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every museum employee handbook: do NOT risk your life to save the objects! ever!

me, lighting candles at a shrine to Rose Valland: [read 11:45 AM]

#museums #FOR REAL THO

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fuzzy puffs love artichoke fluffs pt 2

#bees #entomology #pollinators!!!

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Pair of Endangered Corpse Flowers Defy Odds to Bloom at Same Time–Now Bearing 700 Seeds https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/pair-of-endangered-corpse-flowers-defy-odds-to-bloom-at-same-time-now-bearing-700-seeds/

#botany #good news!! #corpse flower

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At what point does an exploration of these images tip from information into knowledge? It’s hard to say, but it’s unlikely we would pursue either one if that pursuit didn’t also include its share of pleasure. Enter the USDA’s Pomological Watercolor Collection here to [view] and download over 7,500 high-resolution digital images like those above.

I wonder how many of these fruits & vegetables have changed since 1886?

#botany #art #MORE RESOURCES

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every ecosystem is entirely unique! But some rhyme so beautifully

Kinda in love with the idea that different places on other sides of the world can look so similar. Something something universal human experiences

#ecosystems #nature! #culture!

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On Wikipedia, I found an article about a bacterium that is the only known organism that exists in an ecosystem containing only itself.

#bacteria #desulfordis audaxviator #WOW #the wiki talks about it but they think these lil guys are living very similar lives as the earliest of earths lifeforms!

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How the media depicts the Apollo 11 mission:

Actual quotes from the Apollo 11 mission:

#moon landing day #nasa

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Imagine being the only person alive who can say this

#happy moon day!

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#ecosystems #old growth forests #its hard to describe why just replanting doesn't undo the damage this guy does it very well

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As a reminder: libraries, museums, zoos, etc are NOT brand accounts! As an example, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Tumblr is very cool & they support ocean conservation and education! I believe the National Archives and Smithsonian Libraries are also around here somewhere. Support public institutions!

#psa #museums #libraries #zoos #underfunded and underappreciated!!

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Zombie vermin

#art #entomology #mycology #cordecyps(sorta) #insects #bugs #mushrooms

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#video #nature #ocean #ah have some vibes

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On March 31 the Swedish Museum Of Natural History opens a new exhibition called Fossils & Evolution. My part of this production was to provide illustrations of the animals in their natural environment. With permission from the museum, I’m releasing the material on my website. I couldn’t have done these images without the help from the following people at NRM: 

Thomas Mörs - Senior Curator, Fossil Vertebrates 

Stephen McLoughlin -Senior Curator, Paleobotany

Christian Skovsted - Senior Curator, Fossil Invertebrates

Daniella Kalthoff - Curator, Zoology

Tove Frambäck - Producer

For the full series, go here.

For information about the exhibition go here.

#paleoart #art #OH WOW #these are STUNNING

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do you want to see a random species of bird

#birds #ornithology #oh i love this #citizen science

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I can’t help but adore these illustrations. The final image is of a late-blooming dandelion. Please don’t worry if you’re a late bloomer, deep roots take time :-)

All images can be found here.

These illustrations are from the Wurzel atlas. To do these drawings, their analysis and descriptions a group of three researchers from the Pflanzensoziologisches Institut, Klagenfurt (now in Bad Goisern, Austria), led by Prof. Dr. Lore Kutschera (1917-2008) dug up all the roots with a scriber (the metalworking tool) and drew each root. This is the culmination of 40 years worth of work!

#botany #scientific illustration #these are incredibly stunning #incredibly detailed and beautiful #do yourself a favor and take a look at more of the images in the link

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i believe it was @lesbiansforboromir who requested this all those many moons ago. this is one of my favorite bio facts: the matryoshka slug!

#ART #nudribranchs #algae #photosymbiosis #what a wonderful animal i love them soooo much #also this is gorgeous and charismatic art thank op youre beautiful

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Link

#museums #bats #this is a lovely twitter account and i love this museum