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Bioinspired Science & Technology Center - Bat biosonar & flight from an engineering persperpective #bats #robots #bioinspiration #scicomm
When physics meets fashion 💫🔍: Blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) showing off structural color like a living optics lecture🐦💙. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
When physics meets fashion 💫🔍: Blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) showing off structural color like a living optics lecture🐦💙. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Evolution gone flamboyant 🔥🔬: The Common flameback (Dinopium javanense, female) reminding us that sexual dimorphism doesn’t always mean “muted” for the ladies 💁♀️🐦. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Evolution gone flamboyant 🔥🔬: The Common flameback (Dinopium javanense, female) reminding us that sexual dimorphism doesn’t always mean “muted” for the ladies 💁♀️🐦. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Misnomer🐾📚: The common treeshrew (Tupaia glis) is actually closer to primates than shrews🌳🦴. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Mammals #Treeshrews #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
December 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Misnomer🐾📚: The common treeshrew (Tupaia glis) is actually closer to primates than shrews🌳🦴. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Mammals #Treeshrews #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Your closest relative outside the primates 🤯🧬: The Philippines flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans) peers back with equal parts curiosity and aerodynamic ambition — evolution’s quiet overachiever 🍃🛩️. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Mammals #Primates #WildlifePhotography
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Your closest relative outside the primates 🤯🧬: The Philippines flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans) peers back with equal parts curiosity and aerodynamic ambition — evolution’s quiet overachiever 🍃🛩️. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Mammals #Primates #WildlifePhotography
Pocket-sized brilliance 😁🔍: The Sulawesi dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx fallax) sits still just long enough to showcase why island endemics are biodiversity overachievers 🐦🌴. Video: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Pocket-sized brilliance 😁🔍: The Sulawesi dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx fallax) sits still just long enough to showcase why island endemics are biodiversity overachievers 🐦🌴. Video: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
When your food fights back😂🐝: The Blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) puts its stinger-proof technique to work, showcasing the elegance of aerial insectivory ✨🕊️. Video: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
When your food fights back😂🐝: The Blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) puts its stinger-proof technique to work, showcasing the elegance of aerial insectivory ✨🕊️. Video: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
I'm not gossiping - just babbling 🤫: True to its name, the chestnut-winged babbler (Cyanoderma erythropterum) is a highly vocal, social species typically found foraging in mixed-species flocks🐦🗣️. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I'm not gossiping - just babbling 🤫: True to its name, the chestnut-winged babbler (Cyanoderma erythropterum) is a highly vocal, social species typically found foraging in mixed-species flocks🐦🗣️. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Did someone spill the velvet paint? 🎨: Despite its vibrant hues, the ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda) is surprisingly cryptic, favoring dense forest undergrowth and coastal mangroves🌳🤫. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Did someone spill the velvet paint? 🎨: Despite its vibrant hues, the ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda) is surprisingly cryptic, favoring dense forest undergrowth and coastal mangroves🌳🤫. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Catch me if you can! (Spoiler: you can't)💨: A highly migratory species, the blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) is an agile aerial forager that often hunts from a perch or in continuous flight🌏✈️. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Catch me if you can! (Spoiler: you can't)💨: A highly migratory species, the blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) is an agile aerial forager that often hunts from a perch or in continuous flight🌏✈️. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Surveying the understory like a pro 👀🍃: Blyth’s Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius aeralatus) inspects its territory with the intensity of a bird that has read the field guide twice🐦😄. Photo: Jason Bugay Reyes. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Surveying the understory like a pro 👀🍃: Blyth’s Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius aeralatus) inspects its territory with the intensity of a bird that has read the field guide twice🐦😄. Photo: Jason Bugay Reyes. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Camouflage? Optional💥🍃: The Bornean banded pitta (Hydrornis schwaneri) prefers announcing its presence with maximalist plumage and impeccable posture🐦😎. Photo: Jason Bugay Reyes. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Camouflage? Optional💥🍃: The Bornean banded pitta (Hydrornis schwaneri) prefers announcing its presence with maximalist plumage and impeccable posture🐦😎. Photo: Jason Bugay Reyes. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Perched and pondering🤔🌿: The mountain barbet (Psilopogon monticola) surveys its mossy kingdom like a tiny, green philosopher🐦✨. Photo: Jason Bugay Reyes. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Perched and pondering🤔🌿: The mountain barbet (Psilopogon monticola) surveys its mossy kingdom like a tiny, green philosopher🐦✨. Photo: Jason Bugay Reyes. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
