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Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance @denverzoo.bsky.social · 6h

🐿️🍂 Meet Marshall and Beck, our two Prevost’s squirrels, also known as tri-colored squirrels. Native to the forests of Southeast Asia, these energetic explorers love to jump, climb, and shred their way through a day full of enrichment!
#SquirrelAwarenessMonth!

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Lemur Conservation Network @lemurnetwork.bsky.social · 7h

Meet the Coquerel’s giant mouse lemur — a tiny primate with some giant nighttime adaptations! These nocturnal pros have huge, reflective eyes that help them spot every bit of light in the dark forest. #FunFactFriday
📸 Photo: Cheryl Antonucci

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Alberto Pastor 🦔 @titoalpastor.bsky.social · 7h

"In many cultures, fall root vegetables are much more than merely food. They are resilient crops that thrive in spite of environmental challenges. They survive underground through droughts, storms, and frosts, making them reliable."
🧑🏽‍🌾🌱🌾🥔🍠🫚 #RootVegetables #Fall #Gardening #Plants

11 Traditional Fall Root Vegetables from Around the World

Fall is the ideal time for planting root vegetables, in the U.S. and many places around the globe. Here are some of the traditional fall root vegetables grown in other cultures that you can grow in yo...

www.epicgardening.com

Alberto Pastor 🦔 @titoalpastor.bsky.social · 7h

"Climate change and human activities have reduced their wild populations to just an estimated 1,400 adults. The birth of Komodo dragon hatchlings are thus always a cause for celebration, even when they are born in a zoo’s breeding program."
🥚🦎🦎 #KomodoDragons #Wildlife #Conservation #Nature

These butter-sized hatchlings will someday be the biggest lizards on Earth

The endangered baby Komodo dragons were recently born at ZooTampa.

www.popsci.com

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Alberto Pastor 🦔 @titoalpastor.bsky.social · 8h

"Coronal holes are areas where the sun's magnetic field opens up, allowing solar wind to stream more freely into space. When this solar wind reaches Earth, it interacts with our planet's magnetic field, creating the glowing curtains we know as the aurora."
👀🌌🎇🎆 #Auroras #Stargazing #Astronomy

Colossal 'hole' in the sun could spark impressive auroras Oct. 11-12

The sun's returning coronal hole could stir up geomagnetic storms and dazzling auroras under clear, dark skies this weekend.

www.space.com

Alberto Pastor 🦔 @titoalpastor.bsky.social · 8h

"A six-week-old pygmy hippo named Mars captured hearts worldwide when his mom gave him the universal 'mom stare' after he refused to leave the pool at dinnertime at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Kansas."
Adorable baby! 😍🦛 #Mars #PygmyHippos #Wildlife #Conservation #Nature

Is this the new Moo Deng? Meet Mars the pygmy hippo

Pygmy hippos have become an internet favorite for their shiny bodies and adorable behavior. Here's what to know about this lesser-known hippo species.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Alberto Pastor 🦔 @titoalpastor.bsky.social · 8h

"The ancient necropolises called domus de janas, or 'fairy houses' were erected by the Ozieri (3200-2800 BCE), Sardinia's first great Neolithic civilisation and one of the most sophisticated societies in the western Mediterranean."
🌄🪨🛖🪦🦴 #FairyHouses #Sardinia #Neolithic #Archaeology #History

Sardinia's sacred Neolithic 'fairy houses'

Throughout Sardinia, these newly Unesco-inscribed stone necropolises tell the story of the island's pre-Roman funerary customs. But for locals, they're the enchanted homes of fairies.

www.bbc.com

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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · 10h

Spain has designated FIVE new marine protected areas!

After years of advocacy, Oceana celebrates this win for marine life and coastal communities—and now pushes to ensure these areas are properly managed and free from destructive activities like trawling. 🌎

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 11h

Love to hear it! 🐢

Baby giant tortoises thrive in Seychelles after first successful artificial incubation

Exclusive: Trial that has produced 13 hatchlings could help other threatened species avoid extinction

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 11h

Yay!!!

Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials

Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW

www.theguardian.com

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New England Primate Conservancy @neprimateconsrv.bsky.social · 13h

Silvery marmosets (Mico argentatus) are native to Brazil's eastern Amazon Rainforest. Adapted to disturbed and fragmented forests. Long, sharp incisor teeth facilitate gouging into tree bark for their diet of saps, gums, and resins. Widespread and adaptable, but threatened by ongoing deforestation.

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Der Führer hat immer recht! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 13h

Fly Me to the Moon: The Incredible Migratory Journey of the Arctic Tern

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#birds🦉 #ornithology🪶 #ArcticTern #migration #behavior #LongestMigration grrlscientist.substack.com/p/fly-me-to-...

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 2d

#HillfortsWednesday
Old Sarum was an Iron Age #Hillfort constructed around 400 BC during the Iron Age by creating enormous banks and ditches surrounding the hill.

