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Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens), male, family Picidae, order Piciformes, Atlantic Coastal Forest of Brazil 

photograph by Javier Zurita

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Ancient Sea Creature Diorama - Anomalocaris (Cambrian Period).

古代海洋生物ジオラマ - アノマロカリス (カンブリア紀)。

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This Snake Can Only Be Found in One Place in the Entire World, Taal Lake

A sea snake that doesn't live in the sea, the Taal Lake Sea Snake is one of only two true freshwater sea snakes in the world.

Taal Lake has one of the more peculiar ecosystems known to man. It has once been home to bull sharks and still has a considerable population of Maliputo and Tawilis in it. And even has snakes, a particular species that is among the rarest in the world. Unfortunately, it faces rapid extinction. Hydrophis semperi, better known as Garman's sea snake or the Taal Lake Sea Snake, defies nature in a sense. It is one of only two true freshwater sea snakes in the world (the freshwater sea snake species Laticauda crockeri being the other). The oftentimes harmless, venomous sea snake is only found in one place in the entire world, in the volcanic caldera that is Taal Lake. “The Lake Taal Snake is becoming rarer and has been classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as vulnerable. If you wish to see one, take a kayak or small boat, paddle around, and wait for one to pop up from the depths to take a breath. Don’t approach it—just observe from a distance and marvel at its Slytherin-like grace,” Gregg Yan once told Esquire Philippines...

Read more: https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/hydrophis-semperi-taal-lake-sea-snake-facts-a00203-20230816

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Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa), L - female, R - male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, MD, USA

photograph by Joe Subolefsky

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Pin-tailed Manakin (Ilicura militaris), male, family Pipridae, order Passeriformes, endemic to the Atlantic Coast of Brazil

photograph by Aisse Gaertner

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Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (British, 1901-1979), 'Goshawk in a Maple', watercolour, signed, 27" x 14".

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An eclipse of satin white moths (Palpita flegia) in the Volcán Tacaná Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico

by Benigno Gómez y Gómez

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THEY FOUND THE WHITE WITCH CATERPILLAR! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

For context: the white witch is one of the contenders for the largest moth in the world (biggest *wingspan*--loses to the atlas in terms of wing surface area, and loses to the regal for weight). It has a huge range, and the adult is fairly common.

But no one had ever seen a caterpillar. At all. There were only guesses as to what it might look like and what it ate. until this year. These are some of the first images ever taken of it!!

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This summer I've been chipping away at a new poster, featuring 50 species commonly found in northeastern bogs—from carnivorous plants to sphagnum mosses and dragonflies. Here's a peek at the sketches…

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"The Protector", a mother centipede pendant designed and glass blown by Jessica Tsai

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Inversoceras hides in its shell until the curious Nostolepis gives up and decide to leave it alone

Alt: Inversoceras is a straight slightly curved shelled nautiloid with a narrow opening for its face in front and siphon at the back, here it's being bitten by a Nostolepis, an acanthodian which are the so called spiny sharks even though they're not true sharks. Nostolepis has shark like dorsal and side fins but with spikes at the front

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The little creep wants to be your friend. Don't you want to be friends with this little creep?

Zwergtaucher (little grebe) am Pumpsee im Rosensteinpark, Bad Cannstatt.

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Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, Brazil

Photograph by Luis Carlos Maringa

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A raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) balances on the surface tension of a pond in Dorset, England

by Will Atkins

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A natural history of the ducks - John C. Phillips - 1922 - via Internet Archive

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jacob's ladder for a jacob sheep

[shop] - ceramics drop on July 26, 2PM CDT

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Sale post~

Tianyulong is $230

Yi's are $200