A dusky brown Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis saurita. Photographed in New Jersey

i got to talk about anarchist santa not actually a biography, but instead talking about how this guy did a lot of cool science and changed the way we understand competition and cooperation in evolutionary biology

RIP Jane Goodall, by all accounts a wonderful woman who loved this Far Side cartoon

RIP Jane Goodall. This one stings for surprisingly personal reasons 😭

“generals gathered in their masses to listen to gigantic asses“ headline is sitting right there, which outlet is going to step up

Thunderbeast in the 21st Century

'Never give up hope': Percy Onabigon is home after First Nation family spent decades repatriating his remains Long Lake #58 First Nation's chief hopes these efforts pave way for others to repatriate loved ones #Ontario www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ornate Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeira ornata) at Tapir Valley Nature Reserve #CostaRica These snakes eat frogs and frog eggs. #snakes #reptiles #nature

As others have suggested, let's start calling these "Kavanaugh stops" and "Kavanaugh detentions"

I wonder if the Anti-Defamation League is starting to regret joining the Defamation League

ICE attempted and failed to disappear a food delivery guy. It needed to be scored.

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record. I just don't know what to say anymore.

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

Portland www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W2B...

Eddison again for your #Caturday goodness

What the fuck?

one thing that is true for everyone reading this: unless something changes dramatically the number of people who agree with you on what basic facts constitute "reality" will shrink every year for the rest of your life

Some Psittacosaurus for your #FossilFriday Picture taken at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age." She was 78.

Can Science Explain Legendary Creatures? An interview starring me, at Things Visible and Invisible... youtu.be/_ePSHyZ1hRU?...

The government is rounding people up and putting them into camps and nobody is talking about it as political violence Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Officials issue warning over highly invasive plant in Midwest. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources issued an alert over the discovery of "invasive purple jewelweed," also known as Himalayan balsam.  www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/d...

"I found a #Florida panther!’ Man films rare encounter with endangered Everglades puma. outdoors.com/i-found-a-fl...

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"I look at my children and I say, 'I don't know if I'm going to come back. And I always tell them that I love them very much." - "Ana", farm worker & single mother of 3. www.context.news/socioeconomi...

My friend who was arrested for being queer in public in WV had his consultation with a lawyer and now has an idea of court and legal costs and needs to raise a bit more money. He's facing a year in prison for essentially "cop didn't like the look of him." www.gofundme.com/f/5d3hr-help...

New octopus just dropped (and the article didn't even use a horrible AI image 😯) 🦑 🐙 www.earth.com/news/new-gia...

Happy Wednesday!

Four generic frogs? No! These are members of four different FAMILIES from Europe, Borneo, Madagascar, and East Africa, convergently evolved on the generic brown frog morphotype! 🧪🐸

I redid the shading because I’m super picky. lol I guess I have to let art sit for 24 hours before posting 😂 #ocart #oc #ventart #ventart

I'm blogging again, because sometimes I just want to write about what I want to write about. The latest is on a very spiky dinosaur and why dinosaurs are always going to be stranger than our expectations.

Spot the snake

it would actually be discrimination for GWAR to avoid depicting the President getting disemboweled on stage.

Everyone, I wanted to let you know about the sad news that despite everyone's best efforts Bluestockings will close at the end of the year: www.bluestockings.com - I want to thank every single person who sent books to them through my book drive [will share more later]. A tremendous loss to NYC.

A Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias, sits in a branch of a fallen tree in a lake surrounded by forest.

“Scully, has anyone ever said to you ‘it sounds like you have a case of the Mondays’?”

A multinational treaty to protect vast expanses of the world’s oceans is finally set to become law in January 2026, with environmentalists hailing its enactment Friday as crucial to safeguarding the marine ecosystems. /1 thread www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...

Dang RIP Bernie Parent 😭

Mina in a basket for your #Caturday this week!

Thirsty baby rattlesnakes drinking rainwater at night! Watch live at RattleCam.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAvT...

it's hard to be queer in appalachia, and someone I care a lot about was arrested seemingly for walking home on rural roads while queer after losing his keys. He's trying to raise funds for his court costs. www.gofundme.com/f/5d3hr-help...

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

NYT: Mamdani Will Not Win Elections Unless He Promotes Sexual Predators on a Podcast By Ezra Klein, Maggie Haberman and C. Montgomery Snrub

The details of the ICE raids in Chicago just straight up broke me. ICE blowing down doors and dragging people out in handcuffs under helicopter spotlights for PR stunts, breaking into terrified people's cars and tasing them in the face, straight up killing a father Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

I’m a U.S. citizen who was wrongly arrested and held by ICE. Here’s why you could be next. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

The Penobscot Nation reclaims 1,700 acres in rural Maine as they grow their land holdings. The Appalachian Mountain Club is repatriating the parcel to its Indigenous stewards. www.pressherald.com/2025/09/16/p...

Sometimes when people are online they feel the urge to post about something they really really want to do or claim to have done. If the thing you're talking about is illegal, I promise no one thinks it's cool or is glad you posted it, with the sole exception of cops and prosecutors. Please DON'T.

A Northern Two-Lined Salamander, Eurycea bislineata, resting at the edge of a creek #Herps #Amphibians

Just a reminder, once again, that all humans are, in fact, members of the same species. Race is an artificial social construct and we are not genetically diverse enough to even warrant any subspecies.