Biodiful
@biodiful.bsky.social
Account is dedicated to the hidden beauty of biodiversity, from the most to the least appreciated species... to show that beauty is also a matter of knowledge ! https://www.biodiful.org/
Crafted with love 💚 by @nmouquet.bsky.social
Crafted with love 💚 by @nmouquet.bsky.social
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Our Bioscience paper on teddy bears 🐻 (Too cute to be wild, doi.org/10.1093/bios...) was featured in Libération, a French national newspaper! 😊
Plushology is getting some attention, maybe it’s time for a @wikipedia.org page? 🧸💚 😉
Plushology is getting some attention, maybe it’s time for a @wikipedia.org page? 🧸💚 😉
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Our Bioscience paper on teddy bears 🐻 (Too cute to be wild, doi.org/10.1093/bios...) was featured in Libération, a French national newspaper! 😊
Plushology is getting some attention, maybe it’s time for a @wikipedia.org page? 🧸💚 😉
Plushology is getting some attention, maybe it’s time for a @wikipedia.org page? 🧸💚 😉
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The Costa Concordia 🚢 2012 shipwreck devastated coralligenous reefs ...
👉 Our study showing that active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic of these fragile ecosystems is now out in Restauration Ecology
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec....
There’s hope 💙 beneath the surface !
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👉 Our study showing that active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic of these fragile ecosystems is now out in Restauration Ecology
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec....
There’s hope 💙 beneath the surface !
🧪🦑🌍🦤
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The Costa Concordia 🚢 2012 shipwreck devastated coralligenous reefs ...
👉 Our study showing that active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic of these fragile ecosystems is now out in Restauration Ecology
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec....
There’s hope 💙 beneath the surface !
🧪🦑🌍🦤
👉 Our study showing that active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic of these fragile ecosystems is now out in Restauration Ecology
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec....
There’s hope 💙 beneath the surface !
🧪🦑🌍🦤
Thrilled to see our work published in BioScience! 🐻
“Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature”
Thanks to the thousands of volunteers who joined our campaign and made this possible! 💚
👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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“Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature”
Thanks to the thousands of volunteers who joined our campaign and made this possible! 💚
👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
🦤
Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature
For many Westerners, the very first intimate, emotional bond with nature may not come from a walk in the woods but from early exposure to representations o
doi.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thrilled to see our work published in BioScience! 🐻
“Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature”
Thanks to the thousands of volunteers who joined our campaign and made this possible! 💚
👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
🦤
“Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature”
Thanks to the thousands of volunteers who joined our campaign and made this possible! 💚
👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
🦤
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Very proud of this paper in BioScience :
« Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature »
🧸 are more than toys, they shape among our first emotional connections to nature. But their design may also distort how we see wildlife !
👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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« Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature »
🧸 are more than toys, they shape among our first emotional connections to nature. But their design may also distort how we see wildlife !
👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Very proud of this paper in BioScience :
« Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature »
🧸 are more than toys, they shape among our first emotional connections to nature. But their design may also distort how we see wildlife !
👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
🧪🦤
« Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature »
🧸 are more than toys, they shape among our first emotional connections to nature. But their design may also distort how we see wildlife !
👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
🧪🦤
Meet Grimpoteuthis discoveryi, a Dumbo octopus! 🐙💫
Found up to 4,870 m in the NE Atlantic, it glides on ear‑like fins.
It feeds on worms & crustaceans & helps transfer energy through deep‑sea food webs.
Its fragile world face future threats from deep-sea mining ⚠️🌊⛏️
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) MBARI
Found up to 4,870 m in the NE Atlantic, it glides on ear‑like fins.
It feeds on worms & crustaceans & helps transfer energy through deep‑sea food webs.
Its fragile world face future threats from deep-sea mining ⚠️🌊⛏️
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) MBARI
September 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Meet Grimpoteuthis discoveryi, a Dumbo octopus! 🐙💫
Found up to 4,870 m in the NE Atlantic, it glides on ear‑like fins.
It feeds on worms & crustaceans & helps transfer energy through deep‑sea food webs.
Its fragile world face future threats from deep-sea mining ⚠️🌊⛏️
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) MBARI
Found up to 4,870 m in the NE Atlantic, it glides on ear‑like fins.
