Anthony Roberts
@anthony-zed.bsky.social
Birds, animals, wildlife, wild places. Based in North Wales.
Designer working in animation, 2D and 3D, creating interpretation for Heritage attractions.
Designer working in animation, 2D and 3D, creating interpretation for Heritage attractions.
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A newborn baby dwarf seahorse riding swell in the Miami Native Coral Lab #coralmorphologic
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A newborn baby dwarf seahorse riding swell in the Miami Native Coral Lab #coralmorphologic
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How will you use your bumblebee pin badge this Christmas? 🐝
Tell us why you love to wear yours. What species do you have? What species would you like next? Drop that Christmas hint in the comments.
🎁 There are 10 to collect: https://ow.ly/FLy750XpXSX
Tell us why you love to wear yours. What species do you have? What species would you like next? Drop that Christmas hint in the comments.
🎁 There are 10 to collect: https://ow.ly/FLy750XpXSX
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
How will you use your bumblebee pin badge this Christmas? 🐝
Tell us why you love to wear yours. What species do you have? What species would you like next? Drop that Christmas hint in the comments.
🎁 There are 10 to collect: https://ow.ly/FLy750XpXSX
Tell us why you love to wear yours. What species do you have? What species would you like next? Drop that Christmas hint in the comments.
🎁 There are 10 to collect: https://ow.ly/FLy750XpXSX
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Great news this World Anteater Day (November 19th)!
A few years ago, a stretch of road in Brazil was dubbed the “Highway of Death”. One of the most dangerous roads in South America for drivers, it also claimed countless animal lives
(Picture courtesy of ICAS)
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🌎🦇
A few years ago, a stretch of road in Brazil was dubbed the “Highway of Death”. One of the most dangerous roads in South America for drivers, it also claimed countless animal lives
(Picture courtesy of ICAS)
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🌎🦇
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Great news this World Anteater Day (November 19th)!
A few years ago, a stretch of road in Brazil was dubbed the “Highway of Death”. One of the most dangerous roads in South America for drivers, it also claimed countless animal lives
(Picture courtesy of ICAS)
🐜1/6
🌎🦇
A few years ago, a stretch of road in Brazil was dubbed the “Highway of Death”. One of the most dangerous roads in South America for drivers, it also claimed countless animal lives
(Picture courtesy of ICAS)
🐜1/6
🌎🦇
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By getting comfortable around humans (hello, garbage buffet), city raccoons may be on the path toward domestication … and community science helped prove it. 🦝
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
By getting comfortable around humans (hello, garbage buffet), city raccoons may be on the path toward domestication … and community science helped prove it. 🦝
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I’m thrilled to officially launch The Ornithologist Magazine – an independent digital publication dedicated to bird science, conservation and storytelling from around the world.
Explore our content: theornithologist.org
#ornithology #birdscience #theornithologist #conservation #birding #birds
Explore our content: theornithologist.org
#ornithology #birdscience #theornithologist #conservation #birding #birds
The Ornithologist
The Ornithologist is an independent online magazine exploring bird science, conservation, migration, and the fascinating world of birds – delivered through thoughtful articles and expert insights.
theornithologist.org
July 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I’m thrilled to officially launch The Ornithologist Magazine – an independent digital publication dedicated to bird science, conservation and storytelling from around the world.
Explore our content: theornithologist.org
#ornithology #birdscience #theornithologist #conservation #birding #birds
Explore our content: theornithologist.org
#ornithology #birdscience #theornithologist #conservation #birding #birds
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Emotional support trunkfish to the rescue 🤗⛑️👜🐟 #spottedtrunkfish #trunkfish #swimminghandbag #emotionalsupportanimal #cutiepie #fishkiss #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Emotional support trunkfish to the rescue 🤗⛑️👜🐟 #spottedtrunkfish #trunkfish #swimminghandbag #emotionalsupportanimal #cutiepie #fishkiss #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
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Bad news in from South Georgia - the population of breeding female elephant seals has nearly halved following a bird flu outbreak on the sub-Antarctic island.
Here's what we know so far...
📸 Connor Bamford
Here's what we know so far...
📸 Connor Bamford
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Bad news in from South Georgia - the population of breeding female elephant seals has nearly halved following a bird flu outbreak on the sub-Antarctic island.
Here's what we know so far...
📸 Connor Bamford
Here's what we know so far...
📸 Connor Bamford
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We met with the “RNA guy” of the study, @marcfriedlander.bsky.social, who teamed up with @lovedalen.bsky.social (@stockholm-uni.bsky.social/@cpgsthlm.bsky.social) & @marmole6.bsky.social (@ucph.bsky.social) 🧪⚒️
Feature article here ↓ 🖥️ 🧬
www.scilifelab.se/news/worlds-...
