Nature Contents Archive

This colorful little seahorse is the size of a grain of rice https://t.co/fZ4caGejHB

Did you know Scotland has a Big 5? 👀⁣ ⁣ Join Hannah Stitfall on a mission to find the animals who make up the Big 5 of Scotland, the otter, red squirrel, white tailed eagle, red deer & orca, while meeting a few others along the way 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Discover more 👉 https://t.co/KM1Qgw8NvA https://t.co/iC1tZTBQft

Did you know Scotland has a Big 5 too? 👀⁣ ⁣ On a safari, the famous Big 5 are on every photographer’s hit list - think elephants, lions, leopards, Cape buffalos and rhinoceros. But they aren’t the only Big 5 out there!⁣ ⁣ Join hannahstitfall on an exciting mission to find the Big 5 of Scotland, to track down an otter, red squirrel, white tailed eagle, red deer and orca, while meeting a few others along the way 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿'⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #Big5 #nature #earthlovers #amazingphotography #bbcearth #wildlife #orca #redsquirrel #whitetailedeagle #otter #reddeer #scotland

The Great American Outdoors Act allows us to make critical investments in our national parks, wildlife refuge and recreation areas that support improvements to the nation’s conservation and recreation sites. Photo @NewRiverNPS by Brittany Meadows https://t.co/dTQ4VgnrKN

Here’s something you don’t see every day. A USDA employee was recently working in a North Carolina wetland, when he came across a rare sight - two resting water moccasins. Both snakes were curled up on top of a beaver lodge. 📷: Kevin Sarrazin https://t.co/UmS7bZmtwm

THREAD: While small-scale fishers are disproportionately criminalized, industrial vessels are responsible for a large share of fishing-related offenses @dyhiapadilla @plebillon & @NathanJBennett #IUU #SSF Learn more: https://t.co/A0YkAIkji6

An asteroid impact about 66 million years ago forever changed the trajectory of life on Earth. Now scientists have used bits of ancient debris to measure the blazing temperatures of the dust and gas that spread from the impact site https://t.co/u3usvzShOw

Oh, baby! 🤍 #ExpeditionX's Phil Torres and wife Silja Torres welcomed their new baby girl, Atlis Bjear, into the world on March 20, 2022 during the Spring Equinox. See the first look: https://t.co/YhpqrHimWp https://t.co/gCdK49bWaC

Earth Hour is THIS Saturday at 8:30 pm (your local time). Everyone has the power to shape our future. Learn more about #EarthHour 2022: https://t.co/uQIp45Moli. https://t.co/ghx9Axw5js

Our marine habitats are filled with weird and wonderful creatures, like starfish! Starfish are vicious predators, prizing open shellfish with their arms and pushing their stomach out their mouths into the shell to feed ⭐ 🐟 https://t.co/0atP8rYCxb https://t.co/VlmQZgPdwq

4/4: Most instances of illegal fishing involved small-scale fishers w/o a permit, often driven by poverty + displacement. Decriminalizing some offenses in favor of cooperative approaches would be a better solution in these cases. https://t.co/A0YkAIBUGG #SSF #IUU https://t.co/zcXAdOExYX

Over the past two centuries, the cherished Hawaiian dance has moved from a sacred religious practice to a tourist attraction, along the way falling prey to cultural appropriation and near erasure https://t.co/FYa7CBIjC1

3/4: 11% of reported fishing-related offenses involved labor and human rights violations - almost all committed on industrial vessels. Tougher penalties are needed on the worst offenders to better deter crimes at sea https://t.co/A0YkAIBUGG #IUU https://t.co/PUAftZWBYy

Walter and the team are called to extract a "honey bound" hive where the worker bees have left no cell unoccupied 👀 🐝 #BeeCzar 🗓️ 10p ET on Discovery https://t.co/lGHfWK0IFk

DYK only 17% of rivers are both free-flowing and within protected areas? TNC is working to change this by building a global framework that can be used to give rivers permanent legal protection from dams used for hydroelectric power. https://t.co/TXplbVZ9kT