It’s #Baturday! (Sorry #caturday fans.)

Did you know that megabats, like the Flying Fox, do not use echolocation to find food? It instead uses its highly sensitive senses of sight & smell.

biologyinsights.com/do-flying-fo...

#pteropus #wildlife #nature #biodiversity #zoology #science

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It's Tits Tuesday!

DYK that what North Americans call "chickadees" are called tits (or titmice) everywhere else?

A famous species is the Eurasian Blue Tit. A less known one is the Sultan Tit.

#ornithology #birds #paridae #passerine #wildlife #nature #biodiversity #zoology #climate #iucn #science

It’s our inaugural #FeatherFriday!

This cockatoo has more dance moves than you!

Apart from humans, dancing in sync with music has only been observed in cockatoos, and it gives us an insight to their cognitive processes.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

#birds #ornithology
not yet #caturday
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A new wildcat species (Genus: Leopardus), discovered in the remote highlands of the Andes Mountains, South America.

www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/a-new-specie...

#feline #felidae #wildlife #nature #biodiversity #zoology #iucn #chile #andean #science #cat #caturday

📸: Jim Sanderson (see alt)

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star. This gives us a glimpse into how our own planet and solar system was formed.

science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...

#science #astronomy #tech #engineering #physics #boxingday #earth
📸: NASA

A new Dumbo Octopus species, Grimpoteuthis feitiana, discovered in the Western Pacific on the Caroline Seamount at 4,070 feet—a depth where light can’t penetrate.

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#wildlife #nature #biodiversity #biology #octopoda #zoology #squid #marine #science

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The Rusty-Spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) is one of smallest members of the Felidae family. It’s found in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

#feline #wildlife #nature #biodiversity #zoology #iucn #science #caturday

📸: Nilantha; Wrangel via OneEarth.org

The Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas) is one of the largest Lepidopterans. It’s found in Asia and has a wingspan of about 9.4 in (24 cm).

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#nature #wildlife #biodiversity #insect #butterfly #science
📸: breedingbutterflies.com

A new species of frogs the size of your fingernail, Brachycephalus lulai, discovered in Brazil.

Other sp.:
B. mariaeterezae
B. olivaceus
B. auroguttatus
B. verrucosus
B. fuscolineatus
B. leopardus
B. boticario

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

#anura #nature #wildlife #biodiversity
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This is the first time killer whales (Orcinus orca; northern resident) and dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens; Pacific white-sided) have been documented cooperating to hunt salmon.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#nature #wildlife #biodiversity #canada #cetaceans
📸: Fortune, Cheng, et al./CBC

Eggs have cholesterol. But is it okay to eat them every day?

“Research shows that the cholesterol in eggs doesn't seem to negatively affect the human body compared with other sources…”

www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-hea...

#science #food #nutrition #diet #health
📸: RecipeTinEats

#Research:
Love bread but afraid of its adverse health effects? You can still enjoy it:

“freezing and defrosting, toasting from fresh, and toasting following freezing and defrosting, favourably altered the glucose response of the breads…”

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17426743/

#diet #food #science

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