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Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Watch the history of treaty making in Canada unfold, explore the details of individual treaties @yellowhead.bsky.social treatymap.yellowheadinstitute.org #maps #dataviz #builtwithmapbox #svelteJS

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UkeeTube @ukeetube.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A year ago this week we had some great storm action around Ucluelet. We’re still waiting for the first proper one of this storm season. #Ucluelet #Tofino #VancouverIsland

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KnitHacker @knithacker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Crochet a Battle-Ready Chainmail Coif Headdress For Medieval Cosplay: 👉 knithacker.com/2018/10/croc... - designed by Helen of OMadFruit #crochet #handmade #cosplay #halloween

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Why so many pilot whales? Well, based on yesterday’s night shift their favorite food is around in abundance! Squid! (Shoutout to @warren-lab.bsky.social for making sure I didn’t miss the squid party) 🦑🌿🐳

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The most haunting part of photographing mola is playing the “is that its face???” game 🌿🦑

A mola mola poking up above the ocean’s surface

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Aussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nerthra sp. - one of the Toad Bugs (I think) Spotted this amazingly well camouflaged Toad Bug recently, if it hadn’t moved we’d never have seen it. #ausinverts #wildoz #Heteroptera #inaturalist #camouflage #bugsky

Picture of a beige and brown bug with large eyes which is against a similar coloured sandy environment

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In which a pink suffused blimp-like squid drifts in front of the Nautilus, propelling themselves with what looks like a tiny butt-propeller. Their tentacles are rigidly elevated above their eyes, like Madonna’s bangs in the 80s.

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Piglet Squid Siphon Looks Like a Snout | Nautilus Live

YouTube video by EVNautilus

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Dave Rodland @daverodland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#FossilFriday brings canoodling Seymouria, a largely terrestrial Permian tetrapod thought to be a stem amphibian. This replica is from our collection, but the original is apparently at Carnegie. They're called the Tambach lovers, although Seymouria aggregations have been found elsewhere too. 🧪⚒️

Replica cast of two canoodling Seymouria sanjuanensis, early Permian, Germany.

Huh, didn’t notice the donor until just now. Guess the original's at Carnegie!

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I have absolutely no idea what this is. It almost gives Ctenophore but the inner structure and movement confuses me. @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social @noncompliantcyborg.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 963 #samplinggap #MarineLife

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LeSuPer @lesuper.bsky.uy · 02/10/2026

In order to celebrate #Quartz' victory in #MinCup26 a 3D model is in the making (promised during round 1). It gets more complex by the unit and failing one connection will make it glass 😖. At this point very careful steps are being taken so progress is slow. Hopefully I will finish it on Sunday! 🤞🏻

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See Through Canoe @seethroughcanoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

High resolution pic of a sea turtle swimming in a really large group of Cownose Rays off the coast of Florida near Tampa. #nature #wildlife #ocean #florida #animals #wildlifephotography

a high resolution picture of a sea turtle swimming in a large group of cownose rays in Florida.

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My favourite rock, in the middle of the city. A family made the choice to have a native plant xeric garden in front of their heritage home, and left the big lichen covered boulder by the boulevard alone to grow its own garden. Over the years it has covered itself with delights! #fungifriends #lichen

Lovely mealy grey Pixie cup Cladonia lichen with namesake fruiting bodies, paired with stonecrop (I think it is either Sedum rubrotinctum which has naturalized from the terrace above, or native Sedum divergens, Cascade stonecrop, looking atypically tufty after the drought.)

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It begins, and will wash all the trees with brilliance, now:

A Japanese Maple’s palmate leaves have all turned a deep red-orange ochre colour. One samara on the lower left peeks out, also red.

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Marmot Recovery Foundation @marmotrecovery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

First marmots in hibernation confirmed! Already the first Vancouver Island marmots are down for the winter. Our field team found 2 plugged burrows at Haley Lake Ecological Reserve this week and were able to detect 5 hibernating marmots in one and 2 in the other!

A year old Vancouver Island marmot stands on a rock in the middle of a green meadow with wildflowers. The photo was taken practically yesterday... a week ago.. oh, more like 2 1/2 months ago. I see. Winter is coming, sigh. Photo Adam Taylor

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fishing some 5,300 years ago: a Neolithic fishhook made of a wild boar tusk, wrapped with a fishing line. The size of the fishhook is 6.5 cm. It was used to catch pikes. Found in the lake-dwelling settlement of Arbon Bleiche 3, Switzerland. On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld 📷me 🏺

The picture shows a fishhook made of wild boar tusk. Only the curved, pointed end and the upper part are visible. The rest is wrapped in fishing line. The fishing line is made of twisted bast.

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 01/10/2026

Carney begins his announcement of a new oil pipeline by acknowledging the climate-linked wildfire that came close to levelling the town where he's announcing the new oil pipeline. A flat circle.

