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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 21m

We built a food web game across three ecosystems: Amazon rainforest, a kelp forest, and a meadow. Remove the sea otters and watch the kelp disappear. 46 species, 3 ecosystems. play with the foob web here! www.wildlifenomads.com/play/food-web/

A Wildlife Nomads interactive Food Web Game tool preview showing a kelp forest food chain with the Sun, an Orca, a Sea Otter and a Sea Urchin connected by dotted arrows, labelled "NEW · 46 SPECIES · 3 ECOSYSTEMS · Food Web Game" with tabs for Rainforest, Kelp Forest and Meadow.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 21m

This otter is cute, yes. But, remove the it and the kelp forest collapses. That's not an exaggeration. Sea urchins eat kelp. Sea otters eat sea urchins. Without otters, urchin populations explode, strip the kelp to bare rock and create a dead zone where 800+ species used to live. #otter #biology

A Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) floating on its back in calm blue water, its dense brown fur, whiskered face and small paws held up to its chest clearly visible — the keystone species whose presence or absence determines the health of entire kelp forest ecosystems along the North Pacific coast.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

But most people don't know there are actually two subspecies, and they look different enough that they're easy to confuse. The Northern one has an all-white neck and a massive yellow wattle covering most of the face. Want to know more? Have a look! www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/masked-...

A Wildlife Nomads infographic titled "Two Masked Lapwing Subspecies" showing comparison profiles of the Northern Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles miles, northern Australia and coastal New Guinea, all-white neck with very large yellow wattle) and Southern Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae, southern and eastern Australia, self-introduced to New Zealand in the 1930s, bold black stripe on side of neck with smaller wattle).

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

It looks beautiful, but thesse birds can be scary. Hidden inside each wing is a sharp yellow spur. The Masked Lapwing nests on the ground in the most exposed possible spot. No shelter, no camouflage. Just two birds and the will to defend it against anything! #birds #australia #animals #wildlife

A Masked Lapwing photographed close-up, its large bright yellow facial wattle, black crown, yellow-tipped wing spur and alert expression clearly visible — the bird known across Australia for its aggressive defence of ground nests in open spaces.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Scientists recently suggested it may have been more slender than the classic reconstruction. Which would make it faster. Want to know more? Have a look at our blog! www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/facts-a...

A Wildlife Nomads interactive Shark Size Comparison tool preview showing a Great White Shark beside a scuba diver at true scale, with a length readout of 6m and a row of shark silhouettes along the bottom, captioned "How big is a great white, really?"

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The megalodon reached an estimated 15–18 metres. Three times longer than a great white. Teeth up to 18cm. No complete skeleton has ever been found, everything we know comes from fossilised teeth. #sharks #ocean #animals #wildlife

A Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) photographed head-on underwater, its blunt snout, rows of serrated teeth and dark eyes visible against a blue-grey water background — at up to 6 metres long, the largest living predatory fish, but roughly one-third the length of the extinct megalodon.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

We've been driving the Big Lap and documenting every animal encounter along the way, from rainbow bee-eaters to some much more unexpected wildlife. Come have a look at what we've found so far.! www.wildlifenomads.com/australia-lap/

A Wildlife Nomads infographic showing Australian birds documented along the Australia Lap including the Australian Darter, Australian Pied Oystercatcher, Orange-Footed Scrubfowl, Noisy Miner, Pied Spoonbill, Rainbow Bee-eater, Laughing Kookaburra, White-Faced Heron, Australian Pelican, Masked Lapwing, Grey Shrikethrush and White-Bellied Sea Eagle among others.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I've spotted this bird at multiple campgrounds in Australia! This is a Rainbow Bee-eater. Australia's only bee-eater species. It eats bees and wasps. It is completely immune to the venom anyway. It just prefers its meal clean. #birds #australia #animals #nature

A Rainbow Bee-eater perched on a thin branch, its iridescent plumage showing the full spectrum from emerald green across its back to bright orange-chestnut on its throat and chest, with a distinctive black eye stripe and long, slender curved bill — Australia's only member of the bee-eater family.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Seagrass meadows are nurseries for a huge range of animals, from seahorses and weedy seadragons to stingrays, pufferfish and even sharks. We put together a guide to who actually lives down there. Have a look here: www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/animals...

A Wildlife Nomads infographic titled "Animals that live in Seagrasses" showing species including dugong, manatee, seahorses, weedy seadragon, bonnethead shark, bottlenose dolphin, stingrays, sea urchins, pufferfish, wrasses and sea otter.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

What does a Dugong and a sea turtle have in common? The both depend on one of the most important habitats on Earth. Seagrass isn't seaweed. It's a flowering plant, with roots, that moved back into the ocean millions of years ago. #ocean #sealife #nature #scuba #wildlife

A dugong feeding along a sandy seagrass bed, trailed by small yellow-and-black striped fish.

