Via mru.ink: "The Haleakala silversword..the 'flower of patience, is found on the high slopes of the Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii.
It blooms only once, typically after 20 to 50 years, and remains beautiful for just seven days. Currently endangered. #science #biology #plants #nature #ecology

Innergizer Legal: “On work visas.
Here to train Americans.
And ICE still treated them like animals. Nobody is going to stay and work when it's like this," they said.
8 days of abuse - and now South Korea is taking international legal action against the U.S.

Roseate Spoonbills..(Platalea ajaja), resident breeders in both South & North America. Primarily found in warmer regions. They take small aquatic animals, including fish, crustaceans, and insects. #birds #nature #wildlife
#Reels #biology

Two-Phase Spore Dispersal Mechanism: The Catapult and then spores are dispersed passively, by wind, which can carry them for meters or even kilometers. #nature #fungi #biology #science

Common baron caterpillar (Euthalia aconthea) whose body color matches the mango leaves and the line down its back looks like a leaf vein. South Asia.🧪🌿 #nature #science #animals

Coral gardening is one of the most widely used methods and involves three main steps: collection, nursery growth, and outplanting. Science shouldn’t have a never ending list of how fix avoidable man made muck ups.
#science #environment #ecology #family #biology #conservation #climate #diving #ocean

Catasetum orchid:
When a pollinator, like a male euglossine bee, brushes against a sensitive trigger structure on the flower (an "antenna" or "trigger hair"), the flower responds by forcefully launching its pollinia. #flowers #science #nature 🍀🧪

We have the receipts, Mike.

A wonderful eagle rescue 🦅☃️ #nature #animals #science