Hiding from me under two strings of algae, not a single thought in his rotund little head. 🐍

After the conversation with Marianne, Heather, and Front Range Wildflowers yesterday, I ran into some huge roadside patches of beautiful but invasive oxeye daisy. 🌱

The iridescence of this butterfly's exoskeleton and wing scales is just 💅🎯 #invert #nature

Posting one Inland Northwest wildflower per day until @frwildflowers.bsky.social gets tired of seeing them. 🌱🌿

Happy summer solstice! The red orchid cactus is going absolutely bonkers. 🌱🪴

Dots on the sidewalk during my morning run. 🪶 Quail chicks are in a 3-way tie for the cutest baby animal taxa along with ducklings and goat kids.

During the dry season many of Idaho's small streams become flow limited so the native trout living in them get isolated to the few deep pools that stay cool and keep them safe from predators until fall rains and frost stops evapotranspiration. But it makes them easier to see! 🐟🌎

I know a blackberry cobbler when I see one 🍄📷

The native bees are out working the lawn. 🌱 #虫

Anybody know of a way to watch the World Cup in the U.S. without giving any money to the Fox corporation? Could I pay for a VPN and watch it on BBC or something? There's no way I'm supporting the parent company of Fox News, they're literally evil. ~40 year old soccer photo for tax.

Job security for wildlife researchers! New analyses of the same data show that autocorrelation & sampling artifacts made it look like wolves had a much bigger impact on willows (trophic cascades) in Yellowstone than they did. The critics aren't downplaying the role of wolves, but suggest nuance. 🧪🦊

Rise and shine it's time for slime. 🍄📷

On my way to my field site this morning I saw this extremely nice and cute livestock guardian dog that found a whitetail fawn and would not stop playing with it. The poor fawn was so exhausted and confused. I had to stop and knock on the owner's door to call it in. 🦊

Just saw my first ever great great owl right next to the road! Such a beautiful bird, and completely serene. I can see why they call them ghosts. 🪶

That feeling when you see a splash of color through the brush and excitedly run over only to discover that they're invasive foxgloves. 🙄🌱

The most reliable and accessible place to see an American crocodile near Miami is in the retention pond outside the Palmetto Bay Village Center. Your toddler might get bitten by fire ants on the lawn.

A good #hydrology reminder of why western watersheds must get snowpack to avoid drought. Outside the 4 corners, the western U.S. does not get meaningful precipitation in the summer. Half the water we use comes from snowmelt. Even outrageously wet winters will lead to drought if it all comes as rain.

I like to grow out the mystery weeds until I can identify them just make sure they're not native wildflowers. This one in my garden turned out to be field forget me nots. A very dainty beauty, which is unfortunately from Eurasia. I fed it to the chickens. 🌱

The flower is a bit tattered, but I grew this woods rose from a tiny seedling! This is the first flower ever, and it's delightfully fragrant. I'm so excited for future years, and all the pollinators that will visit it. #nativeplants 🌱

Thursday was the last day of the kids' school year, so this weekend we had our annual School's Out Campout! The weather was incredible and the scenery spectacular. 🐟 ⛺

Holy crapoly, look at my Rebutia cactus! It's under there somewhere. 🌱🪴

The native Columbia lily currently blooming in my yard. Plant was rescued from an area where herbicide will be sprayed after timber harvest. #nativeplants 🌱

This is an incredible photo of an Earth eclipse, shot at night by the Artemis II crew when this side of our planet was lit only by reflected moonlight. Please read the accompanying article. It only takes 2 minutes & the brief explanations of the science, astronomy, & photography here are amazing. 🧪

Use artificial intelligence to reduce golden eagle deaths at wind farms by 62%, not to steal jobs from artists & replace critical thinking skills. I've been accused of being a luddite or anti-AI, but the possibilities for science, medicine, etc are incredible. Billionaires just can't be in charge.

Power up 🍄📷

Full moonrise on the 30th of May behind palm trees east of Borrego Springs (Photo: Sicco Rood).

My 5th grader had an assignment to draw things about Earth he appreciates. I'm impressed with his attention to detail. I have not forced him to be a science nerd, but after learning so much about it I can't blame him for loving it. #SciArt

A semi-aquatic scorpichungus a METER LONG used to terrorize prehistoric UK and Wales. #Invert 🧪

His body is tiny but his approval is vast - keep fighting the good fight. 🐸🐍

Saturday’s hike for y[our] Tuesday doldrums. Up & down Mt. Elwell, Plumas National Forest. Paths & Places 1/6

I had to do an about-face on my drive yesterday to figure out what these beautiful plants were. Yellow flag iris invading a wetland I do wonder if this nonnative elbowing out a niche in a wetland that is otherwise a cattail monoculture is all bad. 🤷Visually lovely, but *sigh*... #nativeplants 🌱🌎

Blessed by the bug #虫

Knee high by the fourth of June-ly I guess the corn will manage to mature before frost, we beat the northern farmers' mantra by a whole month! 🌱

@sciencevs.bsky.social I'm pretty worried about pesticide exposure (especially paraquat) and Parkinson's disease www.texastribune.org/2026/06/05/t...

I'm unreasonably amused by this giant common mullein growing in the driveway of a house in a nearby HOA golf course community. Nothing but pristine lawn & big box store accent plants as far as the eye can see, & then THIS. How has it escaped the ire of the landscaping Nazis? I don't know, haha 🤷‍♂️🌱

Battle of the bullies: I'm unleashing this aggressive American wisteria (W. macrostachya 'Blue Moon') on the invasive Norway maple to see if it can swallow some of it. 🌱 #nativeplants

Colors #nativeplants #Invert

These MAHA people are dumber than a fossilized turd. Apologies to any coprolites on here; you're the only demographic I could think of who wouldn't be offended since you're on the favorable side of the comparison.

Today's last fish was a fat little rainbow with no friends living before this waterfall. 🐟🧪

Found some post apocalyptic picnic tables yesterday. Which one do you want to use? I think I'm a fan of the first one, with caution. #1 the fern fraternity

Some lovely moss eyebrows on this skull today 🟢🦊 #nativeplants

The Palouse

Look at this lovely wild #orchid, the striped coral root. 🌱🌿 #nativeplants

LOOK at the fuzzy legs and body of this death camas mining bee! It's completely covered in toxic pollen, it looks like white cheddar Cheeto dust. Except it will kill all the rest of us. 🌱 #nativeplants #虫

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I was just walking through the grapevines lamenting how infested they are with white flies and wondering aloud what kind of bug will eat them. Then I saw what I think is one of the ballooning baby orb weavers from yesterday! Go spider go! 🌱 #虫

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There were hundreds of spiderlings of some kind ballooning off my kids' play structure in the backyard today. They were so tiny, but I wanted to capture it so badly. Cellphone photo challenge: impossible #虫 🌎

First Easter lily cactus explosion of the year, many more to come. Happy summer! 🌱🪴

Holy crap you guys, I think I just had a western bumblebee in my yard. Bombus occidentalis is candidate species for ESA listing that has severely declined in recent years. 🌱 #虫