Guy Lenk

Hiding in my bluestem goldenrod. :0)
#wildlife #lookclose #littlethings

Fireflies are one of my favorite parts of Michigan summers.

Mulch volcanoes sure do a great job of killing trees. All because they don’t like the looks of the bottom of the trunk… I guess.

#morons #strangledwild

I think this is an African Pygmy goose. One of my favorite birds at the Detroit zoo. Near the exit of the aviary, a lot of people overlook him. :0)

Kind-of horrifying but cool. :0)

Spider warning: don’t look close if you hate them. I caught this guy in my house and filmed her (probably) before I let her go. I think she’s a Dark Fishing Spider, among the biggest spiders we get in Michigan.

#outdoors #wildlife #spider #rescue

Found this chill guy sunning himself next to a trail near Grand Rapids.

#wildlife #reptile #outdoors

Virginia tiger moth just outside our front landscaping that we replaced with natives. It looks a little wild and unkempt because it is supposed to. :0)

#wildlife #rewilding #moth

Different spot, different spring peeper (I think) :0)

#outdoors #frog #outdoor #nature

My daughter climbed down a rickety ladder that looked like tetanus and found an eastern tiger salamander in an old wellhead.

#outside #wildlife #amphibian #nature

Hearing these guys now more and more. :0)

#Frog #Springpeeper #outdoors #nature

These guys are on a “dead” tree. Life and death are almost a continuum in the woods.

#nature #woods #funfungi #mushroom

Wood frog eggs in a vernal pond. You can even see the little pre-tadpoles. :0)

#watchyourstep #outdoors #nature

Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk.

www.npr.org/2025/04/17/n...

Denisovan jawbone helps to reveal appearance of ancient human species | Natural History Museum The fossil expands the Denisovan's known range by thousands of kilometres and provides new insights into how this species looked.

www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

Dr. Adrien photographed adult female mountain #gorilla Gahuza feeding on vines with her baby during a recent health check on Kwitonda group in Volcanoes NP, Rwanda. She was coughing every so often but her activity levels were within normal limits. She will continue to be closely monitored.

Warbling vireo are currently unaffected by tariffs… unlike me who may need to pawn my dSLR.

Largest ever US honeybee die-off has destroyed 1.6 million colonies

Honeybees in the US may have just experienced their most severe die-off on record, a loss of 1.6 million, or 55 per cent of all US colonies – and we don’t know exactly why.

Planarians look like nature’s hovercrafts to me. :0)

Don’t forget to spend some time outside at parks and decompress. This is Ranger at Kensington (Michigan) a rescued Red-Tail that we always stop to say hello on visits.

‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.

"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?

Happy Wednesday! Enjoy this photo of Inyungu with her infant, taken by Dr. Adrien during a routine health check on Agashya group in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda earlier this month.

I agree with your opinion of the conservation in this area Clustal.

Cat prevents scientist from going to work on Saturday. I wonder if this is a common problem. :0)

“Short-sighted deregulation irritates me.” - bird

Something for your feed that has nothing to do with our dumpster fire of a government. :0)

Don’t forget to notice the subtle goodness in life…. Especially when it feels like there is none.