Evan

Astacopsis gouldi

An astacology (crayfish) episode is needed!! @drecrevisse.bsky.social @ericrlarson.bsky.social @ecoinvasions.bsky.social, Dr. Brian Roth (Michigan State University), Dr. Checo Colón Gaud (Georgia Southern University) and Chris Lukhaup would be great picks!

Blue female Faxonius virilis from the St. Lawrence river.

Blessed to find this beautiful electric blue Faxonius virilis while sampling the St. Lawrence for my doctoral work! This is a fairly rare phenotype for this native North American species!

1/ A 🧵 on some recent research by our lab on invasive crayfish:
Sheppard et al (2024) found that projected climate warming in the Great Lakes will reduce the maximum feeding rate & increase the frequency & duration of gravid states of marbled crayfish.
Read: redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/ricciardi/Sh...

ON A SUNNY NOTE … a yellow warbler seems a tangy lemon drop in an Interior Alaska willow.
#birds #nature #warbler

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

#birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature 🪶🌍🧪

A Small Skipper on a Small Scabious on the local Downs this morning.

An American Pika standing on a rock and alarm calling in response to a raven flying overhead This is a small brown mammal that looks like an extremely cute cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It has short, round ears, large dark eyes and long whiskers.

An American Pika standing on a rock This is a small brown mammal that looks like an extremely cute cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It has short, round ears, large dark eyes and long whiskers.

An American Pika standing on a rock This is a small brown mammal that looks like an extremely cute cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It has short, round ears, large dark eyes and long whiskers.

An American Pika standing on a rock This is a small brown mammal that looks like an extremely cute cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It has short, round ears, large dark eyes and long whiskers.

Obligatory mountain bnuuy

They’re so silly :)

Female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

#birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature 🪶🌍🧪

Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera)

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #turtle 🐢🌍🧪

Thanks!!

Thank you!!

The White Ibises, preening just after sunrise.

The White Ibises, preening just after sunrise. 📷🪶

Male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) taking a bath

#birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature 🪶🌍🧪

A red-eared slider turtle basks in the sun on a log at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.

#turtle #turtles #red-slider #red-sliders #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wildlife #wetland #wetlands

2 Northern Map Turtles (Graptemys geographica)

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #turtle 🐢🌍🧪

Red versus Blue

📷: Blue Jay and Northern Cardinal

Invasive Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #Invert #mussel #aquatics #freshwater 🌍🧪

Invasive Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #Invert #mussel #aquatics #freshwater 🌍🧪

Plain Pocketbook (Lampsilis cardium) with invasive Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) attached to it

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #Invert #mussel #aquatics #freshwater 🌍🧪

Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria)!! Love these little flowers!

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

#birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature 🪶🌍🧪

Complex diagram and illustrations on the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides and glyphosate herbicides in freshwater systems, with data charts on usage, molecular structures, and insect mortality.

On the nightmare of neonicotinoid insecticides and glyphosate herbicides in freshwater systems. For a new book on stream ecology, coming from Yale University Press in 2026.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #neonics #insects

Fatmucket (Lampsilis siliquoidea) with invasive Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) attached to it

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #Invert #mussel #aquatics #freshwater 🌍🧪

Unsure on an ID for this little jumping spider, located in SW Michigan

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #Invert #spider #jumpingspider 🌍🧪🕷️

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #Invert #butterfly 🌍🧪

American Robin Fledgling (Turdus migratorius)

#birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature 🪶🌍🧪

A brown, ethanol-preserved specimen of the eyeless flatfish Typhlachirus. The fish is broadly speaking a featureless, slightly tapered oval, sans eyes, sans teeth, sans pectoral fins, sans everything.

Why is it so difficult to trust Typhlachirus?

Well, for one thing, eyes are usually the window to the sole.

Hobomok Skipper (Lon hobomok)

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #Invert #butterfly 🌍🧪