Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #natureismetal, aggregated by home.social.
Nature hitting copy-paste on the ocean horizon 🌊☁️
It looks like a colossal tsunami rolling in over Portugal, but this rare phenomenon is actually a roll cloud (volutus). They form completely detached from other storm clouds, literally tumbling horizontally through the sky on a wave of air.
Terrifying or mesmerizing?
#Portugal #RollCloud #NatureIsMetal #WeatherPhenomenon #OceanViews
I came across a dead fox in my yard the other day. It may have been killed by a coyote; I've seen one hanging around. I first noticed it because a cloud of black butterflies was fluttering over a spot in the high grass. They were puddling, looking for salts or fluids from carrion. There's some folklore associating black butterflies with death, the departure of the soul, or spiritual transition. https://buzzle.com/philosophy-religion/black-butterfly-meaning #natureismetal
Last night I went to Investigate a loud noise that seemed to be coming from outside. I flicked on the porch lights and was met with this violent spectacle. They were hissing but the camera didn't pick up the noise very well with the door closed, so I opened it. It's more clearly audible in the last clip but still not nearly as loud as it was irl.
#hedgehogs #hedgehogfight #fight #wildlife #territorialdispute #egel #igel #nature #hissing #hedgehog #backyardwildlife #animalfights #natureismetal
The high stakes of life at the rookery. While roseate spoonbill 🪶 and snowy egret chicks grow up in their treetop nests, an alligator patrols the waters directly below.
📍 Houston Audubon Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX
🗓️ May 10, 2026 | 🕒 8:26 AM
📸 Canon EOS R50 + RF 100-400 + 1.4x
⚙️ 140mm | f/8.0
#NatureIsMetal #WildlifePhotography #CanonR50 #Alligator #Spoonbill #MastodonBirds #herpers
https://www.europesays.com/uk/885925/ Powerful Photo Competition Focuses on Nature’s Death and Decay #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #closeupphotographeroftheyear #cupoty #Design #Entertainment #natureismetal #naturephotography #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlife
https://www.europesays.com/ie/429740/ Powerful Photo Competition Focuses on Nature’s Death and Decay #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #closeupphotographeroftheyear #CUPOTY #Design #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #natureismetal #naturephotography #Wildlife
Powerful Photo Competition Focuses on Nature’s Death and Decay https://petapixel.com/2026/04/10/powerful-photo-competition-focuses-on-natures-death-and-decay/ #closeupphotographeroftheyear #naturephotography #natureismetal #Spotlight #Features #wildlife #cupoty #News
We spent some time at the Myakka River yesterday. It was an extremely gorgeous day, but we noticed a bunch of buzzards congregating on the opposite river bank. Where there are buzzards, there is death. I looked around and noticed dead fish scattered along the bank. Fearing some environmental disaster, I asked a guy with a boat why all the dead fish and he replied that it was probably the recent cold snap. #Florida #nature #NatureIsMetal
#NatureIsMetal-osastolta: herhiläisenpistot eivät paljon nälkäisiä sammakoita hetkauta.
"Moreover, he also reports that 93%, 87%, and 79% of frogs ultimately consumed V. simillima, V. analis, and V. mandarinia, respectively, despite being stung into the mouth or even into the eyes."
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-fearless-frogs-feast-deadly-hornets.html
What's the wildest example of nature's dark side you've ever heard of?
Share it in the comments, and follow for more secrets from the wild.
#ZombieAnts #Ophiocordyceps #NatureIsMetal #BiologyFacts #MindControl #Trivia #RealLifeZombies #facts #science #biology #funfacts #zombie
https://homebasejack.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/zombies-are-real-youve-seen-them/
Sea slugs steal body parts from prey to gain their powers
https://www.sciencealert.com/sea-slugs-steal-body-parts-from-prey-to-gain-their-powers
Lorquin's Admiral butterflies find refreshment from the seemingly predated body of a Canada Goose in the heat of summer, 2018
🙏🏻
Skeleton of a Reticulated Python, with angled light picking out the bones. The Natural History Museum in Tring is one of my places on darkening afternoons. The gothic filigree of the snake’s ribs in the shadows of the cabinet always makes me pause.
#snakes #snake #museums #naturalhistorymuseum #tring #naturalhistory #reptile #reptiles #skeleton #zoology #wildlife #naturelovers #gothic #gothicstyle #gothicaesthetic #natureismetal #natureisbeautiful #natureisart #bones
Never thought I'd say this, but thank goodness for parasitic wasps.
The dark side of #gardening.
‘It wasn’t me?’ Northern Pygmy Owl #WildlifePhotography #owlsofmastodon #laketahoe #natureismetal
Strike! Atta, girl! #snake #NatureIsMetal
It is horny season again! ♥️
These two #roebucks 🦌 are at it again every evening, fighting for the trophy you can see in the background.
They are relentless, I can tell you. It is so amazing watching this basically in front of our house. They were like 20m away from me.
What a beautiful photo. Keeper showing off 5 different kinds of Mantis on their hand, via Reddit.
#entomology #insects #prayingmantisofmastodon #mantis #prayingmantis #mantids #prayingmantids #insect #natureismetal
It's been quite the week for our resident Goldfinch family.
One chick met an unfortunate end after crashing into a window.
Yesterday, we watched one get taken by a Sparrowhawk right in front of us in our tree.
We see one chick left ... godspeed, little one.
Fun fact: a herd of fennec foxes can take down a fully-grown rhinoceros. They often take down prey much larger than they are by using this method, and nibble the prey down to bones in minutes.
A ladybug larva (Coccinellidae) ending an aphid.
#ladybug #ladybeetle #Coccinellidae #predation #nature #wildlife #natureismetal #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #nycparks
A green lacewing larva (f. Chrysopidae) eating an aphid in Central Park in late May. Lacewing larva are a bit terrifying, but the adults are nearly harmless.
#greenlacewing #lacewing #Chrysopidae #predator #nature #wildlife #natureismetal #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
Wool Sower Wasp Galls
White Oak
A tiny wasp stings the stem and deposits eggs. The eggs command the tree to grow a specific structure that encases and protects the larvae. Inside the gall the larvae look like seeds packed side by side with fuzzy tails. The cycle takes two years to complete. Though strangely parasitic, it doesn’t hurt the trees.
Another wasp evolved an ovipositor to sting the larvae within the gall and deposit eggs on THEM. Parasites have parasites.
