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Common whitetail aka long-tailed skimmer (Plathemis lydia) #dragonfly perched on a #yucca blade.

#SilentSunday #Stunday #photography #insect #nature #InsectPhotography #macro #MacroPhotography

Color photo of a large dragonfly with a brown head and underside and brown bars in the middle of its transparent wings perched on a yucca blade.
#photography #nature #macro #MacroPhotography #silentsunday #insect #dragonfly #Stunday #insectphotography #yucca

For your viewing pleasure. A garden is a place of joy.
#nature
#flowers
#garden
#myphotos
#nature #garden #Flowers #myphotos

Peru protects Amazon headwaters after 13-year campaign.

Peru has created the Aguas Calientes Maquia Regional Conservation Area, protecting 981.6 km² of Amazonian forests, wetlands and rivers after a campaign that kicked off in 2013.

The reserve safeguards the Maquía River and Chunuya stream, and strengthens protection for Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation. Surveys have documented jaguars, lowland tapirs, red-and-green macaws and white-bellied spider monkeys among at least 20 endangered species #peru #Conservation #Nature #environment #amazonrainforest #wildlife

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Over 240,000 Acres Conserved in the Peruvian Amazon After a Decade-long Process - Andes Amazon Fund

The new Aguas Calientes Maquia Regional Conservation Area (RCA) conserves 242,563 acres (98,162 hectares) of highly biodiverse Amazonian forests, wetlands, waterfalls and rivers that include unique hot springs and salt licks in Loreto, Peru.
Andes Amazon Fund
#Environment #nature #wildlife #conservation #Peru #amazonrainforest

My self-conversation at 05:15

Wise self: You should go hiking
Lazy self: Nah, it looks cold, dark and foggy
Wise self: You should go hiking
Lazy self: Well, ok... but lets not carry the big camera
Wise self: You might miss something important
Lazy self: But my shoulder hurts
Wise self: GET IN THE CAR

Always listen to your wise self

#wildlife #wildlifeWednesday #nature #photography #photomonday #bobcat #sfba #marin

More of my work: captured.earth/

A bobcat sitting next to a field of Mustard flowers looking back at me
A bobcat slinking away from me tracking something in the weeds beyond
A beautiful bobcat walking right at the camera along a trail between some native grasses.
#photography #nature #wildlife #Photomonday #sfba #wildlifewednesday #bobcat #marin

Early morning wetlands
#nature #photography
A small pond under blue skies with white clouds. Surrounded my marshlands with cat tails in the foreground.
#photography #nature

The first painting for the challenge I am currently co-hosting over on ig. The prompt is “Wooden Walkway”.

If you can tell what the plants in the water are inspired by, I salute you. 🙃 (hint: it’s another fictional plant)

Process pics and commentary available right here: patreon.com/lindenshieldarts

#TraditionalArt #MixedMedia #Painting #FantasyArt #MastoArt #Nature

A mixed media painting on black paper of a small pond surrounded by overgrown columnar basalt. Wooden planks cross the space over the pond in which grow torch-like plants that emit a soft blue glow. Glowing insects and dust particles hover above the scene.
#nature #mastoart #painting #TraditionalArt #fantasyart #mixedmedia

For #InsectSaturday, a Eurasian #beeBeetle!

When I was about to leave the house last Saturday, I suddenly spotted this #beetle in the front garden, thinking it was a bee first. I ran back inside and grabbed the camera (because Bienstag, obviously!). 😂 I've never seen this beetle before in my life! It was very windy that day and the #oxeyeDaisy was swaying in the wind. This is the best shot I managed to get. Dunno what this bee beetle was doing here. I read that it's often found in mountainous areas. Maybe it's as bad at navigating as I am? 🤷‍♀️

@ambivalena@mastodon.nu Here it is! 😀

#GebänderterPinselkäfer #Blatthornkäfer #Pinselkäfer #flowerChafer #TrichiusFasciatus #Margerite #Natur #nature #insect #insects #Insekt #Insekten #Käfer #InsektenSamstag