It feeds on worms & crustaceans & helps transfer energy through deep‑sea food webs.
Its fragile world face future threats from deep-sea mining ⚠️🌊⛏️
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) MBARI
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The science of cuteness: where teddy bears’ beauty, comfort and care converge! 🧸✨
Check out our latest paper in The Journal of Positive Psychology, where we explore how beauty & emotional comfort shape our care motivations 🫶🌈❤️
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1743...
#TeddyBears #PositivePsychology 🧪
Check out our latest paper in The Journal of Positive Psychology, where we explore how beauty & emotional comfort shape our care motivations 🫶🌈❤️
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1743...
#TeddyBears #PositivePsychology 🧪
July 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The science of cuteness: where teddy bears’ beauty, comfort and care converge! 🧸✨
Check out our latest paper in The Journal of Positive Psychology, where we explore how beauty & emotional comfort shape our care motivations 🫶🌈❤️
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1743...
#TeddyBears #PositivePsychology 🧪
Check out our latest paper in The Journal of Positive Psychology, where we explore how beauty & emotional comfort shape our care motivations 🫶🌈❤️
👉 doi.org/10.1080/1743...
#TeddyBears #PositivePsychology 🧪
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Check out our new study by Gita Alisa et al., showing that large-scale restoration of coral reefs not only brings back ecological health but recovers aesthetic value to levels of healthy reefs in three years only !
👉 Beauty, biodiversity, and people, all connected 💙
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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👉 Beauty, biodiversity, and people, all connected 💙
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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July 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Check out our new study by Gita Alisa et al., showing that large-scale restoration of coral reefs not only brings back ecological health but recovers aesthetic value to levels of healthy reefs in three years only !
👉 Beauty, biodiversity, and people, all connected 💙
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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👉 Beauty, biodiversity, and people, all connected 💙
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Meet Strigops habroptilus, the kākāpō! 🦜🌿
This flightless parrot from New Zealand is critically endangered, with only 242 left!
It aids forest health by dispersing seeds and pruning vegetation. Thanks to dedicated conservation, its numbers are slowly rising.  
#Biodiful
photo (c) S. Mcinnes
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This flightless parrot from New Zealand is critically endangered, with only 242 left!
It aids forest health by dispersing seeds and pruning vegetation. Thanks to dedicated conservation, its numbers are slowly rising.  
#Biodiful
photo (c) S. Mcinnes
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June 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Meet Strigops habroptilus, the kākāpō! 🦜🌿
This flightless parrot from New Zealand is critically endangered, with only 242 left!
It aids forest health by dispersing seeds and pruning vegetation. Thanks to dedicated conservation, its numbers are slowly rising.  
#Biodiful
photo (c) S. Mcinnes
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This flightless parrot from New Zealand is critically endangered, with only 242 left!
It aids forest health by dispersing seeds and pruning vegetation. Thanks to dedicated conservation, its numbers are slowly rising.  
#Biodiful
photo (c) S. Mcinnes
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Conserving the beauty of the world’s reef fish assemblages 💙
Check out our last paper @pnas.org
We mapped what makes reef fish assemblages beautiful worldwide! 🌍
MPAs boost aesthetic, and developing countries have a chance to align conservation with local benefits
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Check out our last paper @pnas.org
We mapped what makes reef fish assemblages beautiful worldwide! 🌍
MPAs boost aesthetic, and developing countries have a chance to align conservation with local benefits
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🌐🦑🦤
June 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Conserving the beauty of the world’s reef fish assemblages 💙
Check out our last paper @pnas.org
We mapped what makes reef fish assemblages beautiful worldwide! 🌍
MPAs boost aesthetic, and developing countries have a chance to align conservation with local benefits
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🌐🦑🦤
Check out our last paper @pnas.org
We mapped what makes reef fish assemblages beautiful worldwide! 🌍
MPAs boost aesthetic, and developing countries have a chance to align conservation with local benefits
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🌐🦑🦤
Meet Dracaena cinnabari, the dragon’s blood tree! 🌳🐲🩸
This iconic Socotran species, with its umbrella-like canopy, provides shade, prevents erosion, and supports endemic wildlife.
