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Environment Journal @environmentjournal.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The discovery of three Central American #orchids emphasise the importance of conservation. #Rewilding and #nature restoration are important, but without protecting existing wilderness many species will disappear before they are discovered. #biodiversity environmentjournal.online/climate-chan...

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New Central American orchids emphasise importance of conservation

Rewilding and restoration are important, but without protecting existing nature many species will disappear before they are discovered. Scientists have identified three new species of orchid belonging...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #womensart

Painting of stylised pink poppies and seedheads on stems

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Please enjoy this ridiculously cute butterfly, which was about the size of my pinkie fingernail. It's in the butterfly family called metalmarks (Riodinidae). Males, like these, have reduced front legs and perch using only the rear 4 (females can use all 6). Sarota acantus; Costa Rica 🐙🌿 #insects

A macro photo, front three-quarter view, of a little butterfly perched on a green leaf. The butterfly has pale green eyes with black speckles, legs covered in thick yellow fuzzy hair, and orange wings sprinkled with metallic light blue patches. It is very cute.

A macro photo, side view, of a little butterfly perched on a green leaf. The butterfly has pale green eyes with black speckles, legs covered in thick yellow fuzzy hair, and orange wings sprinkled with metallic light blue bands and patches. It is very cute.

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Saskia W. @saskiawezenaar.eurosky.social · 17/05/2025

Beth Knight (Wales) works as a printmaking artist creating original lino cut artwork alongside freelancing as a wildlife illustrator. Her pieces are based on real places and experiences that evoke those moments of connection between our ancestral souls and the elemental spirits of nature.

A monochrome inocut of a path in a forest with a large tree with birds on the right

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Mo Akira @moakira.eurosky.social · 19/04/2025

#SamediCuiCui Lorena Kloosterboer... ... est une artiste néerlando-argentine qui peint en utilisant des styles trompe-l'œil, hyperréalisme et photoréaliste, créant souvent l'illusion d'objets tridimensionnels sur une surface bidimensionnelle.

Cette œuvre de Lorena Kloosterboer est un magnifique exemple de trompe-l'œil, une technique qui joue avec la perception pour créer une illusion de réalité. Elle représente un moineau perché sur une pile de bols en céramique ornés de motifs bleus et blancs. Les détails minutieux du plumage de l'oiseau et les reflets sur les bols donnent une impression saisissante de réalisme, rendant difficile la distinction entre la peinture et une photographie.

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Martin Walker @walk-n-talk.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Time seems to stand still when you enter Fern World. #MayLeaves #Monochrome #MinimalMonday #MacroMonday #Green #Photography #Vintagelens

delicate little ferns (I think in this case: maidenhair spleenwort) growing in the cracks of a stone wall

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Bernard Van Elegem @bernardvanelegem.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

#Beetleporn Mating Tortoise Beetles, #Cassida vittata, Belgium. While looking for ground #beetles along an estuarine bank, I bumped into these this horny couple having fun. #kezendekevers #elkedageeninsect #naturalscience #beetle #entomology #macrophotography #nature #coleoptera #biodiversity #macro

Image of a beetle couple, tortoise beetles with the male having large green fluo dorsal stripes and the female more subtle smaller golden blue stripes. #Beetleporn Mating Tortoise Beetles, #Cassida vittata, Belgium. While looking for ground #beetles along an estuarine bank, I bumped into these this horny couple having fun. #kezendekevers #elkedageeninsect #naturalscience #beetle #entomology #macrophotography #nature #coleoptera #biodiversity #macro

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Melissa @2023chastete.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Wayne Mondok

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Allison 美林 Chin @allisonchinart.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Pasture of the Sea

Illustration of a whale shark over a bed of seagrass, encircled by a school of yellowtail scad fish, swimming into the distant blue of the ocean.

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Dave Bowman Photography @davebowmanphotography.com · 02/06/2025

'LUSKENTYRE SAND TRACKS' . Sand tracks meander gently toward the sea on Luskentyre beach, Isle of Harris, Scotland . dave-bowman.pixels.com/featured/lus... . #photography #photographersunited #scotland #seascape #isleofharris #longexposurephotography #classicmono #wallart #ayearofart

A photograph of sand tracks leading gently toward the calm sea on Luskentyre Beach on the Isle of Harris. Their subtle curves draw the eye across a minimalist landscape, where soft, blurred clouds drift above distant mountains. The monochrome tones and smooth textures create a quiet, meditative mood that reflects the peacefulness of the Outer Hebrides.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 02/06/2025

An oldie that was partly inspired by a conversation with the great birder Laura Erickson. The name Bufflehead actually comes from the buffalo.

