Owlgernon had a new job: He made three voles a day as a bee guardian. His task was to make sure nothing untoward happened to his 6(!)legged charges. The job was okay and would have been more so if the bees weren't so smart-alec, lecturing him incessantly about apiculture while buzzing around him.

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The National Weather Service used AI to create a forecast for Idaho. Low chances of wind for the nonexistent towns of Cocrerrireod, Orangeotild and Whata Bod www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

This winter's @instbirdpop.bsky.social thank you card might be my favorite one yet! I painted a pair of Sandhill Cranes investigating Ackerson Meadow in #Yosemite, where ongoing restoration of the meadow did actually draw in some of these birds during our 2025 banding season! 🎨 🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt 🌎

Looking for nature valentines cards? Last year's comic is now available as cards! They start shipping Jan 12. topatoco.com/collections/...

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'Frampton Comes Alive!,' America's best-selling album of 1976, was released 50 years ago today

Some folks say deep-sea fish aren’t cute. I dare you to look at this bumpy snailfish and not say “aww.” Try it. I dare you. …and if you can't, you might have a cold, cold dead heart. bioone.org/journals/ich...

Texas A&M decides that Plato is too woke (and too gay) to be read in College Station, because of risk that the Texas GOP would be offended.

Kinglets had ADHD before it was cool 🪶

How our day started, right before we headed out to meet the kids. It’s that time of year, we see them often when they’re denning.

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From @jamellebouie.net today, five years on from an insurrection. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...

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Mom felt that as a promising New Year had just begun, a speech to her first-hatched son was in order. "Look, Owlexander dear", she began, and embarked on a soliloquy about how he would inherit her territory, how wide the world was, etc. Owlex felt rather cold, and wondered when dinner would appear.

Spent 30+ minutes with this giant #mimicoctopus - of the dozens (hundreds?) I’ve encountered, this might be the biggest, with a legspan of >2’! #octopus #thaumoctopusmimicus OK fine, I’ll tag #wunderpus just in case… #tulamben #amedbali #tulambenbali #bali #🐙 #gug #gugunderwater #chrisgug

Spot the heron!

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A northern elephant seal hauls out after a 6,000-mile Pacific ocean journey.

"Could someone this cute be so wicked?" #birds

Winter raptors like Snowy Owls and Rough-legged Hawks travel thousands of kms to winter in these areas - mainly because of the mice and voles. Unlike the raptors that get loads of clicks and likes - the undervalued rodents get next to no love at all!

Here’s Greg, my most insolent child

Biologists must display their most marvelous plumage if they are to be accepted by a flock of fellow biologists. We are now witness to this rare yet beautiful phenomenon at the Society of Integrative of Comparative Biology conference in Portland, OR #SICB2026

This is how she always sits on her porch: feet perfectly aligned, hands tucked into her coat

This is Ollie. He found a perfectly placed carrot snack on his walk. Simply can't believe his luck. 13/10 best day ever (TT: maxime_aries)

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Damn!!! The fish got away, but not for lack of trying on the part of the lobster. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 894 #argentiniandeepseeps #CONICET #MarineLife

Me shaking off my anxiety 🪶

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Florida memories.💕 Wishing everyone a peaceful day.☀️

Good Morning from the Sonoran Desert 🪶 (ID in alt-text)

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Ugh. 1:30 my time and still counting sheep. So might as well post this one: this ewe lead her entire charge of lambs off a mesa right at us. 🤷‍♂️😜 #Nevada is awesome. #bighornsheep

Struck out on bighorn but any day on the mountain is a good one! I was joined by my usual companion on this particular peak, this Canyon Wren with the gorgeous pipes. I’ve been leaving my go-pro next to his favorite morning sing site and it FINALLY paid off. Two minutes of mountain zen. #birds

The full moon allowed me to hike in and navigate the ridgeline from above without the need for a headlamp, catching the Bighorn as they woke up and passed by me on their way up and around the ridge on their way to the feeding grounds 😆🤘. #washoe #bighorn #nevada

A Snow Bunting running across the field for #BirdOfTheDay #Snowy

We’re in the darkest time of the year now but this smiling squirrel is giving me life 🐿️🥜🌿

Having a long pointy beak is all well and good until your dinner gets stuck on the end of it 🐠🗡️ Anhinga in Audubon Park, New Orleans, December 2025 #birds

People have mentioned @51st.news for DC and @hellgatenyc.com for NYC, so let me add some other great local news options: @thetnholler.bsky.social @mississippifreepress.org @lataco.bsky.social @philinvestigates.com @texastribune.org @inquirer.com Keep 'em coming!

So happy today to see a Silvery grebe with two young ones while we were out and about on the farm..

Owlex and Owlgy made a solemn New Year's promise: They swore to work hard at schowl, to always help Mom and Dad with the household chores and to be good boys and model Owlets. Mom sighed deeply. The two of them had sworn exactly the same stuff last year, and forgotten all about it after 3 hours.

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

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Tittënmäus lol www.reddit.com/r/bloodcheep...

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