“I am penguin" #birds

Here's the #InverteFest art book December 2025 cover posted in full - how many species can you identify in this piece? (Answer below) Prints: www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/... #Art #SciArt

This is one amazing photo. Jets of water vapour and ice crystals blasting out through four deep fractures in the icy shell of Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus. This is the only alien ocean we know of that we can directly access. (1/2)

Coyote at home on Coyote Mountain yesterday morning. Howling video will be posted later (Photo: Sicco Rood).

First snake of the year was my lifer Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake (Stenorrhina degenhardtii) found yesterday during my first hike of the year near Cali, Colombia! This is a decently rare species since they spend a lot of time underground, so I'm lucky to have crossed paths with one. #herps 🐍

Whoops, Kilauea is erupting again, can see it from here at the Haleakala summit!

Red-shouldered Hawk a'floofin from the Christmas Bird Count about two weeks ago. 🪶 Mercer County, NJ

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is birds #GoodLight so here is an Equatorial Antpitta in lovely soft light. These birds are found in the central Andes Mountains of Colombia throughout Ecuador into northern Peru. Zuroloma Birding, Parroquia Nono, Ecuador

How cool and rare is it to catch truly #GoodLight in a bird pic? Every time I do - I name the photo with "good light" or "great light" in it. Did make it easy to quickly find a pic for #BirdOfTheDay #birds #becurious 🪶 Named this "Steller's great light" in my folder. No lies detected.

🎶 .. but not a real green dress, that’s cruel.. 🎶

Insects and Other Arthropods of Tropical America. It was a huge help for me in learning insect orders. My copy is full of highlights and post-it flags.

Last night I set up my telescope so we could all watch the planets while waiting for the new year to arrive. After the fireworks had subsided, I attached my camera and captured my first astrophoto of the year featuring Jupiter and its moon Europa. #astrophotography Happy New Year everyone!

Happy New Year everyone! Find yourself someone who looks at you like this male Northern Flicker looks at the female in the foreground. 🪶

If anyone still needs to get a gift for your family, we are still scheduling fundraiser charters for 2026. Up to 15 total guests join us for a day of shark research, and you get to help us catch, tag, measure, and sample sharks. DM me if you’re interested.

Day 24 of #ArtAdventCalendar, and one of my favourites from this year. (Also because we are almost beginning with #InverteFest) #WeevilWednesday #Nature #SciArt #TradArt #ColorPencil p.s. check reply for the link to original photo this was referenced from.

Bird species #89 for the yard patch this morning, Red-Shouldered Hawk. Plus a bonus fox out there sniffing around for snacks. 🪶

Was watching the birds today when they all alarmed and took off with a Cooper's Hawk in hot pursuit. Coop didn't catch anything and stuck around looking for stragglers before taking off. Cooper's Hawk, PA 🪶

Sharpie hanging out, trying to look casual, at the bird feeders today. 🪶 Sharp-shinned Hawk, PA

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsOnTwigs. My contribution may be disqualified as the judges could rule this Bohemian Waxwing is under the twig. They are back again for the winter so I'll try to do better. Anchorage #Alaska 🪶

Another year almost over and I still haven’t made any progress on my book project. Sigh. #birds

🎶It’s beginning to look a lot like #Fishmas🎶 There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long

The encounter that took what was already a great #BearSeason2025 right over the top. Arctic foxes are not the easiest to find around Churchill so getting to spend time with this cutie who is still changing into their winter coat was amazing. #mammals 🌿

Very pleased to have had a small part in this new paper showing that the greater chestnut weevil is not, as feared, extinct.

It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick. Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.

Hi there! This giraffe took time out from munching on leaves to check us out for a few seconds. At over 5 meters tall, they eat the leaves that no body else can reach! Taken in Kruger Park, South Africa #wildlife

Today may be the day for me to play the lotto! In 4.5 years I've *seen* two Pacific Wrens in the yard (maybe heard a few more) Today TWO Pacific Wrens just runnin' all around the place - like right out in the open! And posing for photos... Wren 1 #birds #becurious

Polar bear moms are fierce. This mom watched three different males approaching her nap spot, posing a threat to her cub. They retreated with Mom stopping to assess the situation regularly. You can see a pretty serious scar on her face, indicating that she was quick to defend her cubs. #mammals 🌿

It's #TurtleTuesday so good news - Green Sea Turtles are now off the endangered list are are now classified as "least concern". Here's a few up close shots from our Galapagos trip.

If anyone wants to read literally anything that isn’t this, might I recommend my explainer on the history of sea shanties? www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the...

It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑 Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for. We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.

For #BlueSkyMonday The Wisconsin River Was partially frozen But the auroras were Blazing so very bright Captured Nov. 11, 2025 #Aurora #photography #naturephotography #nature #scape #eastcoastkin #landscapephotography #thewildimages

I'm not kidding. This is not photoshopped! Rock #squirrel filled to the BRIM. "What? Who, me?"

One of two (!) Prairie Falcons at my local patch yesterday morning… ⛅️ 🪶🌵

Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️ Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago! Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

a reach of stream this morning change your focus change your life

Pileated Woodpeckers are the largest woodpecker in North America and are nearly the size of a crow. They excavate deep into rotten wood to get at carpenter ant nests and leave behind rectangular holes. This is a female busy looking for food. 🪶

So. Was standing at my kitchen sink washing my hands when this bald beauty landed in my yard right in front of me at eye level! 👀 Life in the PNW! Brain was all "Do not move fast to get camera, do NOT MOVE FAST..." Also "Do not rinse soap off hands, just wipe on towel slowly" #birds #becurious

The ash tree forests in PA have been hit hard by emerald ash borers. So, this morning I did some volunteer work planting new trees. I was able to plant 3 black willows and a sycamore tree. 🌿

Rollers are a group of birds that get their name from their dramatic tumbling flight during courtship and territorial displays. While we did see a bit of those displays, this Lilac-breasted Roller seemed mainly concerned with flashing his fancy colours! Kruger Park, South Africa #Birds 🪶

American Crows locking feet during a mid-air scuffle over the Brooklyn Bridge! #birds #crows #brooklyn

I don’t generally chase rare species but if one lands right next to me, what’s a guy to do? A tara-iti (New Zealand fairy tern) at Omaha this morning. There are less than 40 individuals and only 9 breeding pairs left in the world. 🪶🇳🇿

Some fun with lady Belted Kingfisher today. I found a good spot for them. Thinking about actually dragging a tripod with me next time out. 🪶

Rare bird alert! Red-necked Grebe that's been hanging around a local lake in Bucks County, PA. #LiferPie for me! 🪶

When you’re out fishing please be responsible and clean up your gear. This stuff is a hazard for wildlife.

Mainstream palaeoart often seems lily-white in terms of the diversity of its contributors. But pieces of palaeoart that rank among the -MOST SEEN- works in the entire field were examples of black craftsmanship. This week came news on the passing of Garfield G. Minott (1966-2025)... cont

An adult Rhinoceros can weigh 5000 lbs, so it’s appropriate that a group of rhinoceroses is called a “crash”. They go where they want. These White Rhinoceroses were slowly eating their way across the plain. Mom is front and centre and always kept an eye on the “little” baby on the left! #mammal

Congrats @philtorres.bsky.social and @aaronpomerantz.bsky.social on the paper! I look for these decoy spiders whenever I’m in the rainforest and this is the best example I’ve found. #inverts Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador 2022

Q: Why are Bugs so silly? A: Because they don't have a serious bone in their body *loud booing* Anyway here's Apache degeeri, a silly derbid planthopper