[60000beesinatrenchcoat]

Okay I’ve heard plenty of bad news, the GOOD news is the thing rollypollies do when they curl up is called “conglobation”

[ihaveapproximately4bones]

[todaysbird]

the egyptian vulture is small vulture found from the iberian peninsula to north africa, west asia and india. like many vultures, a large portion of their diet consists of carrion - however, they are opportunistic feeders that eat a variety of found foods, and willing hunters. they predate on small mammals, birds, and reptiles, and are known for their love of feeding on the eggs of other birds. large, thick-shelled eggs are difficult for the vultures to open, and they have been recorded using tools to access the inside of the egg, such as dropping rocks onto the eggs to crack them open. egyptian vultures have also been recorded using tools in other ways - they use twigs in order to roll up found wool to bring back for use in their nests. adult birds’ plumage is white overall, with black flight feathers. they also have notable bright yellow facial skin, which is bare as in other vultures. wild birds often appear brown or rusty in color from contact with iron-rich soil. the egyptian vulture is currently considered endangered by the IUCN. with few natural predators for adult birds, most of the threats to wild populations are human-influenced, such as poisonings (both accidental and intentional), hunting, pesticide accumulation and collisions with power lines.

photos sourced from the Macaulay Library

[marchingduck]

If you’ve never seen one of these birds in person, you’re missing out. They are truly regal birds. Elegant. Strong. Intelligent.

They feel otherworldly. Like this bird might be sent by one of the gods.

If you’re ever in St Louis, stop by World Bird Sanctuary and meet Dynasty. His presence alone will move you. He’s just a truly beautiful bird.

[beardedmrbean]

Sneefin and Snorfin time at the Hertfordshire Zoo

[eddieintheocean]

Introductions to academic papers will be like "everyone knows that the sea is cold (citation), as well as salty (5 different citations). Things live in there (citation) and the environment is important to that (2 citations)"

[tkkatherineblog]

[kaleighbytheway]

The very excited blonde lady owns the resort where this is taken. She’s super excited because this is the closest they’ve ever come in before. Everyone else is less excited because this was taken crack of dawn; when blonde lady realized how close the whales were coming, she ran around waking everybody up to see it.

[theillogicalvulcan]

A good, wholesome post.

[andthebagsintheriver]

INCREDIBLE Close Encounter with Killer Whales off the Coast of Aberdeenshire/Moray

We have another orca encounter during ORCA WATCH 2025 with the 169s pod (who we see again in a different location in this video too!) and th

Orca hunting around Shetland

PART 13 - We have another amazing afternoon with the 27s orca pod for the 3rd day in a row! We get to see them rolling straight past us and

everyone watch orca videos on youtube NOW!!!!!

[andthebagsintheriver]

not enough of you listened last time. go here immediately

[andthebagsintheriver]

more videos i've been enjoying lately from my collection

[tastefullyoffensive]

[roachpatrol]

i enjoy that every single human’s reaction to penguin is unrestrained delight

[ayellowbirds]

And penguins lack large terrestrial predators, so their reaction to humans tends to be, “HELLO STRANGE GIANT PENGUINS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DO YOU HAVE ANY FISH?”

[it-is-bugs]

I will reblog this on my deathbed.

[huggableotter-deactivated202010]

Please let him science 🐧

[mrshamill]

i think at least half of the million reblabs on this are from me

[ekjohnston]

There is an international treaty that says we’re supposed to stay 6m away from penguins, and it’s really difficult because no one told the penguins, and they all desperately want to wander up and say hi.

[xalatath]

3-5 turkey vultures will soon be dispatched to your location.

[marine-gifs]

A scallop hits da bricks. Filmed in Norway. From The Norwegian Fjords: Life in the Twilights (2018).

[nonplusagon]

whatever. go my scallop

[normal-horoscopes]

Everyone shut up and look at this carving of a whale from the 1200-600 CE Chumash culture

[spacefinch]

It’s so shaped

[solid-snakes]

Kumquat STUNS in exclusive new pics!

[snototter]

A pair of princely tiger moths (Chrysocale principalis) mating in Michoacán, Mexico

by Gerardo Ochoa

[andthebagsintheriver]

Orcas may be able to make and use tools, with a little kelp from their friends

Researchers using a new drone say they have observed killer whales finding and modifying stalks of kelp to preen each other.

HOLYYYY SHIT

[theropoda]

love leopard seals. they are so dragon coded. that is an entire mammalian marine wyrm

[theropoda]

Look at this fucking. beast. Medieval painting animal that eats princesses

[kindlingnorah]

princesses

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Just as a note to any aspiring biologists and/or casual biology fans: please do not be intimidated by 'professional' biologists! We are all huge nerds! I've just spent 3 days surrounded by experts in my field, and given half the opportunity they will gladly gush about their research/animals, and answer any and all questions with probably more information than you ever wanted to know. If you ever get a chance, I highly encourage you to attend conferences, seminars, or talks in your area-- your local biologist will love you, and will likely even have opportunities for you to volunteer with them if that's something you're into!

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Also, shameless plug here, but one of the projects I'm involved in is the 1 Million Turtles project!

If you live in Australia, you can download the app TurtleSat app (available on Apple's appstore and google play). Then, all you have to do is add a log whenever you see a turtle! This really helps scientists like me keep track of turtle populations, mortalities etc.

1 Million Turtles

Learn how to set up a nest predation survey to help our freshwater turtles. Get Trained, Get Involved.

Link here: https://1millionturtles.com/

Or, if frogs are more your jam, check out FrogID! You can record frog calls from anywhere in Australia, and that data gets sent to scientists who identify the species.

Link here: https://www.frogid.net.au/

Welcome to the Australian Museum FrogID project

Both of these projects have been instrumental for helping scientists track where Australian species are, and how their distribution changes in response to things like urban growth and climate change. There have even been several papers published based on the data collected!

Although I don't know of any programs like this in other countries, I'm sure they're out there! If you know of any, feel free to plug them here and/or send me an ask. Now go out and do some science!

[furmity]

And if you're in the SE, we have I SPYthon, to help the Murray Darling carpet python:

[uncharismatic-fauna]

I can't remember if I reblogged with this addition, but either way I'm boosting again!

[antoniabishop]

school in a small pond