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Marmot Recovery Foundation @marmotrecovery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ESMERALDA WANTS HER MARMOT MAN BACK After a hot and heavy start to last season with Talamore and a litter of pups, Esmeralda abandoned her partner and young family in pursuit of the enigmatic Hobbs, whose on-again-off-again-on-again relationship with strong-willed Bluebell was on again.

Talamore, a dapper Vancouver Island marmot gent if ever there was one.

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お @eukaryota0209.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

みんなみんな生きているんだ　友だちなんだ〜

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Jem's Jumpers UK @jemsjumpers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We weren't feeling our best today so decided not to post much, but we couldn't resist sharing this beautiful girl. We've decided to call her Buttercup 🥹 #jumpingspider #nature #macrophotography

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Love of salt is why porcupines will try to chew on your backpack straps if you leave your bag unattended, and how bland soup and pretzels can be transformed into tasty delights. Plus it gives us the wonders of ocean tidepools! And has many marvellous manifestations🩶 Vote Halite in the #MinCup26

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Eagle Wing Tours @eaglewingtours.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This young Sabine’s gull was one of many species spotted on our most recent specialty birdwatching tour, co-hosted with experts from the Rocky Point Bird Observatory. Sabine’s gulls breed in the Arctic and migrate to tropical waters, using BC waters as a stop-over to refuel.

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🍄‍🟫🤗🍂 “In this video recorded in deciduous woodland at 53° N, we used bio-sensors to translate the electrical activity of local plants and fungi into music. Species featured: • Dryad's Saddle / Schuppiger Porling (Polyporus squamosus) • Hazel / Haselnuss (Corylus avellana) • Ivy / Efeu (Hedera helix)”

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Listening to a Giant Mushroom & Woodland Bio-Signals | Deciduous Woodland (53° N)

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

An orange potter wasp (Delta bicinctum) floating on the surface tension of the water at Picnic Dam, Gluepot Reserve.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In 1885, Montreal was ravaged by smallpox. To stem the spread of the disease, public health officials enforced vaccinations. Those that mistrusted the vaccine rioted in the streets. This is the story of the Montreal Smallpox Riots. 📸 McGill University 🧵 1/10

An old-fashioned illustration depicting a group of people in a train compartment. A man in a suit is assisting a woman who appears to be unwell, adjusting her clothing or providing aid. Other passengers, including a woman seated and a child standing nearby, observe the scene. The setting includes detailed period clothing and interior design, with luggage and fabric draped around.

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This photo doesn’t do justice, but one of my favorite shubs in my fall containers is the Butterfly Clerodendrum (Rotheca myricoides ‘Ugandense’): kind of shaggy habit but the flower panicles are just spectacular. They are waiting to dab backs of polIinators a lot bigger than our native bumblebees!

A shrub with light green leaves and panicles of butterfly-shaped flowers with a gentian-blue lower petal and 4 white side petals, with arching white anthers waiting to tap some big pollinator on the back. They still get pollinated by our earnest native bumblebees though, and make lots of seedy fruit that doesn’t ripen before they are brought in just before frost.
Rotheca myricoides ‘Ugandense’
(syn. Clerodendrum ugandense) is the name. I like their little white fuzzy goatees at their throats haha.

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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A new Orca calf born to the T-137 pod!🐋 Port Susan, Washington 📸Audrey Gao

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I 🩶 graphite BUT “Polymorphite’s insoluablility and stability makes it far more valuable as a way of locking up toxic lead. The fungus Paecilomyces javanicus, particularly in combination with phosphate-rich bird poop, can clean up lead-contaminated soils by locking up metallic lead as pyromorphite.”

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Frog came running up the path. “What is all this noise?” he asked. “My seeds will not grow,” said Toad. “You are shouting too much,” said Frog. “These poor seeds are afraid to grow.”

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Fish” can be both singular (one individual fish) or plural (multiple fish of the same species.) “Fishes” refers to individuals of different species. 🐟 Fish 🐟🐟🐟 Fish 🐠🐟🐡 Fishes Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

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Seane ND Crafter @seanendcrafter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

She and Ellie are twinsies!

Grey cat laying down, glaring at camera.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pseudevernia intensa lichen on lodgepole pine today was pretty intense as its name says 🌿

Pale green foliose lichen with blacks patches on lodgepole pine trunk above Nederland

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

God i love weasels. They're either the animal kingdom's most adorable murderers, or most murdery adorables.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It was such a treat to find these gorgeous little green cup mushrooms in the forest this morning. Usually all I can ever find is the bright turquoise mycelia in the rotting wood. Finding the thumbnail size fruiting bodies is pretty rare for me. Their colour is unreal. 🍄🌿

Bright turquoise green little fingernail shaped mushrooms, growing out of a rotting log

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Anthony Speca | Aspen Ecology @aspenecology.com · 26/09/2026

Continuing #marine #lichens theme below. This is Lichina pygmaea. Found in #barnacle zone between high and low tide. Tolerates long periods of saltwater immersion. Distinguished from L confinis by flattened branchlets but also position: L confinis found in splash zone above high-tide line. Scotland.

