Alberto Pastor 🦔
@titoalpastor.bsky.social
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Photographer wins UK's only 2025 Northern Lights award. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Photographer wins UK's only 2025 Northern Lights shot award
Mathew Browne said capturing the image of the display in Llangrannog was a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Photographer wins UK's only 2025 Northern Lights award. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We are SO CLOSE to reaching our $75,000 fundraising goal!
If you support independent, nonprofit journalism about biodiversity and conservation, your donation could help us get to the finish line! 🫶
give.calacademy.org/campaign/746...
If you support independent, nonprofit journalism about biodiversity and conservation, your donation could help us get to the finish line! 🫶
give.calacademy.org/campaign/746...
December 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We are SO CLOSE to reaching our $75,000 fundraising goal!
If you support independent, nonprofit journalism about biodiversity and conservation, your donation could help us get to the finish line! 🫶
give.calacademy.org/campaign/746...
If you support independent, nonprofit journalism about biodiversity and conservation, your donation could help us get to the finish line! 🫶
give.calacademy.org/campaign/746...
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Ever since scholars understood that half the world spoke a language descended from Proto-Indo-European, they’ve asked: Who spoke it first? We now have an answer.
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/collection/the-first-indo-european-speakers/top-10-discoveries-of-2025/
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/collection/the-first-indo-european-speakers/top-10-discoveries-of-2025/
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Ever since scholars understood that half the world spoke a language descended from Proto-Indo-European, they’ve asked: Who spoke it first? We now have an answer.
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/collection/the-first-indo-european-speakers/top-10-discoveries-of-2025/
archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/collection/the-first-indo-european-speakers/top-10-discoveries-of-2025/
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Mongabay expands its newsroom with launch of dedicated Wildlife Desk
Mongabay expands its newsroom with launch of dedicated Wildlife Desk
Around the world, wildlife populations are undergoing rapid change as habitat loss, shifting climate patterns and human pressures reshape ecosystems. “We are losing species at an astounding rate,…
news.mongabay.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Mongabay expands its newsroom with launch of dedicated Wildlife Desk
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Exploring with Ozzy!
Since moving into his new Small Animal Kingdom home earlier this fall, our prehensile-tailed porcupine has found favorite spots to sleep, eat, exercise, and relax.
🎥: Zookeeper Elsa
Since moving into his new Small Animal Kingdom home earlier this fall, our prehensile-tailed porcupine has found favorite spots to sleep, eat, exercise, and relax.
🎥: Zookeeper Elsa
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Exploring with Ozzy!
Since moving into his new Small Animal Kingdom home earlier this fall, our prehensile-tailed porcupine has found favorite spots to sleep, eat, exercise, and relax.
🎥: Zookeeper Elsa
Since moving into his new Small Animal Kingdom home earlier this fall, our prehensile-tailed porcupine has found favorite spots to sleep, eat, exercise, and relax.
🎥: Zookeeper Elsa
Cada vez que leo 'entorno' , me suena en la cabeza el de Martes y Trece diciendo 'entonno de noche', no puedo evitarlo 🤷🏽♂️ #Entorno
a man in a suit is sitting at a desk talking on a telephone .
ALT: a man in a suit is sitting at a desk talking on a telephone .
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Cada vez que leo 'entorno' , me suena en la cabeza el de Martes y Trece diciendo 'entonno de noche', no puedo evitarlo 🤷🏽♂️ #Entorno
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Everyone loves a good throwback & a good comeback — & Ashlee Simpson is so ready for both!
This sweet & sensitive potato just arrived at the shelter & is really hoping to find a foster home where she can get her bearings and regroup after a tough gig 🧵
This sweet & sensitive potato just arrived at the shelter & is really hoping to find a foster home where she can get her bearings and regroup after a tough gig 🧵
December 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Everyone loves a good throwback & a good comeback — & Ashlee Simpson is so ready for both!