Feature article here ↓ 🖥️ 🧬
www.scilifelab.se/news/worlds-...
The world’s oldest RNA extracted from woolly mammoth: “gives us a completely different picture”
The timespan of when RNA is possible to extract is now pushed back by tens of thousands of years, with researchers now hoping to spark a RNA revolution, after sequencing a woolly mammoth preserved in ...
www.scilifelab.se
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We met with the “RNA guy” of the study, @marcfriedlander.bsky.social, who teamed up with @lovedalen.bsky.social (@stockholm-uni.bsky.social/@cpgsthlm.bsky.social) & @marmole6.bsky.social (@ucph.bsky.social) 🧪⚒️
Feature article here ↓ 🖥️ 🧬
www.scilifelab.se/news/worlds-...
Feature article here ↓ 🖥️ 🧬
www.scilifelab.se/news/worlds-...
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Quick quiz:
If this image appeared on your feed, here in the year 2025, would you think it was real or fake?
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If this image appeared on your feed, here in the year 2025, would you think it was real or fake?
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November 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Quick quiz:
If this image appeared on your feed, here in the year 2025, would you think it was real or fake?
1/
If this image appeared on your feed, here in the year 2025, would you think it was real or fake?
1/
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We’re preparing to launch a pioneering Missing Species Programme to bring back four of Scotland’s lost keystone animals – lynx, beavers, red squirrels, and modern-day aurochs – to the Scottish Highlands. Read more 👉https://bit.ly/49kEjFo
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We’re preparing to launch a pioneering Missing Species Programme to bring back four of Scotland’s lost keystone animals – lynx, beavers, red squirrels, and modern-day aurochs – to the Scottish Highlands. Read more 👉https://bit.ly/49kEjFo
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A short video of the nursery pod of Bottlenose Dolphins in Vidlin Voe, Shetland yesterday. Check out some of those tiny calves! Only the fourth confirmed record of this species in Shetland waters.
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A short video of the nursery pod of Bottlenose Dolphins in Vidlin Voe, Shetland yesterday. Check out some of those tiny calves! Only the fourth confirmed record of this species in Shetland waters.
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
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Encountering this godwit always makes me think about the changes we have both seen in the 29 years since we first met, especially the planting of non-native trees all over Iceland wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/i...
Longevity record!
Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago.
The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong.
Blog about longevity of waders:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w...
#ornithology
Last night, @washwader.bsky.social recaught this Black-tailed Godwit, first caught and ringed 29 years ago.
The metal ring was wearing thin (and was replaced) but the bird is still going strong.
Blog about longevity of waders:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w...
#ornithology
November 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Encountering this godwit always makes me think about the changes we have both seen in the 29 years since we first met, especially the planting of non-native trees all over Iceland wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/06/18/i...
I just happened to be watching baby Fossas at Chester Zoo last weekend, so this article is quite opportune and intriguing.
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I just happened to be watching baby Fossas at Chester Zoo last weekend, so this article is quite opportune and intriguing.
I grew up just south of Harlech in North Wales, and I still (just about) remember the first time I heard the story of Cantre’r Gwaelod way back in primary school. So much more than just the story to be fascinated by.
Submerged Forests, Shipwrecks and Sarns – exploring the evidence for the mythical kingdom of Cantre’r Gwaelod from Wales national built heritage and archaeological archives: zurl.co/jhmyY #sea #myth #legends #noscalangaeaf #halloween #coflein #archeaology
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I grew up just south of Harlech in North Wales, and I still (just about) remember the first time I heard the story of Cantre’r Gwaelod way back in primary school. So much more than just the story to be fascinated by.
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If I still worked in school, I’d wear my #Red67 badges & give the #sixseven trend a different narrative. The kids’d listen & be horrified. I mean, I’d keep it light, because=kids having fun. But man, then I’d tell them UK red listed birds are now at 73. @yolobirder.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
If I still worked in school, I’d wear my #Red67 badges & give the #sixseven trend a different narrative. The kids’d listen & be horrified. I mean, I’d keep it light, because=kids having fun. But man, then I’d tell them UK red listed birds are now at 73. @yolobirder.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
An interesting project I worked on a couple of years ago. Recreation of the unusual structure unearthed at #WhitesandsBay near St David’s. Welsh version also available. #archeaology #medieval #Pembrokeshire #Wales
vimeo.com/994070282/df...
vimeo.com/994070282/df...
