2+ hour, 10+ min ago  (225+ words) I am not an expert of any kind, so not an expert birder. But if you, my IAN friends will accept the idea that I am some kind of birder, anyway, then here we go. First, we have the little…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (379+ words) I've known lots of cats in my life. The early ones, from my childhood, I don't really have pictures of ~ cell phones and digital images were the realm of science fiction when I was young. More recent feline companions, on…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (810+ words) The population has plummeted over the past seven years as climate change triggers mass starvation in warming Arctic waters. By'Blaine Harden for Inside Climate News Exceptionally skinny gray whales'enfeebled by starvation and mangled by blunt-force trauma'are washing up this spring…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (383+ words) Happy return from a long holiday weekend'might I offer you some new videos of Robert F. Kennedy playing animal control? In a clip he posted to X on Tuesday, the nation's health secretary can be seen grabbing two black snakes with…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (477+ words) Salish Sea, Pacific Northwest The rock is down the beach, with a couple of docks beyond that. For the most of year it is either an island or connected to shore with an isthmus when the tide is halfway down....

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (618+ words) Black and White Warbler I carved out 6 hours of time to spend at the Coldwater River Wildlife Refuge (a birding "hotspot" ) enjoyed by serious and beginner avian adventurers. I was there seeking King Rail and Sora (both reported) to pad…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (71+ words) Daily Kos PWB Peeps Caturday Open Thread: Cats and Their People This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. Do we spoil them? Nah. They totally deserve it. who could say no to these…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (595+ words) My Nature Bucket this week is an account of my last sightings of local ducks. (By the way, my goal is to host a Nature Bucket every Friday, so look for me here weekly) Besides the ducks who winter in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (69+ words) Reddit asked commenters to show iconic animals from their countries. They did not disappoint. Pikachu, a brushtail possum from Australia with low melanin. Malabar giant squirrel from India Patron, the canny bomb-sniffing dog of Ukraine Sinai blue baton butterfly from…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (213+ words) She's still here, making friends with everyone she's met so far, still making herself very much at home. She can jump from the carport roof to the roof of the house. First time I saw that I about fainted. I…...