Nature Contents Archive

Happy Monday! Enjoy this cozy archival photo of two eastern gray squirrels in their den https://t.co/CceYugNIPS

Pine martens are the UK’s rarest mammal, and they now officially call Shropshire home! Read all about their return from @ShropsWildlife's Stuart Edmunds💙 @BBCSpringwatch #WinterWatch https://t.co/pjzfioMSzl https://t.co/wimPnnKoTv

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Answer: 80% of the plastic in our oceans makes its way there in our rivers, harming wildlife, polluting our waters, and spreading toxins. #PlasticPollution https://t.co/7zqk6dusiS

📽️ + 💭: IG // kenzokiren #MarineMonday 🌊 📍Pelican Rock, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur Right place at the right time or wrong place at the right time... 🤔😂 When I was least expecting it, boom! A pelican bombed down right in front of me 💥 #VOTD #videooftheday https://t.co/qwmPm3UoGP

Thanks to a surveying error, a rogue patch of old-growth forest in Minnesota was protected from the state’s logging boom—and left untouched to this day https://t.co/OKQve9GZno

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly lives in just a few meadows among the forested mountains of SE NM. Drought, overgrazing, and invasive plants are all affecting the native host plants that these butterflies count on. https://t.co/nByF8IDaBu 📸: Julie McIntyre https://t.co/wOZVfAHz9M

Have you ever heard of a Dark Sky Reserve? Fun fact: There are 19 of them worldwide. https://t.co/eeiwRHp6Af

READ: North Atlantic right whales are a treasured sight to see off the U.S. East Coast. However, these special sightings could one day end because these whales could go extinct in our lifetimes. https://t.co/9gWCkEMnN5

Answer: Plastic bottles can take up to 450 years to break down. Even then they’re not really gone. They simply break up into smaller and smaller pieces called ‘microplastics’ https://t.co/ekVP3QS9oI

Best plants to grow for pollinators in your wildlife garden https://t.co/iymKVvpRwi

For Africa, 2021 was the third-warmest year on record, tied with 2019. Even as the continent clocks record-breaking temperatures, adaptation efforts are failing to keep pace, marred by planning gaps and financing woes. https://t.co/P9ExfsvbAo https://t.co/nJ3GNtUNtk

Here's a reminder of the resilience of life: 20 years after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 that leveled natural old-growth forests, scientists have discovered that one endemic mouse has become the dominant species, as @MikeDiGirolamo shares: https://t.co/iZhBrr19CP

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How to identify ferns https://t.co/NNyR0GfQG1