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My new favourite osprey nest.
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Divergent evolution in plague doctors.
(I am nearly sure this idea has been done before, but I couldn’t resist the shoebill version.)
ALT Drawing of six plague doctors of varying heights with different shaped beak masks.
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On what would have been his 82nd birthday, the White House honors Emmett Till and his mother with a national monument.
"We can't forget," said Alan Spears of @NPCA who worked on the designation. Here's how the three sites tell his story and role in the civil rights movement.
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Wow, things just keep getting weirder here. Anyway, enjoy this Great Basin Spadefoot (Spea intermontana) warming itself on a paved road just after sunset in Montezuma County, Colorado, USA.
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Okay, let's review.
Venomous = You GET BIT by something, you might get to ride in the weeewhoo wagon (🚑)
Posionous = YOU BITE something, you might get to ride in the weeewhoo wagon (🚑)
Hope this helps.
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11/ @ToadallyPriya is the VP of conservation programs at @NPCA and the Public Lands co-lead with the @AtB4All coalition
sciandtell.org/episode/priya…
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🧵May is #AAPIHeritageMonth and every day this month we are going to introduce you to the best #AAPI conservation leaders we know
First up is @amprog's @taotaotasi, a leader in the #30x30 and #DecolonizeConservation discussion on the ocean
#30x30AAPI
americanprogress.org/article…
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Back from a few wonderful days in Channel Islands National Park. Lots of photos to come including some cool behavior but to start with; a simple photo of the park's most famous resident: The island fox (Urocyon littoralis). A dwarf fox species endemic to the islands.
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A juvenile intergrade between the Barred Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium mavortium) and the Arizona Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium nebulosum) from Jefferson County, Colorado, USA.
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if you’re going to @sejorg conference and don’t have Friday evening plans, consider snagging a spot to this beat dinner hosted by @NPCA
@ToadallyPriya, @Sammy_Roth and I will be talking national parks and public lands
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Meet the newest member of the Conservation Division and the Coordinator for Conservation Engagement at the @LAZoo ! #NewProfilePic #NewJob #NewMe
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Can you tell what this is?
Answer is in next tweet.
📷 Marisa Ishimatsu – at California, USA
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This week, over 900 households in Sweetwater, Texas are getting handwritten letters from kids asking them to help stop the slaughter at their town's annual rattlesnake roundup. I was struck by this quote, which is 100% spot on. 1/6 – at Santa Margarita, CA
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I think I have an addiction - I cannot stop photographing newts.... I don't want help or treatment, I just want more time to spend with them and to share them with other amphibian enthusiasts.
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Is this newt taking a nap at the bottom of a pond? Dead? Nope! This female is laying eggs and attaching them to a bit of vegetation - the process takes a little while during which females stop moving and just lay on the bottom of the pond.
