Still Life with Three Birds' Nests - October 1885 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/3109306

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Sharing the stage with a co-presenter today 🐦 Delighted to be at the University of Antwerp for the Annual Conference of the Cognition & Behavior Evolution Network, and yes, the coot has its own chair! 🪑

The first Kittiwake chicks of the year and a late starting Herring Gull that has chosen to pitch it's nest on the remains of a lobster pot. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds

[VI] Pitch in Australia not allowed to be used because a bird laid an egg on it. The bird belongs to a protected indigenous species. They have to wait until the egg has been hatched or carefully moved somewhere else. This could be a matter of days, but could take up to a month

A ripple bug robot just went full Van Gogh ✨🎨

So many galaxies, so many stars - yet only one Carl Sagan. Let us do better, humanity: we need more voices of reason, more proponents of awe, more prophets of wonder, and more reasons to feel gratitude for the magnificence of our existence.

Can we stop putting happy faces in news stories about temperature records and heat waves?

In my new book, The Urban Naturalist, I talk about inspiring community scientists like Graham Moates, who used his plastic cleanups to discover that, in the UK, 3 million mammals every year die inside discarded bottles and cans. His paper: lnkd.in/er8u49s8

Using YouTube ads to plant a forest? YES! 🌳 The Australian legend Beau Miles is doing just that, the YouTube forest! He’s already set to plant 1,300 native trees, boosting biodiversity, but I wish him many more! With 5 days left, this could be a great reforestation story for journalists to cover 🌍🧪

A Raccon peaks out of its nest #wildlife

Bye bye!

Reminder that nature doesn't need people. People need nature. 🌍

(not pictured) 😂 🦈 @nature.com

Insecten gebruiken microplastics ter bescherming, al ver voor de term bestond

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us."

"Yes, it is heartbreaking for what this says about the world we humans have made. But I still find wonder in the stories these nests tell about the lives and circumstances of their architects and the deliberate choices they made." Dr. Vanya Rohwer's #naturewriting. #birds #birding #nature

I was today years old when I learned about bird nest fungi!! 🪹🍄 And I’m literally a scientist who studies bird nests... MIND IS BLOWN 🤯

“Sven, bring all those old seabird mounts down from the attic! I HAVE AN IDEA!”

That sequence of music snippets! 🤯🎶 Very impressive video editing and science storytelling from the YouTube channel 'How do they know', created by Adam Cole and Joss Fong. Thank you for covering my research, and high fives to the editor! 🤩👏

That sequence of music snippets! 🤯🎶 Very impressive video editing and science storytelling from the YouTube channel 'How do they know', created by Adam Cole and Joss Fong. Thank you for covering my research, and high fives to the editor! 🤩👏

Zelfportet van een vogel Techniek: poep op glas.

NEW PAPER, NEW THREAD! 👀 We collected insects in creeks polluted with raw sewage. 🤢 Microplastics in caddisflies were once rare. But now, in some creeks, more than half of all cases include artificial material! 🤯 A shitty thread on plastics and poop, thankfully, without the smell of it 💩 1/x 🧵👇

Birds on the front lines weave their nests from fiber optics.

Did you know that birds have been using human rubbish in their nests for centuries? 🪹 It’s true - we first see this in a drawing from 1785 of a reed warbler nest containing human-made twine. This behaviour isn’t new - so why is it a problem now?

NEW PAPER, NEW THREAD! 👀 We collected insects in creeks polluted with raw sewage. 🤢 Microplastics in caddisflies were once rare. But now, in some creeks, more than half of all cases include artificial material! 🤯 A shitty thread on plastics and poop, thankfully, without the smell of it 💩 1/x 🧵👇

My son named her Larry Bird

A hummingbird has built a nest on my balcony and I am already deeply emotionally attached 🪺

Traffic camera turned nature photographer. 📷 Fast pigeon caught by a speed trap, flying at 45 km/h in a 30 km/h zone. 🐦💨 #bird 🪶

Need proof that common ravens are really smart? Check out their choice of a beautiful and functional nest spot tucked into the front of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Sheltered from the rain, the nest goes unnoticed until an adult flies in with a meal for the three youngsters. #birds

I think this nest might be occupied. When your tail is almost a meter long, it can tough to fit the entire thing in your nest. Male Resplendent Quetzal, Paraiso Quetzal Lodge #CostaRica #birds #nature 🌿

One bird. 399 pieces of plastic. 55 g. This is not our record.

Today, we remember the Second World War in the Netherlands. 🇳🇱 I’m sharing the story of Emanuel Speijer, a Jewish entomologist deported to Nazi camps. Studying insects there helped him endure the horror, and his work helped fight diseases. He survived, and so did part of his collection. 🐝🧪

Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more

In Transcarpathia, Ukraine, a stork put a Ukrainian flag on its nest🥹

Thought we were filming a bird riding a thermal but it turned out to be a dog poo bag.

Started strong. Still relevant. 🌍

Some insect larvae have been incorporating microplastics into the casings they build to protect themselves against predators since at least the early 1970s, researchers report. scim.ag/3GD5SNx

In nest building mode 🪶 #birds #crane #sandhillcrane #nature #wildlife #photography #conservation #protectnature #saveourparks #nest #nestbuilding

A rare carnivorous caterpillar—previously unknown to biologists—stalks spiderwebs for food whilst dressed in the remains of its prey, a new Science study reports. This new species, dubbed the “bone collector,” is found only on a single mountainside on the Hawai’ian island of Oa’hu. scim.ag/3GBDcV7

Nature finds a way. 😅 Some brave robins built their nest inside the mouth of an animatronic T. rex!! 😱 The staff kindly switched off the dinosaur’s movements to let them nest in peace, however peaceful the jaws of a fearsome apex predator may be. 🦖 🎥: Colchester Zoo, UK

shout out to the family of cool gigantic hawks that built a nest on this property flipper's billboard and have been shidding all over his head and suit for the last few days

As someone who puts extra effort into visualising the discoveries we make, I’m beyond proud to see my photography featured in the 'ScienceShots' category on @science.org. 🐛🧪

So very hyped that @nature.com made a video about our study on microplastic in caddisfly casings! 😱🎥 Watch it preferably next to a creek... some of them might want to tune in too. 🍿🐛

A caddisfly casing with a perfectly nibbled circle! 🐛🍃🟢

NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀 Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯 A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛 Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

Describing the moment of a brilliant idea. Also (again) proving that a messy desk is a sign of genius. 🧪 Mathematician Andrew Wiles / BBC

WE MADE IT TO THE NEW YORK TIMES!!! 🐦📰

When the book you’re reading perfectly fits your office desk decor! 🤩 🪵 🪲 Highly recommended: ‘Life Sculpted’ by @ichnologist.bsky.social 📚

WE MADE IT TO THE NEW YORK TIMES!!! 🐦📰