Before you yell at me I'm speaking in a NYC context only if it's not clear from context clues and I'm half joking. God I loved the Blizzard of 96. I got off THREE days from school and by the third day the roads and trains were good enough and my mom took us to see Les Mis.

In progress: "Crow", pencil crayon/graphite on watercolour paper, 9x12" #art #wip #birds

Come work with us at UW-Green Bay! We're hiring a tenure-track ecologist with a focus on global change biology. 🧪🌎🪶 wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UW_Com...

Guess who finally solved the printer issues?? I FINALLY have 2025 Nudivember zines in my shop! This is one of two zines I now produce entirely at home, 100% homemade by my own two hands. Buy here: saimihanma.com/product/art-...

Dorothy Roberts' parents, a white anthropologist and a Black woman from Jamaica, spent years interviewing interracial couples in Chicago. Her memoir draws from their records. n.pr/3ZxKSy6

The Unstoppable Alysa Liu "Liu’s performance embodied everything conservatives are trying to kill. They don’t want women to excel—especially by their own rules." open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...

Sunday’s blizzard may sock NYC with 13 to 17 inches of snow — or more! ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ With apologies to the Canadian rapper legend who gave us “Informer,” but that amount is SNOW JOKE! A new Saturday snow collab with @katiehonan.bsky.social in @thecity.nyc www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/21/b...

Corinne Bailey Rae has an excellent discography, but also, this song in particular has aged like fine wine as cultural politics have finally caught up with it.

Who says serious athletes are always serious? Akwasi Frimpong, who's competed for Ghana, is a world-class wisecracker as he reflects on being a Black African athlete in the white world of winter sports. n.pr/3MDlR1u

New podcast episode! In this week's episode, Science Communicator Peri Sasnett joins host Nate Swick to discuss Clark's Nutcracker, that brilliant and hardy icon of high-elevation habitats in the West. Listen here: www.aba.org/10-07-the-na...

NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results" and i was like. oh!

The new mayor pledged to dedicate 1% of the city budget to parks and 0.5% to libraries. His preliminary spending plan delivers less. www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/19/m...

🌍 We’re hiring at Mongabay! We’re recruiting for two full-time, remote roles: 🗂 Production Editor (Global) - buff.ly/zD7ofTD 🌏 Contributing Editor (Asia-Pacific) - buff.ly/zXYVAPH If you have strong journalism experience and want to strengthen independent environmental reporting, apply now!

Ahhhhh! Thank you thank you to all the readers buying The Company of Owls @milkweededitions.bsky.social and all the booksellers selling it to bring it to no. 4 in the indie press bestsellers list!

Nopal (Prickly Pear) fruit (Opuntia ficus-indica) today at UC Botanical Garden 🌿

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Baby boom continues for critically endangered whales! 🐋 Another North Atlantic right whale mom, “Ghost,” & calf pair has been spotted — bringing this season’s total to 22 calves. Congrats Ghost! 💙 Meet all the mom & calf pairs: https://oceana.ly/4blsTlM

Little an't man, being a long derpy creature this afternoon ❤️ (Synemosyna formica, ant mimic jumping spider, of course) #EmotionalSupportSpood

The hoot(h) is out there. (Somewhere in our boulevard elm tree out front.)

The Urban Wildlife Working Group is excited to announce a FREE workshop on Trapping Wildlife in Uniquely Urban Spaces taking place on Zoom on March 23rd from 1-3 pm Eastern Time. See you there! 🦺 #UrbanEcology #FieldWork Register here: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Just saw The Escapes of David George @gogogomalley.bsky.social at local indie book shop. On my tbr list.

Rachel Carson's "Fable for Tomorrow" worked brilliantly — but only once. How can we create conservation fables for today? conservationworks.substack.com/p/how-to-bui...

