There's a #mountain in there somewhere... #SockedIn #MtStHelens

Have some Douglas' spikemoss (#Selaginella douglasii) to make your day better! #NativePlants #PNW 🌿

I had my first #MetalWorking class today, and I made these teensy bits of copper! Took me over two hours to cut them and get three really nice, flat edges for the various soldering techniques we'll try next week. (The turkey #vulture sketch took an additional two minutes.)

That's....not what #botanical means. (Found at a Fred Meyer in #Portland. No, I did not buy it; I have enough random stuff I need to get rid of anyway.) #insects #bugs #wildlife

Note to self

You wouldn't know it, but 75% of Americans understand climate change harms health, and the health risk is increasing leahy.substack.com/p/the-89-cli...

Oregon Zoo releases hundreds of rare #Oregon silverspot caterpillars at coast: www.kptv.com/2026/07/01/o... This is really amazing news for us here, because every release gives this subspecies a better foothold on restored coastal meadow habitats. #environment #conservation #EndangeredSpecies

So here's the latest weird #nature thing I've run across: Pestalotiopsis funerea causing tip blight on Arborvitae sp. I usually associate this pale yellow with a lack of chlorophyll, but haven't seen it as the sx of a fungal pathogen. #plants #botany #gardening #horticulture #fungi 🌿

I drew my DnD character! He's a very anxious druid named Galahad. Terrible things are gonna happen to him 💖

Had art time with @kessuburd.bsky.social last night. Finally got that fly agaric right, and drew my first #Triceratops as an adult! Copics, fineliners, and white gel pen. #PaleoArt #mushrooms #FungiFriends #TraditionalMedia #NoAI #illustration

Reminder: the July 6 online study group for The Everyday Naturalist is on the #Plant Identification chapter! This is not a region-specific group; the material in the #book is meant to be used anywhere! Register for this and other upcoming study group sessions at rebeccalexa.com/the-everyday... 🌿 💙📚

It was an incredible day in the Columbia River Gorge today. #Oregon #PNW #PacificNorthwest

When I assign a research paper, it's not because I want an essay I can use to evaluate the student ex post. It's because I want the student to have the experience of going through the process of all of the above steps, perhaps iteratively, that is necessary to write a good research paper.

I hit a nice flow state while working on this WIP tonight; haven't touched it in a few months, so it's really nice to get back to it. There's still a lot to do, doubt I'll finish it before the end of the year. But what a lovely #hyena to return to as I have the time! #ColoredPencils #illustration

In my happy place ❤️

It's been a year since The Everyday #Naturalist was released, and what an incredible year it's been! Book events, classes, study groups, and so many amazing people 😍 Signed copies at TheEverydayNaturalist.com - or ask your local bookstore or library 📚💙 🌿 #animals #plants #FungiFriends

It's been a year since The Everyday #Naturalist was released, and what an incredible year it's been! Book events, classes, study groups, and so many amazing people 😍 Signed copies at TheEverydayNaturalist.com - or ask your local bookstore or library 📚💙 🌿 #animals #plants #FungiFriends

Happy Father's Day to the super-dad bowfin! Bowfin males aggressively guard their nests after eggs are laid and later shepherd around the newly-hatched babies in a “bowfin ball” until they're big enough to head out on their own #SundayFishSketch

The canara pearl spot (Etroplus canarensis) is an endangered cichlid endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. It’s a member of the Etroplinae, which are the sister group to all other cichlids. 🐟 #SundayFishSketch

Over 1/5 of all fish species have paternal care, and the weedy sea dragon(Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) is one great caregiver! The males in this species have a brood patch under the tail where they carry the female’s eggs until hatching! #fishart #scienceillustration #fish #sundayfishsketch

So on top of everything else we have an apartment inspection tomorrow, so today is mostly tidying up, but I took a little time to sketch this week's #SundayFishSketch, a yellowfin tutu-tuna! (Extra points if you catch the reference to another marine critter in this drawing.)

Hi everybody, I organized the #Artemis2 photos for you. Index pages containing all ~10,000 images in chronological order with time stamps and focal lengths, color coded by which of three cameras was used to shoot them. countlessworlds.com/data/artemis/

Florida's giant Burmese #pythons are doing more than eating wildlife, they are transforming the #Everglades by spreading seeds: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/flor... #InvasiveSpecies #Ecology #RestorationEcology #nature #animals #wildlife 🌿

I love when the Ebony Jewelwing damselflies show up #invertebrates 🌿

I will be at Longmarsh, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5UH with Georgi Gilpin looking at moths and caterpillars this Sunday 21 June 2026 at 9.30 am. Free event with art materials available for producing your own 'moth art'.

