#zoology — Public Fediverse posts

Week in wildlife: a sea turtle hatchling, baby orangutans and flying ibises https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/11/week-in-wildlife-sea-turtle-hatchling-baby-orangutans-and-flying-ibises #Wildlife #Animals #WorldNews #Environment #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Zoology

Week in wildlife: a sea turtle hatchling, baby orangutans and flying ibises https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/11/week-in-wildlife-sea-turtle-hatchling-baby-orangutans-and-flying-ibises #Wildlife #Animals #WorldNews #Environment #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Zoology

Week in wildlife: a sea turtle hatchling, baby orangutans and flying ibises https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/11/week-in-wildlife-sea-turtle-hatchling-baby-orangutans-and-flying-ibises #Wildlife #Animals #WorldNews #Environment #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Zoology

Week in wildlife: a sea turtle hatchling, baby orangutans and flying ibises
By Joanna Ruck

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/11/week-in-wildlife-sea-turtle-hatchling-baby-orangutans-and-flying-ibises

#Wildlife #Animals #Worldnews #Environment #Photography #Artanddesign #Zoology #TheGuardian #JoannaRuck

Week in wildlife: a sea turtle hatchling, baby orangutans and flying ibises
By Joanna Ruck

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/11/week-in-wildlife-sea-turtle-hatchling-baby-orangutans-and-flying-ibises

#Wildlife #Animals #Worldnews #Environment #Photography #Artanddesign #Zoology #TheGuardian #JoannaRuck

Week in wildlife: a sea turtle hatchling, baby orangutans and flying ibises
By Joanna Ruck

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/11/week-in-wildlife-sea-turtle-hatchling-baby-orangutans-and-flying-ibises

#Wildlife #Animals #Worldnews #Environment #Photography #Artanddesign #Zoology #TheGuardian #JoannaRuck

Week in wildlife: a sea turtle hatchling, baby orangutans and flying ibises
By Joanna Ruck

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/11/week-in-wildlife-sea-turtle-hatchling-baby-orangutans-and-flying-ibises

#Wildlife #Animals #Worldnews #Environment #Photography #Artanddesign #Zoology #TheGuardian #JoannaRuck

🦁 NEW: Researchers tracking #lions and spotted #hyenas in southern #Africa found that the hyenas consistently maintain distance from lions over kilometers of territory rather than merely scavenging near kills. #GPS #data captured male lions moving toward hyenas, reframing the dynamics of the famous #wildlife rivalry.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/lion-hyena-predator-dynamic-reversed/

#science #zoology #animals #nature #biology #research #behavior #conservation #mammals #ecology #predators #study

https://www.europesays.com/ie/681036/ Adaptive zones of feliforms and evolutionary regimes within terrestrial mammalian carnivores #BiologicalAndPhysicalAnthropology #Ecology #Éire #EvolutionaryBiology #EvolutionaryEcology #general #IE #Ireland #LifeSciences #Palaeoecology #palaeontology #paleontology #Science #Zoology

gliding/flying snakes ... new fear unlocked.

For more #snake facts in honor of the #constellation Serpens, check out this week's podcast: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-snakes-creature-corner/

And for the brave who fear no flying snake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPGNbb5Y2a0

#zoology #biology #snakes #Serpens #FunFacts #Nature #NatureIsLit #video #NatGeo #podcast

‘Like an alien invasion’: the neon flying squid that can fly in formation above the ocean
By Oliver Milman

Smart, sociable squid use funnel-like organ to force water to jet propel themselves along in and out of sea

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/12/like-an-alien-invasion-the-neon-flying-squid-that-can-fly-in-formation-above-the-ocean

#Marinelife #Oceans #Wildlife #Environment #Invertebrates #Animalbehaviour #Zoology #Science #TheGuardian #OliverMilman

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🪼🔄 Host Esther Ikoro explains how the immortal #jellyfish resets its life cycle.

When stressed or damaged, Turritopsis dohrnii turns its adult #medusa body back into a #polyp colony through a cellular process called #transdifferentiation.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/immortal-jellyfish-transdifferentiation-ikoro-video

#ocean #zoology #genetics #sea #aging #animals #animation #babies #biology #blackandstem #cells #immortaljellyfish #larva #marinebiology #nature #reproduction #science #underwater #womeninstem #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐕🌊 Bush #dogs are rare wild #canids of Central and #SouthAmerica with webbed #feet for swimming and short #legs adapted for the #forest floor.

