nature #Wildlife #Bird #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
A European Robin on the ground with its feathers fluffed up and wings spread out
A European Robin on the ground with its feathers fluffed up and wings spread out
A European Robin on the ground with its feathers fluffed up and wings spread out
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #Bird #robin

Came across this stump in the woods that looked like a twisted skull ☠️

#nature #woods #philly #philadelphia #tree #skull #trail #forrest

Stump in the woods
#nature #tree #woods #philadelphia #philly #skull #trail #forrest

Dahlias
#BloomScrolling #gardening #photography #nature
A vibrant dahlia flower in soft shades of pink and yellow, surrounded by green leaves, with a budding flower nearby.
#photography #nature #gardening #bloomscrolling

3⭐️ Siltcoos Lake Trail, OR
trailspotting.com/2026/07/silt…
A verdant forest hike with dramatic, atmospheric mood when the coastal fog drifts in.

#Oregon #Hiking #Trees #Moss #Forest #Outdoors #Trail #Nature #PNW

A low-angle, wide shot captures a dense, old-growth forest shrouded in mist, dominated by tall evergreen trees with a prominent moss-covered tree on the left. This central tree features a thick trunk completely carpeted in textured green moss, with short, stubby, truncated branches jutting outward symmetrically like steps or ribs, each heavily draped in a layer of the same bright green moss. In the background, numerous slender, towering tree trunks reach toward the sky, their lower portions sparse or bare and their upper branches blending into a dense canopy. The background is filled with a soft, bright white fog or mist that filters through the upper branches, creating a hazy, atmospheric backdrop. The forest floor and understory are lush and crowded with vibrant green shrubs, ferns, and leafy bushes that fill the lower third of the frame.

Siltcoos Lake Trail, Dunes City OR

• 3-star hike • 4 mile part-loop • Easy | Gain 630 feet • Dunes City, OR | Oregon . ...
Stuart Green (Blogger)
#nature #forest #hiking #trees #outdoors #pnw #moss #oregon #trail

≪ Schönheit am Wegesrand ≫


_(Bildbeschreibung: Nahaufnahme der Staubgefäße einer noch halb geschlossenen blauen Blüte der Wegwarte.)_

#photography #fotografie #foto #photo #postprocessed #myphoto #mywork #ownwork #nature #natur #umwelt #macro #bloomscrolling

#photo #mywork #photography #myphoto #nature #foto #fotografie #Natur #Umwelt #macro #bloomscrolling #postprocessed #ownwork

Time to shine

#photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #hosta #nature

A close up image of the delicate white flowers of a hosta set against a almost completely black background.
#photography #nature #Flowers #bloomscrolling #hosta

📷 Sunset at Kituwah (ᎩᏚᏩ), 8:40 PM.

#FediversalPictures #Nature #Kituwah

A field of tall green corn plants in the foreground, with mountains in the distance. The sun sets behind the mountains, casting an orange and pink glow across the sky with scattered clouds.
#nature #fediversalpictures #kituwah

A glimpse of a lake.
#nature #photography #BloomScrolling
Looking over a patch of orange lilies to take a peak at a lake through a wall of bushes and greenery. Blue sky with fluffy white clouds.
#photography #nature #bloomscrolling

🦗 In 1875, a single swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts covered 198,000 square miles - bigger than California - with an estimated 12.5 trillion insects. It was the largest concentration of animals ever recorded.

Within 30 years, the species was completely extinct. Not hunted. Not poisoned. Farmers just plowed over its breeding grounds in Rocky Mountain river valleys without realizing that was the whole species' reproductive core.

The locust ate crops, clothing, wooden tool handles, even wool off living sheep. Then it simply vanished - the only major agricultural pest in history to go extinct on its own.

Same era, same lesson: the passenger pigeon, once billions strong, collapsed to a single bird named Martha who died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. Both proved that sheer numbers don't guarantee survival when critical habitat is hidden.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mo… | pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0222/report.…

#science #nature #history #extinction


species of locust

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#History #nature #science #extinction

Another bunny

#wildlife #nature #photography #naturephotography

An Eastern Cottontail bunny in profile nipping a yellowed leaf in thick grass.
#photography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife

yur daily ARThropod

#Malaysia #moth #insect #bug #biodiversity #animal #wildlife #nature #macro #photography

an arthropod known as the picasso moth (Baorisa hieroglyphica) for the abstract art-like patterns on its wings.
#photography #nature #bug #biodiversity #wildlife #macro #animal #insect #malaysia #moth

#MothOfTheDay sees the return in 2026 of the vividly yellow and oh so cute:

CANARY-SHOULDERED THORN
Ennomos alniaria

Fairly common in the UK, attracted to light and larvae feed on various trees.