A comic titled Misheard Birds of North America. There's a ruffled grouse wearing ruffles, ribbons, and pearls. There's a pleated woodpecker wearing a pleated collar and skirt. There's a morning dove sitting on a coffee cup that says MONDAYS CAN KISS MY CLOACA. There's a greater and lesser scope, part duck part scope, with the lesser scope shorter. Finally, there's a buffalohead, a bufflehead with the head of a buffalo.

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Bernard Van Elegem @bernardvanelegem.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Check out this amazing monsta! Delicate and hardcore at the same time. How beautiful is this design. 😃Nick and Gwen did it again, well done guys. 😍 bsky.app/profile/nvol...

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🖼️ Jenny Moed Korpela #OwlishMonday

Barn owl in flight, about to land to catch prey, against cream, silver design background, painting.

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Plazi @plazi-species.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

#NewSpecies! New darkling beetle from #chile just snuck in: Diastoleus alveolaris Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/7F3987EA-... Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Zootaxa #DiastoleusAlveolaris #FAIRdata #science #OA #nature #conservation #entomology #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #darklingbeetles

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

A spectacular jumping spider from the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. We found a clearing with several of these tiny (around 3 mm.) spiders in the leaf litter. Females are also colorful, but not quite as vibrant. (When I get an ID I'll add it in the comments.) 🐙🌿📷🕷️ #arachnids

A macro photo of a jumping spider on a decaying stick, front three-quarter view. The spider is spectacularly colored - dark, nearly-black body and legs with yellow-orange patches on the abdomen and face, and metallic blue hairs on the legs, palps, chelicerae (mouthparts that end in the fangs) and on top of the head just behind the central eyes.

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Bernard Van Elegem @bernardvanelegem.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Get wet & stinky! Salt Marsh Ground Beetle, Dicheirotrichus gustavii. In situ, Belgium. I was laying on wet smelly brackish shores for behaviour shots and rare #estuarine #beetle species. This individual was feeding on a little fly. #ElkeDagEenInsect #coleoptera #beetles #biodiversity #entomology

Get wet & stinky! Image of a medium sized ground beetle of 8 mm, pale yellowish, almost transparant. Feeding on a little fly with rainbow coloured wing reflections. Salt Marsh Ground Beetle, Dicheirotrichus gustavii. In situ, Belgium. I was laying on wet smelly brackish shores for behaviour shots and rare estuarine #beetle species. This is how I found this individual feeding on a little fly. #ElkeDagEenInsect #coleoptera #beetles #biodiversity #entomology

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Holy smokes! I've got the male too! I'm tearing up. Just heard from the scientist that described the new species and this handsome lad is the male. So awesome! (Chrysometa chuchaqui)

A skinny spider with swirly light sockets for pedipalps, a tan cephalothorax, cone shaped abdomen with shiny plates. He is sitting on a leaf.

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Rachael Talibart @rachaeltalibart.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

‘Hydra’. Dendritic patterns from Iceland.

A vertical format photo of sinuous blue and yellow patterns against an orange background. Aerial perspective.

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Peter Venema @pvenemadrenthe.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

#Wolkenluchten #VandaagGemaakt. Ik meende zojuist een oplichtende draak door de wolken te zien zwemmen.

Foto van bewolking na zonsondergang. De hoge sluierbewolking vangt nog zonlicht op terwijl de lager hangende bewolking al in de schaduw van de aarde zweeft. Dat geeft het effect van een oplichtende wolk die door de lagere wolken heen schijnt.

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Nathan Harness @nathanharness.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Look. At. This. (!). A fungus spore landed on this weevil. Grew inside and caused it to climb to the top of this plant- while the fungus killed it. Consumed its body. Used that energy to shoot up a red fruiting body to release more spores. To zombify more weevils. A mind controlling killer fungus.

