1. #BOUsci21 #kakapo are one of the world's most unusual and rarest birds: the heaviest and the only flightless and lek-breeding #parrot. There are only 201 left; but there were just 51 when the #kakaporecovery #conservation programme began in 1995.

Griffon vultures' wingspan can reach 2.8 meters and some of them, like the Rüppell's vulture, can fly to an altitude of 11,000 meters. This is one being released in the wild [read more: buff.ly/3nmN3VJ] [📹 buff.ly/3WYeGRs]

#HappyChristmas and to celebrate our 5th day of #Hogmas we have our Team's favourite #hedgehog #illustration it includes a swimming hedgehog. The illustration is in J.G. Millais's 'The mammals of Great Britain and Ireland', 1904-05🦔🦔🦔🎄🎅

Morning Glory, by Okumura Togyu, 1935 #nihonga

This is the best community note of all time 😂 Bojan Tunguz Community Notes

"The midnight sky and the silent stars have been the witnesses of your devotion to freedom and your heroism." – Frederick Douglass wrote to Harriet Tubman Areas of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge are part of the landscape where Harriet Tubman was born and raised. Photo by

Scale of a Maine Coon cat vs a normal cat [📹 zeus.mainecoon.official] x.com/Visionaledge/s…

Congratulations on first ever Oscar for Ukrainian film. Thanks the team of 20DaysInMariupol for their work, so the story of the sieges city wouldn’t be forgotten.

Jarra estilo marino minoico: Museo Arqueológico de Heraklion, Creta #ieda

That dark spot on Earth is the moon's shadow during a total solar eclipse 😲

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable. —Louisa May Alcott

An Archimedes' screw is a machine used for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches. Greek philosopher Archimedes first described it around 234 BCE.

It's happening! The Northern Lights are painting the sky pink tonight in St. Louis. #auroraborealis #stlwx

Marvellous Minoan pottery created by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago! Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 my own #Archaeology

I'm going to be doing #Inktober2024 starting today. That means I'll be doing an illustration every day of October. The topic of my drawing for the day will be from the Inktober 2024 list. The word for October 1st (today) is “backpack”.