#wildlifewednesday — Public Fediverse posts

📰 Mountain Lions Are Traffic Cops

🐆 Washington State: New research report says that deer were less likely to be found near roads in areas where mountain lions were active.

🚗 This predator effect was associated with substantially lower odds of deer-vehicle collisions, making roads safer for wildlife and people.

🌲Another example of a healthy ecosystem providing benefits beyond biodiversity. Top predators help shape wildlife behavior across entire landscapes.

🔗 https://e360.yale.edu/digest/pumas-deer-traffic-accidents

#WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Rewilding #Predators #MountainLions

📰 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

#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:

📰 Wildlife Crossings Are Gaining Popularity Around the World

🌏 Earth: Recent reporting highlighted the growing use of wildlife crossings to reconnect habitats fragmented by roads.

🚗 These structures help reduce vehicle collisions, support threatened wildlife, and improve genetic diversity by reconnecting isolated populations.

🤝 Crossings are proven, practical infrastructure solutions that benefit both people and wildlife with long-term conservation value.

🔗 https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026/07/the-growing-global-popularity-of-wildlife-crossings/

#WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeConservation #Biodiversity #HabitatConnectivity #NaturePositive #Environment #Conservation

European garden spider (2012)
lat. Araneus diadematus
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Zofingen, Switzerland

#wildlifewednesday #MakroMittwoch #wildlife #photography #spiders #animals #crossspider #orbweaver #arachnids #arthropods #sunset #Nikon #NikonD4 #Wildtiere #Fotografie #Spinnen #Tiere #Gartenkreuzspinne #Radnetzspinne #Kreuzspinnen #Spinnentiere #Arachnoidea #Sonnenuntergang

Wall lizard (2018)
lat. Podarcis muralis
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Zurich, Switzerland

#wildlifewednesday #wildlifephotography #photo #photography #wildlife #lizard #animals #fauna #amphibians #Podarcis #Lacertidae #Zurich #nature #naturephotography #Switzerland #Natur #LeicaQ #Naturfotografie #Foto #Fotografie #Wildtiere #Eidechse #Tiere #Fauna #Amphibien #Wildtierfotografie #Mauereidechse

Wall lizard (2018)
lat. Podarcis muralis
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Zurich, Switzerland

#wildlifewednesday #wildlifephotography #photo #photography #wildlife #lizard #animals #fauna #amphibians #Podarcis #Lacertidae #Zurich #nature #naturephotography #Switzerland #Natur #LeicaQ #Naturfotografie #Foto #Fotografie #Wildtiere #Eidechse #Tiere #Fauna #Amphibien #Wildtierfotografie #Mauereidechse

Wall lizard (2018)
lat. Podarcis muralis
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Zurich, Switzerland

#wildlifewednesday #wildlifephotography #photo #photography #wildlife #lizard #animals #fauna #amphibians #Podarcis #Lacertidae #Zurich #nature #naturephotography #Switzerland #Natur #LeicaQ #Naturfotografie #Foto #Fotografie #Wildtiere #Eidechse #Tiere #Fauna #Amphibien #Wildtierfotografie #Mauereidechse

Wall lizard (2018)
lat. Podarcis muralis
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Zurich, Switzerland

#wildlifewednesday #wildlifephotography #photo #photography #wildlife #lizard #animals #fauna #amphibians #Podarcis #Lacertidae #Zurich #nature #naturephotography #Switzerland #Natur #LeicaQ #Naturfotografie #Foto #Fotografie #Wildtiere #Eidechse #Tiere #Fauna #Amphibien #Wildtierfotografie #Mauereidechse

Wall lizard (2018)
lat. Podarcis muralis
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Zurich, Switzerland

#wildlifewednesday #wildlifephotography #photo #photography #wildlife #lizard #animals #fauna #amphibians #Podarcis #Lacertidae #Zurich #nature #naturephotography #Switzerland #Natur #LeicaQ #Naturfotografie #Foto #Fotografie #Wildtiere #Eidechse #Tiere #Fauna #Amphibien #Wildtierfotografie #Mauereidechse

Gadwall couple (2025)
lat. Mareca strepera
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Kleindöttingen, Switzerland
#wildlifeWednesday

