#wildlifewednesday — Public Fediverse posts

📰 Global Rewilding Effort Airlifts Zebra Sharks Back To Indonesia

🌏 SE Asia: A coalition of aquariums and conservation groups successfully transported endangered zebra shark eggs across continents to a protected marine sanctuary in Raja Ampat.

🦈 The project aims to reverse functional extinction in Southeast Asian waters and demonstrates unprecedented international cooperation for species recovery.

🔗 https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12082026/indonesia-zebra-shark-repopulation/

#WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #MarineConservation #Rewilding #Conservation #EndangeredSpecies

📰 Offshore Oil Exploration Blocked on South Africa’s Wild Coast

⚖️ In a landmark ruling, South Africa’s Constitutional Court struck down Shell’s exploration rights. This is a major win for coastal communities who fought for years to protect their waters, livelihoods, and cultural heritage.

🌊 The judges affirmed that 'meaningful consultation' isn’t a box‑checking exercise but a matter of dignity, recognizing communities’ constitutional rights and the ecological importance of the Wild Coast’s rich marine life.

💪 Local fishers and advocacy groups say the decision strengthens community power in environmental governance and sets a precedent for future cases across the region.

🔗 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/south-africas-top-court-blocks-shell-oil-exploration-off-countrys-wild-coast/

#WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #MarineConservation #EnvironmentalJustice #Conservation #Environment

📰 Komodo Dragon Trafficking Ring Dismantled

🌋 Indonesia: Wildlife authorities shut down a major trafficking network targeting Komodo dragons, a decisive win for one of the planet’s most iconic reptiles.

🐉 The bust protects vulnerable populations and strengthens community‑based monitoring across the islands where these ancient giants still roam. Follow-up investigations uncovered a Facebook front for a group exploiting wildlife in other ways.

🔬 This operation highlights how coordinated enforcement and local stewardship can safeguard species facing intense illegal trade pressure.

🔗 https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/indonesia-busts-wildlife-trafficking-ring-targeting-komodo-dragons/

#WildlifeWednesday #Conservation #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeProtection #Biodiversity #WildlifeConservation

📰 Oystercatchers Are Rebounding

🐚 Rhode Island & Atlantic Coast: Targeted conservation, from protecting nesting sites to restoring shellfish-rich shorelines, is helping these striking black‑and‑orange shorebirds recover after years of decline.

🐦 Partnerships among scientists, volunteers, and coastal communities are boosting chick survival and strengthening resilience as rising seas reshape barrier islands. 35 coastal organizations in 16 states have joined in the effort.

🤝 Focused habitat work and long-term monitoring can turn the tide for vulnerable coastal species.

🔗 https://apnews.com/article/american-oystercatchers-shorebirds-conservation-climate-af6829ccb2ea83d599481abd83b7208d

#WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeConservation
#BirdConservation #WildlifeRecovery #Biodiversity #Environment #Ecology #HabitatProtection #EcologicalRestoration

#Photography :blobcatcamera: "Special Topic Days" tag list! 📍

Together with awesome folks, I am working on making a list with all the special tags for photography.
Not "just" all the tags, but the ones that have a special topic-day.
When you see the list, you (probably) will understand what I mean... :ablobcatangel:

If you know any of these kinds of photography tags that are missing, do let me know, and I will try to add them all to the list! ✅

This is what we have collected so far:

Monday:
#MonDog
#MountainMonday
#MonochromeMonday
#FotoMontag (new pix only!)
#MacroMonday
#MinimalismMonday
#Mohntag
#MallardMonday
#MuscovyMonday
#MushroomMonday
#MotoringMonday
#BumDayMonday

Tuesday:
#TongueOutTuesday
#ThickTrunkTuesday (or Thursday)
#MardiPatisserie (tasty treats)
#TextureTuesday
#ChickenChoosday
#TakoTuesday
#ToesOutTuesday 🐇
#ToeBeanTuesday
#TreesOnTuesday / #TreeTuesday
#TrainTrackTuesday
#TurtleTuesday
#Entendienstag / #DuckTuesday
#TilesOnTuesday
#Toothday
#TabbyTuesday
#Bienstag
#PawTuckTuesday

Wednesday:
#WaterfallWednesday
#MeerMittwoch / #SeaWednesday
#MERcredi
#RoseWednesday
#WaterwayWednesday
#WoodlandWednesday
#WhiskersWednesday
#MähMittwoch / #DefaidodonDay / #DyddDefaidodon / #Defaidodon / #Ewesday
#WildlifeWednesday
#WaterWednesday
#WavyWednesday
#WildflowerWednesday
#FluffyButtWednesday
#MacroMittwoch
#Wrensday
#WolfWednesday
#Wedsneigh
#WoodslandWednesday

