The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

A bear sighting on Wednesday prompted organizers of a JLPGA Tour event to cancel the opening day — the second time an ursine invader has halted play in the last two months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/16/more-sports/bear-sighting-jlpga-tournament/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #jlpga #sendai #miyagi #animals
ABC Feeds
@abcfeeds@rssfeed.media  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Lizards wearing tiny backpacks live fast and die young
By Jacinta Bowler

Ecologist Kristoffer Wild spent a year in the Australian outback fitting bearded dragons with hand-sewn jackets with GPS trackers to track every second of the lizards' lives.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-07-17/bearded-dragons-backpacks-research/105532670

#Reptiles#AnimalBehaviour#ScienceandTechnology#Biology#Zoology#EndangeredandProtectedSpecies#Nature#Animals#JacintaBowler
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺
@animalculum@scholar.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Complex animals living millions of years before the #Cambrian Explosion revealed by seabed tracks https://phys.org/news/2025-07-complex-animals-millions-years-cambrian.html

"from ~550 million years ago, there are simple tracks with abrupt turns. These have been made by simple #animals with short, round bodies and limited senses... About 545 million years ago, smoother tracks with fewer abrupt turns appeared... short animals were gaining greater control of movement... At about the same time, smooth trails similar to those of worms appear"
Karen Kaspar
@KarenKasparArt@socel.net  ·  activity timestamp last week

Have a colorful day!

I had some fun with vibrant contrasting colors and painted this new cat for you! Enjoy!

Cat study in orange and blue - acrylics and colored pencils
--> https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/cat-study-in-orange-and-blue-karen-kaspar.html

#art #painting #cats #caturday#CatLovers #pets #cute #animals #kitten#AnimalArt#ArtForSale #giftideas #handmade#TraditionalArt #kunst #cat #artist #arte #kittens #katze #BuyIntoArt#CatsOfMastodon#MastoArt#FediArt#FediGiftShop#MastodonArt #catstodon#WhiskersWednesday#CatsOfFediverse

Cat study in orange and blue is a mixed media painting in portrait format hand-painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. A cat sits amidst tall grass, its silhouette standing out against a bright abstract background in orange and blue. The use of vibrant colours and loose strokes, as well as the bold colour contrasts, lend the scene an ethereal quality. The background was created with acrylic paints, the cat and the foreground were painted with coloured pencils.
Cat study in orange and blue is a mixed media painting in portrait format hand-painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. A cat sits amidst tall grass, its silhouette standing out against a bright abstract background in orange and blue. The use of vibrant colours and loose strokes, as well as the bold colour contrasts, lend the scene an ethereal quality. The background was created with acrylic paints, the cat and the foreground were painted with coloured pencils.
Cat study in orange and blue is a mixed media painting in portrait format hand-painted by the artist Karen Kaspar. A cat sits amidst tall grass, its silhouette standing out against a bright abstract background in orange and blue. The use of vibrant colours and loose strokes, as well as the bold colour contrasts, lend the scene an ethereal quality. The background was created with acrylic paints, the cat and the foreground were painted with coloured pencils.
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

The Environment Ministry has announced guidelines that list conditions and procedures for allowing the shooting of bears and other wild animals in urban areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/society/bear-shooting-guidelines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #environmentministry #animals #bears