[monamoni]

[red-mercer]

Looner Landing

[herpsandbirds]

yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) catching a tasty crawdad! No clue on the crayfish ID. at Lake Arlington in DFW TX.

[herpsandbirds]

Endangered Toad Spotted For First Time in Restored Texas Habitat

Conservation efforts are helping rebuild wild populations.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently shared the sighting of a male Houston toad on a restored private property in Bastrop County, calling it a "big win" for the endangered species. The property was one of three sites where USFWS biologists released 170,000 Houston toad eggs in April as part of a larger effort to reintroduce 3 million eggs and restore wild populations across Central Texas. The Houston toad was among the first amphibians protected under the Endangered Species Act when it was listed in 1970. Once found across parts of Southeast Texas, the small brown amphibian disappeared from Harris County by 1975 as rapid development destroyed and fragmented its habitat...

Read more: https://www.chron.com/wildlife/article/houston-toad-comeback-22346468.php

The belief that the toad once occurred in an isolated population in Harris county, in SE Houston, may be incorrect. Some biologists believe that the Harris county population was misidentified. - Paxon

[great-and-small]

As I feel compelled to share any wholesome Sandhill Crane content that I find, I hope you will enjoy this great video from Busch Wildlife Sanctuary. (I added a watermark so hopefully they won’t mind me yoinking this vid to share with y’all here)

The rescue posted that this little family has been spotted several times since the introduction and they seem to be doing great 🥹

Please consider donating to this organization to help fund their efforts in wildlife rehabilitation if you are able!

[molabuddy]

i love you gar.... my best friend gar

[molabuddy]

you will fall in love with the gar

[regularhill]

[lacefuneral]

me if i was lobsta 🦞 monday

[tartrazeen]

[herpsandbirds]

Indian Bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus), mating, family Dicroglossidae, India

In the breeding season, the males turn bright yellow.

photographs by Gursewak Singh

[quartzprinz]

Antidrymaeus stramineus

[unidentifiablelifeform]

[stagbeetleboy]

It would be funny if we were introduced to a vast galaxy of alien life and the blue whale was still the largest animal ever discovered. Like that’s the biggest life has ever gotten. That would be fucked. The blue whale is just the craziest animals would get even with the introduction of a seemingly infinite number of new species. Would you be disappointed or celebrate the enormity of our homegrown big ass creature?

[crocodi1e]

sorry am i missing something

[stagbeetleboy]

It would be funny if we were introduced to a vast galaxy of alien life and the blue whale was still the largest animal ever discovered. Like that’s the biggest life has ever gotten. That would be fucked. The blue whale is just the craziest animals would get even with the introduction of a seemingly infinite number of new species. Would you be disappointed or celebrate the enormity of our homegrown big ass creature?

[jetix]

2025-07-14

[orpheusismefr]

[moghedien]

One like nitpick thing that drives me crazy is when people call Blue Whales the largest whales or the largest living mammals or some shit like that

Because yes that is true. But when you frame it like that you are completely disregarding the absolutely batshit reality that Blue Whales are the largest animals that have ever existed on earth through the entire history of the planet and they are alive right now today

[tyrelpinnegar]

[creature-adjacent]

Carnivorous plants doin this is so funny to me

They don't wanna eat their pollinators :(

[questionablepastries]

[webkinzcat]