#wildlifewednesday #gadwall #wildlife #wildlifephotography #ducks #photography #photo #fauna #nature #couple #love #spring #birds #animals #sonyalpha #schnatterente #Wildtiere #naturfotografie #enten #fotografie #foto #natur #Paar #liebe #fruhling #vogel #tiere

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

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

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

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

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

10 Reasons Olivia Dunne is the Ultimate College Crush! 😍

#oliviadunne #livvydunne #LSUTigers #collegestars #americasweetheart #collegeathletes #sportsinfluencer #NCAAgymnastics #girlpower #studentathlete #lovelife #viralathlete #gymnastlife #WildlifeWednesday #influencerlifestyle #sportsfans

10 Reasons Olivia Dunne is the Ultimate College Crush! 😍

#oliviadunne #livvydunne #LSUTigers #collegestars #americasweetheart #collegeathletes #sportsinfluencer #NCAAgymnastics #girlpower #studentathlete #lovelife #viralathlete #gymnastlife #WildlifeWednesday #influencerlifestyle #sportsfans

The #foxes of #Islington would rather I just #walktober onwards, and leave them with the privacy necessary to bothering their neighbours by yowling in the dark!

#WildlifeWednesday #photography #London #NightPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

The #foxes of #Islington would rather I just #walktober onwards, and leave them with the privacy necessary to bothering their neighbours by yowling in the dark!

#WildlifeWednesday #photography #London #NightPhotography

The #foxes of #Islington would rather I just #walktober onwards, and leave them with the privacy necessary to bothering their neighbours by yowling in the dark!

#WildlifeWednesday #photography #London #NightPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

The #foxes of #Islington would rather I just #walktober onwards, and leave them with the privacy necessary to bothering their neighbours by yowling in the dark!

#WildlifeWednesday #photography #London #NightPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

The #foxes of #Islington would rather I just #walktober onwards, and leave them with the privacy necessary to bothering their neighbours by yowling in the dark!

#WildlifeWednesday #photography #London #NightPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Zebra profiles never disappoint. 🦓 Their stripes aren’t just beautiful—each one is as unique as a fingerprint. 📍 Akagera National Park, Rwanda 📸 Nikon Z6 | Nikkor Z 24-200mm 1/1000 sec | f/11 | ISO 720 | 200mm #Zebra #WildlifeWednesday #Akagera #NaturePhotography #NikonZ6

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I live less than 45 minutes from #ElkIslandNationalPark. And while I've never seen a single elk in all the times I've been there, I do see bison on the regular. Hoping to get out to the park when the weather warms up here this weekend.

#WildlifeWednesday #CanadianPhotography #CanadianPhotographer #YEGPhotographer #ParksCanada

Vogelfotos sind ja immer eine Herausforderung, besonders ohne Teleobjektiv und Autofokus. Deswegen freue ich mich immer besonders, wenn mir trotzdem eins gelingt. Und #Eichelhäher mag ich sowieso ganz besonders. 🙂

#BirdsOfMastodon #TiereinderStadt #berlinwildlife #fotografie #photography #WildlifeWednesday

Up Close with a Stunning Zebra – South Africa

https://youtu.be/uI65d-MVN5I

Zebras belong to the Equidae family, making them close relatives of horses and donkeys. Despite these familial ties, zebras stand out with their distinctive black and white stripes. These stripes are not just for show; they serve a variety of purposes, from camouflage to social communication.

Zebras are divided into three unique species, each with its own characteristics and habitats:

Plains Zebra: The most common of the three, Plains zebras, are found across eastern and southern Africa. Known for their bold black stripes on a white background, these zebras are often seen in grasslands and savannas.

Mountain Zebra: As the name suggests, Mountain zebras are adapted to rocky, mountainous terrains. They are distinguished by their narrower stripes and more robust bodies, making them perfectly suited for their harsh environments.

Grévy’s Zebra: Grévy’s zebras are the largest and most endangered of the three species. Native to Kenya and Ethiopia, they boast narrower stripes and are known for their long, rounded ears. Their striking appearance makes them particularly captivating.

The zebra featured in this video is the Plains Zebra, which was gracefully observed within the stunning landscapes of Sabi Sands Game Reserve in South Africa.

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Watching #wildlife is entrancing. It was fascinating to watch a a #wild #mink. #animals #cute #wildlifewednesday #FurFreeBritain #WildBritain #NaturePhotography #naturalworld #photography #photograph #NatureWatch