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What does it really take to be a wildlife photographer—and could you survive alone on a 🏝️?
This might be for you 👇
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mz0…
#WildlifePhotography #NatureDocs #IntoTheWild
Where do you think humans rate in the league table of animal pairing up? 'faithfuls' 🙂 or 'traitors' 😈? Humans are about as faithful as meerkats but are well behind the California deermouse 🐁 and the African wild dog 🐕. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gp…
Hope in the ice 🧊 for a bear cub 🐻❄️. Researchers in northern Canada 🍁 have documented a rare case of polar bear adoption. #PolarBear #NatureHope smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…
Looks like a gargoyle… but it’s actually a Hammer-headed Bat 🦇😮
The largest bat in continental Africa, its massive nose is a built-in sound amplifier 🔊
Huge air sacs let males blast incredibly loud calls to attract females 💥
Gargoyle looks. Powerful voice 🔨🦇👃
#Wildlife
ALT Photograph of a gloved hand holding a bat. The bat is the size of an adult human's hand and it's facing the camera. The most prominent feature is the large nose. Text: https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/weirdest-animal-body-parts Image: Sarah H. Olson,Gerard Bounga,Alain Ondzie,Trent Bushmaker,Stephanie N. Seifert,Eeva Kuisma,Dylan W. Taylor,Vincent J. Munster, Chris Walzer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Something is in the air… 👃✨
This season, dive nose-first into the world of smell — from ancient predators to animals with supercharged sniffers.
First: how scientists reconstructed the sense of smell of a sabre-toothed cat🐅💥
Follow your nose.
👉 nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2025…
Science to wildlife: photos bring the natural world to life #SciencePhotography
The Royal Society’s photo competition & Wildlife Photographer of the Year both show powerful images to spark curiosity, wonder, and conservation 🌍📸 nhm.ac.uk/wpy
royalsociety.org/journals/pu…
🧪 Curious what’s in soil? NHM KS2‑friendly resource helps young learners explore microbes, insects & more: with hands‑on activities! 🌱🪱🔬
Check it out:
nhm.ac.uk/schools/teaching-r…
#WorldSoilDay #SoilScience #STEMEducation #NatureLearning #KidsInScience #EnvironmentalEducation
Soil: a living universe beneath our feet 🌍🪱
From microbes to insects, an entire hidden world keeping ecosystems thriving. Dive into the amazing life below the surface 👇
nhm.ac.uk/discover/life-in-s…
#WorldSoilDay #SoilHealth #Biodiversity #HiddenWorlds #Ecosystems #NatureFacts
#World_Soil_Day
#DYK ?
👉95% of our food comes from soils.🍎🍌🥑🌽
👉33% of soils are degraded.
👉It can take up to 1,000 years to produce 2-3 cm of soil.
👉here are more living organisms in a tablespoon of soil than people on Earth. 🪱🦠🐜🪲 #SoilHealth
youtube.com/watch?v=OiLITHMV…
Watch out for the third supermoon 🦸♀️🌕of the year! What causes them? Mad about the moon? Read our Factfile.🗃️ Find out here: nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-a… & here: nhm.ac.uk/discover/factfile-…
🌊✨ Good cetacean news alert!
For the 1st time, scientists have spotted living ginkgo-toothed beaked whales on coastal Baja California! 🐳🐋
The elusive species has never been seen alive — a huge win for marine science and ocean lovers. 💙 #OceanLife
iflscience.com/elusive-gingk…
🦦🦅✨ We’ve actually saved species from extinction — & that’s something to celebrate. From sea otters to peregrine falcons — proof that conservation can work. 🐾🌿 #HopeForNature #Biodiversity #ConservationWins #WildlifeRecovery #SaveSpecies #OurPlanet
nhm.ac.uk/discover/ten-anima…
Cute alert! A baby otter pup🦦named Caterpillar🐛was reunited with its mum after Marine Mammal Center conservationists played its cries over a speaker -searching by boat for 2 hours🛥️ 💔➡️💞
#SeaOtter #Conservation #WildlifeRescue
🔗 See more: youtube.com/watch?v=kmmiFEPM…
Where do animals go during the long, cold, dark winter? ❄️🐾 From hibernating bears to migrating birds, nature’s survival strategies are as fascinating as they are varied.
👉 Read more:
nhm.ac.uk/discover/where-do-…
#Winter #Animals #Conservation #WinterSurvival #WildlifeFacts
Pikas don’t hibernate, they have to work fast—gathering enough plants during the short mountain growing season to survive winter ❄️🐾Their haystacks of drying vegetation are vulnerable to thieves!
Watch them in action 🎥👇
youtube.com/watch?v=Q2ua2luJ…
#Pika #Wildlife #NatureFacts
🚨 Alert: #fungi are under serious threat. Pollution, deforestation & habitat destruction are pushing 100's of species toward extinction, putting key ecosystem-builders at risk. 🍄🌍
Read more: NHM report 👇
nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2025…
#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Ecosystems #Mycology
With berries, seeds & nuts, #Fungi can be important nutrition for wildlife—especially in autumn as many prepare for the long winter ahead 🍂❄️
While few mammals eat fungi 🍄 directly, they’re a favourite feast for mini-beasts like slugs, ants & flies 🐌🐜🪰#NatureFacts #Ecology
ALT A photograph of some fungi on and near some rotting wood. They have dark grey 'stalks' and lighter grey 'caps' and contrast with the green of the moss and leaves near them. Text: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/nature/trees-plants/facts-about-fungi Image: taken by a Learning Volunteer last year in France.
Liked the polar bear pumpkin story? 🐻❄️🎃
Bring nature into winter decorating with animal-themed paper snowflakes! ❄️🦖
For anyone who loves science + craft. ✂️🌍Yes, there’s a polar bear! ❄️
#WinterCrafts #PaperSnowflakes #PolarBear nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-ma…
This rescued Ursus maritimus just solved our leftover-pumpkin problem… with enthusiasm. 😅🎃
Nothing like a Polar bear to make cleanup adorable. 🐻❄️🔥
#PolarBear #AnimalRescue #WildlifeWin #Conservation
📹🐻❄️👇 —
ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/…
And just when we thought it couldn’t get any chillier… 🧊🧶 First a woolly rhino… now a woolly T. Rex?! 🦣➡️🦖
Because even apex predators need a winter wardrobe. 😂❄️
🎥 youtube.com/shorts/LLaIdZMGU…
#WoollyTRex #ScienceHumor #DinoFun #ScienceFun #PaleoHumor #TyrannosaurusRex