This sweet & sensitive potato just arrived at the shelter & is really hoping to find a foster home where she can get her bearings and regroup after a tough gig 🧵
This sweet & sensitive potato just arrived at the shelter & is really hoping to find a foster home where she can get her bearings and regroup after a tough gig 🧵
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Stricter rules adopted to protect sloths from pet trade and selfie tourism
Known for their peaceful appearance and the impression that they’re always smiling, sloths now have extra protection to prevent their exploitation by a cruel and illegal pet trade. CITES, the global w...
news.mongabay.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Early Christian grave and the space below it, from the Church of Mary in Ephesos (Türkiye) #TombTuesday
Underneath the burial was found a second, underlying grave, indicating burial reuse was practised during the Middle and Late Byzantine periods.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Underneath the burial was found a second, underlying grave, indicating burial reuse was practised during the Middle and Late Byzantine periods.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Early Christian grave and the space below it, from the Church of Mary in Ephesos (Türkiye) #TombTuesday
Underneath the burial was found a second, underlying grave, indicating burial reuse was practised during the Middle and Late Byzantine periods.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Underneath the burial was found a second, underlying grave, indicating burial reuse was practised during the Middle and Late Byzantine periods.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Written In The Stars: Bogong Moths Migrate To Hidden Caves By Following The Stars
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#moth🦋 #insects🪲 #Navigation #migration #Behavior #Evolution #Australia🇦🇺 medium.com/grrlscientis...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#moth🦋 #insects🪲 #Navigation #migration #Behavior #Evolution #Australia🇦🇺 medium.com/grrlscientis...
Written In The Stars: Bogong Moths Migrate To Hidden Caves By Following The Stars
Bogong moths navigate 1000 kilometers across Australia to remote alpine caves by following the stars and Earth’s magnetic field.
medium.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Written In The Stars: Bogong Moths Migrate To Hidden Caves By Following The Stars
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#moth🦋 #insects🪲 #Navigation #migration #Behavior #Evolution #Australia🇦🇺 medium.com/grrlscientis...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#moth🦋 #insects🪲 #Navigation #migration #Behavior #Evolution #Australia🇦🇺 medium.com/grrlscientis...
"Humpbacks are energy-saving specialists. They’re not built for speed, relying on creativity instead. Scientists have begun cataloging their hunting strategies, from bubble-net feeding to cooperative corralling, including trap feeding."
🌊🐳🐟🦐 #HumpbackWhales #Feeding #Biology #Wildlife #Oceans
🌊🐳🐟🦐 #HumpbackWhales #Feeding #Biology #Wildlife #Oceans
Humpback whales thrive by not being picky eaters
earthsky.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Humpbacks are energy-saving specialists. They’re not built for speed, relying on creativity instead. Scientists have begun cataloging their hunting strategies, from bubble-net feeding to cooperative corralling, including trap feeding."
🌊🐳🐟🦐 #HumpbackWhales #Feeding #Biology #Wildlife #Oceans
🌊🐳🐟🦐 #HumpbackWhales #Feeding #Biology #Wildlife #Oceans
"The Cyclades attract millions of tourists each year for holidays. But recent studies have revealed that before the luxury villas took over the islands, the Cyclades have been home to humans in not only ancient Greece, but in pre-historic times as well."
🏝️🛰️🏛️ #Cyclades #Archaeology #Technology
🏝️🛰️🏛️ #Cyclades #Archaeology #Technology
Archaeologists use lasers to locate ancient settlements and artifacts on Greek Islands
A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human activity. They are using technology such as laser scanning and magnetometry, w...
phys.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"The Cyclades attract millions of tourists each year for holidays. But recent studies have revealed that before the luxury villas took over the islands, the Cyclades have been home to humans in not only ancient Greece, but in pre-historic times as well."
🏝️🛰️🏛️ #Cyclades #Archaeology #Technology
🏝️🛰️🏛️ #Cyclades #Archaeology #Technology
“There is a need for nitrogen in fertiliser, and we extract nitrogen using a lot of fossil fuels, but nitrogen is also contained in our urine. We consider it as a waste, so what we’re trying to do is recycle it, closing the nutrients loop.”
💦🪨🏭🌱 #Urine #Nitrogen #Fertilizer #Science #Technology
💦🪨🏭🌱 #Urine #Nitrogen #Fertilizer #Science #Technology
Swiss startup turns urine into plant fertilizer
The space-inspired wastewater treatment uses the nutrients and loses the odor.
www.popsci.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“There is a need for nitrogen in fertiliser, and we extract nitrogen using a lot of fossil fuels, but nitrogen is also contained in our urine. We consider it as a waste, so what we’re trying to do is recycle it, closing the nutrients loop.”
💦🪨🏭🌱 #Urine #Nitrogen #Fertilizer #Science #Technology
💦🪨🏭🌱 #Urine #Nitrogen #Fertilizer #Science #Technology
"The new study provides a baseline description of bumblebee defense behavior over time, rather than a snapshot. It offers growers, field biologists, and safety managers a clearer sense of when to stop work and when it’s safe to begin again."
