Happy Easter! A seascape of fish and other critters at Richelieu Rock in the Andaman Sea. Your #sealife #photooftheday

#Easter #Sunday #fish #Sony #RichelieuRock #SonyAlpha #Nauticam #Inon

sea #ocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wild #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #water #climatechange #reef #photo #photography #pictureoftheday #picture #Indianocean #AndamanSea #Thailand @thesmilingseahorse

8 in 10 lizards could be at risk due to deforestation https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240305133902.htm

Deforestation Could Put 84% of North American Lizards at Risk, Study Says https://www.ecowatch.com/deforestation-lizards-vulnerable-north-america.html

#America #environment #wildlife #lizards #deforestation

Deforestation Could Put 84% of North American Lizards at Risk, Study Says

Deforestation is making lizards in North America more vulnerable because of a lack of shelter from extreme temperatures.

^{Paige Bennett (EcoWatch)}

As oil palm plantations encroach on rainforests, wild primates increasingly enter them to forage, where they face the threat of being eaten by feral dogs, killed for raiding crops, or caught by traffickers for the pet trade.

A new study from Peninsular Malaysia finds that exposure to oil plantations also significantly increases the risk of death among infant southern pig-tailed macaques.

by Spoorthy Raman
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/02/shocking-mortality-of-infant-macaques-points-to-dangers-of-oil-palm-plantations/

#NEws #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife #PalmOil

‘Shocking’ mortality of infant macaques points to dangers of oil palm plantations

For 12 years, primatologist Nadine Ruppert and her colleagues have had one recurring task on their calendar: tagging along with a group of southern pig-tailed macaques in Segari, Peninsular Malaysia, as these primates hop between native rainforests a…

^{Isabel Esterman (Conservation news)}

Magical African Sacred Ibises 🌈

#WildLife #Ibis #MastoArt #BirdArt #Birds #PhotoArt #Photography #Africa #Botswana #Rainbow #WildLifePhotography #BirdsOfMastodon

#NewSpecies!
New freshwater crab from #indonesia just pinched us:

Lepidothelphusa menneri

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE879E-FFF9-FFBE-1FBF-FE0DFCFB7405
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.2.3
#Zootaxa

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #crabs

Mountain Hare - from a stroll up the hills today. It was bitterly cold, but the hares were relaxed and allowed me to get close enough.

Taken with a Canon R5 and RF100-500mm lens.

Always lovely to see in the Highlands Of Scotland.

#MountainHare #wildlife #nature #winterwatch #snow #scotland #workshop #guiding

Happy New Year!!!
This is my last shot of 2023: rainbow bee-eater in Myall Lakes NP in Eastern #Australia enjoying a cicada

#biodiversity #birdphotography #wildlife #birds #birdsofmastodon #bird #ecology #rainbow

The one thing that wasn’t a shit show in 2023: a huge undercover multinational operation that led to the conviction of dealers who are responsible for half the world’s pangolin trade

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66375281

#Wildlife #Conservation

How undercover sting outwitted pangolin traffickers

How charity investigators went undercover to outwit a global wildlife trafficking gang.

^{By Steve Swann (BBC News)}

Here's one of my absolute favorite shots, "Momentary", where one had been sailing over the other, before being kicked out of the way mid-air, leaving them with a perfectly hapless expression.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/porsupah/9495186995/

Now available to buy!

https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64436639

#RabbitsOfMastodon #wildlife #bunnies

Human actions have led to the deaths of more than 100,000 Bornean orangutans since 1999, mainly for crop protection, bushmeat or the illegal wildlife trade.

For the first time in 15 years, researchers surveyed residents of Kalimantan, the Indonesian section of Borneo, to find out why people kill the great apes and whether conservation projects help protect them.

by Madeline Reinsel
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/killings-of-bornean-orangutans-could-lead-to-their-extinction/

#News #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife #Orangutans #GreatApes #Animals

Killings of Bornean orangutans could lead to their extinction

Only about 100,000 Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) remain, less than half of their original numbers.

^{Rhett Butler (Conservation news)}

#EnergyTransition: How bubble curtains protect #porpoises from wind farm noise https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231106-the-big-bubble-curtains-protecting-porpoises-from-wind-farm-noise

"As huge offshore #WindFarms spread across Europe's seas, efforts grow to buffer the impact on #wildlife... The #BubbleCurtain was designed around the #porpoise's specific needs and traits, lowering #WindFarm construction noise to a threshold deemed safe for the species, based on scientific research. Its proven muffling effect may also benefit other marine #mammals such as #seals"

These are iPhone photos. You can call me the dragonfly whisperer.

#inaturalist #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #yardbugs #dragonflies #odonata #slowandsteady

Madge was kind enough to pose for me as I snapped this photo. I've been slowly earning trust with a few crows over the past months. They are so incredibly smart!

#photography #birds #crows #wildlife #crazycrowlady

My new #squirrel friend up-close

#nature #wildlife