#zoology — Public Fediverse posts

A genomic analysis investigating whether newly observed short-tailed phenotypes in the critically endangered Tsushima leopard cat are the result of hybridization with domestic cats.
#Genetics #ConservationBiology #Zoology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/09/gen09072601.html

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

Montana FWP monitoring Helena mountain lion activity

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff are monitoring the situation after reports of mountain lion activity in Helena’s…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Apexpredators #Bear #carnivorousanimals #Cougar #Helena #lion #Montana #montanadepartmentoffish #predatoryanimals #Science #trophicecology #WildlifeandParks #Zoology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/837089/

Montana FWP monitoring Helena mountain lion activity

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff are monitoring the situation after reports of mountain lion activity in Helena’s…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Apexpredators #Bear #carnivorousanimals #Cougar #Helena #lion #Montana #montanadepartmentoffish #predatoryanimals #Science #trophicecology #WildlifeandParks #Zoology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/837089/

Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets
By Pejman Faratin

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/04/week-in-wildlife-a-hitchhiking-crab-a-shy-wallaby-and-penguins-in-little-jackets

#Environment #Zoology #Animals #Worldnews #Photography #Biology #Science #TheGuardian #PejmanFaratin

Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/sep/04/week-in-wildlife-a-hitchhiking-crab-a-shy-wallaby-and-penguins-in-little-jackets #Environment #Zoology #Animals #WorldNews #Photography #Biology #Science

Authorities confirm bird flu in fox and suspected case in dolphin
By Jarrod Whittaker

A fox in Victoria's south-west has died from H5 bird flu and authorities suspect the virus is responsible for the death of a dolphin.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/bird-flu-found-in-fox-victoria/107116232

#AvianInfluenza #WildlifeDiseases #Animals #Zoology #JarrodWhittaker

🕷️ A jumping spider that nurses its young with milk — 4x the protein of cow's milk

Female Toxeus magnus spiders secrete a milk-like fluid from their egg-laying opening for nearly 40 days after hatching. Newborns drink nothing else for the first 20 days and die within 11 days if the mother's milk supply is blocked.

Even after spiderlings learn to hunt at day 20, they keep nursing alongside their own kills for another three weeks. Daughters are allowed to return to the nest after reaching adulthood, but adult sons are attacked if they try.

This subverts the long-held assumption that lactation and extended milk-provisioning are exclusive to mammals.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/jumping-spider-mom-nurses-her-brood-weeks-milk

#arachnid #zoology #biology

Strolling on a Japanese path in New Hampshire | Lake Style https://www.allforgardening.com/1937220/strolling-on-a-japanese-path-in-new-hampshire-lake-style/ #biology #botany #Construction(Industry) #GardeningNewHampshire #geology #journalism #meteorology #NewHampshire #publishing #RoadsAndTraffic #Zoology

Zoo's baby chimpanzee to be sent elsewhere after mother's rejection
By Katrina Beavan

Zookeepers had to hand-rear baby Cassie after the chimpanzee was dropped by its mother hours after birth, breaking its leg. After failed reunion attempts the zoo said it's in the primate's best interest to send it elsewhere.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/rockhampton-zoo-to-send-baby-chimpanzee-elsewhere/107110478

#Animals #Zoology #KatrinaBeavan

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐒🦎 Bearded #capuchins in northeastern #Brazil usually eat fruit, but researchers recorded 446 hunts of #lizards, #snakes and #opossums over 5,000 hours, concentrated when #plant foods ran low. Scientists link this seasonal prey-hunting to a possible stepping stone in early human meat-eating.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-fruit-is-scarce-these-monkeys-hunt-animals-the-behavior-may-offer-clues-about-the-origins-of-humans-meat-eating-habits-180989412/

#primatology #animals #wildlife #behavior #monkeys #meat #evolution #humanevolution #science #biology #zoology #nature #research

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🦥🌿 #Carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant shares a behind-the-scenes look at filming Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in #CostaRica. The crew tracks wild #tapirs in #TapirValley, takes X-rays of a #sloth, and learns how #horses help make #snake anti-venom.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/tapir-valley-costa-rica-dr-rae-wynn-grant-video

#adventure #animals #wildlife #biology #birds #blackandstem #centralamerica #conservation #ecology #endangeredspecies #frogs #hiking #hummingbirds #jobs #jungle #medicine #night #rainforest #research #science #travel #tropical #venom #veterinarian #volcanoes #womeninstem #work #xray #filmmaking #conservation #nature #zoology #tksst #video

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

New episode is out now -- in honor of the #serpens constellation, we're venturing into creature corner to learn about #snakes & to discuss some notable fictional snakes that have captured our minds, our hearts, and our very souls!

Listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-snakes-creature-corner/

#biology #CreatureCorner #constellations #PopCulture #Snake #Characters #zoology #humor #podcast

Dead sardines with herpes virus wash ashore in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Scientists in South Africa are investigating why masses of sardines have washed up dead or…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Africa #Australia #Climate #Climateandenvironment #Fish #Foodanddrink #FoodRecipes #Generalnews #Lifestyle #SkinConditions #SouthAfrica #World #Worldnews #Zoology
https://www.newsbeep.com/710494/

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐊💥 Researchers have found vocal #communication across all four surviving reptile lineages, challenging the old idea that #reptiles are mostly silent.

For example, male #gharials make #underwater popping #sounds that seem to signal identity, #turtle hatchlings chirp from inside #eggs to coordinate hatching, and some #lizards use distress calls that change with urgency.

👉 https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/the-surprising-sounds-made-by-reptiles

#crocodile #gecko #sounds #animals #science #nature #wildlife #biology #zoology #birds #mammals #discovery

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐭🏃‍♂️ For 30 years, UC #Riverside researchers bred #mice that run about three times as far as control mice.

They expected a trade-off, fewer offspring or shorter lives, as a standard cost in evolutionary #biology, but after following 100 #breeding pairs their whole lives, the runners produced nearly as many pups and lived just as long.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/researchers-bred-supermice-for-extreme-running-they-expected-a-downside-but-there-wasnt-any/

#running #evolution #science #genetics #longevity #exercise #research #zoology #california

Week in wildlife: a Cornish wallaby, a frazzled opossum and rare Montagu’s harrier chicks
By Pejman Faratin

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/aug/28/week-in-wildlife-cornish-wallaby-frazzled-opossum-rare-montagus-harrier-chicks

#Wildlife #Zoology #Animals #Worldnews #Photography #UKnews #TheGuardian #PejmanFaratin

How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves
By Emma Bryce

From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/how-decoding-beluga-whales-chitchat-may-save-them-and-teach-us-more-about-ourselves

#Whales #Cetaceans #Canada #Endangeredhabitats #Oceans #Conservation #Environment #Americas #Marinelife #Wildlife #Worldnews #Dominica #Biology #Science #Zoology #Caribbean #AIartificialintelligence #Language #TheGuardian #EmmaBryce

How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/how-decoding-beluga-whales-chitchat-may-save-them-and-teach-us-more-about-ourselves #Whales #Cetaceans #Canada #EndangeredHabitats #Oceans #Conservation #Environment #Americas #MarineLife #Wildlife #WorldNews #Dominica #Biology #Science #Zoology #Caribbean #AiArtificialIntelligence #Language

#TIL that hitchhiker fishes exist AND that at least one species of them sometimes [and this will be #TMI for some of you] ride INSIDE the kloaka of manta rays!!1

yes, that's the toot. please find the link to the article in question in my next toot.

#mantaRay #zoology #parasitism #fauna #hitchhiker

Medusae of the World: Plate 12, Volume 1 (1910) by A. G. Mayer, from Medusae of the World.

Source: MBLWHOI Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b2af53fc-5e63-4a30-b6ed-e595434ef37d

#anatomy #zoology #jellyfish #marine #medusae #bookillustration #lithography #art #publicdomain

During the Late Pleistocene, ancient cave hyenas (Crocuta spelaea) in the Ural region actively hunted and consumed large herbivores, including bison, giant deer, and woolly rhinoceroses, rather than exclusively scavenging remains left by other predators.
#Paleontology #Paleoecology #Zoology (#Mammalogy ) #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/pal08242601.html

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🎸🐍 Scientists named a newly described #NewGuinea groundsnake, "Lielaphis slashi", after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, for his love of #reptiles.