When coevolution serves a glow-up✨🌺: This tiny male Temminck’s sunbird (Aethopyga temminckii) proves form follows function, mastering tubular blooms as a specialist pollinator across Southeast Asia🌸🔥. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
When coevolution serves a glow-up✨🌺: This tiny male Temminck’s sunbird (Aethopyga temminckii) proves form follows function, mastering tubular blooms as a specialist pollinator across Southeast Asia🌸🔥. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Nature’s most unconventional utensil🍴😌: The Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) perfects the sweep-feeding technique, converting quiet shallows into an all-you-can-eat buffet🌊✨. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Nature’s most unconventional utensil🍴😌: The Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) perfects the sweep-feeding technique, converting quiet shallows into an all-you-can-eat buffet🌊✨. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Serious about fishing, serious about style😎🪄: Presenting the dashing Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella), master of the photogenic perch🤓🌿. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Serious about fishing, serious about style😎🪄: Presenting the dashing Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella), master of the photogenic perch🤓🌿. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Caught mid-renovation 🪵🦜: The long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) inspects its arboreal real estate with textbook precision — proof that nest-site selection is both an art and a science 🤓🌿. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Caught mid-renovation 🪵🦜: The long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) inspects its arboreal real estate with textbook precision — proof that nest-site selection is both an art and a science 🤓🌿. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Sky-high stretch goals 🐒⬆️: The lar gibbon (Hylobates lar) demonstrates elite brachiation form, using its elongated limbs to navigate the canopy with biomechanical brilliance🌿💪. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Mammals #Primates #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Sky-high stretch goals 🐒⬆️: The lar gibbon (Hylobates lar) demonstrates elite brachiation form, using its elongated limbs to navigate the canopy with biomechanical brilliance🌿💪. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Mammals #Primates #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Mirror check 🦆✨: The lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) surveys its domain with serene buoyancy, a study in calm among the wetlands💧🌿. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Mirror check 🦆✨: The lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) surveys its domain with serene buoyancy, a study in calm among the wetlands💧🌿. Photo: Lee. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Gravity check 🧗♂️🔍: Velvet-fronted nuthatches (Sitta frontalis) put their acrobatic foraging to work, scaling trunks like tiny technicolor mountaineers🌳💙. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Gravity check 🧗♂️🔍: Velvet-fronted nuthatches (Sitta frontalis) put their acrobatic foraging to work, scaling trunks like tiny technicolor mountaineers🌳💙. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Van Hasselt’s sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana) showing how structural coloration and attitude combine for maximum impact in the Bornean understory 🌈🔬🍃. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Van Hasselt’s sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana) showing how structural coloration and attitude combine for maximum impact in the Bornean understory 🌈🔬🍃. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Shoulder view 🙄🔵: The blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) presenting premium dorsal plumage with the energy of, “I shine; therefore I am”🪶📖. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Shoulder view 🙄🔵: The blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) presenting premium dorsal plumage with the energy of, “I shine; therefore I am”🪶📖. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Master of minimalism 🤎✨: The Asian brown flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica) proves that subtle plumage can still deliver textbook-perfect elegance in the canopy 📚🌿. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Master of minimalism 🤎✨: The Asian brown flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica) proves that subtle plumage can still deliver textbook-perfect elegance in the canopy 📚🌿. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Blue steel activated 💙✨: The Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) demonstrates how iridescence and attitude can turn a simple perch into a dissertation on avian aesthetics📘🕊️. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Blue steel activated 💙✨: The Verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) demonstrates how iridescence and attitude can turn a simple perch into a dissertation on avian aesthetics📘🕊️. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
Breakfast on the fly 🍽️✨: The Black-backed dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) brandishes its insect prize like a tiny forest conquistador🐞📚. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Breakfast on the fly 🍽️✨: The Black-backed dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) brandishes its insect prize like a tiny forest conquistador🐞📚. Photo: Tan Tc. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
High-elevation fashion icon unlocked 🌄👑: Whitehead’s trogon (Harpactes whiteheadi) highlights how isolation and montane forests can produce truly striking phenotypes🐦📖. Photo: Jason Bugay Reyes. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
High-elevation fashion icon unlocked 🌄👑: Whitehead’s trogon (Harpactes whiteheadi) highlights how isolation and montane forests can produce truly striking phenotypes🐦📖. Photo: Jason Bugay Reyes. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography