A sign went up asking neighbors to come collect their missing gardening gloves. That's the kind of notice you only write when a black cat in the area has been quietly running a one-glove-at-a-time operation, lifting…
@anderson_joshua
birds mostly. sometimes other things. but mostly birds
A sign went up asking neighbors to come collect their missing gardening gloves. That's the kind of notice you only write when a black cat in the area has been quietly running a one-glove-at-a-time operation, lifting…
Predators that steer clear of ants can be fooled by a spider wearing the whole costume. Certain jumping spiders have gone in for narrow frames and a walk that reads as ant, and the finishing touch is the pair of front…
A pack that raises its young together, feeds its weaker members, and still finds a way to keep going: that's the African wild dog, or painted wolf, and the numbers behind it are grim. Fewer than a few thousand remain,…
You might have glanced at this creature and assumed it was an ant, but the reality is far more fascinating. Some jumping spiders have actually evolved slender bodies paired with movements that mimic ants so closely you'd…
🦌 Meet the Mouse Deer: The World's Tiniest Hoofed Wonder! 🌿 It has the delicate legs of a deer, the curious eyes of a mouse, and a body so small it could almost disappear among the fallen leaves. Meet the mouse deer,…
Cherry blossoms only hold their peak for a week or two, and a small kitten has already figured out the best way to spend that window: flat out asleep, unbothered, with warm sun and soft petals doing the rest. Nothing…
There's a freshwater turtle in Australia whose shell can end up carpeted in algae, and the result looks less like an animal and more like a small patch of green drifting along. It's the Mary River turtle, and its home is…
The walls of a canal are basically a dead end if you're small and wet. Amsterdam is doing something about that by fixing metal rungs onto those steep banks, giving cats and other little animals a route back up to solid…
That green streaking is a total blinder, absolute powerplay for the eyes
If a spider could look like it wandered off a sci-fi set, the Pelican Spider is the one. That stretched neck of a head and those drawn-out jaws aren't for show either. This is a spider that hunts other spiders, and it…
Imagine a creature so massive it dominates the deep cold waters, hunting fish and squid with a bill built for slashing, yet its entire existence started as something barely visible. That is the reality of the swordfish,…
Somewhere below the point where sunlight gives out, there are animals built to be almost impossible to see. The glass octopus, Vitreledonella richardi, is one of them. Its body is nearly transparent, and that is the…
@anderson_joshua
birds mostly. sometimes other things. but mostly birds
A sign went up asking neighbors to come collect their missing gardening gloves. That's the kind of notice you only write when a black cat in the area has been quietly running a one-glove-at-a-time operation, lifting…
Predators that steer clear of ants can be fooled by a spider wearing the whole costume. Certain jumping spiders have gone in for narrow frames and a walk that reads as ant, and the finishing touch is the pair of front…
A pack that raises its young together, feeds its weaker members, and still finds a way to keep going: that's the African wild dog, or painted wolf, and the numbers behind it are grim. Fewer than a few thousand remain,…
You might have glanced at this creature and assumed it was an ant, but the reality is far more fascinating. Some jumping spiders have actually evolved slender bodies paired with movements that mimic ants so closely you'd…
🦌 Meet the Mouse Deer: The World's Tiniest Hoofed Wonder! 🌿 It has the delicate legs of a deer, the curious eyes of a mouse, and a body so small it could almost disappear among the fallen leaves. Meet the mouse deer,…
Cherry blossoms only hold their peak for a week or two, and a small kitten has already figured out the best way to spend that window: flat out asleep, unbothered, with warm sun and soft petals doing the rest. Nothing…
There's a freshwater turtle in Australia whose shell can end up carpeted in algae, and the result looks less like an animal and more like a small patch of green drifting along. It's the Mary River turtle, and its home is…
The walls of a canal are basically a dead end if you're small and wet. Amsterdam is doing something about that by fixing metal rungs onto those steep banks, giving cats and other little animals a route back up to solid…
That green streaking is a total blinder, absolute powerplay for the eyes
If a spider could look like it wandered off a sci-fi set, the Pelican Spider is the one. That stretched neck of a head and those drawn-out jaws aren't for show either. This is a spider that hunts other spiders, and it…
Imagine a creature so massive it dominates the deep cold waters, hunting fish and squid with a bill built for slashing, yet its entire existence started as something barely visible. That is the reality of the swordfish,…
Somewhere below the point where sunlight gives out, there are animals built to be almost impossible to see. The glass octopus, Vitreledonella richardi, is one of them. Its body is nearly transparent, and that is the…