Herpetologist Chris Austin first spotted the 71 cm (28 in) snake during nighttime fieldwork in 2006. Genetic and ecological analysis confirmed it as a distinct #species, supporting #conservation in New Guinea’s threatened #forests.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/snake-species-named-after-guns-n-roses-guitarist-slash/

#snakes #gunsnroses #herpetology #science #biodiversity #zoology #fieldmuseum #nature #wildlife #reptiles #discovery #genetics

Fat Marmot Week aims to raise awareness and funds for rodent research

GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — Last winter was tough for marmots livi…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #AKStateWire #Alaska #bears #Climateandenvironment #climatechange #COStateWire #Colorado #DanBlumstein #EmilyRenkey #Generalnews #KatieAdler #NewMexico #NMStateWire #Science #U.S.news #UTStateWire #Utah #weather #weightmanagement #WYStateWire #Wyoming #Zoology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/821225/

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐛🌊 Scientists have long wondered why no #insects live in the #ocean, often blaming #water pressure.

A new #study found that #larvae of the lake fly Chaoborus edulis dive nearly 260 m in #LakeMalawi using stretchy air sacs powered by the #protein #resilin. This pressure-resisting ability rules out pressure as the barrier, leaving the #mystery unsolved.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-dont-insects-live-in-the-ocean-scientists-just-ruled-out-one-possible-explanation-thanks-to-deep-diving-fly-larvae-180989348/

#science #lake #biology #zoology #deepsea #nature #animals #bugs #adaptation #biomechanics #research #africa

Week in wildlife: Bat in a toilet, a speeding gull and a bird with shoes https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/aug/21/week-in-wildlife-bat-toilet-speeding-gull-bird-shoes #Zoology #Animals #Biology #Environment #WorldNews #Photography

Week in wildlife: Bat in a toilet, a speeding gull and a bird with shoes
By Pejman Faratin

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/aug/21/week-in-wildlife-bat-toilet-speeding-gull-bird-shoes

#Zoology #Animals #Biology #Environment #Worldnews #Photography #TheGuardian #PejmanFaratin

Evolutionary genome topology is a new comparative framework that projects the structural evolution of animal chromosomes onto a single map. It reveals that animal genomes do not change at random, but rather evolve along distinct, irreversible pathways over millions of years.
#EvolutionaryBiology #Genomics #MolecularGenetics #Zoology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/ebio08202601.html

💁🏻‍♀️ 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: 🪼🔄 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: 🪼🔄 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

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐌🥬 Banana #slugs (genus Ariolimax) move only 16.5 cm per minute across their slime, yet serve as important #forest decomposers in California’s #Redwood National Park and #GoldenGate National Recreation Area.

A close-up #video shows one munching greens using its radula, a tongue-like part armed with roughly 25,000 tiny teeth. The #PacificNorthwest #mollusks are also hermaphrodites and #California’s official state slug.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/banana-slug-eating-video/

#bananaslug #mollusk #nature #wildlife #biology #animals #science #zoology

My 10yo son proposed that Hutts evolved from legged ancestors and lost their hindlimbs rather than evolving from legless slug-like ancestors and gaining forelimbs, which I think is far more plausible, given multiple patterns of limb loss in lizards.
#zoology #starwars #evolution #evolutionaryBiology

Meet Colobus congoensis

#Science just discovered it

A brand new #monkey #species

Its range is small, and #JuniorAmboko, lead researcher in the discovery, describes them as shy and hiding in high trees in #LomamiNationalPark of the #DemocraticRepublicofCongo #DRC

"This discovery is both exciting and deeply personal, highlighting the extraordinary #biodiversity of my homeland and how much remains undocumented"

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13372154/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/colobus-congoensis-disovered-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/106924624

#zoology #wildlife #nature

Megaherbivore (Zoology 🦥)

Megaherbivores are large herbivores that can exceed 1,000 kg in weight. The earliest herbivores to reach such sizes like the pareiasaurian reptiles and dinocephalian therapsids appeared in the Permian period. During most of the Mesozoic, the megaherbivore niche was largely dominated by dinosaurs up until their extinction during the Cretaceous–Paleogene e...

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

#Megaherbivore #Ecology #Zoology #Megafauna #AnimalSize #Extinction

Overpopulation (Zoology 🦥)

Overpopulation or overabundance is a state in which the population of a species is larger than the carrying capacity of its environment. This may be caused by increased birth rates, lowered mortality rates, reduced predation or large scale migration, leading to an overabundant species and other animals in the ecosystem ...

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

#Overpopulation #Zoology #GlobalIssues #PopulationDensity #PopulationEcology #AllPagesNeedingCleanup

Via @your.local.federal.agent on Instagram:

Fun facts about the bearded vulture: an absolutely amazing and beautiful bird!!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DaBX_C4Rnaq/

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