Highly social, these elusive pack hunters live in family groups of up to twelve #animals and hunt together to catch #prey.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-a-bush-dog-video

#adaptation #biology #bushdogs #centralamerica #hunting #predators #rainforest #science #wetlands #canines #zoology #mammals #wildlife #nature #panama #habitats #tksst #video

#Birdsong and #WhaleSong show patterns similar to #HumanLanguage

by University of Edinburgh

edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan

"An international team of researchers has uncovered a previously undetected structure in the birdsong of #BengaleseFinches that has the same statistical patterns found in human languages.

"The songbirds—famous for their complex, learned songs—organize their songs using the same mathematical formula found in human speech, a trait that has developed over time and makes complex communication easier to learn and pass from one generation to the next.

"The findings, published in the journal Science Advances, build on the team's previous discovery that #HumpbackWhales also rely on a similar systematic structure.

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it as distinct from the communication of all other species.

The findings suggest that some of language's most fundamental building blocks may not be uniquely human after all, but rather a universal feature of learned communication, the researchers say."

Read more:
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-birdsong-whale-song-patterns-similar.html

#Nature #Communication #BirdLanguage #WhaleLanguage #LanguagePatterns #Linguistics #Zoology

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🪼🔄 Host Esther Ikoro explains how the immortal #jellyfish resets its life cycle.

When stressed or damaged, Turritopsis dohrnii turns its adult #medusa body back into a #polyp colony through a cellular process called #transdifferentiation.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/immortal-jellyfish-transdifferentiation-ikoro-video

#ocean #zoology #genetics #sea #aging #animals #animation #babies #biology #blackandstem #cells #immortaljellyfish #larva #marinebiology #nature #reproduction #science #underwater #womeninstem #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐕🌊 Bush #dogs are rare wild #canids of Central and #SouthAmerica with webbed #feet for swimming and short #legs adapted for the #forest floor.

Highly social, these elusive pack hunters live in family groups of up to twelve #animals and hunt together to catch #prey.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-a-bush-dog-video

#adaptation #biology #bushdogs #centralamerica #hunting #predators #rainforest #science #wetlands #canines #zoology #mammals #wildlife #nature #panama #habitats #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🪼🔄 Host Esther Ikoro explains how the immortal #jellyfish resets its life cycle.

When stressed or damaged, Turritopsis dohrnii turns its adult #medusa body back into a #polyp colony through a cellular process called #transdifferentiation.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/immortal-jellyfish-transdifferentiation-ikoro-video

#ocean #zoology #genetics #sea #aging #animals #animation #babies #biology #blackandstem #cells #immortaljellyfish #larva #marinebiology #nature #reproduction #science #underwater #womeninstem #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🪼🔄 Host Esther Ikoro explains how the immortal #jellyfish resets its life cycle.

When stressed or damaged, Turritopsis dohrnii turns its adult #medusa body back into a #polyp colony through a cellular process called #transdifferentiation.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/immortal-jellyfish-transdifferentiation-ikoro-video

#ocean #zoology #genetics #sea #aging #animals #animation #babies #biology #blackandstem #cells #immortaljellyfish #larva #marinebiology #nature #reproduction #science #underwater #womeninstem #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐕🌊 Bush #dogs are rare wild #canids of Central and #SouthAmerica with webbed #feet for swimming and short #legs adapted for the #forest floor.

Highly social, these elusive pack hunters live in family groups of up to twelve #animals and hunt together to catch #prey.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-a-bush-dog-video

#adaptation #biology #bushdogs #centralamerica #hunting #predators #rainforest #science #wetlands #canines #zoology #mammals #wildlife #nature #panama #habitats #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🐕🌊 Bush #dogs are rare wild #canids of Central and #SouthAmerica with webbed #feet for swimming and short #legs adapted for the #forest floor.

Highly social, these elusive pack hunters live in family groups of up to twelve #animals and hunt together to catch #prey.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-a-bush-dog-video

#adaptation #biology #bushdogs #centralamerica #hunting #predators #rainforest #science #wetlands #canines #zoology #mammals #wildlife #nature #panama #habitats #tksst #video

Tips from Mitchell’s Nursery: How to bring hummingbirds to your garden | Opinion https://www.allforgardening.com/1904511/tips-from-mitchells-nursery-how-to-bring-hummingbirds-to-your-garden-opinion/ #animals #anise #archaeplastida #AucubaJaponica #BirdBath #birds #botany #edgeworthia #evergreen #flower #fruit #garden #gardening #horticulture #hummingbird #hydrangea #HydrangeaMacrophylla #HydrangeaQuercifolia #illicium #IlliciumFloridanum #Kingdoms(biology) #leaf #nectar #Ornithology #ornithurae #plant #plants #SarcococcaConfusa #shrub #speed #Zoology

`A new species, Chlorocytus papahemii sp. nov. (Pteromalidae), a hyperparasitoid of E. curculionum, is described from China. Illustrations and a detailed morphological description of the new species, as well as a redescription of the types of related Chlorocytus species, are provided. ` http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1279.188643

#hymenoptera #wasp #insecta #arthropoda #arthropod #invertebrate #zoology #science #biology #taxonomy #phylogeny

🐨🍼 Scientists at the University of the #SunshineCoast in #Queensland, #Australia, are milking #koalas to analyze their milk.

