After years trying (& failing) to photograph Springtails, I can't believe TWO of these minuscule invertebrates photobombed the pic I took of a Tormentil flower earlier this week. I only noticed them after downloading the image to my laptop.
Aren't they ADORABLE?!
Look @ed-phillips.bsky.social!
This is an embarrassing image for the UK. A self-respecting British fox should be dragging Binface's contents out over the stage
Brigit Strawbridge
Henry Mance
The next visitors to the Emerald City.
commisserations to both the accounts affected by this.
The Empty City
Did some riverfly sampling training in Eyemouth today with @riverflies.bsky.social Good fun and looking forward to setting up a new regular monitoring site near my home.
BeijingPalmer
BREAKING: The UK Government confirms that Bluesky will be INCLUDED in the ban on social media for under 16s.
The government said it will be BANNED because it is a “user-to-user platform who purpose is to enable social interaction.”
Makerfield or bust: Burnham goes for broke
Political Fix has been on location this week, talking to voters and hearing from candidates
Here's our take, from a local pub, on this potentially seismic contest
w/ @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social & @pickardje.bsky.social
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Wildflowers to wish you a happy Friday from here in lovely Cambridgeshire 💕
#FossilFriday The iconic Triassic crinoid Encrinus liliformis. This example from Braunschweig, Germany is on display in the Palaeontological Museum in Oslo.
Here are three different types of beetle I saw this week!
1. Thick-legged Flower Beetles (Oedemera nobilis)
2. The Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis)
3. The Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle (Pseudovadonia livida) 🌼
I am recruiting PhD students for my new lab housed in the Sam Noble Museum at University of Oklahoma! If you are interested in fish macroevolution, geometric morphometrics, specimen-based research & phylogenomics please reach out. More info here: fishdiversitylab.weebly.com
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