🚨New live cam alert!🚨 See the inside of a Bewick wren's nest as they feed six chicks.

A hero friend isn't always a human. So, if this isn't empathy & friendship, then what is this?

Sure, big ears help you hear better, + they’re super cute, but as red wolves who are well adapted to the hot, humid climate of the southeastern USA know, big ears are also a great way of dissipating excess body heat to stay cool 😎

More #RedWolf info →nywolf.org/learn/red-wolf/

Tulip fields bloom in the town of Den Helder, Netherlands. The Dutch produce more than 90% of the world’s tulips, growing upwards of 4 billion bulbs per year. Tulip season runs from the end of March until mid-May, with peak colors occurring halfway through April.

Today we went to the hill forests in pursuit of a giant. Here is the colossal leaf of the titan arum in its native Sumatran rainforest. The leaf bud shoots up from the forest floor and by the time it unfurls, has the proportions of a small tree.

Magnificent.

I never saw so many rich shades of blue as I did on this shimmering wild iris I stumbled across one day in Crete.

Every piece of an ecosystem depends on the others, like a jigsaw puzzle.

By losing just one species due to pollution or habitat loss, an entire ecosystem can suffer damage.

More on the domino effect of biodiversity loss and why it matters:

First afternoon of our private tour in Andalusia and the very first moth we see is a Giant Peacock Moth!!! Europes largest moth. The bar is already maxed out; right on to birds…
#TeamMoth #MothsMatter

Building a better mousetrap.

Berkeley Earth's historical temperature analysis is moving into a new era with a new high-resolution reconstruction, available now as a beta product.

berkeleyearth.org/introducing-th…

Once it's gone... it's gone.

Along with your water supply!

The #Texas Senate Education Committee is voting on bills that would:

- Require the #Christian TEN COMMANDMENTS (which mention 'adultery') to be installed in EVERY public school classroom.

- Allow schools to hire PASTORS/CHAPLAINS instead of counselors.
dallasnews.com/opinion/commen…

The New York Times When you give up dairy is when you find out how much healthier you feel.

A record-breaking number of bison have been culled in Yellowstone National Park — including hundreds of pregnant females. The hunt was intended to keep the animals from spreading a disease to livestock. But its scope has generated opposition. nyti.ms/40Xc2wT

Teenagers and young adults are purchasing less milk than the national average, citing health concerns, climate change and skepticism towards the dairy industry.

Now there are aggressive marketing campaigns to 'reclaim milk's mojo.' nyti.ms/3ZJ9YYt

As the birds’ habitats dwindle, Rakesh Khatri is on a mission to build nests and teach others how to do the same
theguardian.com/global-develop…

It’s #WorldRatDay again! 41% of Australia’s extinct mammals since European colonisation have been rodents. Today, #conservation has never been more important and with our help, some threatened species are recovering: like this greater stick-nest rat! #RodentsRule 🐀

Ed Sutton Nancy Mace 'For the last hundred years, the sea level in #Charleston Harbor has risen about an inch every decade. Now it's rising about an inch every two years. Charlestonians, no matter their political persuasion, know #climatechange is real.'
newsweek.com/how-charleston…

The disappearing Rawa Tripa peat swamp forest in Aceh, the habitat of the endangered wild cat (Prionailurus bengalensis).

“The last time I saw the cat was in the 80s, before the peat swamp forest was cleared and turned into oil palm plantations,” said a resident of a local…

What should this hypnotic display be called?
🎥: Marcelo Johan Ogata
One of the coolest tricks in the cuttles playbook is the “passing cloud” display. They’re like a squishy disco ball on the ocean’s dance floor! 🪩🕺

🤔& Who knows, they’re probably speaking an language that we…

Like most things in the desert, dry lakes hold a secret. Desert lovers understand this ecosystem contains brilliant, strange, hidden life. In honor of #EarthDay , read a special essay by Kelly Herbinson exploring this gorgeous, mysterious secret. mdlt.org/s/There-is-lif…