Welcome to Shrimp City!
Teach your friends about a variety of crustaceans with this helpful visual aid - and set the record straight... bugs is shrimp. Shrimp is not bugs
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It’s baby Richardson’s Ground Squirrel season. Lean in and embrace the cuteness 🌿 #mammals
I looked up this warbler to see if it migrates and Birds of the World said nope, "sedentary".
The Spectacled Redstart calls the Andes Mountains home from Colombia south Bolivia. Like our North American warbler friends, this bird feeds on insects. 🪶
Guango Lodge, Ecuador
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The Tropical Royal Flycatcher is a bird that nests in tropical riparian zones and they have an incredible crest that can be difficult to see.
They display their crests during courtship, but they also spend a lot of time preening after catching insects and they'll often throw their crest then.
A Blue Jay and a male Baltimore Oriole battle in a Cottonwood tree. The Blue Jay looks to have the upper hand (upper wing?) here, but was eventually chased off by the Baltimore Oriole.
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A weevil with a pseudoscorpion attached to its front leg, hitching a ride. Pseudoscorpions will often use other insects as Ubers to carry them around the forest, a commensal relationship called phoresis. It was exciting to see this in action. #invert
El Septimo Paraiso Lodge, Ecuador
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.
Janet Hill
An important read by @jamellebouie.net
“The United States of America as understood for the last half century no longer exists…
What's happening now is a fight over what will take its place, with the early lead taken by the people currently filling concentration camps with innocent immigrants.”
Ant Course is back! This year, in Mexico:
When you’ve had enough for the day.
#caturday
Happiness is a cozy pile of laundry.
#caturday
Jen Cross
Jen Cross
Mike Melton
Jocelyn Anderson Photography
2026 Dates: October 12–22
Deadline to apply: 1 July 2026
Location: Colorado State University Todos Santos Center, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
A must-read for Democrats.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...
