The most beautiful, incredibly rare baby crocodile. Happy #FossilFriday 🐊

​Nicknamed “Brunni”, this ~20 cm long fossil represents the only known hatchling of a Jurassic species called Crocodilaemus robustus. Found within the Solnhofen Archipelago in Germany.

NBS💚NEB

This week’s #NewEuropeanBauhaus Festival celebrates initiatives making our cities more sustainable, resilient & inclusive 🏙️

Discover how #EUfunded #naturebased solutions do just that 📷 europa.eu/!M3fNPH

With all of the brilliant photos of newly revealed frescos from #Pompeii , I wanted to highlight this small chunk of cornice. Fully painted, with alternating colors on the palmettes. And those little leaves 🍃… 😍

#polychromy

Photo: BBC/Tony Jolliffe

🗳️ Have you already chosen your favourite #Natura2000 project?

They all showed exceptional commitment to protect 🇪🇺 biodiversity and #RestoreNature

Check out the 27 finalists for the #Natura2000 Awards 2024, and cast your vote by 25 April 👉 europa.eu/!M77K7C

Sometimes, you just feel like having a quiet moment ~ so here’s a watercolour painting of a contented deer standing in the countryside, next to a bush with pink flowers (Album page, Uttar Pradesh, 1595) collection.sdmart.org/objects-1/info…

Les points visibles sur les ailes de ce specimen d' Homaloneura ligeia ne sont pas des trous! Il s'agit bien de motifs! On ne connaît pas la couleur, mais connaître les dessins sur les ailes d'une espèce qui vivait il y a 350 millions d'années, c'est déjà pas mal! SENCKENBERG

#TETTRIsEU will launch this #TaxonomyRecognitionDay . From now on, the 23rd of May will be a day for acknowledging #taxonomy as crucial component of our lives. This first one will be celebrated around Europe. How?
👀 tettris.eu/trd

European Research Executive Agency European Journal of Taxonomy

The illegal plant trade is driving species to extinction, more plants go extinct annually than animals.
However, BGCI are launching a project to help tackle this issue.
Visit our website for a first look!
buff.ly/43LBJTP
#KnowWhatYouGrow #PlantDefence

Meet Bruno , a retired guide dog & Therapy dog , he is 19 today 😍 Wish him a happy birthday 🎉🎁

I’m pleased to be able to finally share this NEW RESOURCE we have created!

‘Caring for entomology collections’ provides an introduction to the management of insect collections:
📌 nms.ac.uk/EntomologyTrai…

Hopefully useful for students & citizen scientists, as well as museums 🪲

Honoured to meet the great RJ Ellory !

Do the kids still say ROFL?
More here: bizarro.com/blog/2024/3/16…
#Ecology #invasivespecies #biodiversity
HT Dynamic Ecology

We will make the ashtray, will need someone to make the lamp and the rug though.

One of the oldest objects we’ve recovered from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to date:

A Vietnam War-era US Army drinking bottle (dated 1968)

🚨March 2024 was the warmest on record according to ERA5 Reanalysis. This is the 10th consecutive month that the Earth has set a new record! 🔥

4 brothers in arms are back.
#wewillrememberthem #lestweforget

Invertebrate of the Year contest. All hail the vast majority of life on Earth! Celebrate soil-makers, pollinators & pest-controllers & generally beautiful & miraculous ways of life with The Guardian shortlist Chris Packham George Monbiot Robert Macfarlane theguardian.com/environment/20…

Photography firsts - a thread 🧵

1. The world's first selfie, 1839

Very quiet Ramparts Cemetery in Ieper this evening.
#LestWeForget #wewillrememberthem