"Bishop’s story, from birth to presumed death, shows the extreme danger facing right #whales, which could be #extinct in three decades if they continue to disappear at the present rate.
"“As we watch this #species go #extinct one by one, the solution sits idle in the hands of the administration”...
this year, a dead female turned up off #Virginia with a dislocated spine, a calf was discovered in #Georgia with head lacerations, & a young female was found — again in Georgia — with a fractured skull. All the injuries are consistent with vessel strikes.
A pair of white rhinos nudge their heads gently together at a watering hole in Solio Game Reserve, Kenya. “It’s a photo that depicts love and care to me, showcasing a beautiful bond between the two rhinos,” said the photographer
Brown bear cubs climb a pine tree in Martinselkonen Nature Reserve, Finland. The four-month-old siblings climbed the tree to avoid another bigger bear and stayed there for several hours. They came down only once they heard their mother’s call
And baby makes tree... owl monkeys peep out of a hollow tree on the Marańón River near Nauta, Peru. The nocturnal monkeys make their homes in trees to be shaded from the sun and have a clear view of any predators prowling below
Photograph: James Cai/Solent News & Photo Agency/Solent News
Small but mighty, plankton are some of the most powerful creatures on Earth.
For @TheConversationUS, a marine conservationist writes: "Plankton are critical to marine ecosystems and to humans, but often glide under the radar of our interest."
Two oxythirea funesta beetles celebrating spring.
iPhone 15 Pro main camera + the lens of binoculars used as reading glasses for close focusing and shallower depth of field.
(Valencia- Spain)
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Dos escarabajos escarabajo oxythirea funesta celebrando la primavera.
Zwei Oxythirea Funesta Käfer, die den Frühling feiern.