Classified as Vulnerable, it’s threatened by overgrazing and climate change.
#Biodiful
photo (c) Alex38
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This iconic Socotran species, with its umbrella-like canopy, provides shade, prevents erosion, and supports endemic wildlife.
Classified as Vulnerable, it’s threatened by overgrazing and climate change.
#Biodiful
photo (c) Alex38
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June 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Meet Dracaena cinnabari, the dragon’s blood tree! 🌳🐲🩸
This iconic Socotran species, with its umbrella-like canopy, provides shade, prevents erosion, and supports endemic wildlife.
Classified as Vulnerable, it’s threatened by overgrazing and climate change.
#Biodiful
photo (c) Alex38
🌍🪴🍁
This iconic Socotran species, with its umbrella-like canopy, provides shade, prevents erosion, and supports endemic wildlife.
Classified as Vulnerable, it’s threatened by overgrazing and climate change.
#Biodiful
photo (c) Alex38
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Meet Chrysomallon squamiferum, the volcano snail! 🐚🔥
This deep-sea wonder lives on hydrothermal vents, armored with iron scales. It hosts symbiotic bacteria and supports unique vent life.
⚠️ Already endangered, it faces greater risk if deep-sea mining expands!
#Biodiful
photo (c) Dr Chong Chen
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This deep-sea wonder lives on hydrothermal vents, armored with iron scales. It hosts symbiotic bacteria and supports unique vent life.
⚠️ Already endangered, it faces greater risk if deep-sea mining expands!
#Biodiful
photo (c) Dr Chong Chen
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June 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Meet Chrysomallon squamiferum, the volcano snail! 🐚🔥
This deep-sea wonder lives on hydrothermal vents, armored with iron scales. It hosts symbiotic bacteria and supports unique vent life.
⚠️ Already endangered, it faces greater risk if deep-sea mining expands!
#Biodiful
photo (c) Dr Chong Chen
🌍
This deep-sea wonder lives on hydrothermal vents, armored with iron scales. It hosts symbiotic bacteria and supports unique vent life.
⚠️ Already endangered, it faces greater risk if deep-sea mining expands!
#Biodiful
photo (c) Dr Chong Chen
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Meet Brachionichthys hirsutus, the spotted handfish! 🐟🖐️
This rare Tasmanian fish walks the seafloor on hand-like fins. As a predator, it helps control invertebrate populations, supporting ecosystem balance.
Critically endangered, it survives in just a few sites 🆘
#Biodiful
photo (c) N. Remy
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This rare Tasmanian fish walks the seafloor on hand-like fins. As a predator, it helps control invertebrate populations, supporting ecosystem balance.
Critically endangered, it survives in just a few sites 🆘
#Biodiful
photo (c) N. Remy
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May 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Meet Brachionichthys hirsutus, the spotted handfish! 🐟🖐️
This rare Tasmanian fish walks the seafloor on hand-like fins. As a predator, it helps control invertebrate populations, supporting ecosystem balance.
Critically endangered, it survives in just a few sites 🆘
#Biodiful
photo (c) N. Remy
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This rare Tasmanian fish walks the seafloor on hand-like fins. As a predator, it helps control invertebrate populations, supporting ecosystem balance.
Critically endangered, it survives in just a few sites 🆘
#Biodiful
photo (c) N. Remy
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Remember the Costa Concordia? Its 2012 shipwreck devastated coralligenous reefs
👉 Our new study shows how active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic value of these fragile ecosystems
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
Full recovery takes time, but there’s hope 💙 beneath the surface!
🧪🌍🦑🦤
👉 Our new study shows how active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic value of these fragile ecosystems
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
Full recovery takes time, but there’s hope 💙 beneath the surface!
🧪🌍🦑🦤
May 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Remember the Costa Concordia? Its 2012 shipwreck devastated coralligenous reefs
👉 Our new study shows how active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic value of these fragile ecosystems
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
Full recovery takes time, but there’s hope 💙 beneath the surface!
🧪🌍🦑🦤
👉 Our new study shows how active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic value of these fragile ecosystems
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
Full recovery takes time, but there’s hope 💙 beneath the surface!