🌄🐝🪻 #Bumblebees #Colonies #Defense #Biology #Research
🌄🐝🪻 #Bumblebees #Colonies #Defense #Biology #Research
Bumblebee colonies have a surprisingly organized defense drill
Researchers map the organized stages of bumblebee defense, from the first wing buzz to the final calming signals that reset the colony.
www.earth.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"The new study provides a baseline description of bumblebee defense behavior over time, rather than a snapshot. It offers growers, field biologists, and safety managers a clearer sense of when to stop work and when it’s safe to begin again."
🌄🐝🪻 #Bumblebees #Colonies #Defense #Biology #Research
🌄🐝🪻 #Bumblebees #Colonies #Defense #Biology #Research
"Ancient Romans consumed an average of five gallons of olive oil per person per year. Beyond cooking and eating, it played a central role in daily life, serving as a staple for everything from body care and medicine to sports and religious rituals."
⚒️🪨🌳🫒 #OliveOil #Romans #Tunisia #Archaeology
⚒️🪨🌳🫒 #OliveOil #Romans #Tunisia #Archaeology
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman Olive Oil Production Facilities in North Africa
Located in western Tunisia, the plants operated between the third and sixth centuries and likely helped supply precious olive oil to Rome
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Ancient Romans consumed an average of five gallons of olive oil per person per year. Beyond cooking and eating, it played a central role in daily life, serving as a staple for everything from body care and medicine to sports and religious rituals."
⚒️🪨🌳🫒 #OliveOil #Romans #Tunisia #Archaeology
⚒️🪨🌳🫒 #OliveOil #Romans #Tunisia #Archaeology
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I don’t have a caption for this. It’s just sweet.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I don’t have a caption for this. It’s just sweet.
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Tag your hibernation buddy 🖤🤗
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Tag your hibernation buddy 🖤🤗
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US House of Representatives looks to continue #wildlife crossing funding to help reduce human casualties and wildlife fatalities 🌍
www.wildlandsnetwork.org/newsroom/bip...
#BiodiversityAction #Ecology #Mitigation #Roads
www.wildlandsnetwork.org/newsroom/bip...
#BiodiversityAction #Ecology #Mitigation #Roads
Bipartisan Wildlife Crossing Legislation Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives — Wildlands Network - Biodiversity Conservation + Wildlife Crossings
As champions of the nationwide effort to make our roads safer for wildlife and people, Representatives Don Beyer from Virginia and Ryan Zinke from Montana came together on the Hill today to intro...
www.wildlandsnetwork.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
US House of Representatives looks to continue #wildlife crossing funding to help reduce human casualties and wildlife fatalities 🌍
www.wildlandsnetwork.org/newsroom/bip...
#BiodiversityAction #Ecology #Mitigation #Roads
www.wildlandsnetwork.org/newsroom/bip...
#BiodiversityAction #Ecology #Mitigation #Roads
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Feeding ✨A chance to give the sheep much-needed minerals; extra warmth & a check-over 🐏
We’re trying to reach our target for feed, hay, fencing, vet fees so we can pay our winter sanctuary costs. We’d really appreciate any help, if you can & want to: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Thank ewe 🐏❤️
We’re trying to reach our target for feed, hay, fencing, vet fees so we can pay our winter sanctuary costs. We’d really appreciate any help, if you can & want to: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Thank ewe 🐏❤️
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Feeding ✨A chance to give the sheep much-needed minerals; extra warmth & a check-over 🐏
We’re trying to reach our target for feed, hay, fencing, vet fees so we can pay our winter sanctuary costs. We’d really appreciate any help, if you can & want to: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Thank ewe 🐏❤️
We’re trying to reach our target for feed, hay, fencing, vet fees so we can pay our winter sanctuary costs. We’d really appreciate any help, if you can & want to: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Thank ewe 🐏❤️
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Mosaic of a gorgon's head from the bathhouse at Bignor Roman Villa in Sussex. This strategically placed emblem averted the evil eye when bathers were naked in the changing room, vulnerable to malign influence. Her snaky hair has been writhing since the early C.4th.
📸 mygf
#MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
📸 mygf
#MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Mosaic of a gorgon's head from the bathhouse at Bignor Roman Villa in Sussex. This strategically placed emblem averted the evil eye when bathers were naked in the changing room, vulnerable to malign influence. Her snaky hair has been writhing since the early C.4th.
📸 mygf
#MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
📸 mygf
#MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
