Are we surprised? #brazil #amazonrainforest #climatechange #illegalclearcuts
Are we surprised? #brazil #amazonrainforest #climatechange #illegalclearcuts
🦇 www.batcon.org/guardians-of...
California’s legislature must act now to reauthorize a strong cap-and-invest program. This is a necessary tool for the state to meet its climate goals and continue its world-leading climate programs.
There's no shortage of stunning flatworms — both in the sea and on land. This is one of the land-dwellers, possibly the species Australopacifica splendens! 📷 commoncopper on iNaturalist 📍 New Zealand 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay #InverteFest
🦎 With Moore Foundation support, @inaturalist.bsky.social has become a global force in #CommunityScience — turning smartphone photos from more than 9 million users into research-grade biodiversity data, advancing conservation around the world. 📱🌱 🔍 Explore iNaturalist ➡️ inaturalist.org #Moore25
Zanate! Love it! #zanate #grackle #mexico
9. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) by shaneoneal on iNaturalist
Here, have some birds perched on appropriate/delightful signage. You're welcome. 🧵 ⤵️ 1. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) by tysmith on iNaturalist
that bridge shot (not the nearby buildings though) looks so much like our visit to Cork, Ireland this past spring....
A Massachusetts forest specialist said that without fast and aggressive action, the beetle could have gradually spread across the state and even infiltrated Vermont or New Hampshire.
Date: Tuesday, September 30th Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am Pacific Location: Virtual #organicfood #foodproduction #organicseed
#jailTrump #climatedenier #liar #hypocrite
The spookiest part? This unique species is vanishing into the shadows, unless stronger government action protects its habitat. #wildoz #ProtectMyHabitat 💚 Donate before #ThreatenedSpeciesDay (7 September) and get a free sticker! 👇
Ghosts are real…and they have wings! 👻🦇 Australia’s ghost bat is our only carnivorous bat—swooping on prey and devouring it whole: feathers, bones, teeth and all. #GhostBat #ThreatenedSpecies #wildoz #australianwildlife
Sunrise over Bryce Canyon, Utah #stunday #photography #landscape
They should do it anyway for the environmental benefits.
nice. #cars #pollution #citycenter #urbanenvironment #urbantrees #greenspace
that is a scary looking spider - how big is it? The cat cornered another Giant House Spider the other night in the kitchen but I was able to rescue it. Those things are pretty big and scary looking too, but harmless..
#xerces.org
are we surprised? #jailTrump #liar #taxcheat #hypocrite #senile #nazi #racist #climatedenier
good stuff. #oregonstate #forestry #podcast #nature #forestry
Just like us, caterpillars need to eat! These super plants are habitat hotspots for western butterfly and moth caterpillars! 🦋🌸🦋 xerces.org/blog/these-s... #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #conservation #bugs #invertebrates #nature #wildlife #science #butterfly #butterflies #savethebutterflies
In this episode, we will be taking a closer look at the monarch butterfly, but we won’t be talking about milkweed or nectar plants, or the migration and overwintering sites – at least, not directly. No, our focus is on pesticides and monarchs. 🦋🌸🦋 Audio & transcript 🔗 xerces.org/bug-banter/m...
“Spray first, ask questions later”? Not anymore! Last week, a federal judge in Oregon confirmed the legal duty of APHIS to consider preventive measures in its program, rather than blindly spraying insecticides on millions of acres of public land across 17 western states. xerces.org/press/court-...
Date & Time Wed Aug 27, 2025 11:00 AM Pacific #climatechange #webinar #climateimpact #pnw #pacificnorthwest #uw #universityofwashington
Batting in Stansted Forest, Hampshire tonight, and it has blown my tiny mind! So many different sounds here compared to at home (bat and not-bat). Going to take me a while to go through all the calls! 🦇🖤🦇 #bats #britishbats #lovebats
Biologists have been trying to rid Yosemite of bullfrogs since the '90s, a challenge for both the biologists and the bullfrogs. Native to Eastern North America, they — the bullfrogs, not the biologists — were brought West in the late 1800s and have been a problem ever since.
Late August Lanes. 21°C and warm sunshine. Beech trees.
Took a walk in the rain & ran into an egret enjoying his perch. #LakeLife
One of the goals of controversial wolf hunts in the Western U.S. is to help reduce the burden on ranchers, who lose livestock to wolves every year. A new study finds that those hunts have had a measurable, but small effect on livestock depredations.