A green sea turtle grazing on a bright green seagrass meadow in clear shallow water.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

But how big is 5.5 metres, really? Compared to a whale shark at 18m, a great white at 6m, or a Greenland shark at up to 7.3m. Our shark size tool shows all 20 species at true scale, with a diver alongside each one. Have a look.. and then scroll to down... www.wildlifenomads.com/play/shark-s...

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Look at this smiling shark! Can you guess how big it is? We built a tool that shows 20 shark species at true scale, from a 27cm pygmy shark to a 15m megalodon and the tiger shark around 5.5/ Pit any two head to head, or test your eye in the guessing game. #sharks #ocean #animals #wildlife

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Spiders, scorpions, whip scorpions, ticks... all arachnids! The difference comes down to legs: arachnids always have 8, insects always have 6. Arachnids have 2 body parts, insects have 3. And arachnids have no antennae, ever. Have a look at them: www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/types-o...

A Wildlife Nomads comparison infographic titled "Insects vs Arachnids" showing two columns: Arachnids (Scorpions, Whip Scorpions, Camel Spiders, Spiders, Ticks, Whip Spiders) and Insects (Bee, Grasshopper, Butterfly, Ant, Beetle, Dragonfly), with key differences listed below — 8 legs vs 6 legs, 2 body parts vs 3 body parts, simple eyes only vs compound eyes plus antennae, and leg sensory hairs vs antennae for detecting surroundings.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is not a spider. Not a scorpion. It's a whip scorpion, or more precisely, a tailless whip scorpion from the order Amblypygi. An ancient group that's been crawling around since the Carboniferous, over 300 million years ago. #spiders #nature #arachnid

A tailless whip scorpion (order Amblypygi) photographed flat against a rough brown rocky surface, its heavily armoured flattened body, powerful raptorial pedipalps and extremely elongated first pair of legs modified as sensory feelers clearly visible — an ancient arachnid lineage over 300 million years old, completely harmless to humans.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

But in a 100-metre race, the question isn't just who's fastest, it's who's fastest at what. We built a tool that races land, air and water champions against Usain Bolt. The peregrine covers 100 metres in under a second. Free, no sign-up! www.wildlifenomads.com/play/fastest...

A Wildlife Nomads interactive speed race tool preview showing a Peregrine Falcon, Cheetah and Sailfish in three racing lanes with a race clock reading 0.93 seconds, captioned "Who wins 100 metres?"

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

That is a peregrine falcon in a dive, and it is the fastest animal on Earth. Clocked at over 390km/h in a recorded stoop, it folds its wings, tilts its body and essentially becomes a guided missile. To protect its eyes at that speed it uses a nictitating membrane #birds #falcon #eagle #wildlife

A Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) photographed in a near-vertical dive against a pale blue sky, its wings swept back tight against its body and tail fanned for stability — the fastest animal ever recorded, reaching over 390km/h in a hunting stoop.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Poison dart frogs live on the floor of the rainforest, one of the most layered and complex ecosystems on Earth. We built a tool that lets you climb down through it, across the 4 jungles. Turn on jungle sounds, make it rain. Explore and have a look! www.wildlifenomads.com/play/rainfor...

A Wildlife Nomads infographic titled "Poisonous Frog Species" showing 9 species including the Green and Black Poison Dart Frog, Dyeing Poison Frog, Golden Poison Frog, Hahn's Poison Frog, Three-striped Poison Frog, Niceforo's Poison Frog, Uakari Poison Frog, Benedicta Poison Frog and Amazonian Poison Frog.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

That colour is a warning. And it works! The Golden Poison Dart Frog contains enough batrachotoxin to kill 10 adult humans. One frog. But here's the twist: captive-raised poison dart frogs develop no toxin whatsoever. The poison comes entirely from their diet! #frogs #rainforest #animals #amphibian

A Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio) clinging to a dark rock face, its vivid scarlet-red body with black spots displayed openly

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And there isn't just one type of canary. From the classic Domestic Canary to the Spanish Timbrado, each breed has been selected for a different trait: song type, feather pattern, colour or body shape. Have a look at our blog! www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/types-o...

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wild canaries are not bright yellow. They're streaky yellow-green, typical finch camouflage. The solid yellow colour came from selective captive breeding. The colour mutation that gave us "canary yellow" was essentially an accident that humans liked and kept! #birds #canary #nature #animals

A wild-type Atlantic Canary perched on a branch among green leaves, its streaky yellow-green and olive plumage — the natural coloration of the wild ancestor of all domestic canaries — clearly visible, contrasting sharply with the solid bright yellow of the captive-bred varieties most people recognise.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The rainforest is stacked in layers, and each one is a different world. We built a tool where you climb down from the emergent treetops to the forest floor across the Amazon, Congo, Borneo and the Daintree. Have fun with it here: www.wildlifenomads.com/play/rainfor...

