Nature's pretty cool, no?

The rot consumes or whatever. Biology student, posting cool nature-ey and nerdy stuff, currently trying my best to make fungi grow personally and stop them growing professionally.

[birdwarde]

Pigeons! Some of our oldest friends 💚

[psykocharm]

would you guys like to see a real illustration from an actual published scientific paper? of course you would

link to the paper

[zordonmlw7]

Hey op kinda buried the lead. This isn't just some illustration. ITS THE ABSTRACT.

[stellanix]

my mushoomb,, :D

[chemkitt]

one musruum..

[catchymemes]

[catchymemes]

[bugtoucher420]

What if grapeleaf skeletonizer moth…but she’s a 1920s Parisian femme fatale! Inspired by the uncredited postcard art of butterfly fairy flappers produced in 1928, as well as Louis Hingre’s butterfly girls.

And, the actual moth for reference:

[insufferablearu]

You know what? *drops PHM edit to niche music from an obscure cartoon*

And both are very spacey. Series is called Once Upon a Time...Space / Il etait une fois...L'Espace in OG language (French)

And you can't tell me the music isn't amazing

Anyways this feels more like a tribute than a typical edit but ehhh nevermind. Hope yall enjoy ⋆｡°✩

[etcstims]

Clean my face | source

[ratbugs]

[fernsandcrows]

-Aight, I've made the solution, I'll put it in the fridge and will keep going with the rest of the protocol tomorrow, there's no rush, according to the protocol it can be stored like that for a while...

Everything precipitated out and crystalised.

[escuerzoresucitado]

[ocean-isopod-offical]

Repost if you’d select yes

[wachinyeya]

Red Squirrel range expands by 25% in Scottish Highlands after reintroduction effort

Trees for Life's 10-year Red Squirrel reintroduction project has expanded the species' range in the Scottish Highlands by more than 25%, est

Red Squirrel's range in the Scottish Highlands has increased by more than 25% following a decade of reintroductions led by charity Trees for Life. 

Surveys co-ordinated by the charity show that a dozen new populations are now established, with many showing evidence of breeding and natural expansion.

Since the project began in 2015, some 259 squirrels have been relocated from healthy donor sites in Inverness-shire, Moray and Strathspey to 13 suitable woodlands across the north and north-west Highlands.

Red Squirrel returns

The species has now returned to areas from which it had been absent since the 1970s, including sites near Ullapool, Brora, Morvern and across much of the central Highlands as far north as Lairg.

The most recent releases saw 12 squirrels introduced to coastal woodlands between Letterfearn and Ratagan on the Glenelg peninsula, supplementing a small population established last autumn. All translocations are licensed by NatureScot and follow strict welfare protocols, with small numbers taken from each donor population and only healthy individuals moved.

Trees for Life says the project demonstrates how targeted rewilding can support the long-term recovery of one of Scotland's most iconic mammals. "This rewilding success story is offering hope for the long-term survival of Scotland's much-loved red squirrels," said Becky Priestley of Trees for Life.

[crowboy-bebop]

unauthorized fucking thing!!!!!!

(warning: loud chirping throughout)

source: hellgate osprey cam

[curlicuecal]

[snototter]

A velvet worm (Epiperipatus sp.) in southern Bahia, Brazil

by Arthur Anker

[fernsandcrows]

She is the one who licks salt from my knee

(An Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) that landed on my leg and started licking my sweat while I was waiting for the train yesterday)

[parchment-wasp-core]

I FUCKED UP WASP ANATOMY ON ONE OF MY POSTS!! FUCK!!

[parchment-wasp-core]

I love that wasps will be in close to the most stressful situation I think an animal could be in and they'll still stop to eat, I need that. Like a predatory animal almost 2 million times your weight physically captures you in a clear cylinder and just gives you a piece of fruit and you EAT IT??