James Baillie
@JubalBarca@scholar.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

I wrote a thing! This is no. 5 of my 'Unexpected Bestiary' articles where I introduce you to wildlife you may not have come across and then speculate on how it could be used in fictions and fantasy worlds.

In this issue, we meet an amphibian that might be escaping Mephistopheles, a bird that sacrificed effective flight for junk food that makes it burp constantly, and what might be the drunkest creature in existence...

https://exilian.co.uk/article.php?id=166189

#TTRPG#WritingCommunity#Wildlife#CreativeToots
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

A shadowy contract in Egypt between an unnamed government entity and an investment company to build a resort on one of the country's last undisturbed Red Sea beaches has drawn criticism and public action. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/21/tourism-deal-egypt-wild-shores/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #egypt #wildlife #turtles #environment #oceans #pollution #redsea
The Japan Times
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John Hume, the South African who bred the world’s biggest rhino herd, has been arrested on charges of smuggling millions of dollars worth of the endangered animals’ horns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/20/wildlife/rhino-herd-horn-smuggling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #rhinos #southafrica #endangered #animalwelfare #poaching
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Above the teeming shopping streets of Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district, a fight to save one of the world's most endangered species is unfolding high in the branches of a decades-old cotton tree. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/19/wildlife/hong-kong-scientist-endangered-cockatoos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #hongkong #birds #environment