Nature my beloved

Flora, Fauna, Scenery and Art I should be sitting in a creek rn

[hawkpartys]

cant believe i have to say this again but terfs get the fuck off this blog and out of my notes

[wizardonline]

new and magnificent beasts will arise from the muck. trust me on this one

[velociraptrix]

[daily-hyosatsu]

The solar calendar marks a day (or solar term) in the spring called 啓蟄 keichitsu, literally "awakening of insects." It's when hibernating insects, frogs, snakes, lizards, and other creatures are supposed to wake up and come out of the ground.

In 2025, keichitsu will fall on March 5 (it's usually sometime around March 6). I don't want to miss it again next year, so I am reblogging this post five months in advance and then throwing it in my queue for good measure!

TLDR: Trust OP! New and magnificent beasts WILL arise from the muck! Sometime around March 6.

[snototter]

A female Northern silky anteater (Cyclopes dorsalis) carries her youngster on her back in Esmeraldas, Ecuador

by Chien Lee

[amnhnyc]

Have you ever heard of the long-tailed mouse (Pseudomys higginsi)? Growing up to 13.8 in (35 cm) from head to tail, this species is the only rodent native to Tasmania. This omnivore feeds on plants, fungi, and invertebrates. Scientists think its extra long tail is used for balance. When threatened, its large hind feet help it to leap away from foes. 

Photo: Bruce Deagle, CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist 

[hope-for-the-planet]

Green sea turtle no longer Endangered

These gentle, 400-pound giants are splashing back from the brink of extinction.

Green sea turtles have been an iconic endangered species since the 1980s, mostly due to bycatch in fishing nets and taking adults and eggs for food. I have core childhood memories of watching Steve Irwin talk about sea turtle conservation in front of a beach full of nesting green sea turtles.

After 45 years of conservation efforts, their population now meets the IUCN criteria for Least Concern rather than Endangered.

For a species with such a slow life history (it takes green sea turtles decades to reach sexual maturity) and a nearly global population, this is a Really Big Deal. This is the kind of long term conservation victory that many of the amazing humans who started working on green sea turtle conservation back in the 80s didn't live to see.

Just because something isn't fixed right away doesn't mean it won't ever be fixed. Just because the work is slow doesn't mean it isn't worth doing.

[acearchaeologist]

Did you know Quokkas sleep with their head on their feet?

Now you do.

[kunst-kabinett]

A hawk hood commissioned by Maximilian I for Bianca Maria Sforza, 1494 - 1508

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

SLEEPY LIPIZZANS by LitterART Via Flickr: Piber . Styria . Austria . Europe

[lizardposting]

it makes me so furious when i want to know about a specific ass species of animal and theres only like 6 existing photos of it. like im actually going to pass away if humanity as a whole doesnt release more pied butterfly bat images

[vintagewildlife]

Leopard By: Unknown photographer From: The Grolier Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals 1994

[okapiaconcolor]

shaazjung

[wolveswolves]

By Ane Holden Eliassen

[vintagewildlife]

Cottontail rabbit kits By: Jack Dermid From: Life Nature Library: The Forest 1961

[vintagewildlife]

Web-footed marsh rat (Holochilus brasiliensis) By: Joao Moojen From: Walker's Mammals of the World 1964

[autumnic]

[hollowforms]

target locked

[vintagewildlife]

Northern lynx with cubs By: Unknown photographer From: Wildlife Fact-File 1990s