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There are only four rules you need to remember.

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Winter paperbark swampland.

Birpai Country

Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia

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Takachiho Gorge, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.

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Wingecarribee Weir, Cecil Hoskins Nature Reserve, Burradoo

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oh fuck life is worth living isnt it. shit

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"Do you ever dream of land?" The whale asks the tuna.

"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"

"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."

"Why do you care," says the tuna, "if you will never see it."

"There are bones in my body built to walk through the forests and the mountains." Says the whale.

"They will disappear." Says the tuna, "one day, your body will forget the forests and the mountains."

"Maybe I don't want to forget," Says the whale, "The forests were once my home."

"I have seen the forests." Whispers the salmon, almost to itself.

"Tell me what you have seen," says the whale.

"The forests spawned me." Says the salmon. "They sent me to the ocean to grow. When I am fat with the bounty of the ocean, I will bring it home."

"Why would the forests seek the bounty of the oceans?" Asks the whale. "They have bounty of their own."

"You forget," says the salmon, "That the oceans were once their home."

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Happy Caturday! Meet the rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus). Known as the “hummingbird of cats,” this species is one of the world’s smallest felines, reaching weights of only 3.5 lbs (1.6 kg). Primarily nocturnal, this cat uses its large eyes to hunt under the cover of darkness. It can be spotted in parts of Southeast Asia including India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.

Photo: Cloudtail the Snow Leopard, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr

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Sunset over Bowrell (Mt Gibraltar)

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look at this diva

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My book, Waterway, is finally available in hard copy after kicking around in limbo for seven years.

This small, self-published volume is about my time as a conservation land manager in a patch of protected bushland in northern Sydney, NSW, Australia, and the shenanigans that the team and I got up to.

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DOGE just froze funding to vital Federal and Indigenous conservation programs devoted to supporting the very delicate and tenuous existence of the black-footed ferret.

I fell in love with these animals as a kid traveling to our National Parks. Their rarity and ferocity made me sharply aware, even as a child, of just how much of a responsibility we have toward our environment. I can't bear the thought of them being a fucking casualty of Trump and Musk.

Look at them! They do war dances.

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Ladies' spa day.

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One of the last remnants of Yarrawa Scrub, a patch of temperate rainforest in Robertson.

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To any other Australians:

A petition has been established requesting the Australian government to grant asylum to LGBTQ+ people fleeing persecution in the US. If you have a moment, please sign it, and make sure the authenticate your signature by checking your emails.

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Green Earthworm (Aporrectodea smaragdina), family Lumbricidae, Slovenia

photographs by Ton van Haaren

Austria - photograph by Manfred Auer

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Baby Blue-tongue Skink (Tiliqua scincoides) taking a nap in the mulch.