Trees, Boston, getting it done. #boston #speakforthetrees #urbancanopy #urbantrees #urbanforest
hiiiii i’ve been mia for a bit but im back with looooots of field work photos - we’re doing some really cool sturgeon science this summer!! here i am, in my element holding my fave creature, trying to save the dinosaurs one sturgie at a time 🫶🏼 #sturgeonsaturday everyday 🧪👩🏻🔬🐟🌎🌐
📢 Join us at our Rally for the Delta on September 5th! 📅 When: Friday, September 5, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12 PM 📍 Where: Sacramento State Capitol, West Steps ☀️ What to bring: A hat, sunscreen, water, and a sign showing your opposition to the tunnel 🔗 RSVP your attendance: bit.ly/477COJx
not to mention AI **requires energy** you idiots! Trees and Kelp Beds simply require care and to be left alone (and not clearcut for McMansions and Data Centers). #FAI
kind of like one of Murdoch's sons owning Nat Geo now for the past several years - Thankfully High Country News and similar are still around....
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/08/prin...
here's a statement you don't see on the internets much: "I stand corrected" :) relevant to your point:
agreed - cats are indoor pets, period. They will have to 'dream the impossible dream' - from **inside** the window. But, with the inevitable nod to Gary Larson.... :)
the next time you see a possum, thank him/her (instead of trying to kill it) - they eat ticks. 'Nuff said. #lymedisease #ticks #pestcontrol #opossum
remember the old FGTH 'two tribes' music video with Reagan and Gorby?
Even Nixon understood endangered species. #jailTrump #FWS #BLM #endangered #tortoise #mojave
works for me. he doesn't have to answer to 'shareholders' or corrupt lying POS' living in Moscow or Florida, for sure. #pope #climatechange #truth #reality
#bats #batsnorthwest #bci #protectbats #endangered
beyond F'd up. Sounds like a Sackler tactic - lawyer time! #bigoil #pollutersintoprison
not good. #airtravel #jets #pollution #climatechange #corporatedoublespeak #corporateaccountability #airlines #sustainablejetfuel
while Niccol flies, the climate dies. #GroundNiccol #starbucks #banCEOplanes
We've secured conservation for 3,700+ acres in Lake County as part of the Guenoc Valley project agreement. That's permanent protection for habitat of western pond turtles and other wildlife. Read ahead to learn about other climate measures in the pact. lakeconews.com/news/82335-e... 📸: Rick Swart
For 30 years the Amboseli-West Kilimanjaro elephants have been safe from trophy hunters — but not anymore. Celebrate #WorldElephantDay today by joining us in urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ban all imports of elephant trophies from this population. ➡️ biodiv.us/45hP74w
one of whom sold out to Dump many moons ago and should be in jail already but for that sellout #jailAdams #jailTrump
yep. #protectourforests #stoppollution #urbancanopy #trees #outdoors #nature
awesome. #wolves #esa #stoppoaching #stopkillingwolves #banhunting
time for shareholder resolutions in all corporations, starting with Starbucks. #banprivatejets #pollution #corporateaccountability #greed #hypocrisy
we were there in April - people actually use umbrellas? that's rule number 'none' in Seattle.... great place though.
start by not building a illegal concentration camp in its habitat! and then by feeding its mango-faced, white rubber booted enablers to invasive pythons and native 'gators. #jailTrump #jailDeSantis #MeatballDon #MeatballRon
if you've ever read 'the city of the singing flame' by Clark Ashton Smith - this pic looks (to me) exactly like the gateway between dimensions from that story....if you haven't, here it is... www.eldritchdark.com/writings/sho...
Our Western Canada Bat Program Team is offering a couple of FREE bat workshops in Northern BC next week! Please register to participate. #SkeenaRegion #BC 🦇🌎🧪🦊 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#jailRFKjr - that fucking POS.
Big news for Rocky Mountain wolves 🚨 A federal judge in Montana ruled today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law last year when it denied a petition to protect gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains under the ESA. Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4ospsxK
Good. #greenwashing #liars #hypocrites #greed #corporatedoublespeak #corporategreenwashing #corporateaccountability
We just watched this and it's a much sadder movie than IMDB would imply. But very timely given how they rescue the penguin and the political situation in 1970s Argentina - glad we watched it. #penguinlessons #stevecoogan #argentina
There's microplastics in our gut, in the sea, and even the placenta of unborn babies. How did we get here?
The Magna Carta & US Declaration of Independence were written in Oak Gall ink. Wasps lay eggs in developing leaf buds, which results in these round shapes These have been used to produce ink for thousands of years
Oak with no name, or a name only known to other oaks - Las Arenas, Principado de Asturias, Spain Look at those roots 🫠 Photo: Alberto C F
how big is he? reminds me of a robin (wrong color of course, but) - he'd probably like hanging out with all the crows that use our birdbath for a 'food washing station'.. :)
Beauty is in the eye of the treeholder
Watt and his protege Gale Norton were among the worst of the corporate sellouts, proving most R's are for sale to the highest bidder #banmining #banlogging #jailTrump #jailBerghum #bandrilling #protectpubliclands #protectouroceans
it's been ready for some time. But my first choice would be Stacy Abrams or Letitia James over Kamala, honestly. Or Jasmine Crockett. Kamala has the chops for sure but too much pandering to Corporate D's and definitely WGAF about the Cheney's? And yet even so she only lost by 1.6% per Reuters.
