Mastodawn

Lavali Art Feb 8

Guess I shoulda been drawing owls today.. ah well

Stoats!!

#stoat #stoats #ermine #ermines #weasel #mustelidae #mustelids

They are so shaped <3

TKSST / seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨Jan 21

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐕🦦 While we see shapes and #colors, scent detection #dogs like Cariad and Neo read a world of invisible trails. A #conservation team uses their 300 million olfactory receptors to find and protect #otters in #SouthWales.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/the-detectorists-scent-detection-dogs-otter-conservation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=the-detectorists-scent-detection-dogs-otter-conservation

#animals #biology #ecology #ecosystem #england #mustelids #nature #rivers #science #wales #water #tksst #video

TKSST / seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨Jan 20

🐕🦦 While we see shapes and #colors, scent detection #dogs like Cariad and Neo read a world of invisible trails. A #conservation team uses their 300 million olfactory receptors to find and protect #otters in #SouthWales.

#animals #biology #ecology #ecosystem #england #mustelids #nature #rivers #science #wales #water #tksst #video

Science Newsroom - FSE - UG Oct 29

👀 When’s the last time you saw a #mustelid?

The #weasel, #stoat, and #polecat may be silently disappearing from the Dutch landscape, or are they just hiding? 🐾

Biologists from #GELIFES at the UG are finding out how to monitor these small carnivores. 🔎

🧪 #SciComm #ScienceNewsroom #mustelids #FSE #research #ecology #conservation #biology #wildlife #biodiversity #ScientistsOnMastodon #conservationbiology @universityofgroningen

Weaseling out the best way to monitor small carnivores

Researchers at the University of Groningen investigated which monitoring methods are most effective for monitoring small mustelids.

University of Groningen

Jaffa Fox Sep 16, 2025

Two groups of otters at Abbotts Lagoon on Saturday
#otters #wildlifephotography #riverotters #mustelids

sohkamyung Mar 15, 2025

A pair of Smooth-coated Otters (Lutrogale perspicillata) spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve on 15 March 2025. They were sandbathing at this spot for a while. Visitors passing by had a good view of them from the path next to the spot. Later on, they went to a nearby pond for a swim.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265396301 ] which has more photos.

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Mammals #Mammalia #Otters #Mustelids #Mustelidae

Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)

Smooth-coated Otter in March 2025 by Soh Kam Yung. Was sand bathing for a while (entertaining visitors). Then they went off to a pond for a swim. Ob...

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