Events in my favorite NYC park! 💚 On February 14, 2026, join us for birding (9:30 am) 🐦‍⬛ and winter tree ID (11 am). 🌳

Had to break out the hip boots to get to work today 😹

Giraffe bulls were tussling with one another this week in the Serengeti! Rivals whip their heads backwards aiming their horns at the necks and sides of their combatants. #wildlife

Excited to share the 1st episode of my new partnership with @milkweededitions.bsky.social, with the remarkable Sangu Iyer, about her memoir Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-... @literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social

Ben & Jerry's Pecan Sticky Buns (2016-2017, 2018-circa 2020): Buttery brown sugar ice cream, loaded with pecans, chunks of cinnamon sticky bun dough, and a swirl of cream cheese frosting. Sold exclusively at Wal-Mart

Congrats “BATTLE LINES ” by Jen Zhao & Aaron Sharp ⚔️ Second Place winner of the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🥈 🧵 1/2 Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/2026... #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

Lauryn Hill will lead Grammy tribute to Roberta Flack and D’Angelo

Yes Gracie that is the absolutely best place to lie while I am cooking, correct

Hey @theguardian.com that isn’t a chameleon (and chameleons aren’t found in Phoenix). www.theguardian.com/environment/...

From the tallest chestnut trees to the strangest pitcher plants, the botanical world is FULL of fascinating stories. And for our third season on Plant People, we’re doing a deep dive on a different plant each episode. 🎧🌿 Tune in every other week starting February 2. www.nybg.org/plantpeople

I invite you to track seasonal changes in plants and animals -- #phenology -- in your yard, to support science, and more importantly, because it is good FOR YOU. Excited to share my #TEDxUofA talk from last October: youtu.be/3l0fMlv2-5Q

People seem intrigued by this one! So the question is: What fruit & chocolate combo is the GOAT?

This work by @usa-npn.bsky.social @theresacrimmins.bsky.social strengthens the natural history community and builds our knowledge of organisms' responses to environment. It is an outstanding resource to scientists, educators, naturalists, and enthusiasts of all stripes. And we can all contribute!

Pink lady slippers are members of the orchid family found in the eastern US and parts of Canada. They require acidic soil and are most often found in pine forests. Once used for medicinal purposes, harvesting has been discouraged due to population decline. #flowers #365species #nature

Next up is Arula, a junior studying Environmental Studies and Sustainability. She’s the Herbarium’s social media intern. In the picture, Arula is holding a Cypripedium acaule (Pink Lady Slipper). Her favorite thing about this plant is that it’s a Michigan native with a vibrant color.

Lady Slipper Orchids growing in carpets of caribou lichen. #Newfoundland, Canada. #orchid #wildflower #flower #botany #lichen #fungifriends Photo from June, 2025 during a wilderness #backpacking trip.

In just a couple of months, Downtown Los Angeles will be home to a micro forest, looking to greenify one of the most urban cities in the nation.

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BrownisBeautiful. So here's an Eastern Towhee female taking a stroll. #Birds #EastCoastKin

Social behavior researchers might be interested in knowing that this community care seemed to directly result from play— first sledding and snowballs, knocking on doors to invite neighbors to join, then it transformed into community care. Joy, silliness, togetherness, care bsky.app/profile/skwi...

Shortly before the photo in the quoted post, this other photo happened. Effie REALLY wants to be his friend. He’s still a little uncertain.

I'm going through some of the tens of thousands of burrowing owl photos I took last year. Probably 99% of them are completely out of focus like this one. I get so attached to the owls that I just can't discard the bad photos, though. 🪶

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Ever wondered who cares for some of the ocean’s most fascinating creatures? We’re chatting with Ellen & Mariana about their career paths, why conservation matters, & how aquarists & researchers are restoring species like the sunflower sea star. Join us live 1/22 at 12 p.m. PT. at mbayaq.co/4sHfSch

Great horned owl at the Woodland Regional Park PReserve yesterday #birds

Float like a glass squid. What might it feel like to reach a state where your body’s density perfectly matches your surroundings? Their buoyant bodies are filled with ammonium chloride, which is lighter than seawater, helping them to conserve energy while traveling. 1,729 m #ArgentinianDeepSeeps

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Wikipedia’s Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever. As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...