#liar #denier #TrumpFluffer #epa
NO. #protectourwater #bandatacenters #protectfarmland
"It marks a notable shift in the administration’s position from one that had downplayed the threat of global warming to one that essentially flatly denies the overwhelming scientific evidence of climate change." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
This week I've been working with @batconservation.bsky.social and @vincentwt.bsky.social on a volunteer project at Mottisfont SAC trapping and tagging barbastelle bats and finding their roosts. Barbs love lifted bark to roost behind such as shown in this clip from last night 🦇
BIG NEWS: For the first time in six years, Britain's rarest breeding bird has successfully nested in the UK! A pair of Montagu's Harriers have raised four healthy chicks, all of which have taken their first flights.
Honolulu is suing fossil fuel companies for climate change damages, and the companies are trying to get the suit dismissed by claiming that the statute of limitations has expired because we’ve known about climate change for decades. Lol.
"What do bats smell like?" 🦇 That was the question we received from a young supporter who donated her birthday money to bat conservation (how amazing is that?!) 🧵👇 📸 Jason Headley
Another big win for climate justice from Italy! Italy’s highest court ruled that a climate lawsuit by @recommon.org & @greenpeace.org, against oil giant Eni, can move forward. One step towards making the polluters pay!
It’s International Tiger Day! Protecting their habitats ensures a future for these majestic creatures. Let’s protect their homes today and every day 💚 🐯 #TigerDay #InternationalTigerDay #Tigers
⚠️ Every year more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the United States. One-quarter of that total are so dangerous they've been banned in many other countries. Tell the EPA it's time to join other countries and ban the use of pesticides that are too dangerous. ⬇️
The administration falsely claims that U.S. pollution doesn’t matter. But it does. The United States is the second-largest carbon polluter in the world. Revoking life-saving clean air standards that slash auto pollution will allow automakers to make cars that guzzle more gas and pollute more.
Meet Florida's largest bat, the Florida Bonneted Bat. They get their name from the broad ears that extend over their foreheads like bonnets. They are also one of the many species threated by the Everglades ICE Facility. Learn more about them ➡️ biodiv.us/3IOW7ND
Through playful interactions, Kinari and Silas are learning how to communicate, build trust, and strengthen their bond.🐾#ambassadorwolves
Where day surrenders to night, an ancient rhythm takes flight. Countless shadows dance on the fading light, guardians of the twilight hour.
ask Xerces... #butterflies #insects #endangered #xercessociety
Until the photos here were shared, the only iNaturalist records of this frog (Litoria corbeni) were audio recordings! You never know what you might find out there. 👀 📷 florent_pouzet on iNaturalist 📍 Australia 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay
useful. #plastic #microplastics #pollution
just like in Seattle - developers 'say' affordable housing but 'build' **market rate housing** (or just as often, ridiculous McMansions) - if you want affordable housing, **regulate** them - and stop them clearcutting all the urban trees in their greed! #Fhousingdevelopers #greed #hypocrisy #corrupt
NO. #epa #pollution #bandicambapermanently #banGMOs #banpesticides
had we not been clearcutting spotted owl forest for decades, there might have been room for them all.... :(
precisely why there's no easy answer here...
agreed, and like Dump ever WENT to a national park (his idea of one is likely Six Flags, no disrespect to Six Flags) or Action Park. What a POS.
In just a few weeks, I’ll be heading to Cairns, Australia to speak at the 20th International Bat Research Conference! I’m proud to be representing the Finding Franklin Bats on behalf of our dedicated project supporters 🦇 #nzbats #community #conservation #IBRC2025 @ibrc2025.bsky.social
But how did this case begin? It all started with a group of inspiring Pacific students who asked an important question. Watch the full documentary and learn more about @PISFCC and the journey for climate justice. #ClimateICJAO #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ
Tomorrow, the world’s highest court will release its veryfirst climate ruling! A strong ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) would make it clear to all countries that polluters must pay for what they’ve knowingly destroyed and taken from us. #ClimateICJAO #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ
the plot thickens. Still not sure where I come down on this plan, whether it actually happens in the end or not... :( #owls #barredowls #spottedowls #PNW
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gee, what a surprise. #bandatacenters #meta #facebook #*uckerberg
i'd say 'kway' by default but having been to the UK and BC, I know it's actually pronounced 'key'
If you want to affiliate with Bats Northwest at some point, we are an educational group in the greater Seattle area, let's 'cross pollinate' for getting the word out about bats in the PNW! :) www.batsnorthwest.org
If you're interested in the Pacific Northwest, urban carnivores, wolverines, amphibians, bats, #conservationtechnology, or how woodlandparkzoo.bsky.social is conserving wildlife, check out fox13.bsky.social ‘s “Saving Wildlife.” The first episode just dropped: www.fox13seattle.com/video/1642484