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 AM
An interesting project I worked on a couple of years ago. Recreation of the unusual structure unearthed at #WhitesandsBay near St David’s. Welsh version also available. #archeaology #medieval #Pembrokeshire #Wales
vimeo.com/994070282/df...
vimeo.com/994070282/df...
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Young chimpanzees invent tools, modify adult techniques, and explore in ways that spark cultural change. New research suggests childhood curiosity may have fueled innovation long before Homo sapiens shaped history. #Anthropology #Primates #Evolution #Science www.primatology.net/p/the-little...
The Little Inventors of the Forest
Young chimpanzees build tools, break rules, and may hold clues to how culture first evolved
www.primatology.net
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Young chimpanzees invent tools, modify adult techniques, and explore in ways that spark cultural change. New research suggests childhood curiosity may have fueled innovation long before Homo sapiens shaped history. #Anthropology #Primates #Evolution #Science www.primatology.net/p/the-little...
A few months back I walked away from a huge project because the client suddenly asked me to use #AI to generate imagery that was way above the budget allocated. It was a very difficult decision to make, I cannot afford to throw away projects like that. 1/3
October 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A few months back I walked away from a huge project because the client suddenly asked me to use #AI to generate imagery that was way above the budget allocated. It was a very difficult decision to make, I cannot afford to throw away projects like that. 1/3
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12 seconds from 8 stop-motion films (1968–present) across the career of animator Yuri Norstein
October 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
12 seconds from 8 stop-motion films (1968–present) across the career of animator Yuri Norstein
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100 years ago today Howard Carter opened Tutankamoun’s inner most coffin and saw the pharaoh’s mask for the first time. Here’s the photo taken that day.
It’s in with all the astonishing excavation papers and photos at the @griffithinstitute.bsky.social
It’s in with all the astonishing excavation papers and photos at the @griffithinstitute.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
100 years ago today Howard Carter opened Tutankamoun’s inner most coffin and saw the pharaoh’s mask for the first time. Here’s the photo taken that day.
It’s in with all the astonishing excavation papers and photos at the @griffithinstitute.bsky.social
It’s in with all the astonishing excavation papers and photos at the @griffithinstitute.bsky.social
My wife was thrilled to be the first to spot a Bittern walking out in the open, in front of the hide, just 20m away, yesterday at RSPB Button Mere. And, of course, I didn’t have a camera with me. Also 6 Marsh Harriers all in the air at the same time, and a family of 6 Whoopers too. #birds
October 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
My wife was thrilled to be the first to spot a Bittern walking out in the open, in front of the hide, just 20m away, yesterday at RSPB Button Mere. And, of course, I didn’t have a camera with me. Also 6 Marsh Harriers all in the air at the same time, and a family of 6 Whoopers too. #birds
No egrets. Actually there were plenty. Little, Great White and cattle all seen at Cors Ddyga today. As well as 4 Egyptian Geese #birdingwales
October 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
No egrets. Actually there were plenty. Little, Great White and cattle all seen at Cors Ddyga today. As well as 4 Egyptian Geese #birdingwales
Spotted a job being advertised by a British production company yesterday, they were looking for an “AI Artist”?? 😳🤨😳🤔🙄🥲
October 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Spotted a job being advertised by a British production company yesterday, they were looking for an “AI Artist”?? 😳🤨😳🤔🙄🥲
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Today, @cms.int officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct. These animals were once wide-ranging through Europe, Africa, and Asia, and now they're gone. 🧪🌍
www.cms.int/news/slender...
www.cms.int/news/slender...
www.cms.int
October 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today, @cms.int officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct. These animals were once wide-ranging through Europe, Africa, and Asia, and now they're gone. 🧪🌍
www.cms.int/news/slender...
www.cms.int/news/slender...
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As a county bird recorder I can honestly say that the best and easiest way for you to make your birding count, is to upload them to either eBird or BirdTrack. Doing so contributes directly to #ornithology and bird #conservation at both local and national levels.
#birdingScotland #birdingWales
#birdingScotland #birdingWales
The remarkable rise of eBird – the world’s biggest citizen science project
In 2002, an online database was set up allowing birdwatchers to record their species observations. It is now a vast resource, shaping scientific research.
theconversation.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
As a county bird recorder I can honestly say that the best and easiest way for you to make your birding count, is to upload them to either eBird or BirdTrack. Doing so contributes directly to #ornithology and bird #conservation at both local and national levels.
#birdingScotland #birdingWales
#birdingScotland #birdingWales