In parts of Michigan, you can pick up a fairly ordinary chunk of limestone & with some polishing, reveal a coral formation that was laid down when this area was a tropical sea in the Devonian, 350 MYA.

These are Petoskey stones, the state stone of Michigan.

More than 60,000 diamondback terrapins drown in crab traps each year. There's a simple and cost-effective solution to the crab-trap problem: bycatch-reduction devices.

We petitioned Virginia to require these devices on all recreational crab traps — and you can help. ➡️ biodiv.us/4kSFQoy

Sukhjot Singh
"This fierce peregrine mom was patrolling her territory to provide a safe airspace for her newly fledged babies. I thought she was going to attack a few gulls that flew close, but she decided to take a hard right and turn around, offering a rare face-to-face moment with the camera."

I will forever be haunted by this footage.

Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.

What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
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I think this pretty much sums me up as a person actually