Giant echidnas weighing 15kg roamed Victoria – and the evidence was hiding in plain sight
By Donna Lu

A skull fragment found in a tray of unsorted fossils collected more than a century ago leads to discovery

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/14/owens-giant-echidna-fossil-victoria

#Mammals #Fossils #Palaeontology #Science #Victoria #Australianews #Environment #DonnaLu

🧬🦎 Scientists identified oxygen and hyaluronic acid as critical factors determining whether human tissue scars or regenerates.

The finding brings researchers closer to understanding how to activate regenerative growth in #mammals.

👉 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-cant-humans-regenerate-limbs-new-research-offers-a-clue/

#biology #science #health #medicine #evolution #research #anatomy

#Maryland - #Library #Backpacks

"Thanks to support from the Nora Roberts Foundation, there are #NatureExplorer backpacks at all of the local libraries in the Eastern Panhandle, at some libraries nearby in Maryland, and at the nature center at #CacaponStatePark. They are available for checkout with your library card!

The packs provide families with all the tools they need to get their children outside exploring #nature. Each pack contains a variety of #books, #FieldGuides, supplies and #ActivityIdeas centered on different themes. Backpacks themes include #Birds, #Reptiles and #Amphibians, #BackyardHabitats, #Mammals, #Insects, and Winter."

Learn more:
https://www.potomacaudubon.org/education/all-ages/library-backpacks/

#SolarPunkSunday #ExploreNature #Wildlife #PotomacValley #PotomacValleyAudubonSociety #SpendTimeInNature #NatureBackpacks #SpendTimeOutdoors #NatureBasedLearning #LearningThroughNature #LibrariesRule! #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime

Es ist Sonntag, also wie immer Zootag - hier wieder die aktuell direkt verfügbaren freilaufenden #wandklex Tiere und Co.
(Fast) alle sind momentan im Original im Klexshop auf https://www.wandklex.art/page/shop-alles-10145#31705 zu finden.

#birds #mammals #MarineLife #watercolor #watercolour #art #artShop #fediart #mastoart #creativeToots #artforsale

Well this is a change. Normally i am pissed at most #humans. I am #pet sitting for a relative, and have expanded that to be irritated with most #mammals.

The fish and snakes have been behaving themselves fortunately. Chordates FTW.

Brekkie time for the wallabies.

#MacropodsOfMastodon
#Mammals
#Macropods
#Marsupials