get back in the tree dude

It's the Royal Academy of Art Young Artist's Summer Show. One of my favourite exhibitions of the year. Like. Not only are the older kids insanely talented, the younger ones' artist statements will just punch you right in the face.

Jeffrey is my cat and he feels like my heart

Local Tree, Mixed Media (Manipulated inkjet print on paper), 4.25 x 5.75 inches, 2020

Green sea turtles have been an iconic endangered species since the 1980s, mostly due to bycatch in fishing nets and taking adults and eggs for food. I have core childhood memories of watching Steve Irwin talk about sea turtle conservation in front of a beach full of nesting green sea turtles.

After 45 years of conservation efforts, their population now meets the IUCN criteria for Least Concern rather than Endangered.

For a species with such a slow life history (it takes green sea turtles decades to reach sexual maturity) and a nearly global population, this is a Really Big Deal. This is the kind of long term conservation victory that many of the amazing humans who started working on green sea turtle conservation back in the 80s didn't live to see.

Malayan Blue Coral Snake (Calliophis bivrigatus flaviceps), family Elapidae, Singapore

Venomous.

Reflections - Michael Krähmer

German , b. 1952 -

Edwardian Aquamarine Diamond & Natural Pearl Necklace