Bethany Maxwell (Gadd)

Barbary macaque infographic for World Wildlife Day 2025 🐵 #barbarymacaque #macaques #gibraltar #primates #phd #primate

05.04.2025 13:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Perhaps! In Morocco its mainly for sourcing moisture/water. Given how wet its been… I highly doubt its for the same reason. So yes maybe medicinal instead

04.04.2025 16:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Some more evidence for “bark stripping” , though this juvenile is not “stripping”, he is picking at the bark.

Not a common behaviour in Gibraltar, but I have witnessed three separate troops do this- what they have in common is that it is always on a Eucalyptus tree (Eucalyptus globulus)

#primate

04.04.2025 16:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Finally got my hands on the new primates game! By Green Butterfly Games. Can not wait to start playing! #primates

07.03.2025 22:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hawkmoth visitor diversity for flowers of the African orchid Bonatea antennifera.

Evolution, will you ever cease to amaze? Using camera traps to study the pollination of an African orchid by short-tongued hawkmoths, scent production was found to be synchronized with peak moth activity at dusk! As Brian Cox says...that's amazing! 🧪🌍👇
academic.oup.com/bio...

07.03.2025 10:30 — 👍 44    🔁 14    💬 2    📌 0

Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population Nearly Doubles The population wintering in central Mexico's forests occupied 4.42 acres, up from 2.22 acres during the previous winter.

The eastern monarch butterfly population nearly doubled in 2025

“We recognize the key role of local communities, as well as the support of the government of Mexico in conserving the forest and providing this iconic species with the opportunity to thrive”

🌎 www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...

07.03.2025 15:01 — 👍 126    🔁 30    💬 5    📌 7

The Portuguese squill (Scilla peruviana) in flower in the Upper rock. Love seeing the pops of purple along the upper cliffs of med steps during this time #flowers #squill #botany

07.03.2025 13:56 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just Hang On: Australian Gall Midges Suspend Themselves on Spider Silk Without Becoming Entangled Silk is a versatile biological material for its producers yet also introduces novel resources into the environment that non-silk producers can exploit. We provide observations of Australian gall midg....

ETHOLOGY: Just hang on! Australian gall midges have been observed suspending themselves on spider silk for resting, without getting entangled. A clever trick to avoid predators?
🕸️🦟🧐 Read the #BehaviouralNote by Gould & Reynolds! It's #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #Ethology #AnimalBehavior

06.03.2025 12:46 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Just moved over from Twitter- so bear with me as I follow and post 😁🐵

06.03.2025 10:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A male juvenile Barbary macaque enjoys some exploring and foraging. You can clearly see his vestigial tail here, one of the features that still classify them as “monkeys” #barbarymacaque #primates #research #phd #gibraltar

06.03.2025 10:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Very interesting! Social learning at play- not something I have observed in Gibraltar

#barbarymacaques #primates

06.03.2025 10:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0