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #yellow #summer #july #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate #yellow

Front on shot, slightly out of focus of a moth on a stick. Its wings are pointed vertically in a V shape above its thorax. Its wings are mottled yellow, but its head and thorax and very bright, vivid yellow and furry. It has two compound eyes close together either side of two palps, and two yellow feathered antennae sweep backwards from its head. Its thin grey legs grip a blue lolly stick.
Side on shot of canary shouldered thorn moth on a blue lolly stick. It faces left. It has a thick chunky pale yellow beige abdomen fronted by a thick shock vivid yellow fur at its thorax and head. Its large scalloped wings and mottled yellow with purple suffusion near the outer edge and a black mark right in the centre. They are held vertical and back like a billowing cape. Its head is canary yellow with two palps that resemble a tiny beak and a black compound eye.
#nature #garden #science #Summer #biodiversity #AltText #wildlife #cute #insect #conservation #yellow #butterflies #entomology #moths #moth #mothoftheday #mothsandbutterflies #mothsmatter #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #july #educate

RE: mastodon.social/@sundogplanets…

Fellow Californians, get on the phones to Senators Schiff & Padilla & your house rep. Demand they block this horrid ecosystem destroying venture.

Phone numbers for House and Senate offices, both voice and TTY, are available by calling the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 (voice) or 202-224-3091 (TTY)

#CA #nature #conservation

Prof. Sam Lawler

2026-07-10 03:24:55

mastodon - Link to source

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK NOOOOO

ca.pcmag.com/news/16760/fcc-ap…



FCC Approves Reflect Orbital's Giant Mirror Satellite That Astronomers Hate

The FCC says the most controversial aspect of Reflect Orbital's Earendil-1 satellite, the giant mirror, falls out of its purview since the regulator mainly focuses on radio spectrum.
PCMag Canada

#nature #conservation #ca

Woodland is a great place to be when it's hot - cooler, and full of lovely old trees and moss

#Mosstodon #Trees #Woodland #Nature #NaturePhotography

The base of a big old tree trunk in dappled shade, with supporting roots that act like flying buttresses on an old church. These roots and the base of the trunk are smothered in thick green moss.
#nature #naturephotography #Mosstodon #trees #woodland

#MothOfTheDay is

OAK EGGAR
Lasiocampa quercus

Name comes from its acorn-shaped cocoon. Larvae actually feed on heathers, brambles and hawthorns.

BONUS PICTURE - just for fun, 11 of the 14 Elephant Hawk-moths to pay a visit last night. Three were photo-shy and flew off.

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #yellow #summer #july #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate

An overhead photograph of a large female Oak Eggar moth resting on a person's index finger. The finger points right, but the moth hangs off it vertically. The moth has a stout, robust body shape covered in a dense, fluffy mane of golden-brown or tawny-orange hair. The forewing is smooth and triangular, coloured in a gradient of warm ochre-brown. A distinct, slightly curved dark brown line runs horizontally about halfway down separating the darker upper end from a slightly lighter orange-brown rear section. Two prominent, bright white oval spot sits near the centre of each forewing. Two short, pale orange antennae curve upward from the head. The background features a blurred green garden and chicken wire.
A side-profile of a female Oak Eggar moth resting on my index finger. It faces left. It is very large - about 5-6cm long and very chunky The moth has a robust body and its head and nape are covered in a dense, fluffy mane of golden-brown or tawny-orange hair. The forewing is smooth and triangular, coloured in a gradient of warm ochre-brown. A distinct, slightly curved dark brown line runs vertically down the outer third of the wing, separating the more intensely coloured top end from a slightly lighter orange-brown rear section. A prominent, bright white oval spot sits near the centre of the forewing. Two short, pale orange antennae curve upward from the head. The background features a blurred green garden and chicken wire.
Overhead shot of an egg tray with 11 pink and olive coloured elephant hawkmoths in different positions. The hawkmoths are about 6cm long and fighter jet shaped. The egg box is green-grey.
#nature #garden #science #Summer #biodiversity #AltText #wildlife #cute #insect #conservation #yellow #butterflies #entomology #moths #moth #mothoftheday #mothsandbutterflies #mothsmatter #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #july #educate

📷 #WaterWednesday

The Oconaluftee @ Ela, June 11, 2026, 9:10 PM.

