My FAVORITE THING Is Researchers Who Wholeheartedly Embrace The Ms. Frizzle Aesthetic And Wear Their

“What’s your spirit animal?” We’re white Rebecca we don’t have spirit animals ask me what my fursona is like you meant to ask u fucking coward

An algal bouquet? Send it my way! 

Low tides reveal a diverse array of algal species competing for space on a remote beach on the Makah tribal reservation on the Washington coast. Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary staff collaborate with Makah tribal staff to annually monitor seawater temperature and intertidal organisms, including the beautiful algae! 

(Photo: Jenny Waddell/NOAA. Image description: Diverse array of green and brown seaweed.)

10/10. This is a gourmet meal here

forest soup

ingredients pond water dirt leaves moss branches stones pinecones berries herbs to taste

preparation dig a hole in the ground add pond water to it add everything else only to be heated by the sun

I FOUND IT GUYS I SPENT HALF AN HOUR LOOKING FOR THIS VIDEO AND ITS HERE

Happy #Nudivember!

Sea slugs aren’t your garden-variety slug. They come in a wide array of bright colors and psychedelic patterns. Many have gills that stick up from their backs like clumps of water balloons, shag carpets, or Mohawk hair-dos.

Nudibranchs live in virtually all the world’s oceans, from the tide pools down into the deep sea. Like many other deep-sea animals, the nudibranchs of the deep are poorly studied. Though scientists have named about 3,000 shallow-water nudibranchs, until recently, only three deep-water species were known in the entire Northeast Pacific. 

Celebrate this Nudivember by learning more about these fascinating animals: https://www.mbari.org/five-new-nudibranchs/

There’s no such thing as a jellyfish.

From the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: "By all accounts, jellyfish are creatures that kill people, eat microbes, grow to tens of meters, filter phytoplankton, take over ecosystems, and live forever. Because of the immense diversity of gelatinous plankton, jelly-like creatures can individually have each of these properties. However this way of looking at them both overstates and underestimates their true diversity. Taxonomically, they are far more varied than a handful of exemplars that are used to represent jellyfish or especially the so-called “true” jellyfish. Ecologically, they are even more adaptable than one would expect by looking only at the conspicuous bloom forming families and species that draw most of the attention. In reality, the most abundant and diverse gelatinous groups in the ocean are not the ones that anyone ever sees.“

Quarantine Blanket Giveaway!

In light of all the horseshit going on in the world right now, I wanted to do a little something for someone. So I’m giving away the blanket above! If you want a chance to win, reblog or like this post from now until 4/20/2020. At that point, I’ll pick a winner and get it out when I am physically able.

Rules:

Reblog or like the post. Up to 10 times per person.

Be following me, please.

Have to be comfortable with giving me your address.

That’s it!

in the mood to go get lost in the woods for a couple hours, not saying i WANT to stumble into a fae circle but if i did i wouldn’t be mad