A Wildlife Nomads infographic titled "Layers of the Rainforest" showing the emergent layer, canopy, understory and shrub layer with heights and the animals found in each.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Look at those legs. This is a harpy eagle, one of the most powerful eagles on Earth. Its back talons can reach around 12cm, longer than a grizzly bear's claws. It hunts sloths and monkeys straight out of the canopy, weaving between branches at speed.

A harpy eagle perched on a thick branch, showing its grey head, black chest band, white belly and massive yellow legs and talons.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Lions, zebras, grass. Remove one link and everything else shifts. We built a food web game where you trace who eats whom across a rainforest, a kelp forest and a meadow, then remove a species and watch what happens. 46 species, 3 ecosystems. Have a go here! www.wildlifenomads.com/play/food-web/

A Wildlife Nomads Food Web Game preview showing a kelp forest food chain linking the Sun, kelp, a sea urchin, a sea otter and an orca, with tabs for Rainforest, Kelp forest and Meadow.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Why do zebras have stripes? Camouflage was the classic answer. The evidence now points somewhere stranger. Experiments show biting flies struggle to land on striped surfaces. Stripes may be fly repellent more than lion defence. #africa #wildlife #nature

Several zebras startled and running across dry rocky ground as a young lion approaches from behind.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The White-bellied Sea Eagle hunts fish from the coast. The Little Eagle is barely the size of a pigeon. Each species has its own range, build and hunting strategy, the infographic below shows how they compare. Want to know more? Have a look at our blog! www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/facts-a...

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Meet Australia's largest bird of prey! It can soar to 2km above the ground on thermals without flapping for up to 90 minutes. Its eyes can squeeze and elongate like a zoom lens, sharper vision than any human. It has been recorded at 6,800 metres altitude. #birds #eagle #nature #wildlife

A Wedge-tailed Eagle perched on the ground feeding, its dark brown-black plumage, massive pale hooked bill and fully feathered legs visible — Australia's largest raptor and one of the largest eagles in the world, with a wingspan reaching up to 2.84 metres.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ever wondered how you actually stack up against nature's biggest giants? We built a brand new interactive size comparison tool so you can drag, drop, and compare your height against blue whales and more in real time! How do you compare? Have fun with it! www.wildlifenomads.com/play/animal-...

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This beautiful creature is the largest land animals on Earth, African bush elephants can weigh up to 6 tons and stand over 13 feet tall! Just their trunk alone contains over 40,000 individual muscles.. #elephants #animals #wildlife #nature

An African elephant standing near a waterhole, flicking water with its trunk.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

But here's the secret behind all that red: these birds can't make it themselves. Red feathers come from carotenoid pigments birds absorb from berries and insects. Unrelated birds all borrowing their colour from lunch. You really are what you eat. 👇 www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/types-o...

infographic showing 15 types of reddish birds

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This fire-red bird has a taste for danger, it eats bees and wasps for a living. Meet the Summer Tanager, the only completely red bird in North America. It snatches bees and wasps clean out of the air, beats them against a branch, and wipes off the sting before swallowing #birds #nature #animals

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Don't let the elegance of the tail fool you, this is a small bird with zero fear. It's one of the "tyrant" flycatchers, and it earns the name: it dive-bombs hawks, crows and owls! No wonder Texans call it the Bird-of-Paradise. 👇 www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/scissor...

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This bird's tail is longer than its entire body! The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher trails ribbon streamers that open and close like scissors in flight. In spring the male throws himself into a "sky dance," rocketing up and tumbling through backwards! #birds #nature #birb #animals

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And despite the name, it's no baby jaguar... DNA says its closest cousin is the mighty puma. Which raises a fun question about the whole cat family: what actually makes a "big cat"? Have a look at this wild cat in our article! www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/puma-ya...

a map showing the distribution of the jaguarundi.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Is it a cat? Meet the jaguarundi. With its long low body, stubby legs and small flat head, this wildcat looks nothing like a cat, locals literally call it the "otter cat." It even chirps like a bird, with a vocabulary of around #cats #wildlife #nature #animals

two jaguarundi. cats in the wild at night

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And despite the name, they aren't cats at all... they're mongooses. Meerkats live in tight-knit mobs with a lookout system: a sentinel stands guard and gives a different alarm call for a hawk overhead than for a snake on the ground. Learn more! 👇 www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/facts-a...