🧪🌍🦑🦤
Meet Mydaus javanensis, the Javan stink badger! 🦡💨
Despite the name, it’s more closely related to skunks than badgers. Found in Java & Sumatra, it defends itself with a powerful odor and helps ecosystems by digging for insects and spreading seeds! 🌱
#Biodiful
photo (c) Chien C. Lee
Despite the name, it’s more closely related to skunks than badgers. Found in Java & Sumatra, it defends itself with a powerful odor and helps ecosystems by digging for insects and spreading seeds! 🌱
#Biodiful
photo (c) Chien C. Lee
May 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Meet Mydaus javanensis, the Javan stink badger! 🦡💨
Despite the name, it’s more closely related to skunks than badgers. Found in Java & Sumatra, it defends itself with a powerful odor and helps ecosystems by digging for insects and spreading seeds! 🌱
#Biodiful
photo (c) Chien C. Lee
Despite the name, it’s more closely related to skunks than badgers. Found in Java & Sumatra, it defends itself with a powerful odor and helps ecosystems by digging for insects and spreading seeds! 🌱
#Biodiful
photo (c) Chien C. Lee
Meet Eupholus geoffroyi, a beetle 🪲 from New Guinea that glows blue through structural coloration 👉 microscopic scales bend light to create its shimmer! 🌈
Feeding on yam leaves, it shapes plant-herbivore dynamics in tropical forests.
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) Chien C. Lee
Feeding on yam leaves, it shapes plant-herbivore dynamics in tropical forests.
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) Chien C. Lee
May 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Meet Eupholus geoffroyi, a beetle 🪲 from New Guinea that glows blue through structural coloration 👉 microscopic scales bend light to create its shimmer! 🌈
Feeding on yam leaves, it shapes plant-herbivore dynamics in tropical forests.
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) Chien C. Lee
Feeding on yam leaves, it shapes plant-herbivore dynamics in tropical forests.
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) Chien C. Lee
Meet Crotalaria cunninghamii, the green birdflower! 💚
Native to Australian deserts, its blooms mimic birds in flight—a stunning case of floral mimicry. It thrives in sandy soils & supports pollinators in arid zones. Beauty with a purpose!
#Biodiful 🌍
Native to Australian deserts, its blooms mimic birds in flight—a stunning case of floral mimicry. It thrives in sandy soils & supports pollinators in arid zones. Beauty with a purpose!
#Biodiful 🌍
May 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Meet Crotalaria cunninghamii, the green birdflower! 💚
Native to Australian deserts, its blooms mimic birds in flight—a stunning case of floral mimicry. It thrives in sandy soils & supports pollinators in arid zones. Beauty with a purpose!
#Biodiful 🌍
Native to Australian deserts, its blooms mimic birds in flight—a stunning case of floral mimicry. It thrives in sandy soils & supports pollinators in arid zones. Beauty with a purpose!
#Biodiful 🌍
Meet Nepenthes attenboroughii, a giant pitcher plant from the Philippines!
It traps rainwater in its leaves, creating tiny aquatic worlds. These mini-ponds host unique invertebrates—some found nowhere else!
A whole ecosystem inside a single leaf. 🌱🪰
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) Alastair Robinson
It traps rainwater in its leaves, creating tiny aquatic worlds. These mini-ponds host unique invertebrates—some found nowhere else!
A whole ecosystem inside a single leaf. 🌱🪰
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) Alastair Robinson
May 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Meet Nepenthes attenboroughii, a giant pitcher plant from the Philippines!
It traps rainwater in its leaves, creating tiny aquatic worlds. These mini-ponds host unique invertebrates—some found nowhere else!
A whole ecosystem inside a single leaf. 🌱🪰
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) Alastair Robinson
It traps rainwater in its leaves, creating tiny aquatic worlds. These mini-ponds host unique invertebrates—some found nowhere else!
A whole ecosystem inside a single leaf. 🌱🪰
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) Alastair Robinson
Meet Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi, the spiny flower mantis! 🪷
A floral mimic & fierce predator from eastern Africa. It controls insect populations while hiding in plain sight—tiny but mighty for ecosystem health, biodiversity, and balance!
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) Jimmy Hoffman
A floral mimic & fierce predator from eastern Africa. It controls insect populations while hiding in plain sight—tiny but mighty for ecosystem health, biodiversity, and balance!