Macro photograph of a Eurasian bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) feeding on the yellow centre of a white oxeye daisy. The beetle displays a fuzzy orange thorax, black head, and distinctive orange elytra with symmetrical black spots in banded patterns. Its legs are visible as it navigates the dense, textured yellow disc florets. The flower features pure white, slightly curved petals radiating outwards. The close-up perspective reveals fine details of the beetle’s patterned exoskeleton and the flower’s intricate structure against a dark background.
#nature #Natur #insects #insect #beetle #Insekten #insektensamstag #insectsaturday #Insekt #Käfer #Margerite #pinselkäfer #blatthornkafer #oxeyedaisy #beebeetle #TrichiusFasciatus #GebänderterPinselkäfer #flowerChafer @ambivalena@mastodon.nu

"Australian officials ask fans to respect the privacy of Neil, a 1-ton #seal who respects nothing"

"Neil, the only male #elephantSeal to visit Tasmania in years, has commanded an enthralled TikTok following of 1.4 million in part because he acts like kind of a jerk"

I mean, I get it. I like Neil now myself

But also, I will not try to get a selfie with Neil

apnews.com/article/neil-elepha…

#Australia #Tasmania #Wildlife #SeaLife #Nature

Neil the elephant seal making the "I DO WHAT I WANT" face
#nature #australia #wildlife #tasmania #seal #sealife #elephantseal

Himalayan blue poppy, Tibetan blue poppy (Meconopsis). Endemic to the Himalayas, including parts of Tibet, southwestern China, Myanmar, and Bhutan.They achieve that striking color through an internal pH balance within its petals that interacts with co-pigments, turning what would normally be a purple anthocyanin pigment into a vivid sky blue. #flowers #nature #biology #chemistry #plants #photo #science
The image displays two vibrant, sky-blue blossoms side-by-side on a single, upright green stem. Each flower features delicate, slightly crinkled petals with a translucent quality, radiating an intense, pure blue hue. At the center of each bloom, a prominent, pale green, curved pistil is surrounded by a dense, contrasting burst of numerous bright golden-yellow stamens dusted with pollen. The stem and leaf bases are covered in fine, bristly, translucent hairs that catch the light.
#photo #nature #science #plants #Biology #Flowers #chemistry

#GutenMorgen liebe Fedinauten.
Noch schnell ein Bild für den schönen #FotoVorschlag 'Landschaft in Schwarzweiß', bevor das neue Thema kommt :)

#EllensFotos #photography #nature

Schwarzweiß Aufnahme eines Traufs mit einem vorgelagerten Berg mit einer Burg. Im Vordergrund ragen große größtenteils unbelaubte Äste ins Bild und spiegeln in Ihrer Form die des Traufs. Die Landschaft ist hügelig und nimmt das untere Drittel des Bildes ein, am Horizont ein heller Streifen Himmel, darüber dramatische Bewölkung.
#photography #nature #gutenmorgen #FotoVorschlag #EllensFotos

Tagpfauenauge
#nature
Tagpfauenauge auf einer Disteblüte vor gelblichem Hintergrund
#nature

📷 Farm, outside Cherokee NC, 8:40 AM.

#FediversalPictures #Nature

a scenic landscape with green fields in the foreground, densely wooded hills in the middle, and blue mountains in the background. fluffy white clouds hover over the hills under a clear blue sky,
#nature #fediversalpictures

This might have been a better way to deal with the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool.
theconversation.com/when-your-… ⬇️

#environment #science #nature #reflectingpool #lincolnmemorial


When your local reflecting pool or pond turns green with algae, don’t reach for chemicals – nature has better solutions

As the national conversation shifts to political finger-pointing, an important environmental question deserves careful scrutiny: What is the best approach to maintain urban water quality?
The Conversation
#Environment #nature #science #lincolnmemorial #reflectingpool

I painted a red panda! medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper #Illustration #Watercolor #TraditionalArt #AnimeArt #Nature #Animals
a traditional painting of a red panda between mossy rocks and leaves
#illustration #animals #nature #watercolor #TraditionalArt #animeart

bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/nat…

BBC Winterwatch has been cancelled!

Sneaking the announcement out in near the end of a press release about a podcast, the BBC said "As part of the BBC’s evolving commissioning strategy, Winterwatch will not be continuing."