They found the liquid contains unique proteins that kill harmful #bacteria and #fungi. The #research helps explain how joeys survive in their mothers’ pouches and offers clues for better koala #conservation.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/koala-milk

#koala #biology #marsupials #mammals #wildlife #science #evolution #zoology #biochemistry #nature #microbiology

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦐🦘 Roly polies are terrestrial #crustaceans that evolved from marine-dwelling ancestors.

They share a specific trait with #kangaroos because both carry their young in a brood pouch. Female pill bugs carry their #eggs and newly-hatched young in a special pouch called a marsupium.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/roly-poly-pillbug-marsupium-video

#animals #babies #birth #bugs #detritivores #mating #nature #parenting #insects #marsupials #isopods #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #zoology #ecosystem #tksst #video

🦐🦘 Roly polies are terrestrial #crustaceans that evolved from marine-dwelling ancestors.

They share a specific trait with #kangaroos because both carry their young in a brood pouch. Female pill bugs carry their #eggs and newly-hatched young in a special pouch called a marsupium.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/roly-poly-pillbug-marsupium-video

#animals #babies #birth #bugs #detritivores #mating #nature #parenting #insects #marsupials #isopods #evolution #science #wildlife #entomology #zoology #ecosystem #tksst #video

🇦🇺🌿 This #wildlife sanctuary off the coast of #Tasmania offers a look at wombat #biology and behavior. Learn how these #marsupials use specialized adaptations like square-shaped scat and armored hindquarters to thrive in their #environment.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/tasmania-maria-island-wild-wombats

#wombats #mammals #zoology #mariaisland #ecology #nature #australia #evolution #conservation

To be absolutely alone, while the world leers, laughs, and empathizes.

"“Punch is the most loved creature on the Earth right now.”
#culture #Japan #zoology #mentalhealth #rejection #abandonment
https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/03/02/punch-a-young-japanese-macaque-has-hit-a-nerve

Rapid postfire color shift in a Mediterranean lizard
https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzo.70083 | @jzoology.bsky.social

#Lizards inhabiting recently burned areas display lighter coloration, as a #thermoregulatory response

🧪🌍🔥🦎📏 #trait #fauna #zoology #JZoo #wildfire #fireecology #fire @ecology @wildfirescience

Ecotype (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

Ecotypes are organisms which belong to the same species but possess different phenotypical features as a result of environmental factors such as elevation, climate and predation. Ecotypes can be seen in wide geographical distributions and may eventually lead to speciation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotype

#Ecotype #Botany #Ecology #Zoology #LandscapeEcology

Illustration of a chief Goliath beetle (Goliathus cacicus) 🐞
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#scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart #beetle #goliath #goliathbeetle

King Cobra regurgitating a rat snake it had recently fed on

This king cobra was found in the midst of a well populated village and was promptly rescued by a team of professional snake handlers who afterwards safely released the snake into a nearby forested area away from any habitation. When threatened or stressed after immediately consuming a large meal, reptiles, particularly snakes will sometimes regurgitate the contents in their stomachs to lighten themselves to be able to make a quick getaway or defend themselves. King cobras are ophiophagous, with their diet consisting mainly of other snake species including several nonvenomous and venomous snake species, including other king cobras. This one was in the process of regurgitating a ratsnake that it had consumed.

PS. This is for educational purposes only. I cannot stress enough on the fact that you must never attempt to handle wildlife or try to relocate a snake (especially venomous ones) by yourself unless you are a trained professional or rescuer with proper equipment and training to deal with them, as not only is it very stupid and dangerous for both yourself and for the animal involved but it can very well result in grevious injury or death for the people around and for the snake.

https://piefed.social/post/1354094

Ecotype (Zoology 🦥)

Ecotypes are organisms which belong to the same species but possess different phenotypical features as a result of environmental factors such as elevation, climate and predation. Ecotypes can be seen in wide geographical distributions and may eventually lead to speciation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotype

#Ecotype #Botany #Ecology #Zoology #LandscapeEcology

Whether the #disabilities are the result of #congenital malformations or injuries, many #primate species exhibited behavioral flexibility and innovation to compensate for their disabilities.
#BehavioralScience #Zoology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/bs02202401.html