Guy Lenk
@guylenk.bsky.social
Research scientist | Genetics | Evolution | Lysosomes | Nature | Environment | Dumb Cats
September 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Fireflies are one of my favorite parts of Michigan summers.
July 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Fireflies are one of my favorite parts of Michigan summers.
Mulch volcanoes sure do a great job of killing trees. All because they don’t like the looks of the bottom of the trunk… I guess.
#morons #strangledwild
#morons #strangledwild
June 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Mulch volcanoes sure do a great job of killing trees. All because they don’t like the looks of the bottom of the trunk… I guess.
#morons #strangledwild
#morons #strangledwild
I think this is an African Pygmy goose. One of my favorite birds at the Detroit zoo. Near the exit of the aviary, a lot of people overlook him. :0)
June 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I think this is an African Pygmy goose. One of my favorite birds at the Detroit zoo. Near the exit of the aviary, a lot of people overlook him. :0)
Virginia tiger moth just outside our front landscaping that we replaced with natives. It looks a little wild and unkempt because it is supposed to. :0)
#wildlife #rewilding #moth
#wildlife #rewilding #moth
May 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Virginia tiger moth just outside our front landscaping that we replaced with natives. It looks a little wild and unkempt because it is supposed to. :0)
#wildlife #rewilding #moth
#wildlife #rewilding #moth
My daughter climbed down a rickety ladder that looked like tetanus and found an eastern tiger salamander in an old wellhead.
#outside #wildlife #amphibian #nature
#outside #wildlife #amphibian #nature
April 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My daughter climbed down a rickety ladder that looked like tetanus and found an eastern tiger salamander in an old wellhead.
#outside #wildlife #amphibian #nature
#outside #wildlife #amphibian #nature
April 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wood frog eggs in a vernal pond. You can even see the little pre-tadpoles. :0)
#watchyourstep #outdoors #nature
#watchyourstep #outdoors #nature
April 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Wood frog eggs in a vernal pond. You can even see the little pre-tadpoles. :0)
#watchyourstep #outdoors #nature
#watchyourstep #outdoors #nature
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Dr. Adrien photographed adult female mountain #gorilla Gahuza feeding on vines with her baby during a recent health check on Kwitonda group in Volcanoes NP, Rwanda. She was coughing every so often but her activity levels were within normal limits. She will continue to be closely monitored.
April 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Dr. Adrien photographed adult female mountain #gorilla Gahuza feeding on vines with her baby during a recent health check on Kwitonda group in Volcanoes NP, Rwanda. She was coughing every so often but her activity levels were within normal limits. She will continue to be closely monitored.
Warbling vireo are currently unaffected by tariffs… unlike me who may need to pawn my dSLR.
April 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Warbling vireo are currently unaffected by tariffs… unlike me who may need to pawn my dSLR.
Reposted by Guy Lenk
Honeybees in the US may have just experienced their most severe die-off on record, a loss of 1.6 million, or 55 per cent of all US colonies – and we don’t know exactly why.
Largest ever US honeybee die-off has destroyed 1.6 million colonies
www.newscientist.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Honeybees in the US may have just experienced their most severe die-off on record, a loss of 1.6 million, or 55 per cent of all US colonies – and we don’t know exactly why.
Planarians look like nature’s hovercrafts to me. :0)
April 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Planarians look like nature’s hovercrafts to me. :0)
Don’t forget to spend some time outside at parks and decompress. This is Ranger at Kensington (Michigan) a rescued Red-Tail that we always stop to say hello on visits.
April 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Don’t forget to spend some time outside at parks and decompress. This is Ranger at Kensington (Michigan) a rescued Red-Tail that we always stop to say hello on visits.
Reposted by Guy Lenk
"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
Reposted by Guy Lenk
Happy Wednesday! Enjoy this photo of Inyungu with her infant, taken by Dr. Adrien during a routine health check on Agashya group in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda earlier this month.
March 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Happy Wednesday! Enjoy this photo of Inyungu with her infant, taken by Dr. Adrien during a routine health check on Agashya group in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda earlier this month.
I agree with your opinion of the conservation in this area Clustal.
March 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I agree with your opinion of the conservation in this area Clustal.
Cat prevents scientist from going to work on Saturday. I wonder if this is a common problem. :0)
March 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Cat prevents scientist from going to work on Saturday. I wonder if this is a common problem. :0)
“Short-sighted deregulation irritates me.” - bird
March 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“Short-sighted deregulation irritates me.” - bird