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
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
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
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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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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
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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Meet Allactaga bullata, the Gobi jerboa ! 💚
This tiny desert hopper plays a vital role in its ecosystem, dispersing seeds and aerating soil as it forages in the Gobi Desert 🏜️
A keystone species in a harsh landscape, it’s nature’s little engineer! ✨
#Biodiful #addMam
photo (c) Klein & Hubert
This tiny desert hopper plays a vital role in its ecosystem, dispersing seeds and aerating soil as it forages in the Gobi Desert 🏜️
A keystone species in a harsh landscape, it’s nature’s little engineer! ✨
#Biodiful #addMam
photo (c) Klein & Hubert
January 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Meet Spirobranchus giganteus, the colorful Christmas tree worm! 🎄
These marine worms are famous for their spiral christmas tree-like gills.
They create underwater “forests” of beauty, enhancing coral reef health by filtering plankton and improving water quality!
Merry Christmas! 🌈 💙
#biodiful 🦑
These marine worms are famous for their spiral christmas tree-like gills.
They create underwater “forests” of beauty, enhancing coral reef health by filtering plankton and improving water quality!
Merry Christmas! 🌈 💙
#biodiful 🦑
December 23, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Meet Spirobranchus giganteus, the colorful Christmas tree worm! 🎄
These marine worms are famous for their spiral christmas tree-like gills.
They create underwater “forests” of beauty, enhancing coral reef health by filtering plankton and improving water quality!
Merry Christmas! 🌈 💙
#biodiful 🦑
These marine worms are famous for their spiral christmas tree-like gills.
They create underwater “forests” of beauty, enhancing coral reef health by filtering plankton and improving water quality!
Merry Christmas! 🌈 💙
#biodiful 🦑
Meet Dicyrtomina ornata, a tiny #arthropod from the #collembola family, aka springtails !
They are vital for ecosystems, they decompose organic matter, improve soil, and feed other creatures.
Alongside #mites, #collembola make up 95% of the total soil #arthropod biomass worldwide!
#Soil #Biodiful
They are vital for ecosystems, they decompose organic matter, improve soil, and feed other creatures.
Alongside #mites, #collembola make up 95% of the total soil #arthropod biomass worldwide!
#Soil #Biodiful
December 20, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Meet Dicyrtomina ornata, a tiny #arthropod from the #collembola family, aka springtails !
They are vital for ecosystems, they decompose organic matter, improve soil, and feed other creatures.
Alongside #mites, #collembola make up 95% of the total soil #arthropod biomass worldwide!
#Soil #Biodiful
They are vital for ecosystems, they decompose organic matter, improve soil, and feed other creatures.
Alongside #mites, #collembola make up 95% of the total soil #arthropod biomass worldwide!
#Soil #Biodiful
Energy flowing across ecosystems from macro to micro scales !
A masterpiece of art and science by Glynn Gorick !
Glynn Gorick stunning artwork work bridges art & science of Earth’s complex systems 🌍💚💙
👉 fishlarvae.org/galleries/a-...
#Gaia #Biodiful
A masterpiece of art and science by Glynn Gorick !
Glynn Gorick stunning artwork work bridges art & science of Earth’s complex systems 🌍💚💙
👉 fishlarvae.org/galleries/a-...
#Gaia #Biodiful
December 18, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Energy flowing across ecosystems from macro to micro scales !
A masterpiece of art and science by Glynn Gorick !
Glynn Gorick stunning artwork work bridges art & science of Earth’s complex systems 🌍💚💙
👉 fishlarvae.org/galleries/a-...
#Gaia #Biodiful
A masterpiece of art and science by Glynn Gorick !
Glynn Gorick stunning artwork work bridges art & science of Earth’s complex systems 🌍💚💙
👉 fishlarvae.org/galleries/a-...
