Who knows what you'll see on a walk! Certainly necrophilic amplexus was a first for us! For expert knowledge and good advice please see @froglife.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social #frog #amplexus #Rana #frogspawn #flatworms #Cailleach www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HgC...

"Fluorinated liquid crystal monomers (FLCMs), widely employed in liquid crystal displays, are emerging organofluorine compounds that are characterized by their universal presence, environmental persistence, and potential endocrine/developmental toxicity." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"Europe’s wild bees are indispensable to biodiversity, food production, and human well-being. While most species are not currently threatened, one in ten faces extinction risk [...] but coordinated conservation action can mitigate these threats." op.europa.eu/en/publicati...?

"A SCOTTISH Government investigation into alleged illegal dredging incident caught on camera in Wester Ross last year has concluded, with “no further enforcement action to be taken”.” www.ross-shirejournal.co.uk/news/no-furt...

🐌🎉 One year ago this week, the Pyrenean Semi-slug (Semilimax pyrenaicus) was discovered new to Britain — found on Cwmaman Tip, near Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf. A small species, but a big moment for British wildlife. (1/7)

Great to see the paper by @ecology-digest.bsky.social and I on the new British woodlouse (Chaetophiloscia elongata) now available. Check it (and other great material) out at bmig.org.uk/view/resourc...

😎"arachnid megacity"! Had no idea Tegenaria domestica (aka the domestic house spider) could be so 'colonial'; AND it shares the space with Prinerigone vagans, a small 'sheet-weaver' spider and is the first record of a cooperative web woven by these two species phys.org/news/2025-11...?

Would you be surprised that a fish once so prized that grown men wept at their loss and was "sought after by all the lovers of good eating in ancient Rome", is now simply feared, ignored or forgotten? #Mediterranean #MorayEel #Muraena #helena #FishNursery #Sicilia www.seanature.co.uk/pmnhs_muraen...

To help a loved one with cancer, think about what you're good at — and what they need. Are you organized? Plan their meals. Detail-oriented? Go with them to appointments. Survivors share ideas.

"Researchers studying the effects of climate change on freshwater wildlife have published the world’s largest database of how river, lake and stream species respond to rising temperatures." www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...

Notes, observations and questions concerning Mediterranean moray eel, Muraena helena Linnaeus, 1758. Full article available now in the Bulletin of the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society, Autumn 2025 edition.

"The Scottish government is investigating after two boats were filmed allegedly scallop dredging in a marine protected area (MPA) in the north-west Highlands". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wondering if any entomologists out there might know what this is? I think it may be a ?beetle larva? Found in the topsoil of a grassy upland area in the UK @royentsoc.bsky.social

"Methane-powered sea spiders: Diverse, epibiotic methanotrophs serve as a source of nutrition for deep-sea methane seep Sericosura" phys.org/news/2025-06...?

29/4/2025 - To be or not to be. You're a microscopic planktonic larva adrift in the ocean, looking for a place to settle. "Audentes fortuna iuvat"? Maybe. But here your chances are slim. Unless fortune intervenes with cuttlefish bone; pumice stone; or, a fragment of hard foam #SmallGoose #Lepas

Congressman "Ed Case of Hawaii in January introduced the American Seabed Protection Act, which would prohibit NOAA from issuing licenses or permits for seafloor mining activities" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/c...

"This is a gift to industrial fishing fleets and a slap in the face to science and the generations of Pacific Islanders who have long called for greater protection of these sacred waters...” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/c...

Lithognathus mormyrus 12 April 2025, north-east Sicily #CommonBastardfish #SandSteenbras #Lithognathus #hermaphrodite #protandry #Sicily

"Say hello to my little friend..." 12th April 2025 #Spinx #Blenny #Aidablennius #Sicilia #territorial #behaviour #ArtificialSubstrate #CombTooth #ecology #grazing #algae

Venerdi 11 Aprile 38°16'21.0"N, 15°28'49.2"E #GhostNet #ReteFantasma #Sicilia #GuardiaCostiera

6 April 2025, north east Sicily. The increasingly uncommon Common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca. Classified as 'Vulnerable' on the IUCN Red List. Yes, this immature specimen had its spine removed before it was dumped. 'Accidental by-catch'? Maybe that phrase is part of the problem #Dasyatis #stingray

Tuesday 8th April 2025 - meanwhile 10 years ago... www.seanature.co.uk/pmnhs_velell...

Colon cancer is on the rise in younger people in the U.S. New research shows regular exercise can help survivors live longer — in some cases even longer than people who didn't have cancer.

In fading light I see thin patches of dwarf seagrass, un-scythed by weather or goose, the hidden network of anchoring rhizome beneath, waiting for better days. Foraging oystercatchers work the beach; a solitary anemone flowers; and the rare curled cast of a black lug with its brief tidy sculpture.

Who can resist such silvered, intertidal coinage?

Thinking about a fly larva, feeding on a Chthamalus barnacle, April 2003 (Tregardock Beach, North Cornwall)... @flygirlnhm.bsky.social

Pancreatic cancer is notoriously hard to treat, with a mortality rate of about 90%. In today’s episode,  we talk with a scientist  who is fighting the cancer with an mRNA vaccine. Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3ES4ndw

Our fearless executive editor @judeisabella.bsky.social talked with bsky.app/profile/tomm... about how a Soviet-era experiment from the 1950s continues to impact Norwegian rivers today, and what happens when Pacific salmon invade Atlantic waters. Listen here:

Caroline Lucas was on the R4 Today programme this morning (25th January 2025) talking about the proposed Natural History GCSE here in the UK (go to 1:44:32 to hear the interview). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A few annotated images of a Common mussel (Mytilus edulis) in the Imerys Pool at the @rspb.bsky.social Arne Nature Reserve, 12th October 2024. With grateful thanks to Bas Payne of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland for organising access to this restricted site with the RSPB.