I thought this was on the cards when they reduced it from 2 weeks to 1 week. If you want to express your disappointment, the comments page is here: bbc.co.uk/contact/comments

#nature #bbc #winterwatch #springwatch


Naturewatch (w/t) announced - new video podcast to keep audiences connected to nature throughout the year

Launching this autumn, the weekly video podcast will provide a regular round-up of the biggest British nature stories every week
www.bbc.co.uk
#nature #BBC #winterwatch #springwatch

Sunbeams

#Landscape #Nature #Photography

A sunset over a natural landscape, featuring sunbeams radiating upward and outward from behind a bank of low clouds. A dense line of mature, leafy trees cuts horizontally across the middle of the photograph. The horizon glows with a warm, orange, peach, and soft pinks. The bottom third of the image consists of a wide open heathland. The ground is covered in low-lying, scrubby vegetation, bushes, and patches of grass.
#photography #nature #landscape

Things I found growing on stuff.

#mosstodon #nature #photography #fungiFriends #lichenSubscribe #gardening

Damp red sandstone mottled with black, sprinkled with young feathery candleflame lichens.
A bit of rotting lumber with what I think is staghorn's fungus rising up like skeletal fingers.
iNaturalist tells me this is Xylodon flaviporus growing on my porch, but all I can see is what looks like a little bleached corral reef covered in algae.
I like to take regular photos of the golden fan shaped jelly fungus growing in the cracks of the green paint on my old bench. I only get to see it after a few days of rain, it always looks so pretty.
#photography #nature #Mosstodon #gardening #lichensubscribe #fungiFriends

📷 #MonochromeMonday

Bull elk, approaching The Kituwah (ᎩᏚᏩ) Mound, June 14 2026.

#FediversalPictures #Nature #Kituwah

black and white. a solitary elk with large antlers stands in a grassy field, facing away, surrounded by dense fog. the mist obscures much of the background, with only the outline of a tree and a grassy, manicured mound.
#nature #monochromemonday #fediversalpictures #kituwah

📷 Appalachian Cottontail kit, Kituwah (ᎩᏚᏩ), June 19, 2026.

#Nature

profile of a small brown rabbit with a white tail sits alert in lush, dewy grass, ears upright blending into the green and brown surroundings.
#nature

Behind every deep sky image is a story. Discover the gear and passion that drive Astrocamp - from capturing distant galaxies to glowing nebulae and sparkling star clusters. Meet the astronomer chasing the night sky one frame at a time.

I just had a foto session with my daughter and already used some results on my about page.

astrocamp.eu/en/about/

#astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky

astrocamp photo session results

About Me – Astrophotography & Deep Sky – Astrocamp – Astrophotography & Deep-Sky Catalog

Astrocamp is my astrophotography project. Learn about the gear I use to capture galaxies, nebulae and star clusters – and the story behind it.
Astrocamp – Astrophotography & Deep-Sky Catalog
#nature #astronomy #astrophotography #DeepSky

One of the wildflowers of southwest Colorado that I look forward to every year, the stunning colors, wiry leaves, intricate stamens, and fuzzy details of Scarlet Globemallow are pretty incredible if you look closely.

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Flowers #Wildflowers #BloomScrolling #Colorado

Close-up of orange wildflowers with yellow centers and fuzzy green buds, with a blurred white daisy and muted desert vegetation in the background.
#photography #nature #landscape #Flowers #colorado #outdoors #wildflowers #bloomscrolling

Supercell thunderstorm moving away, showing its full structure. It was raining on me when I shot this, requiring quick attempts at shooting and many wipes of the lens. (June 23, 2026) - Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA #Texas #TexasPanhandle #AmericanWest #GreatPlains #summer #nature #landscape #outdoors #road #clouds #supercell #thunderstorm #stormchasing #monochrome #blackandwhite #Fujifilm #FujifilmXT5 #Tamron
#nature #landscape #Summer #texas #blackandwhite #fujifilm #clouds #outdoors #monochrome #road #Tamron #americanwest #fujifilmxt5 #thunderstorm #greatplains #stormchasing #supercell #texaspanhandle


What Really Happens at a Crow Funeral Is Stranger Than Grief

prose.sh
#nature #science #Corvids #animalbehavior

#silentSunday

#nature #naturephotography #grass #summer

A close up square photograph of a single blade of grass. The grass is centered in the frame and has a straight stalk, ending in a multiply branched structure and the top with seeds at the end of each little branch, resembling the shape of a three. The background is out of focus, blurred and consists of a multitude of overlapping soft patches of bright green, orange and a few darker spots.
#nature #Summer #naturephotography #silentsunday #grass

"Now a soft kiss - Aye, by that kiss, I vow an endless bliss."
~ John Keats

#photography #nature #plants #mood #summer #silentsunday

Tall Foxtail grass is seen in this soft and moody image taken in the early evening.
#photography #nature #Summer #plants #silentsunday #mood

Today’s hike revealed my first ever Ghost Plant!! I’ve always wanted to see one myself 🤍

I asked a trusted Cherokee source and the name of this plants is ᏩᎶᏏ ᏅᏬᏘ (walosi nvwot) which means wart medicine.

