The near-extinction of rhinos is at risk of being normalised. For World Rhino Day. Via @ConversationUK. #rhino #rhinos #rhinoceros #Rhinocerotidae #conservation #poaching #ShiftingBaselines #Africa #Asia #SaveTheRhino #WorldRhinoDay #WorldRhinoDay2025 🦏 https://t.co/1OwOWCfNZ6

Freddie Mercury 🖤 5th September 1946 - 24th November 1991 📸 Neal Preston © Queen Productions Ltd

At the beginning of the Jurassic period, theropods were diversifying. In Antarctica, one of these peculiar experiments emerged: the #Cryolophosaurus, characterized by a bizarre crest derived from its lacrimal and nasal bones. #paleoart

In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here

Amazing news from our conservation partners 🌏 Team Bars Turkmenistan (Conservation X Labs) has recorded a caracal in Badhyz State Nature Reserve - the first sighting in this region of south-western Turkmenistan in 15 years!

We were thrilled to kick off #NationalTreeWeek with a fantastic feature on @BBC Landward – where our Wildlife Comeback Lead, Kirsten Brewster, chats to @DougieVipond about aspen. Offering a much-needed spotlight on a species that should be widespread in Scotland but now clings

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In the Halls of the Cold War Kings; tall columns stretch off into the distance in an abandoned manufacturing center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

New "Bugs Matter" survey update seems to show ongoing and rapid insect decline, based on bug splats on cars. @KentWildlife

A few neat moments captured on trail cameras this past summer…lots more to come in the coming months. We just started the long process of wading through the seemingly endless hours of trail camera footage our 350+ cameras collected this summer (April to early November). We

Late autumn light on Loch Maree.

Spinosaurus v pterosaur. Inspired by paper on new #pterosaur species, Bakiribu waridza, discovered in fossil dinosaur vomit, likely #spinosaur: A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group. By Pêgas et al. #FossilFriday 👀: https://t.co/CGAPnUUUjU

Spinosaurus v pterosaur. Inspired by paper on new #pterosaur species, Bakiribu waridza, discovered in fossil dinosaur vomit, likely #spinosaur: A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group. By Pêgas et al. 👀: https://t.co/IllcSXITQz #FossilFriday

I'm giving a talk on "Insect Declines, Pesticides and Pet Parasiticides", online, FREE to join, 7pm-8pm Wed 26th November Organised by Western Sussex Rivers Trust. Book your free ticket https://t.co/nPmtU7QTCT

#gingerplantoftheweek is #Etlingera hemisphaerica #etlingerahemisphaerica described by Carl Ludwig von Blume in 1827 and native in the #FloraOfJava. This plant is flowering today in the campus of University of Indonesia, Fakultas MIPA.

Getting colder out there these days. Here's some ice patterns from the Avon Water, South Lanarkshire. "The Centurion", December 2022. #Scotland #Photography

Conservation conversation w Helen Wallace, Local Biodiversity Planning Officer, Argyll and Bute Council. For MSc Wildlife Biology and Conservation, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland. #biodiversity #ecology #EdinburghNapierUniversity #EdinburghNapier #MSc #Edinburgh #Scotland

🌍 This Nov, #CITES CoP20 meets in Uzbekistan. From rhinos, elephants & giraffes to seals, sharks & marine species, decisions will shape wildlife’s future. 📖 Learn what CITES is & what’s Born Free’s stance 👉 https://t.co/I19lm6wmU2 #CoP20 #StopIvoryTrade #EndTrophyHunting

The bee grabber :) As far as I'm aware this is the only shot of thick headed fly (Conopidae) trying to grab a bee in flight in existence I took it (2021) whilst on a project photographing butterflies in flight Read up on thick headed flies they are amazing but grim!

WE FOUND IT! We trekked day and night through tiger-patrolled Sumatran rainforests accessible only under permit for this: Rafflesia hasseltii. Few people have ever seen this flower, and we watched it open by night. Magic.

From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers report in Science. This includes sequences for 13 new complete genomes from across the phylum. https://t.co/C9uchQxdib