A dead weevil with a fungus fruiting body growing out of it

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Bernard Van Elegem @bernardvanelegem.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Hidden #beetlegems on @bsky.app. Anthaxia Salicis, South France. Most people think you can only find such gems in the tropics. It occurs in Belgium too. The larvae prefer old oaks, adults are often seen on yellow Rananculus & Quercus. #beetles #coleoptera #buprestidae #ElkeDagEenInsect #entomology

Image of a small Jewel beetle on a buttercup. 6-7 cm, blue head and pronotum, and shields with dark red bordeaux and a tinge of blue and green at the basis. Hidden #beetlegems on @bsky.app. Anthaxia Salicis, South France. Most people think you can only find such gems in the tropics. It occurs in Belgium too. The larvae prefer old oaks, the adults are often seen on Rananculus species or on oak #beetles #coleoptera #buprestidae #ElkeDageenInsect #entomology

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Bernard Van Elegem @bernardvanelegem.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

On #Nationalsnailday, we need more snailzz.🐌🐌This is for me one of the nice things on @bsky.app: I regularly discover a lot of beautiful nature art, often from artists of which I had never heard before like here. bsky.app/profile/arth...

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Yup, the best river braids :) South Coast, #Iceland, Oct 2023

Intricate river braids photographed with a drone. The overall shape resembles a leaf, but it instead lots of small river braids flowing across light brown sand into bigger rivers. The colour palette is brown, a bit of blue and a bit of yellow.

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Go4Know @go4know.com · 28/05/2025

🔥 How Katsushika Hokusai's Art Influenced Impressionism, Manga, and Modern Design 👉 patreon.com/posts/130061... #knowledge #curiosity #education #ai #aiart #chatgpt #bluesky #art #hokusai #impressionism #manga #design #japan #wave #modern #influence #style #legacy #culture #aesthetic #innovation

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Adrian Smith @dradriansmith.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Finally checked off "rove beetle wing folding" from my need to film list. New video up now: youtu.be/uvXxiUjw-xY

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Mesa Schumacher @mesabree.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Throwback to brighten the day! (while I make new art) #ProjectAnimalia (my daily #animalart project) Day 63: Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Appreciate the little things. #sciart #medart #dailyart #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #humpback #whale #humpbackwhale

Realistic illustration of a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), slightly blue whale on a white background.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻 ❤️ A hole runs through the bear’s torso, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord and perhaps worn as a protective amulet. Discovered in a peat bog near Slupsk in Poland. 📷 National Museum in Szczecin. #Archaeology

Photo by G. Solecki/A. Pietak of a small figurine of a bear carved out of amber between 9600 and 4100 BC. The amber is a deep translucent orange colour. The bear's head is carved to show ears, mouth, nostrils and eyes. A hole runs through the bear’s torso, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord and perhaps worn as a protective amulet. Dimensions: 10.2 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm.

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Gil Wizen @wizentrop.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Just got back from Ecuador, where I made new friends, learned new things, and saw some cool stuff! Ecuador is a country that NEVER disappoints. This gorgeous red huntsman spider is Sadala rauli, a rainforest inhabitant that I see quite often but was only formally described as a species a year ago!

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Bernard Van Elegem @bernardvanelegem.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Yertle, the mud Turtle. Tortoise Beetle, Cassida subreticulata, Found in the Dordogne, France, on a first warm day after a very long period of cold and rain. This specimen was covered in a mud crust. Anyone knows of adults going into a diapause and hiding in the ground? #ElkeDagEenInsect #Coleoptrea

Yertle, the mud crust covered Turtle. Tortoise Beetle, Cassida subreticulata. Bueatiful beetle with transparent shells like a tortoise, with turquoise-blue shields and yellow, green and gold on the head. I often spend a long time taking in situ images of rare and less known species. This way I often came across less known or described behaviour. This Tortoise Beetle was seen in the Dordogne in France, on the first warm day after a very long period of cold and rain. I did not touch the beetle and he was clearly covered in a 'relatively old' mud crust. This makes me suspect that the adults can go into a diapause and hide in the ground. Another possibility is that the larva spends a part of his life in the ground. I could not find anything about these phenomenon in literature.

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Plazi @plazi-species.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

#NewSpecies! New darkling beetle from #china just snuck in: Annamosdara jianfengensis Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/BA40466E-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/dez.... #DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschrift #AnnamosdaraJianfengensis #FAIRdata #nature #insects #coleoptera #beetles #darklingbeetles

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KetrinaDrawsALot @ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Fourteen Shades of Shield Bug #insects #bugs #shieldbug #stinkbug #art

A shield bug for every color of the rainbow, as well as pink, brown, and white

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Go4Know @go4know.com · 24/05/2025

🔥 Why Do Orchids Only Germinate with the Help of Fungi? Go2Know: 👉 patreon.com/posts/129769... #knowledge #curiosity #education #ai #chatgpt #bluesky #orchids #photo #photography #germination #fungi #symbiosis #mycorrhiza #botany #nature #biology #evolution #plants #science #ecology #flowers

