Majd al-Shihabi 🏴 مجد الشهابي
@majdal@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 21 hours ago

I was cycling to work this morning, stopped at a red light, noticed a dark thing flying, almost got sucked into the engine of a massive truck. But then seconds later it fluttered towards me and landed on my knee... Look at this gorgeous thing!

I don't know much about butterflies, so I looked up this one and it's a male Eastern-tailed Blue Butterfly, a common butterfly species across North America.

#bikeTO #toronto #bikelanes #cycling#climateAction #biodiversity #butterfly
Pauline von Hellermann
@pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago

1/52 Good to see this Guardian Long Read, but as a historical ecologist I would like to add: humans do not just either stay within boundaries or destroy nature. It's often been a positive, dynamic human-nature symbiosis, with humans actively shaping and creating forests & #biodiversity #historicalecology

— here a (long!) thread with examples from across the world

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/25/cop15-humans-v-nature-our-long-and-destructive-journey-to-the-age-of-extinction-aoe
Dr. Or M. Bialik
@ombialik@mastodon.world  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

An assumption we long had in Earth Sci was that, in the geological past, more diversity meant more life in general. Someone finally got around to checking that, and it works! #Biomass patterns follow the #biodiversity curve.

Link: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(25)00735-3
Dr. Or M. Bialik
@ombialik@mastodon.world  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

An assumption we long had in Earth Sci was that, in the geological past, more diversity meant more life in general. Someone finally got around to checking that, and it works! #Biomass patterns follow the #biodiversity curve.

Link: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(25)00735-3
Calishat
@researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host  ·  activity timestamp last week
#CostaRica #ecology #biodiversity

'The former zoo closed its doors to become a space filled with forest areas, biodiversity, aquatic ecosystems, architectural and cultural heritage, as well as recreational areas.'

https://ticotimes.net/2025/08/19/former-zoo-to-become-costa-ricas-first-urban-natural-park
The Bee Guy
@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on World Bee Sanctuary.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#summer
#biodiversity
#health
#butterfly

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly stands on a pink thistle flower foraging nectar. Shot from slightly above and very close providing a lovely view of the wings. A breeze moves the flower away momentarily then the butterfly takes flight.
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly stands on a pink thistle flower foraging nectar. Shot from slightly above and very close providing a lovely view of the wings. A breeze moves the flower away momentarily then the butterfly takes flight.
The Bee Guy
@thebeeguy@mastodon.ie  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on World Bee Sanctuary.
Take a moment.

#pause

Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
#summer
#biodiversity
#health
#butterfly

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly stands on a pink thistle flower foraging nectar. Shot from slightly above and very close providing a lovely view of the wings. A breeze moves the flower away momentarily then the butterfly takes flight.
Small Tortoiseshell butterfly stands on a pink thistle flower foraging nectar. Shot from slightly above and very close providing a lovely view of the wings. A breeze moves the flower away momentarily then the butterfly takes flight.
hastingsmothman
@hastingsmothman@mastodon.green  ·  activity timestamp last month

Today's #MothOfTheDay is a tiny 4mm micromoth (about a grain of rice). Micros are known by their Latin name first, with vernacular as secondary.

LOBESIA RELIQUANA (Wood Marble) A tortrix moth; ergo it spins leaves to create larvae shelters. Hard to photo in focus with 6yr old iPhone because it's so miniscule!

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies#MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #conservation #biodiversity #alttext

Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
hastingsmothman
@hastingsmothman@mastodon.green  ·  activity timestamp last month

Today's #MothOfTheDay is a tiny 4mm micromoth (about a grain of rice). Micros are known by their Latin name first, with vernacular as secondary.

LOBESIA RELIQUANA (Wood Marble) A tortrix moth; ergo it spins leaves to create larvae shelters. Hard to photo in focus with 6yr old iPhone because it's so miniscule!

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies#MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #conservation #biodiversity #alttext

Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
Side on shot of a 4-5mm moth about the size of a grain of cooked rice. It faces left. It is three times as long as it is high and it holds its wings tight against its abdomen in a tented position making it look almost tubular. Its scales are a distinct marble pattern of blue, gold and rust in a very metallic sheen, each blotch edged in white. It has a small dark tuft sticking up just behind its head and an antennae which it holds close to its flank.
Nick Young :tinoflag:
@nickofnz@mastodon.nz  ·  activity timestamp last month

Wow, this is huge.

The last known sighting of a kiwi pukupuku on the mainland was in 1978 but they have survived.

Little spotted kiwi found on NZ's mainland for first time in 50 years https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567038/little-spotted-kiwi-found-on-new-zealand-s-mainland-for-first-time-in-50-years #nature#NewZealand #kiwi #extinction #biodiversity #goodnews
Nick Young :tinoflag:
@nickofnz@mastodon.nz  ·  activity timestamp last month

Wow, this is huge.

The last known sighting of a kiwi pukupuku on the mainland was in 1978 but they have survived.

Little spotted kiwi found on NZ's mainland for first time in 50 years https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/567038/little-spotted-kiwi-found-on-new-zealand-s-mainland-for-first-time-in-50-years #nature#NewZealand #kiwi #extinction #biodiversity #goodnews

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Climate Jenny 2.1
@ClimateJenny@biodiversity.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

New horrors. The Biodiversity Heritage Library needs help. The Smithsonian Institution will end its support as of 1 Jan 2026.

This is the world's largest open-source archive for biodiversity literature and archives -- the place where you can find all the old, but still very useful, botanical literature, among other things.

Please share widely with your networks. #biodiversity#Archives #defendresearch #botany

https://about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-support/
Climate Jenny 2.1
@ClimateJenny@biodiversity.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

New horrors. The Biodiversity Heritage Library needs help. The Smithsonian Institution will end its support as of 1 Jan 2026.

This is the world's largest open-source archive for biodiversity literature and archives -- the place where you can find all the old, but still very useful, botanical literature, among other things.

Please share widely with your networks. #biodiversity#Archives #defendresearch #botany

https://about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-support/