Lichina pygmaea : Scotland : VC97 West Inverness-shire : NM6591 Camusdarach : July 2026 : On siliceous outcrop

Lichina pygmaea : Scotland : VC97 West Inverness-shire : NM6589 Traigh : July 2026 : On siliceous outcrop

Lichina pygmaea : Scotland : VC97 West Inverness-shire : NM6792 Morar Bay : July 2026 : On siliceous outcrop

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

From the Fort Worth Zoo: Raani the Indian gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) admires her baby, newly hatched. The Fort Worth Zoo had 8 (!) babies hatch this season. The population of these critically endangered crocs is less than 1000 globally, so every hatchling matters. (📷: Fort Worth Zoo)

From a 2023 Facebook post by the Fort Worth Zoo:
"HISTORY IS MADE🚨
The Zoo is thrilled to announce this monumental conservation success - the hatchings of four critically endangered gharial crocodiles. The Fort Worth Zoo is the only institution in the United States to have produced multiple offspring of this critically endangered species. (To date, only one other institution has produced a single offspring in 2016.) In the wild, it is estimated that only about 200 reproducing adults remain. We are so proud of our ectotherms team for this historic achievement!"

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This looks like a fun community page, beyond the value of the data! I especially like the ambition of the gull trying to eat the seastar centre-part first {can gulls unhinge their bills, snake-style?}, and the seastar’s determination to resist and possibly scrape a meal on the way down:

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New in #BirdStudy Pollen can be effectively retrieved from single-use gloves worn during ringing to reveal patterns in habitat use and migratory ecology: Pollen on feathers: unlocking the potential to study avian life histories through palynology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology

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Marburymoths @marburybirds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Last post from this morning's walk. You will be sick of me on your timeline 😅, but here are photos of the Ravens grooming.

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

* timeline cleanse * Please enjoy this adorable CBC video of a preschool class in Baltimore taking an imaginary trip to Canada 🥹🇨🇦

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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hey Canadians! If you’re looking for an interesting place for Christmas gifts, consider the Canadian National Canoe Museum! They have a hat I really wanted but it turns out their online gift shop has everything from toboggan tree ornaments to Indigenous -art tea towels.

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All My Relatives (Indinawemaaganidag) - Tea Towel - Storm Angeconeb

Artist: Storm Angeconeb, Lac Seul First Nation, Ojibwe Make your kitchen brighter with this fun and colourful printed and woven unbleached cotton Tea Towel. A perfect combination of form and function...

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David Stevens 🇺🇦 @davidst999.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yellow Stagshorn (Calocera viscosa) growing up through the leaf litter today in a West Lothian woodland. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #OMSystems #WestLothian #Scotland

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Owls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Researchers wrap tiny Saw-Whet Owls in cloth bags to keep them calm. Linked story is about a grassroots banding project by All About Birds / Cornell Lab of Ornithology: allaboutbirds.org/news/a-grass... Want to donate to Cornell Lab? give.birds.cornell.edu Photos: CHRIS LINDER 💛🦉 #owlsintowels

A Saw-Whet Owl is pouched in a cotton draw-string bag in the hands of a bander. She looks directly at camera with eyes yellow and wide: one eye lit from above-left, the other occluded in shadow. Feathers are muted brown with streaks of cream-white radiating from the eyes. The pouch is white with light blue stripes like the Uruguayan flag (1828-1830). In the background atop a wooden desk and out of focus is a chart with bars of yellow - likely for registering the hue of each banded owl's eyes as part of the migration research.

Three identical pouches are strung from a horizontal cord, affixed with wooden clothes pegs like garments on a washing line. The pouches, I think it's safe to assume, are laden with one Saw-Whet Owl each. Some trust has been placed in the springs of the pegs, given that these little goobers typically weigh around 80 grams or 2.8 ounces. For reference that's the weight of a very small banana, or a hefty lemon, but those things rarely try to escape once put in a bag.

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ravenous kittens of the crab world, haha! I never suspected crabs could jump vertically:

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Marmot Recovery Foundation @marmotrecovery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

… the other maybe not so much! There is probably another month before these pups and their parents enter hibernation, but in the alpine cold weather can start abruptly and it is best to be prepared. Once underground, they will hibernate for 7 months, living entirely on body fat.

Another Vancouver Island marmot pup. This one with a rather small collection of grass. Really aiming for the bare minimum here.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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