The Prado, national art gallery of Spain, founded in 1819, only hosted its first solo exhibition of a female artist in 2016, 17thc painter Clara Peeters, not untypical of many major galleries.... #WomensHistoryMonth

Fish may possess the ability to perceive where another being’s attention is focused. And they don’t like when it’s focused on them or on their children

#migratory cormorants and pelicans leaving at the end of winter. They are my contribution to today's #birdoftheday #bird #birdsky #pelicans #cormorants #nature #photography #photographersofBlueSky

1. The people of Minneapolis were formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize by The Nation magazine in January 2026. The nomination honors residents for their nonviolent resistance, community solidarity, and protection of neighbors against ICE. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

A landmark moment for ocean conservation after Gabriel Boric,President of Chile,signed a decree granting full protection to 360,000km² of waters surrounding the The islands of the Juan Fernández archipelago and the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/one-mil...

Another use for a boring clam hole. An octopus rests in clam burrow on a rocky reef. Or maybe it's waiting for a crustacean to walk by, maybe both. Hey buddy, get that light outta my face!

I’d never seen crag martins before and then got such close views of them in Portugal 🩶 such sweet birds

🎉Researchers spotted the year’s first North Atlantic right whale moms + calves in Cape Cod Bay this week! 🐋 So far in 2026, 22 calves have been documented, the highest since 2011. 👉Learn more: go.whoi.edu/right-whales 📸 © Center for Coastal Studies/ NOAA permit 25740-03

in his large, deep eyes, fiery black and bold, there seemed tokens of a spirit that would dare a thousand devils

Eastern Osprey, a few days ago. Love these spooky birds. Happy Friday.

The #NorthernFlicker has a unique diet for a #woodpecker , 50% of its diet are Ants licked up by its long and sticky tounge. An #Anteater with Wings! (They are also a favorite meal of Coopers #Hawks ) #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #photography #wildlifephotography #pnw #wildlife

Good Morning It's time for the little ones to walk right into #WrensDay, so here's a set of them from Rodley Nature Reserve from a visit in January. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #CanonPhotography #BirdLife #CanonR5mkii #ukbirding #naturephotography #wildlife #naturephotography

One of the iconic posters of the Guerrilla Girls, US artists devoted to fighting sexism in the art world since 1985 #Womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

@kathlanpher.bsky.social has written a great article for the BBC about a photography expedition to film at a shallow #whale graveyard near Tasiilaq, Greenland. There are around 20 #minkewhale skeletons here, 15 feet belöw the pack ice www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Golden Eagle - that wingspan was far too large for me to capture #birds

This weekend, don't forget to check out a rare 6-planet alignment shortly after sunset on Saturday, February 28. Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus will be visible from our vantage point here on Earth - although you will likely need a telescope for Uranus and Neptune. 🔭🌏 (1/2)

Mummy of a hawk (Asyut, Late Period (722-332 BCE)) Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

I think this is a leucistic dark-eyed junco. It’s been hanging around my backyard all season with a flock of standard-color juncos. These photos are from December 21 and February 22. Low image quality because I have to sit still and zoom in all the way with my phone. The juncos scatter if I move. 🪶

The bright sun came out unexpectedly yesterday so we stopped by Commonwealth Lake on the way to the grocery store. Thrilled to see these three Double Creasted #Cormorants ! #birds #birding #birdphotography #pdx #WestCoastKin #photography #art #wildlife #urbanbirding #Portland #wildlifephotography

Banger cormorant eye footage today 🪶

Researchers have rediscovered a 77-year-old recording of a haunting song that now has been determined to have come from a humpback whale

And when it comes to sleeping with an unknown stranger, in a strange inn, in a strange town, and that stranger a harpooneer, then your objections indefinitely multiply

On this day, Feb 14, in 1990, Voyager 1, then 6,055 million kilometers, (3,762 million miles) from Earth took this photo. And Carl Sagan wrote some beautiful words (rest of thread).

RIP Bud Cort. How else would you even pay tribute to him.

Maize farmers in Peru’s Chincha Valley were fertilizing their crops with seabird poop as early as the year 1250

Post a tree(s) you photographed

#sandhillcrane #milford, #MI #birds #photography #birdphotography #BirdWatching #birdsofbluesky #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

This red tail hawk perched on deck close to kitchen window. I feed the birds year round. He was looking for easy prey. When I shooed him, he made this quuzzical look.

"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

I heard that it's #SuperbOwl Sunday so here's a very judgy Spectacled Owl at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #owls #nature

Guillemot colony at St.Bees Head. #SuperSeabirdSunday

That's a Giant Kelp holdfast or base clinging to rocks on a shallow part of a reef. The mass migration of urchins seeking food is called an "urchin stampede". The holdfast is only a fraction of the mass of a kelp stand so this behavior is very destructive. This happens when their predators are gone.

Egg-cellent news! The first California condor eggs of the season have been laid at our wildlife conservation center, and more could be on the way.

Birds of a Feather ??? Have you ever seen a stranger flock? #DEI #SandhillCranes #CanadaGeese #OddFellows #birds #birdsinflight #birdwatching #ornithology #ornithologie #birding #pnw #wildlife #Geese #Cranes #vögel #oiseaux

Yes. Absolutely yes.

Every sailor swore he saw it once, but not a second time.

Wildlife teams are working to save cold stunned sea turtles affected by this unexpected cold wave. They're housing the turtles in a convention center as a temporary recovery space until the waters warm enough for safe release back into the ocean.

A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.

Tue, Jan 27 Bigg’s orcas! 12:25 - Thor and co loosely grouped slowly making their way north off Kayu Kayu Ac park, Shoreline ~ 1/2-1 mile offshore. Viewing conditions sublime. Edmonds up next. #psws

A row of seabirds stitches the sky, black thread over blue. Below, the sea keeps breathing in slow swallows of salt. They fly like a message I can’t unsend, clean, reckless, together. If you came now, I’d open like wind and let your name migrate through me. #photography #poetry #naples #florida

Little Tern at Nelson Lagoon in Mimosa Rocks National Park. #seabirds #birds #WildOz

Persepolis (2000), autobiographical graphic novel by Iranian cartoonist, illustrator, author, film director Marjane Satrapi #WomensArt

Brutal.

Last week on the trail, I found one of my favorite quiet miracles. These are Pipevine flowers — easy to miss, blooming before the leaves arrive, long before most things wake up. They’re part of a remarkable relationship that eventually gives rise to the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly.

Missing the Florida warmth.☀️🌿🌼 Dealing with frigid temperatures and the aftermath of the winter storm. Hope everyone is staying well!🙂🐦

A study of dolphins’ epigenetic ages found that animals with more high-quality friendships were biologically younger than their lonely peers

Hey WH MORONS, it's called CLIMATE CHANGE for a reason. FFS

The fact of the matter is: a severe #IceStorm is developing across much of the country at this very moment, with potentially devastating and far-reaching consequences extending far beyond the region of maximum #ice concentration. Watch out for the #ice, and help your neighbors weather the storm.

You'd never guess this innocent looking tiny ball of fluff can take down prey twice it's size... until you look it in the eyes. #birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #owl #mcoupephotography #pygmyowl #northernpygmyowl