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Bernard Van Elegem @bernardvanelegem.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Shorty in a cloud of midges. Sort-eared Owl, Belgium. For some reasons #Owls are much loved. They are pretty, impressive, silent mysterious and often play a role in all kind of myths and tales, where they are associated with wisdom. #naturephotgraphy #owl #biodiversity #nature #birds #bird #nature

Image of a short-eared owl in backlight flying in a cloud of midges, all in golden evening colours. Shorty in a cloud of midges. Sort-eared Owl, Belgium. For some reasons #Owls are much loved. They are pretty, impressive, silent mysterious and often play a role in all kind of myths and tales, where they are associated with wisdom. #naturephotgraphy #owl #biodiversity #nature #birds #bird #nature

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Bernard Van Elegem @bernardvanelegem.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Pseudotorymus species, a Chalcidoidea (Bronze Wasps), composed mostly of parasitoids and a few hyperparasitoids. They look as if they only pay attention to butt and legs at the gymm. Tiny species of 3 mm found on a dead tree. #elkedageeninsect #bugs #biodiversity #nature #macro #naturalscience #wasp

Tiny Bronze Golden Green Parasitoid Wasp. Super thick hindlegs and butt with long ovipositor. Pseudotorymus species, a Chalcidoidea (Bronze Wasps), composed mostly of parasitoids and a few hyperparasitoids. They look as if they only pay attention to butt and legs at the gymm. Tiny species of 3 mm that found on a dead tree close to my house in a city park of Gent, Belgium. #elkedageeninsect #bugs #biodiversity #nature #macro #naturalscience #wasp

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Gil Wizen @wizentrop.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

A few weeks ago I posted an adult bark roach (Lanxoblatta rudis) and today I'm posting its super flat nymph. The "starry night" look is a teneral stage right after molting and before camouflage pigmentation appears. You can also see the network of tracheal tubes responsible for respiration.

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Greg Smith @gregsmith.au · 22/03/2025

Giant chiton, Plaxiphora albida. I first thought it was a fossil- it felt like rock. Chitons use biomineralisation to coat their teeth in iron so they can chew away on coral and algae growing on rocks. #naturephotography #macro #nature #chiton #mollusc #auswildlife #molluscsofaustralia #marinelife

A giant chiton, Plaxiphora albida, on a rock.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

From Chapter on May, Edith Holden.

Butter cup
Yellow Pimpernel
Ivy-leaved Toad flax
Illustration

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Bernard Van Elegem @bernardvanelegem.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

#Mothercare on #Mothersday. How cute are those tiny little baby spiders of Pardosa Pullata, the Common #Wolfspider #piggybackriding on #mom 's back? #macro #macrophotography #spiders #biodiversity #naturalsciences Spiders are unloved by many people, but look how sweet and caring they are.

Picture of the Common Wolfspider with little babies on her back. Macrodetail seen from the back of the cute babies on the hairy back of mom and showing mom's head too.
#Mothercare on #Mothersday. How cute are those tiny little baby spiders of Pardosa Pullata, the Common #Wolfspider #piggybackriding on #mom 's back? #macro #macrophotography #spiders #biodiversity #naturalsciences Spiders are unloved by many people, but look how sweet and caring they are.

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David Herasimtschuk @daveherasimtschuk.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Thanks, @npr.org, for sharing a glimpse into the world of the Pacific Northwest’s remaining old-growth forests on the International Day of Forests! Thanks to @bdcruz.bsky.social To learn more about these ecosystems and how you can help protect them check out the work of @oregonwild.bsky.social.

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A photographer captures life in America’s last remaining old-growth forests

From salamanders and salmon to bears and mountain lions, David Herasimtschuk's images illustrate not only the beauty of the forests and their creatures but the symbiotic relationships that are vital t...

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Lorraine Sime @lorrainesimeart.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

A friendly wee snail on grey paper. #snail #drawing #biodiversity #natureart

A drawing of a snail on grey paper. The shell is light brown with a small white centre. The body is blue and grey, mostly blue. The snail has a shadow.

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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

If you're lucky enough to live someplace where you can see Brood XIV cicadas, I highly recommend the experience. Plus, you can help scientists map zombie hotspots on @inaturalist.bsky.social, entomologist @humanbyweight.bsky.social (author/artist of a guide to N. American cicadas) explains how!

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