Diane Matsakis

Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions

It would be important to include meat and dairy in the campaign: the industry doesn't just emit a significant amount of greenhouse gases but it also impacts the environment, animal lives and human health in many other ways www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@andrewsimms.bsky.social

White/ tabby mix short haired cat siting on a couch.

Your cat looks so much like my cat Darcey - after she’s licked all her body markings away!😸

Not sure if our little raccoon friend here lost its tail in a fight, or if it was born that way - apparently it can be a genetic trait. Either way, he or she seems to get along fine without it.

Photo of Jane Goodall embracing a young gorilla, with the text "Let us develope respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And Love."

Relevant now more than ever.

Photo of the azure blue Aegean sea off the coast of Karpathos

And Karpathos is the jewel in the crown!

It's still the main headline on the BBC News Homepage. Articles and updates about what is currently happening in the UK and what our elected PM is doing, are placed off to the side.

Yes, they do all appear to be the same - so a school 🐟🐟🐟🐟Had they been a mix of species (and not so well behaved 😉) it would have been a shoal.

Oooh, those are nice mushrooms! 💚

Mousehole?

That's my kind of day! ♥️

Exquisite!

I do most of my shopping at a local refillery and barely use any plastic now. I feel really terrible though when I do have to use single use plastic. Sometimes there is simply no alternative. 😞

Love it! ♥️

Absolutely!

Wow, spectacular! ♥️

Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program

The USGS ecosystems research program doesn't just study wildlife. Its researchers work on rangelands and forests, fisheries and aquaculture, and critically, wildfire.

Trump's proposed budget eliminates this program entirely, allocating $0 for 2026.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...

Wonderful news!

Yep, it's me too!

“n'er cast a clout till May is out” I only recently discovered that this is in reference to hawthorn blooming, rather than the month of May has ended.

I always know what my cat wants - it's food. If she ever did want anything else, as far as she's concerned, it could readily be substituted with - food! Also, with four loyal servants in the house, her other 'needs' have always been few.

Nest building is going well for this little chickadee - she’s very fastidious! #nestingseason #chickadee #nestcamera #birdlife

A six-panel comic called Signs of Spring, Ranked. In panel 1, #10 is Robin - not always a useful sign since robins are quietly present in winter in many areas. In panel 2, there's #9: Daffodil - nice, mundane, #8: Skunk Cabbage - unusual, cool, and #7: Dutchman's Breeches - lol. In panel 3, there's #6: Turkey vulture migrating - gloriously ominous, a humbling reminder of life's transience, and #5: very very small bunny - wow, the little ears. In panel 4 there's #4: Snake sunbathing, with a gartersnake warming itself - underappreciated, looks cozy, and #3: Woodcock going peent - the perfect sound. In panel 5 there's #2: small frogs yelling as loud as they can, with a wood frog floating in a pool inflating itself to make a loud quack - they crave love, or at least they crave the external fertilization of 1500 gelatinous eggs. In panel 6, there's #1, Even smaller frogs yelling, with a spring peeper sitting on the ground making loud calls - yes, YES.

Signs of spring, ranked.

Anyway if you wanna know how this administration *actually* feels about carnivore conservation, you should probably read my recent @vox.com story about the potential torpedoing of the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program.

www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

Depressing beyond measure. What vile creatures humans are!

Pileated woodpecker searching for grubs on a fallen tree trunk that is rotted and full of fungi

Rewilding my 'bit of earth' and reaping the rewards! #pileatedwoodpecker #rewilding #fungi #leavetheleaves #bitofearth #TheSecretGarden #deadwoodislife

@altnps.bsky.social

I'd also add that he's a hero!

YouTube video by Associated Press Raw: Bald Eagle Attacks Trump During Photoshoot

Obviously 'bird brain' is a misnomer, birds are very intelligent creatures - thinking of when a bald eagle attacked Trump! www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7_O...