infographic showing the evolution of meerkats

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A meerkat will hand its pup a live scorpion on purpose...and it's good parenting! Meerkats are known to actively teach their young. An adult bites the stinger off a scorpion, passes the disarmed prey to a pup, then makes each lesson harder as the youngster learns. #wildlife #animals #africa #nature

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We’re visiting places like Coombabah Lakelands and Burleigh Heads, logging everything from brush-turkeys and koalas to kookaburras, sharks and sea eagles. Follow the journey and see what we find next: www.wildlifenomads.com/australia-lap/

an infographic showing 15 animals that can be found in burleigh head park in australia

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Meet this lovely joey saying hi to us! Our team is currently travelling around Australia documenting every animal we come across, especially the endemics! #australia #kangaroo #animals #wildlife

A young light-brown kangaroo or wallaby standing on green grass, looking toward the camera with large ears and soft fur.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Imagine flying non-stop across the Pacific Ocean for 11 days straight with zero sleep or food stops. The Bar-tailed Godwit completes the longest continuous migration of any bird, flying over 7,000 miles without touching down once! #birds #alaska #australia #birb

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Australia has a whole colourful crew of honeyeaters! New Holland, scarlet, white-naped, spiny-cheeked, red wattlebird and more. Some are tiny nectar specialists, others are bigger and bossier. Meet a bunch of them here: www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/honey-e...

Grid titled “Honey Eaters of Australia” showing 12 illustrated species including New Holland Honeyeater, Eastern Spinebill, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater, Lewin’s Honeyeater and others.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I see these guys all the time in Australia, the bold blue face is hard to miss. They actually start life with a bright yellow face that changes as they grow up! But the blue-faced honeyeater is just one of many. #australia #sydney #honeyeater #animals

A blue-faced honeyeater perched on a red wire, showing olive-green back, white underparts, black head and bright blue skin around the eye.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Turns out there’s a whole range of yellow species — clouded sulphurs, orange sulphurs, little yellows, brimstones, lemon migrants and more. This simple guide helps you tell a few of them apart. www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/types-o...

Grid titled “Types of Yellow Butterfly” showing 12 illustrated species including Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Cloudless Sulphur, Little Yellow, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Southern Dogface and others.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Seen a bright yellow butterfly and wondered which one it was? You’re not alone, lots of us just think “yellow butterfly” and move on. #yellow #butterfly #insects #garden

A yellow and black butterfly (likely a swallowtail or sulphur type) feeding on a pink flower cluster.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

They’re an ancient lineage that arrived in Australia thousands of years ago. Not a domestic dog that went feral, and not a coyote either. Lean, clever, and perfectly adapted to Australian landscapes. See where they still roam: www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/facts-a...

Map of Australia titled “Distribution of the Dingo” showing present range in brown, areas with high lethal control in lighter brown, and absent areas, with a dingo illustration.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Look at this lovely puppy. Looks a bit like a dog… a bit like a coyote… but it’s neither. Dingoes sit in their own interesting middle ground. #dingo #australia #animals #dog #wolf

A young dingo running toward the camera on green grass.

An adult dingo standing in a forested area, looking toward the camera with upright ears and ginger coat.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Bees get all the credit, but the real list is much longer: hoverflies, butterflies, moths, beetles, ants, honeyeaters, hummingbirds, lorikeets, honey possums, geckos… and yes, nectar-feeding bats and wasps too. 15 different types of pollinators here: www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/pollina...

Grid titled “15 Pollinator Types” showing honey bees, bumblebees, mining bees, hoverflies, butterflies, moths, beetles, wasps, ants, hummingbirds, nectar-feeding bats, honeyeaters, honey possum, blue-tailed day gecko and lorikeets.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What do a wasp and a bat(or flying fox) have in common? They’re both pollinators, and they’re far from alone.

A flying fox (nectar-feeding bat) hanging upside down against a blue sky.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Pythons come in all shapes and colours across Australasia, Asia and Africa, carpet pythons, reticulated, Burmese, children’s, blood pythons and more. Some stay small, others grow into absolute giants. See the main types: www.wildlifenomads.com/blog/types-o...

Guide titled “Types of Pythons” showing Australasian, Asian and African species with illustrations and names.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That bright green coil is a green tree python. And it is beautiful to see it! One of the most striking snakes you’ll ever see, and just one of many python species. #python #snakes #reptiles

A bright green tree python coiled tightly, head facing the camera with yellow markings, against a dark background.

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Wildlife Nomads @wildlifenomads.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They move between Arctic feeding grounds and the warm lagoons of Baja California to breed and give birth. One of the great annual journeys in the animal kingdom. Follow the full route here: www.wildlifenomads.com/play/migrati...

Gray whale fact card plus migration map showing the route from Alaska/Canada down the Pacific coast to Baja lagoons.

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