Thursday:
#ThickTrunkThursday (or Tuesday)
#Doorsday
#ThrowbackThursday / #TBT
#ThursdayBins
#ThistleThursday
#Birdsday / #Birbsday

Friday:
#FensterFreitag / #WindowFriday
#FootpathFriday
#ForestFriday
#FlowerFriday
#FungiFriday / #Mushtodon / #ShroomScrolling
#FernFriday / #FernsOnFriday / #Feniverse / #Farnsehen
#FrüchteFreitag / #FruitFriday / #FruitsFriday
#FingerPostFriday
#FencepostFriday
#StaircaseFriday

Saturday:
#Caturday
#InsektenSamstag / #InsectSaturday
#SchiffSamstag / #SchiffSamstag / #ShipSaturday
#StatuenSamstag / #StatueSaturday
#SpookySaturday
#SaturdaySinage
#SquirrelSaturday
#SaturdayScenery

Sunday:
#SilentSunday / #StillerSonntag
#StandingStoneSunday
#CemeterySunday
#BunDay 🐇

Please, if I missed any, do let me know! I hope to make this list as complete as possible. 📸

Edit: this Toot will get edited when new tags are shared. :ablobcatwink:

an unusual subject for me, this is a captive Yellow-Dotted Glass Frog i met at the Wikiri Sapoparque frog research center in Quito

this is a healthy frog perched on aquarium glass, the reason you can see the heart and other insides is because this animal is transparent!!!! hence the name "glass frog"

#Frog #Herptile #Amphibian #Biodiversity #WildlifeWednesday #Neotropics #Animal #WeirdWildlife #Photograph #Photography

"Oh, you again, Daddy mentioned you! Well, looks like you don't have a choice this time - the unimaginable is coming right this way!! HOW FAST CAN YOU RUN?"

This time seen near the #RiverLea between #Hertford and #Welwyn

#Fox #NaturePhotography #wildlifewednesday #RiverLea #TellingStories #wildlife #wildlifePhotography

🪂 PARACHUTING BEAVERS
Save the Day 🦫🥇

After WW2, beavers in conflict with human neighbors had to be moved from suburbs to an Idaho mountains river basin.

✈️ No usual method of transportation worked in the dense slopes, so they attached spring-loaded boxes to parachutes, put in 76 beavers, and chunked them out of a plane.

It worked. There is video.

😲 Recent imaging of the beaver reintroduction landscape shows
🔥🧯 wildfire impacts were reduced
🌳 🌲 vegetation level was also higher

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/beaver-drop-idaho-1948

#WildlifeWednesday #SolarPunk #Biodiversity #Nature #Environment #Ecology #Thrutopia #Habitat #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #HabitatConservation

#WildlifeWednesday

🦉 Toxic Wastelands and Former War Zones Are Accidentally Becoming Some of the World’s Most Successful Wildlife Sanctuaries

🔸 Some "involuntary parks" have been designated especially for wildlife
🔸 Fish, birds, and sea mammals are among the wildlife supported by these areas
🔸 Endangered species are reappearing

#SolarPunk #Biodiversity #Nature #Environment #Thrutopia #Habitat #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #HabitatConservation

https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/involuntary-parks

"I could have sworn I left a peanut in here..."

#WildlifeWednesday #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #SquirrelPhotography #Squirrel #CanadianPhotographer

The purple #seastar aka #OchreSeastar - Pisaster ochraceus - is one of the most commonly found #starfish along the coasts of #BritishColumbia. You can see they have thousands of tiny feet on their legs to help them move around.

The purple sea star is considered a #KeystoneSpecies & an essential indicator of #OceanHealth in #intertidal zone.

#WildlifeWednesday #SeaCreatures #MarineAnimals #wildlife #ProtectOceans #SupportMPAs #WildFirst #HealthyOceansHealthyPlanet #Environmentalist #nature #photography #WhatsInMyHand #MarineLife #LookAndLearn #educational #MarineBiology #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #SalishSea

#WildlifeWednesday

#BighornSheep - the horny fluffybutts blockade. #LandBack , bitches.
They were there, first.

Shot from a work truck window in #Jasper #Alberta 2007, on a documentary filming trip.

#Wildlife #sheep #TrafficJam #WorkTrips #FluffyButts #Candid #photography #WorldInMyEyes #Animals #Canada

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