Mastodawn

Lizard update: 🦎
The lizard we now call "Asparagus Lizard" seems to be living its best life. It keeps a pretty packed schedule of sunning, peeking, hunting and sleeping curled up in the gap between the beds. The Big Guy finds worms for it which it ignores. Also does not seem to be all that fussed about my goings on.
#Nature #Gardening #Reptiles

Nele VDP 23h ago

Eerste dag bij Natuurpunt en JNM. Beheerswerken. Ik mocht lange grassen en jonge boompjes maaien met een echte zeis en Aziatische vogelkers te lijf gaan met een hakbijl en een machete. Yeah!
Naast al het geweld tegen exoten ook veel liefde voor inheemse soorten. Aanschouw de hazelworm, de bruine kikker en de zeldzame gevlekte orchis (bloei eind mei - juni)
#natuurpunt #reptiles #frogs #orchids

michael 1d ago

3-Apr-2026
Engineering the bite of ancient marine predators
A new study compares the bite efficiency of #fossil #reptiles using advanced #engineering #simulations.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1122694

#science #ecology #paleontology #biomechanics

Engineering the bite of ancient marine predators

An international team of researchers has investigated the biting capabilities of extinct predatory marine reptiles, revealing how these formidable predators could coexist within the same ecosystem. This work sheds new light on the hunting strategies of long-extinct predators that dominated the seas during the Age of Dinosaurs.

EurekAlert!

Bob Nicholls Art 2d ago

The Lyme Regis Fossil Festival programme is online: https://fossilfestival.com/

I will be talking at 13:30 on Sunday June 14 and again with Dr Dean Lomax at 15:00. See you there!

#Ichthyosaurs #Plesiosaurs #Pliosaurs #Mosasaurs #LymeRegis #LymeRegisFossilFestival #FossilFriday #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

The Naturalist Bot 2d ago

🦎 Anolis sagrei (Brown Anole)

📅 Observed on 2025-04-01

👤 By: nbasargin

📌 Location: Hotel Zone, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332473879

📷 Photo credits: (c) nbasargin, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_anole

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Herpetology #Reptiles

Ryan Hodnett 2d ago

Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta)

#Turtle #ArtWithOpenSource #CCBYSA #Darktable #Reptile #Reptiles #Reptilia #Turtles #Testudines #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉3d ago

Calling all fans of #BigBigTrain and #Dorset heaths:

“Upton Heath” is not only a wonderful song, it's also a very special wild place. Rich in #wildflowers #moss #lichen #fungi #reptiles and #birds . But now an area of land at its centre is on sale for mineral extraction. Please consider helping Dorset Wildlife Trust raise funds to buy it this month (not much time!)

For details of how to donate, go to
https://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/appeals/save-upton-heath

#wildflowers #Mosstodon #lichenSubscribe #fungi #birds #reptiles