The site was then used by the #Romans, who called it Sorviodunum

#Archaeology

📷 (Historic England Photo Library

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 1d

At the Roman legionary fortress and provincial capital of Viminacium, modern Serbia, was an amphitheatre #RomanFortThursday
Analysis of a bear cranium found there provides the first direct evidence for the participation of brown bears in Roman spectacles.

(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

Aerial photograph of modern farmland, divided into different-coloured, rectilinear fields. Overlaid are diagrams indicating the boundaries of the city and legionary fortress, as well as an illustration of a circular building representing the amphitheatre in its location.

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Alberto Pastor 🦔 @titoalpastor.bsky.social · 1d

"Analyzing nearly 1,000 moai statues, the scientists concluded that their unique shapes were designed to enable movement. They all share distinctive features that would allow them to be rocked from side to side, creating a walking motion."
🏝️🗿 #MoaiStatues #EasternIsland #Aerchaeology #Physics

Easter Island’s moai statues really “walked”: physics and archaeology confirm the hypothesis

New research reveals Easter Island's moai statues were "walked" upright using ingenious engineering, not dragged or rolled.

archaeologymag.com

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Alberto Pastor 🦔 @titoalpastor.bsky.social · 1d

"This bond is also not unique to our species, according to a new study published today in the journal PLOS Biology. Among some birds, siblings can be powerful role models that can even overshadow parental influence."
🐦🦅🦉🐦‍⬛🦜 #Birds #Siblings #Learning #Biology #Wildlife #Nature

Young birds get by with a little help from their…siblings

Parents are not the only ones who teach important survival skills.

www.popsci.com

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Alberto Pastor 🦔 @titoalpastor.bsky.social · 1d

"Oct. 16 is also the date when the comet will become available to evening skywatchers. In fact, Lemmon will likely put on its best show between Oct. 22 and Oct. 28, low in the west-northwest sky right after the end of evening twilight."
👀🌌☄️✨🌒🪐 #CometLemmon #Stargazing #Astronomy #Space

New comet Lemmon could shine bright enough to be seen with the naked eye this October

This newly discovered comet could soon glow bright enough for the naked eye as it sweeps through October's morning and evening skies.

www.space.com

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Alberto Pastor 🦔 @titoalpastor.bsky.social · 1d

"An exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, offers a glimpse into the lives and careers of ancient Egyptian makers—the talented craftspeople who specialized in ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, stonemasonry, coffin decorating, etc."
🏛️🏺⚰️📿 #AncientEgypt #Makers #Exhibition #Arts

This New Exhibition Explores the Lives of Ancient Egyptian Makers

These talented craftspeople specialized in ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, stonemasonry, coffin decorating and other art forms

www.smithsonianmag.com

Alberto Pastor 🦔 @titoalpastor.bsky.social · 1d

"Holly Molinaro, an animal welfare scientist, notes that the authors only recruited and tested play-motivated dogs and dogs that excessively play, which makes it hard to know how common these behaviors are in the broader world of dogs."
Very good dogs! 🐕‍🦺🐩🐕🥎🧸 #DogsOfSpoutible #Toys #Research

Your dog really might be addicted to that toy

Scientists find that some dogs exhibit behaviors similar to human addiction around their favorite toys.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 1d

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus): This large species of falcon is found in nearly all regions of our planet with the exception of extreme polar areas. Recorded travelling at 320km/h (200mph) in a dive, this is the fastest creature in the world. Stunning image taken by Paul Ash in Cornwall, UK.

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Zoo Boise @zooboise.bsky.social · 1d

🎃 Preparing for this year's Boo at the Zoo fun, let's look back at some of our favorite clips of animal enrichment treats from last year!

Boo at the Zoo takes places Saturday, October 25 and Sunday, October 26. Presented by Delta Dental of Idaho.

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 1d

Raccoon (Procyon lotor): These mammals are native to North America & have a body length of 70cm (28in). They have a greyish coat which mostly consists of dense underfur which insulates it against cold weather. Delightful photo taken by John Craig in Ontario, Canada 🦝 #raccoon #bandit #nature #canada

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Chester Zoo Science @chesterzoosci.bsky.social · 1d

Our fossa pup health check has gone viral! 🥹

By the way, did you know we work with Malagasy partners to protect fossa forests in the wild?

Find out more (and consider donating) here: chesterzoo.org/madagascar

#fossa #fossalove #toebeans

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Archaeology News Online Magazine @archaeologynews.bsky.social · 1d

Study finds Levantine ivory came from Africa through Nubian trade, not Egypt

The recent research tracking the origin of southern Levantine ivory artifacts has revealed that most of the material came from African elephants...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/10/leva...

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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · 1d

A Wild Turkey hen pokes around the ground, looking for something to eat. Just out of frame was a small group of prancing toms vying for her attention.

St. Andrews, #NewBrunswick, Canada
December 2024

📸 #birds #turkey #WITU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

A large brown bird with an iridescent sheen on her feathers is walking with her head lowered to the ground in short grass in a clearing in the early morning sunlight.

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