#FediversalPictures #Nature

dusk. a river flows beside a wooded bank at dusk. warm yellow lights from a house reflect on the rippling water. trees surround the structure, partially obscuring it.
#nature #fediversalpictures #waterwednesday

📷 #ThickTrunkTuesday

Walnut tree, Magnolia Cemetery, 2023.

This grand, 80-foot tree was felled by winds from Hurricane Helene in 2024.

#FediversalPictures #Nature

Close-up upward view of a tall tree with rough, textured bark. Bare branches spread out against a clear blue sky, emphasizing the tree’s height and intricate network of twigs. The perspective creates a dramatic, towering effect.
#nature #thicktrunktuesday #fediversalpictures

Nebulae, comets, and aurorae, oh my! See the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year shortlist.

thisiscolossal.com/2026/07/zwo…

#photography #nature

an astronomy photo of a nebula called the "teapot"
an astronomy photo of nebula over rock formations in New Zealand
an astronomy photo of the spiral galaxy Andromeda

Nebulae, Comets, and Aurorae, Oh My! See the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Shortlist — Colossal

769 photographers and astronomers from 66 countries submitted more than 4,000 images to this year's competition.
Kate Mothes (Colossal)
#photography #nature

🧬 For 150 years, lichens were biology's textbook example of symbiosis: a fungus plus an alga, working together. Simple, elegant, settled science.

Except it wasn't. In 2016, genetic sequencing revealed a third partner hiding in plain sight - a basidiomycete yeast embedded in the lichen's outer cortex. Scientists had been looking at it through microscopes for over a century and assumed it was part of the host fungus.

This explains a mystery that frustrated mycologists for decades: why they could never grow a lichen in the lab from just the "known" two partners. The cultures always failed to develop the right shape or chemistry. The recipe was missing an ingredient.

The yeast's abundance correlates with variations in lichen body plans, suggesting it helps sculpt the very forms taxonomists had been cataloguing all along.

Source: Spribille et al. (2016), Science - science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc…

#science #biology #nature

#nature #science #Biology

Being ignored by a juvenile Stonechat.
South Walney

#birds #BirdsOfMastodon #nature #wildlife #darktable

Juvenile Stonechat perched on a fence post looking away to right of frame, the background is an out of focus, pale green blur.
#nature #birds #wildlife #darktable #birdsofmastodon

A rose by any other name..

#photography #flowers #rose #bloomscrolling #nature

Many pink rose blossoms are seen close up along a wooden fence in front of a old stone house.
#photography #nature #Flowers #Rose #bloomscrolling

How many storms did it survive? How many birds found shelter in its branches? How many forests began from its seeds? An old tree is a lifetime of giving. Let's be the generation that protects, not destroys, our natural heritage.
#trees #biodiversity #environment #ecology #ecosystem #forestry #nature #ClimateAction #photography #fediverse #linux #mastodon #agroforestry #afforestation #Reaforestation #deforestation #Greenyouthmovement #wildlife #EcoConservation
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Donate to Empower Ugandan Families with Green Youth Movement, organized by Jesse Davis

Imagine a family that struggles to afford enough nutritious food for th… Jesse Davis needs your support for Empower Ugandan Families with Green Youth Movement
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#Environment #fediverse #Linux #photography #nature #mastodon #biodiversity #wildlife #trees #ecology #climateaction #déforestation #ecosystem #agroforestry #afforestation #reaforestation #greenyouthmovement #ecoconservation #forestry

Swallow close-up, South Walney.

#birds #BirdsOfMastodon #nature #wildlife #darktable

Head and shoulders shot of a Swallow facing to left of frame but head turned to right. Tiny beads of water lay on some of the feathers from the driving drizzle.
#nature #birds #wildlife #darktable #birdsofmastodon

European robin.

I've been enjoying watching a pair of robins go in and out of my garden with food recently. They must have a nest somewhere nearby. Always a pleasure to see them and I'm glad that my tiny garden can provide a haven. I'll have to remember to put water out for them again as the hot weather returns this week.

June 2026. Stockport UK.

#Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife

A robin perches on a wooden fence. There are some bushes in the background and it's generally sunny.
#nature #birds #naturephotography #wildlife #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #ukwildlife

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