A particularly unfortunately mosaic gynandromorph.

Mars bees! (Not really Mars bees.) (Probably.)

No thoughts today, just a picture of this cool-looking stump. #nature #NaturePhotography #trees #outdoors

A quick comparison between #sketching without a reference, and sketching with references. I used multiple reference pics to get the pose right, and while I'm not 100% happy with the foreshortening on the legs, it'll do, and it looks a lot better with fur and color! #wolves #illustration #NoAI 🦊🌿

Hey! It's my first time in months getting to sit at Rose City Coffee and draw for hours! I'm gonna make myself mad by trying to draw a skull

New paper - we show that in chickadees, males with better spatial cognition sire more extra-pair young and that when a female has an EPY, it is sired by a male with better spatial cognition compared to cognition of her social mate. elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

some good lichen here

From pet to pest: A 2026 experiment reveals that releasing #goldfish into lakes triggers a full ecosystem regime shift, and no lake type is immune: m.economictimes.com/us/news/from... #fish #InvasiveSpecies #ecology #wildlife #animals 🌿

Chain Pickerel #SundayFishSketch

I keep going to the local gas station parking lot to check on this moss; I want to see the fresh peristome teeth when the sporophyte capsule lids pop off. The attendants are puzzled by my nerdy obsession with the scrawny tree the tuft lives on, but they do not chivvy me along, haha. #moss

🎶🐦 Another Songbirding episode is out now! S7E16: Stormbirding

This is absolutely NOT a scientifically valid #Dunkleosteus reconstruction. I read how they were likely built more like tuna than sharks, my imagination went off the rails, and now the scary #placoderm gets to feel like a pretty, pretty princess for #SundayFishSketch. #PaleoArt #illustration

#SundayFishSketch 😻😻😻

More pottery for #SundayFishSketch! Here are some tuna on a garlic grater plate. I’ve been trying to combine watercolor techniques and underglaze!

Recently I was asked to appear on KPTV, one of our local news stations here in Portland, to chat about #foraging! I got to field some great questions to help newcomers to foraging get started. It's a quick ten minute segment; I hope you enjoy it! #FungiFriends www.kptv.com/video/2026/0...

For this week's #SundayFishSketch I decided I wanted to try drawing a medieval #fish. In medieval Europe whales were considered to be fish! My rendition here isn't 100% accurate, but to be fair it's also my first time drawing a fish in this style. Fun little #sketch to be sure!

I was going for a shot of the Black-headed grosbeak ON the jelly feeder 🤷‍♂️ But - I don’t think I realized that he had that awesome yellow patch on the underside of his wings!! #birds

Lichen in Canyons of the Ancients today 🌿

This book “Range” looks very interesting, but I’m wondering if it’s another Malcolm Gladwell-style book that’s very provocative but may or may not be “right” or science-supported (seem to have the opposite premise of Gladwell’s “Blink”). Has anyone read it, & has its credibility been challenged?

Want to know more about how to identify the fauna in your neighborhood, no matter where you are? June's online study group for The Everyday Naturalist is all about the animal identification chapter! Monday, June 1, 6pm PST. Register for this and future sessions at rebeccalexa.com/the-everyday...

Spring is a fabulous time to practice #nature identification, and The Everyday #Naturalist is a fabulous resource to help you learn who your nature neighbors are anywhere in the world! Signed copies at TheEverydayNaturalist.com - you can also ask your local indie bookstore or library 📚💙

"if you have no climate plan you hate puppies and kittens" feels like an under-explored campaign angle

Ghostly slime mold inside a fallen tree. (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, May 2025) #slimemold #myxomycetes #fungifriends

A weevil with a pseudoscorpion attached to its front leg, hitching a ride. Pseudoscorpions will often use other insects as Ubers to carry them around the forest, a commensal relationship called phoresis. It was exciting to see this in action. #invert El Septimo Paraiso Lodge, Ecuador

follow artists or at least some sort of hobby account. and block every dumbass you see, based on vibes only.