#nature #naturalist #plants #Indigenous #medicine #Cherokee

Monotropa uniflora, a waxy white herbaceous, parasitic, non-photosynthesizing, perennial flowering plant
#nature #medicine #plants #indigenous #naturalist #cherokee

US's climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit - Ars tTechnica apple.news/AeH3D-ezVSwOiOXSr8x…

These dedicated folks making sure our climate information is accurate are a nonprofit that runs on donations.

#climatechange #climate #nature


US's climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit — Ars Technica

Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government.
apple.news
#nature #climate #ClimateChange

These little furry fuckers for #InsectSaturday 🪲

Around 9 pm, it is as if someone shouts "RELEASE THE HOUNDS!" and dozens of June beetles descend from the skies and doodle through the garden like drunk assholes. They're everywhere, especially all over my head and body. I hate them with a passion now. I'm all for creepy-crawlies and love to watch them, but not in my personal space, please.

The chickens, however, love them. From 9 to 10 pm, they gallop and jump through the run, chasing beetles like sky raisins. 😂

#Natur #nature #MinimalistMonday #MinimalismMonday #GerippterBrachkäfer #Junikäfer #Junischnurz #summerChafer #juneBeetle #insect #insects #Insekt #Insekten #InsektenSamstag #Käfer #beetle #AmphimallonSolstitiale

Two June beetles (Amphimallon solstitiale) mating on a vertical dark fence pole in a natural outdoor setting. The upper beetle has a brown, textured shell with lighter markings, and red-brown legs and antennae. The lower beetle, positioned beneath the first, displays similar colouring and features. The blurred green background suggests surrounding foliage. The beetles’ hard elytra have a slightly shiny appearance under the natural light, and their segmented bodies show fine hairs on the undersides.
#nature #Natur #insects #insect #beetle #Insekten #insektensamstag #insectsaturday #Insekt #Käfer #junikäfer #minimalistmonday #minimalismmonday #amphimallonsolstitiale #junebeetle #Junischnurz #GerippterBrachkäfer #summerChafer

Sending cool vibes to those in Europe and the US southeast today.
#photography #nature
A view down a forest road during a snow storm. The ground is deep with snow and all tree branches have snow resting on them. It is snowing so hard that white specks crowd the screen. Not from today😊.
#photography #nature

📷 Bull elk at Kituwah (ᎩᏚᏩ), 6:40 AM.

#FediversalPictures #Nature

a large elk with velvet antlers stands in a green field, partially hidden by corn plants. elk looks back over his shoulder. in the background, there are dense, tree-covered hills and a prominent round tree.
#nature #fediversalpictures

"Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & Cancer

(video)

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 to restrict thousands of lawsuits claiming Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, had a duty to warn consumers about potential cancer risks from its popular weed killer Roundup. The case before the Supreme Court began in St. Louis, Missouri, where a resident named John Durnell, who had used Roundup for decades and was later diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, sued Monsanto under Missouri state law for not putting a warning label on its product. But because the federal Environmental Protection Agency found no cancer risk in its assessment of Roundup, the court has ruled against Durnell.

democracynow.org/2026/6/26/we_…

#bayer #monsanto #SCOTUS #cancer #pesticides #climate #nature #forests #usa #herbicides #EPA #glyphosate

“The ruling essentially says that only the EPA can make a determination that something is harmful to us and has to carry a warning label,” explains reporter Nate Halverson, who has been documenting health and environmental harms allegedly linked to Roundup, as well as efforts to hold Monsanto accountable. In his reporting, Halverson found that scientific studies cited by the EPA in its Roundup assessment were “ghostwritten” by Monsanto itself — and “that ghostwritten information has now made its way into the Supreme Court’s decision.”

Bayer/Monsanto Wins Roundup Case as Supreme Court Blocks Suit over Link Between Herbicide & Cancer

Democracy Now!
#nature #climate #USA #cancer #scotus #forests #pesticides #epa #glyphosate #monsanto #bayer #herbicides

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