My heart was jubilant while reading this story this morning - more than 100 Chinook salmon have passed the former Klamath River dam sites as well as the fish ladder at Klamath Lake and are naturally spawning in Oregon headwaters for the first time in over a century! 🐟🧪🌎

www.opb.org/article/2025...

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A new provincial park in the province of Chubut aims to conserve one of Argentina’s most biodiverse stretches of coastline.

The park will complement existing legislation and the area’s existing status as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

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I didn’t even edit this one. Snail looked this good all on their own. Sports Illustrated model of snails over here. Great work snail you’re lookin wet as hell.

Spent the morning at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs today and were treated to great viewing of Sully, the baby mountain gorilla. They have a wonderful area both inside and outside in which to roam around.

We tried asking everyone viral engagement questions to promote the hay drive. It didn’t really go well but we still need help getting across the finish line! donorbox.org/mmfs-2025-ha...

"Lemurs are often cited as an example of adaptive radiation, as more than 100 extant species have evolved and filled ecological niches on Madagascar. Adaptive radiation is the rapid increase in the number of species of a certain lineage."
🏝️🐒🧬 #Lemurs #Madagascar #Evolution #Biology #Nature

"Stalagmites can grow up to hundreds of feet tall and take many different shapes. They're created when mineral-rich water drips from the ceiling of a cave for thousands of years, where it steadily deposits calcite in a tower growing from the cave floor."
💦🪨🌄 #Stalagmites #Maths #Geology #Nature

"Scientists are studying the ability of native plants to pull toxins from contaminated soil. Species including California buckwheat and sage brush, when widely spaced around a home and regularly watered, can help buffer a building against fire."
🔥🌄🌱🌾🪻 #NativePlants #Fires #LA #Science #Nature

"He was rescued at eight months old when he was a lost soul struggling to find a home. Now Henry can detect seven scents, ranging from birds of prey to hedgehogs, helping police track down those involved in wildlife crime."
A very, very good dog 🐕🦴👮🏼‍♀️ #Henry #DogsOfBluesky #Wildlife #Crime

This is one of my favorite stories I've gotten to write. And it's that time of year again, when the skies in northwestern Washington are painted with squiggly black Vs of snow geese looking for a snack bar to settle down at for the winter.

Just don't get hit by poop when you're looking up at them!

#Archaeology #Anthropology

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The summer has been a "bumper" breeding season for dormice in Hampshire, conservationists said.

Volunteers from the Hampshire Dormice Group, who have been carrying out surveys to monitor the tiny mammal, said the warm, dry summer had allowed them more time to breed.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Meet the pale fork-marked lemur — one of Madagascar’s lesser-known night dwellers! Though you can’t see it in this photo, they get their name from the dark forked stripe that runs from their nose over their eyes and down their back.

📷: Cheryl Antonucci

Baby giraffe born at safari park. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Or he has refused to bomb land targets in Venezuela

Us, peering out the window: "Look, sire. The snow geese are on the move."

In honor of fall migration, we're reupping this gorgeous photo essay, with words by @rdzombak.bsky.social, about how Washington state is handling too much of a good thing. 🐦

"The Orionids aren’t especially colorful compared to some other showers. They appear white or faintly yellow, since their particles are very small and moving extremely fast. That speed produces bright, sharp flashes, but not a wide range of colors."
👀🌌☄️ #Orionids #Stargazing #Astronomy #Space

"Archaeologists have discovered South Korea’s earliest known ice storage chamber. At over 1,400 years old, the underground facility offers an unprecedented look into feudal Korean culture’s architectural complexities and advancements."
⚒️🏯🧊 #UndergroundFreezer #SouthKorea #Archaeology #History

"Taftan volcano is a 12,927-foot (3,940 meters) stratovolcano in southeastern Iran, situated among a rumple of mountains and volcanoes that was formed by the subduction of the Arabian ocean crust under the Eurasian continent."
That's a long nap 😁🌋🌄 #Taftan #Volcanoes #Geology #Science #Nature