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) Jimmy Hoffman
April 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Meet Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi, the spiny flower mantis! 🪷
A floral mimic & fierce predator from eastern Africa. It controls insect populations while hiding in plain sight—tiny but mighty for ecosystem health, biodiversity, and balance!
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) Jimmy Hoffman
A floral mimic & fierce predator from eastern Africa. It controls insect populations while hiding in plain sight—tiny but mighty for ecosystem health, biodiversity, and balance!
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) Jimmy Hoffman
Meet Stenodactylus petrii, the dune gecko! 🦎
It darts ninja-like on sands 🏜️ using its fringed toes & burrow to escape the heat. This little gecko plays a key role in the desert food web by feeding on insects 🪲 & being prey for larger reptiles 🐍 and birds 🦅.
#biodiful
photo (c) M. Bordoli
It darts ninja-like on sands 🏜️ using its fringed toes & burrow to escape the heat. This little gecko plays a key role in the desert food web by feeding on insects 🪲 & being prey for larger reptiles 🐍 and birds 🦅.
#biodiful
photo (c) M. Bordoli
April 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Meet Stenodactylus petrii, the dune gecko! 🦎
It darts ninja-like on sands 🏜️ using its fringed toes & burrow to escape the heat. This little gecko plays a key role in the desert food web by feeding on insects 🪲 & being prey for larger reptiles 🐍 and birds 🦅.
#biodiful
photo (c) M. Bordoli
It darts ninja-like on sands 🏜️ using its fringed toes & burrow to escape the heat. This little gecko plays a key role in the desert food web by feeding on insects 🪲 & being prey for larger reptiles 🐍 and birds 🦅.
#biodiful
photo (c) M. Bordoli
Meet Atractosteus spatula the Alligator Gar! This fish is a living fossil & has not changed since 100 M years! It can grow over 3 m and weigh 150 kg!
It has a unique lung-like swim bladder, and eats invasive species like Asian carp, helping maintain ecosystem balance.
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) G. Hume
It has a unique lung-like swim bladder, and eats invasive species like Asian carp, helping maintain ecosystem balance.
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) G. Hume
February 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Meet Atractosteus spatula the Alligator Gar! This fish is a living fossil & has not changed since 100 M years! It can grow over 3 m and weigh 150 kg!
It has a unique lung-like swim bladder, and eats invasive species like Asian carp, helping maintain ecosystem balance.
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) G. Hume
It has a unique lung-like swim bladder, and eats invasive species like Asian carp, helping maintain ecosystem balance.
#Biodiful 🌍
photo (c) G. Hume
Meet Theloderma corticale, the mossy frog! 🐸
Its green-black, bumpy skin makes it a master of camouflage, blending into mossy habitats. 🥷
Endemic to SE Asia, it faces threats from habitat loss & overcollection for the pet trade. Protecting its wetlands is key!
#Biodiful
photo (c) sheilapic76
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Its green-black, bumpy skin makes it a master of camouflage, blending into mossy habitats. 🥷
Endemic to SE Asia, it faces threats from habitat loss & overcollection for the pet trade. Protecting its wetlands is key!
#Biodiful
photo (c) sheilapic76
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February 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Meet Theloderma corticale, the mossy frog! 🐸
Its green-black, bumpy skin makes it a master of camouflage, blending into mossy habitats. 🥷
Endemic to SE Asia, it faces threats from habitat loss & overcollection for the pet trade. Protecting its wetlands is key!
#Biodiful
photo (c) sheilapic76
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Its green-black, bumpy skin makes it a master of camouflage, blending into mossy habitats. 🥷
Endemic to SE Asia, it faces threats from habitat loss & overcollection for the pet trade. Protecting its wetlands is key!
#Biodiful
photo (c) sheilapic76
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🌿 Botanic gardens are full!
👉 A. Cano et al. Jan. 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔑 This study analyzes a century of data, revealing how living plant collections reached peak capacity due to resource limits. With 40% of plant species at risk, it calls for upscaling botanic gardens!
🌐🧪🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁
👉 A. Cano et al. Jan. 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔑 This study analyzes a century of data, revealing how living plant collections reached peak capacity due to resource limits. With 40% of plant species at risk, it calls for upscaling botanic gardens!