#Gaia #Biodiful
Meet Mycena cyanocephala, a small blue-capped #mushroom in the Mycena genus
Over 1000 species exist in this genus & 58 glow with #bioluminescence #foxfire ✨
#Saprotrophic, they recycle nutrients and are vital for maintening a healthy balance in ecosystems 🌍
#Fungi #Biodiful
(c) photo : R. Harper
Over 1000 species exist in this genus & 58 glow with #bioluminescence #foxfire ✨
#Saprotrophic, they recycle nutrients and are vital for maintening a healthy balance in ecosystems 🌍
#Fungi #Biodiful
(c) photo : R. Harper
December 17, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Meet Mycena cyanocephala, a small blue-capped #mushroom in the Mycena genus
Over 1000 species exist in this genus & 58 glow with #bioluminescence #foxfire ✨
#Saprotrophic, they recycle nutrients and are vital for maintening a healthy balance in ecosystems 🌍
#Fungi #Biodiful
(c) photo : R. Harper
Over 1000 species exist in this genus & 58 glow with #bioluminescence #foxfire ✨
#Saprotrophic, they recycle nutrients and are vital for maintening a healthy balance in ecosystems 🌍
#Fungi #Biodiful
(c) photo : R. Harper
Today let's meet Haematopota pluvialis, aka the "Rain Fly", a widespread biting horsefly in the Northern Hemisphere.
They can be a nuisance to humans but they also play an important role in the health and vitality of #wetlands ecosystems ! 💚💙
(c) photo, AfroBrazilian
They can be a nuisance to humans but they also play an important role in the health and vitality of #wetlands ecosystems ! 💚💙
(c) photo, AfroBrazilian
December 10, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Today let's meet Haematopota pluvialis, aka the "Rain Fly", a widespread biting horsefly in the Northern Hemisphere.
They can be a nuisance to humans but they also play an important role in the health and vitality of #wetlands ecosystems ! 💚💙
(c) photo, AfroBrazilian
They can be a nuisance to humans but they also play an important role in the health and vitality of #wetlands ecosystems ! 💚💙
(c) photo, AfroBrazilian
🌿 Do you want tho contribute to research on plant Aesthetics ?
Take this quick, anonymous 5-minute survey :
👉 www.biodiful.org#/plantiful_en
That will help us explore how people perceive plant beauty in urban spaces !
Please SHARE to reach more participants ! 🌼🌸🏵️
Thanks 💚
Take this quick, anonymous 5-minute survey :
👉 www.biodiful.org#/plantiful_en
That will help us explore how people perceive plant beauty in urban spaces !
Please SHARE to reach more participants ! 🌼🌸🏵️
Thanks 💚
December 9, 2024 at 12:37 PM
🌿 Do you want tho contribute to research on plant Aesthetics ?
Take this quick, anonymous 5-minute survey :
👉 www.biodiful.org#/plantiful_en
That will help us explore how people perceive plant beauty in urban spaces !
Please SHARE to reach more participants ! 🌼🌸🏵️
Thanks 💚
Take this quick, anonymous 5-minute survey :
👉 www.biodiful.org#/plantiful_en
That will help us explore how people perceive plant beauty in urban spaces !
Please SHARE to reach more participants ! 🌼🌸🏵️
Thanks 💚
Today let's meet Pyrocystis fusiformis, a tropical dinoflagellate that glows blue when disturbed.
#Phytoplankton are essential for carbon cycling, oxygen production, and form the base of the marine food web.
Pyrocystis also inspires art-science. #biodiful
(c) photo, Gerd Günther
#addOcean
#Phytoplankton are essential for carbon cycling, oxygen production, and form the base of the marine food web.
Pyrocystis also inspires art-science. #biodiful
(c) photo, Gerd Günther
#addOcean
December 5, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Today let's meet Pyrocystis fusiformis, a tropical dinoflagellate that glows blue when disturbed.
#Phytoplankton are essential for carbon cycling, oxygen production, and form the base of the marine food web.
Pyrocystis also inspires art-science. #biodiful
(c) photo, Gerd Günther
#addOcean
#Phytoplankton are essential for carbon cycling, oxygen production, and form the base of the marine food web.
Pyrocystis also inspires art-science. #biodiful
(c) photo, Gerd Günther
#addOcean