I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now

Canberras superb parrots are SO cute 💚💚💚

Cute day of superb parrot babies 😍

Now joined by Carrona Jewelry, cast in silver from real (and mostly Chilean) insects

we're snailposting, post your snails

Me (no byline) with one of my favourite, albeit saddest Queensland stories. Would really love an extra few thousand words to do full justice to it while the main players are still around to tell the tale. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548. #naturewriting #countrydiary

Saw a dead yellow jacket on oak bark this evening, noticed movement and looked closer, and there were little Paratemnoides pseudoscorpions grabby hands poking out of the shadows. Seems they brought home a Big Snack to share with the community (Paratemnoides are social pseudoscorpions 🤎) 🧪

Ghost bats (Macroderma gigas) are Australia's only bat species that feeds on large vertebrates. On a recent fieldwork trip to AWC's Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary, we visited one of their feeding caves where we found remains of owlet nightjars and rainbow bee-eaters caught by bats 😮. #WildOz

Look at this adorable regent parrot fuzzball 😭😭😭💚💚💚

Shire Pres: "That would be good training for the navy or whoever. That would be an instant way of disposing of a whale." See also: Mr Murray said there was not enough signage warning would-be swimmers not to get in the water. "They could jump in the oil slick, then we’ll see some problems." 🤷‍♀️

Sorry spider haters, but this was just the most beautiful beast & I knew (nearly everyone) would need to see it 😉. It sat frozen, up on its toes, on the edge of Leeman (WA) salt lake while I took pics. Unfortunately it was too big (body length 1.4cm) for my lens. #spider #Lycosidae #Tetralycosa

ABC Radio National news is ridiculous. That's the whole tweet.

It's polar bear season in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada and I'm a guide. My polar bear photos always engender a lot of questions, so I thought I'd take a moment to answer some of the most common ones so you can better understand these amazing animals and our relationship with them in Churchill. 🐻‍❄️ 1/

Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):

First flying duck (Caleana major - large duck orchid) of the spring near Genoa, East Gippsland, VIC. Only a few scattered plants out in flower here but quite a few more of these very distinctive orchids in bud nearby - despite the recent dry conditions. #orchids #inthefield #ozplants

Have you ever seen gold on a flower before? This is the flower of the carnivorous plant Drosera calycina, which has striking deep red petals and sepals that glitter like gold in the afternoon sunlight. #ozflora #fierceflora #Droseraceae #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature

thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"

Regent parrot chicks getting weighed are just so absurdly adorable and undignified 😂😭😇

Hard agree with Doctor Dave--this is one of Australia's best birds. It's worth your time to try find them, especially the blingy males.

Rainbow Bee-eater at Cullyamurra Waterhole near Innamincka (from the archives) #birds #WildOz

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

The Cook Strait giant wētā (Deinacrida rugosa) is an anostostomatid from New Zealand. It's one of the largest insects in the world! Major threats to this cutie include land clearing and predation by rats. It's listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. #EverydayEnsifera 📸: d_kluza (iNaturalist)

*Job alert* We have a 5-year postdoc position on #mountain non-native species & #macroecology in our group @unibas.ch. Great opportunity to join us! Details here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/postdoc-position-in-mountain-macroecology/6c5a8906-354f-43c6-bc9b-1156d21725a5 Please share!

Nobody hates trees more than coastally adjacent narcissists. Here’s how we should deal with them | First Dog on the Moon

Look at the birds that have been pushed out contention for the Australian Bird of the Year! Every one is magnificent. Every one was worth voting for. (Also I think the sunbird has already been split and ours is Sahul Sunbird.) Anyway, vote for the others here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian orchids suffer rapid pollination decline since the 1970s, study suggests www.abc.net.au/news/science...

This paper is now in press at Oikos, and I can submit an image for the journal cover. I have various crappy photos of mistletoe munching tyrannoids; if you have a great shot you can donate to the cause, I’ll shout you a quality beverage at the very next opportunity www.authorea.com/doi/full/10....

I'm not telling you how to vote in the Australian Bird of the Year poll. But Red Goshawk are absolutely magnificent and they're under threat.

It's time to vote for Australia's Bird of the Year. This is the first round. There are some great birds in this list but sadly not the Pheasant Coucal. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Endemic to southern parts of Australia, the carnivorous Pimpernel Sundew (Drosera glanduligera) with its lovely orange flower. This one was growing on a lush bed of moss and was covered in early morning dew drops #ozflora #wildoz #fierceflora #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature

These are a treat. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Are you looking to attract native birds to your garden this spring? 🦜 🏡 Here's some top tips from @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social and yours truly! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #BirdsInBackyards #UrbanNature #WildlifeGardening #CitizenScience

You must have the sound up for this!

My vote also goes to the Bird-dropping Beetle (Excastra albopilosa), a species I hadn't hear of until a minute ago and which I am now obsessed with. Although it looks less like bird poo to me than an insect that has fallen prey to one of those weird zombifying fungi.

🌸 Spring has arrived in Australia, meaning native bees are buzzing around searching for food, mates and suitable nesting sites. Now is the perfect time to provide habitat for our pollinating friends by building a bee hotel 🐝🧪 biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/bu...

New from me 👇 The pheasant coucal and me: two uncoordinated peas in an uncool pod.

Shout out to all Artificial Intelligence enthusiasts this First Dog on the Moon Spoken Cartoon is not for you soz - everyone else go and look at it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDBl...

🦭 Les mollusques Paris: Fortin, Masson et cie ., [1836-1845] [Source]

And Beth summarises the range of methods we can use to support #urbanNature in this @aunz.theconversation.com article: 🌏 theconversation.com/from-frog-sa...

Secondly, @icon-science.bsky.social PhD student Beth Kiss has an exhibit in the NGV Ian Potter Gallery "When the wildlife moves in", showing the different ways wildlife interacts with our homes 🌏🌆 You can see interactive materials from the exhibit here: whenwildlifemovesin.com #urbanNature #wildAus

Calling all marine & freshwater sciences students 📣 @marinefreshwater.bsky.social has a new #StudentPrize! The first winner will be announced in 2027. Don’t flounder... submit your paper! More details: www.publish.csiro.au/mf/forauthor...#StudentPrize #MarineFreshwaterRes

Just a #platypus having a scratch. #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #platypuses

If you want to catch up on all the Guardian Bird of the Year stories, they're here. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Despite the subject I actually enjoyed this cartoon so you are legally required to enjoy it as well. Cheers! #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Look at the stunning new growth on this Grey Satinash (Syzygium gustavoides, Myrtaceae), a Qld Wet Tropics endemic . I should have taken the pic when the sun was on it. I'll post a better one tomorrow.

First Dog on the Moon narrating his stick insect cartoon 👇.

Long thread (no pun intended) and absolutely worth reading.

oh, so close! Wordle 1,559 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