Do penguins get butterflies in their stomachs when they see their partners?

A QR code for the survey

What are the most pressing questions
about the status of #insects? Our survey is available here in multiple languages: bit.ly/insectquestions! #insect #entomology #biodiversity

Head of Flame the bearded dragon.

Flame the dragon, in a sink.

A little known thing about #lizards that I've not seen written about in detail concerns NOSTRIL VALVES. These are deployed when lizards submerge their heads, either in swimming or drinking. Here's Flame with valve not deployed, and deployed. Cont...

Fossilized foot bone of an extinct flightless seabird.

Plotopterid (extinct flightless relative of boobies and cormorants) tarsometatarsus (foot bone) from the Yamaga Formation (Oligocene of Japan): www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/prps... 🪶🧪 (📷Mori)

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On the first day of Crustmas…

Fossil vomit contains new species of pterosaur from Brazil Filter-feeding flying reptile was likely devoured by a dinosaur during the early Cretaceous

110 million years ago, a spinosaur's dinner got the best of it. Turns out the dino's fossilized vomit contained a new species of filter-feeding pterosaur!

I came across this paper a few days ago on social media and had a blast covering it for @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti...

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Although #2025SVP officially starts tomorrow, today we have a Triassic field trip to Warwickshire, tours of @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social, workshops run by @markwitton.bsky.social & @graphicssci.bsky.social & our evening Walking With Dinosaurs event chaired by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social!

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We did so well with the first round of the partner push that I'm introducing stretch goals!! Now through October 31st, you'll have more chances to unlock fun rewards! 80 month 3- Unicorn Oakie: A horned Oakie appears! Join me in a cottage in the woods while I paint a unicorn waifu, while dressed as a unicorn 85 month 3- Silly Haunted Goth Castle: Oak goes into goth mode and reads you your misfortunes, while working on a goth waifu for your dark eyes~ and being haunted by a ghost? 90 month 3- Holy Smokes Oak: "JOIN MY CHURCH" /slaps thighs 95 month 3- Catgirl Kara-Oakie: Catgirl Oakie is here to sweetly serenade you! 100- Bodypaint Stream: To celebrate this momentous occasion, Oak will do a bodypaint stream! Character, time and date to be determined. 105- Choose Your Own Yuri Adventure Chat gets to play a real-time yuri dating sim! 110- Oki Oki Beeeeam!: What's better than a simple Oakie? An Oakie dressed as Miku and singing Miku songs! 115- The Haunting of Oaktea: A real life haunting live on stream! Complete with chills and thrills~

A new ⭐starmap⭐ to help get @oaktea.bsky.social to Twitch partner! Stream rewards unlock when a new monthly concurrent viewer goal is reached. Join www.twitch.tv/oakteaparty every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday from 2pm-6pm PT.

Details for each goal are in the alt text of the image.

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chibi Kasey holding a little Vaquita with partner push details twitch.tv/kaseysnowart at bottom

Halfway to Twitch Partner!
Need 8 more days of 75+ viewer average to able to apply--hoping by July 1st so I can apply in August to get Save the Vaquita Day on the front page of Twitch!
www.twitch.tv/kaseysnowart

Come lurk Mon, Tues, & Weds at 9AM MT
and/or Mon and Weds at 4PM MT to help!

#twitch

baby giraffe yelling about drawing badly for the art gym

Happy (early) World Giraffe Day! Gonna do some giraffe studies to celebrate! Come draw along, or support the twitch partner push if you want by lurking! <3
www.twitch.tv/kaseysnowart

#giraffes #artstream

KaleidoscopicJungle Stream - Watch Live on Kick Hi, I'm Sola! Welcome to my Kaleidoscopic Jungle, a place of psychedelic colours, wonderous creatures and expressive brushstrokes.

watch my good friend kick.com/kaleidoscopi... she on most every day