Discover top and trending #ecology research from Rhodora @nebotanical.bsky.social, African Zoology, and Bradleya.

Free to read through Sept. 30: bio-one.co/4wVciwv

#botany #zoology #ornithology #cactus #conservation

Volume 42: Finch and Finch report on a shore fly, Notiphila (Dichaeta) caudata, new to Ireland. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Entomology

This creature has the worst table manners... Details at worlds-worst-website.com/starfish-tab... ( #starfish, #polite, #tableManners, #digestion, #eating, #zoology, #dinner, #oceanLife, #terrible, #horrible, #yucky, #icky, #disgusting)

Perhaps one of the worst-ever or stupidest experiments in zoology is described at worlds-worst-website.com/yelling-at-c... ( #chicken, #science, #zoology, #animalBehavior, #behaviorStudies, #poultry, #immunology, #scientists, #stupid, #weird)

Discover why snapping turtles have the worst breathing of all creatures at worlds-worst-website.com/worst-breath... ( #snappingTurtle, #turtle, #breathing, #horrible, #worst, #terrible, #miserable, #zoology, #herpetology, #reptile, #anatomical, #physiology, #oxygen)

This creature has the worst table manners ever. Discover the details at worlds-worst-website.com/hagfish ( #hagfish, #fish, #Ichthyology, #zoology, #biology, #marine, #marineLife, #tableManners, #etiquette, #worst, #awful, #terrible, #horrible, #yuckky, #eating)

This is probably my thinnest bug book that I own.
It was published in 1954 and is now out of print. The staples holding the book together are rusty and the cover is stained.
#entomology #zoology #diplura #bugs

The Zoological Society of London is looking for active researchers to join the Editorial Board of Journal of Zoology!

➡️ Find out more about the role and how to apply: https://bit.ly/4esLAoN

#zoology @jzoology.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social

#Zoology question: what happens if venomous animals don’t use their venom? (Thinking of species like wasps and platypuses whose venom is for self-defense.) Does it reabsorb after a while, or does the body just stop producing more?

#biology #ScienceSky 🧪

Brain splits, tombs reveal hidden rooms, AI cracks WWI code, and a new cat species prowls! Dive into today's thrilling discoveries. #Science #AI #Neuroscience #Archaeology #Zoology #History #Codebreaking #Discovery 🧠🐾🗝️

A new wildcat species discovered in the Andes: Leopardus tilcayo of Bolivia!

Note that last year, a prev. unk. species, L. andinus was also found in the Andes.

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

#feline #wildlife #nature #biodiversity #zoology #animal #cat #science #caturday

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Some facts about Barn Owls.

To enjoy animals is the right of all sentient beings.

#owl #bird #birds #owls #animalfacts #wildlife #barnowl #animals #nocturnal #critter #ornithology #zoology

Volume 42: Ryan Mitchell, describes recent notable cranefly records from the northwest of Ireland including two species new to Ireland. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Entomology

A croc in the Zoology Museum. No notifications this morning, so only a brief posting. Sleep a struggle again. I have more or less quit napping, but it hasn't helped. #theferrisfiles #ferrisphotos #museum #zoology #Cambridge

Despite having brains as small as a grain of sand, insects learn much about the world that they inhabit. This @springer.springernature.com book invites you to explore this world and learn how insects navigate within it: spklr.io/63326ErdMm

📚💙 #AnimalCognition #Zoology

Sea otters are marine mammals with the densest fur on Earth (up to 1 million hairs per square inch). They rely on trapped air in their dense fur and groom constantly to stay warm. Groups float together in "rafts" and hold hands or wrap in kelp so they don't drift away.

#SeaOtter #Biology #Zoology

The North Dakota Bestiary: If you see a flash of reddish-orange followed by a cheerful whistle and sound of a whip crack, you just barely bore witness to the fastest songbird on earth, the Peregrine Robin.

#northdakota #nature #wildlife #birds #zoology

The North Dakota Bestiary: Once known as the percolated badger, this perennially bad-tempered mammal unique to North Dakota is now better known as the caffeinated badger after expanding its brewing methods.

#northdakota #nature #wildlife #mammals #zoology

Some facts about the Common Hippopotamus.

#wildlife #animalfacts #hippo #hippopotamus #commonhippo #animals #zoo #zoology #biology #africa

Explore this virtual issue, celebrating the 200th anniversary year of The Zoological Society of London, by highlighting the work and legacy of one the society's most influential scientists & curators, Joan Beauchamp Procter.

Read the full issue: https://bit.ly/4ida5IJ
#zoology @jzoology.bsky.social