#morus

[herpsandbirds]

Cape Gannets (Morus capensis), diving for fish, family Sulidae, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Allen Walke

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Friday 14 November 2025

The autumn colour of Morus nigra (black mulberry, Persian mulberry) provides a display after the fruit is over. The broad-crowned habit of this species means that older specimens benefit from propping to prevent breakages of the heavy branches. Pruning is best carried out in late autumn or early winter to avoid bleeding.

Jill Raggett

[birdblues]

Northern Gannet

[ornithological]

northern gannet (morus bassanus), ireland

[snototter]

A northern gannet (Morus bassanus) preys on fish in the United Kingdom

by Graham Thurlow

[comicwaren]

From Sorcerer Supreme #006

Art by Bernard Chang, Von Randal and Ruth Redmond

Written by Steve Orlando

[notjustdrwhoboards]

Resident Evil moodboard: Osmund Saddler - Moros (requested by: anon)

[written-nature]

Although the Chinese didn't immediately think of it as a writing material (preferring split bamboo for everyday use, and silk for high-status texts) paper found a multitude of applications across the Chinese empire while the codex spread across the Roman Mediterranean and Near East. Usefully, it could be made from a variety of raw materials; hemp, mulberry bark and old fishing nets all made good paper, and linen fibres, readily available in the form of worn-out underwear, worked particularly well.

"The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper" - Roland Allen