Rebecca Lexa, Naturalist

Master Naturalist, Nature Educator & Writer, Author of "The Everyday Naturalist: How to Identify Animals, Plants and Fungi Wherever You Go" (Ten Speed Press, Summer 2025); PNW Nature Tour Guide, All-Around Nature Nerd. AuDHD. Reblogs, OC, Weekly Deep Dives Into Natural History Topics - Asks Open! http://www.rebeccalexa.com - http://ko-fi.com/rebeccathenaturalist 

[spindlewit]

quick wave studies.

[requiem-on-water]

Sulfur combusts on contact with air to create stunning blue lava-like rivers of light in the Kawah Ijen crater on the island of Java | Ph: Olivier Grunewald

[rebeccathenaturalist]

The wildfire smoke has been so bad at Mt. St. Helens the past two days you can't even see the mountain.

[targetedknowledge]

[frankiesbullshit]

someone tell OP i did it, i spent about 3 hours on it

[synapsid-taxonomy]

We gotta start posting more non-mammalian synapsids on this site. I'll start. Edaphosaurus be upon ye

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Here, have a Sauroctonus parringtoni, a great example of a Gorgonopsid!

[gremlininho]

looking. at you

[katmaibearfan]

335 Jolly & her three Smollies 💖

[phantomrose96]

Hey kids, you need to start worrying a little less about getting “#mogged” and a little more about getting “#smogged”. This is an Air Quality Index public service announcement.

[fivetrench]

Shit just happens to you when you're a tuna crab

[slushyseals]

Little man blessed himself as he saw that wave acomin'

[michaelnordeman]

White wagtail/sädesärla. Värmland, Sweden (15 April 2023).

[wolveswolves]

Unique footage! This pack of 11 wolves appeared in front of a wildlife camera in the Southwest Veluwe in the Netherlands last week. These recordings are made with fixed cameras that are triggered by movement.

🎥 Natuurmonumenten forest ranger Frank Theunissen

[sarahmackattack]

It’s summer, it’s hot, where do you want to be?? The deep sea babbyyyy We teamed up with Philly Spooky Guy Illustrator Sam Heimer to create a firefly squid shirt with a message: protect the ocean... OR ELSE!

You can get ‘em at SquidFacts.Net. The beautiful and enigmatic firefly squid arrives to shallow water off the West Coast of Japan in Spring, engages in a mating bonanza, and then leave the seas for the next generation. They are brightly bioluminescent, so **this shirt glows too***!!! The back of the shirts have a list of actions people can take to protect the ocean.

As with everything on the Squid Facts Shop, this shirt supports science education nonprofit Skype a Scientist

[sarahmackattack]

I picked up squid shirts today and the glow in the dark aspect is SO FUN

Get one at SquidFacts.net

[cryptidfuckery]

Give me cranberry bog simulator

[cryptidfuckery]

I really want cranberry bog simulator..........

[blackwatersinkingship]

When I finish this whale shark lamp all 4 of you are gonna be So I'm pressed

[blackwatersinkingship]

She glows now, just so you know, and she's full of string deliciöusee string

[god-sent-gender-bent]

Are you gonna show us the lamp? 👀

[blackwatersinkingship]

Good news! Whäle shark lämp 🥰

[hollyevolving]

A lot more than 4 of us are impressed

[celiastimgifs]

seasons sensory fidget tubes

source: ☁️

[whatsthebird]

What's the Bird?

Location: Marion County, Indiana

Date: January

Bird - 988 is ...

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

White-winged Dove

Rock Pigeon

None of the Above

Show Results

Remaining time: 2 days 6 hours

We ask that discussion under questions be limited to how you came to your conclusion, not what your conclusion was.

Answer hidden under the cut.

Mourning Dove - graciously submitted by @rachelpancake

No spoilers please!

Keep the game alive! Submit a bird HERE

[rebeccathenaturalist]

It was an incredible day in the Columbia River Gorge today.