Personally Victimized by the Quaternary Extinction

Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, found in disconnected regions of Australia

Found OYMO the fledgling, who’s been missing for two days. But it looks like a Great Horned Owl found it first.

Bottom trawling has been banned in an area off the Sussex Coast supporting rare chalk reef and sandstone reef ecosystems. With this new law, nearly 30% of inshore waters around Sussex are protected from trawling.

In other positive UK ocean news, a recent study found Scottish seabed ecosystems can see a dramatic rebound after receiving trawling protections. After a decade of protection, these areas had three times as much marine live and twice as many species present. Intact and undisturbed seabed ecosystems can also function as carbon sinks.

✧ sturgeon ✧

loved working on this one - available in my shop!

Brandt’s Cormorant with red grape algae, and seagrass.

La Jolla, California, U.S. 

Barbara Swanson

Pintado Petrel (Daption capense), family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes, off the coast of South Africa

The only member of this genus.

Got nice video of a nerodia looking for tasty crayfish over at our usual fishing spot. He was very polite when he realized we were there. Just kinda popped his head up and chilled.