🌐🧪🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁
Insights from a century of data reveal global trends in ex situ living plant collections - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors collate a meta-collection of ex situ living plant diversity held in 50 botanical collections worldwide, spanning a century of data and currently containing ~500,000 accessions. Their analy...
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🌿 Botanic gardens are full!
👉 A. Cano et al. Jan. 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔑 This study analyzes a century of data, revealing how living plant collections reached peak capacity due to resource limits. With 40% of plant species at risk, it calls for upscaling botanic gardens!
🌐🧪🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁
👉 A. Cano et al. Jan. 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔑 This study analyzes a century of data, revealing how living plant collections reached peak capacity due to resource limits. With 40% of plant species at risk, it calls for upscaling botanic gardens!
🌐🧪🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁
I live downtown Montpellier (Fr) and had to get creative with vertical gardening !
Now birds 🐦 & insects 🐞 thrive in this urban ecosystem; it even started creating its own soil & all this keeps my house cool in summer 🥰
Our cities CAN become safe habitats for biodiversity ! 💚🌍
#biodiful
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Now birds 🐦 & insects 🐞 thrive in this urban ecosystem; it even started creating its own soil & all this keeps my house cool in summer 🥰
Our cities CAN become safe habitats for biodiversity ! 💚🌍
#biodiful
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January 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I live downtown Montpellier (Fr) and had to get creative with vertical gardening !
Now birds 🐦 & insects 🐞 thrive in this urban ecosystem; it even started creating its own soil & all this keeps my house cool in summer 🥰
Our cities CAN become safe habitats for biodiversity ! 💚🌍
#biodiful
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Now birds 🐦 & insects 🐞 thrive in this urban ecosystem; it even started creating its own soil & all this keeps my house cool in summer 🥰
Our cities CAN become safe habitats for biodiversity ! 💚🌍
#biodiful
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Meet Tacca chantrieri, the bat flower 🦇
Its black bract attracts specific pollinators, like flies or beetles drawn to dark or decayed-like colors.
Native to Asia rainforests, habitat loss threatens this orchids. Protecting its ecosystem will ensure its survival!
#Biodiful
photo (c) Ronincmc
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Its black bract attracts specific pollinators, like flies or beetles drawn to dark or decayed-like colors.
Native to Asia rainforests, habitat loss threatens this orchids. Protecting its ecosystem will ensure its survival!
#Biodiful
photo (c) Ronincmc
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January 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Meet Tacca chantrieri, the bat flower 🦇
Its black bract attracts specific pollinators, like flies or beetles drawn to dark or decayed-like colors.
Native to Asia rainforests, habitat loss threatens this orchids. Protecting its ecosystem will ensure its survival!
#Biodiful
photo (c) Ronincmc
🌍🪴
Its black bract attracts specific pollinators, like flies or beetles drawn to dark or decayed-like colors.
Native to Asia rainforests, habitat loss threatens this orchids. Protecting its ecosystem will ensure its survival!
#Biodiful
photo (c) Ronincmc
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Meet Pipa pipa, the Surinam toad—a fascinating #frog 🐸from South America!
Unlike most frogs, its eggs hatch as froglets on the female’s back!
Master of camouflage & a voracious #predator! 🥷
Like many #amphibians, it’s threatened by #habitatloss & #pollution
#Biodiful
photo (c) F. Deschandol
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Unlike most frogs, its eggs hatch as froglets on the female’s back!
Master of camouflage & a voracious #predator! 🥷
Like many #amphibians, it’s threatened by #habitatloss & #pollution
#Biodiful
photo (c) F. Deschandol
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January 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Meet Pipa pipa, the Surinam toad—a fascinating #frog 🐸from South America!
Unlike most frogs, its eggs hatch as froglets on the female’s back!
Master of camouflage & a voracious #predator! 🥷
Like many #amphibians, it’s threatened by #habitatloss & #pollution
#Biodiful
photo (c) F. Deschandol
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Unlike most frogs, its eggs hatch as froglets on the female’s back!
Master of camouflage & a voracious #predator! 🥷
Like many #amphibians, it’s threatened by #habitatloss & #pollution
#Biodiful
photo (c) F. Deschandol
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