Godzilla Minus Zero is a great sequel to what might be the best kaiju film ever made. It has more in common with the cheesy anachronistic sci-fi tech of old Godzilla films than Minus One does (which is better overall), but still delivers on some really affecting and harrowing scenes.

catfishing.net #863 - 6/10 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐟 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 Got an answer today that only 4% got. I only knew it because of papers I've read about how birds help establish ecosystems on newly formed islands!

catfishing - the Wikipedia guessing game

Guess the Wikipedia article from its categories. 10 interesting people, places, and things to guess every day.

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The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is under threat from budget cuts which would cripple their scientific collection staff. Myself, @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social, and Nicolás Campione wrote an article on why we think this is short sighted: friendsoftmag.org.au/Messages-of-...

app.academy.allaboutbirds.org/games/blird Oh god. Another daily game to consume me.

Blird Game | BirdWise ID Quizzes

A daily bird identification game. Identify today's blurred bird in less than 5 guesses.

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Today was a brilliant day. I got to watch a webinar by Rosemary Grant about the evolution of Darwin's finches hosted by @bes-evolecol.bsky.social. Her insight into the challenges she faced in starting her career were as captivating as the findings of recent studies she is involved in.

Maybe weirdly specific but does anyone else absolutely love the look of juvenile starlings? Obviously the adult iridescent plumage and spots are gorgeous. But I think the pointy, jet black beak and pale brown is so cool. They really make me happy when I see a ton of them together.

In a decade, when there is a distinct lack of (modified-emu-fake-)moa running around, the handful of researchers who sacrificed their reputations to back up this scam will have to ask if the money was worth it. www.rnz.co.nz/news/science...

Can we de-extinct the moa and more importantly, should we?

Colossal Biosciences calls itself an advanced genetics company that's developing the science that will save us all.

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I've started eating sunflower seeds for a snack as a source of fiber and my autism councillor (not actually what it is but basically) was like '...are you trying to copy birds?'

Malreynolds Firefly Speechless Reaction

ALT: Malreynolds Firefly Speechless Reaction

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We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇

Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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Bird n' boardgame lovers, good news, you can now annoy everyone with a version of Wingspan you can bring to the pub. Friends of bird lovers, bad news, you won't have a social interaction go by where this doesn't get suggested to play.

We love science with museum specimens 😍 this is so cool

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU)@bou.org.uk · 4mo ago

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Museum specimens reveal ecological and morphological differences between North and South Island Kōkako (Passeriformes, Callaeidae) | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Ana B. Navarro et al | #ornithology

Learned about the Scopes Trial. This was included on wiki as an example of a fundamentalist cartoon against 'modernists', who believed evolutionary theory and the bible were compatible. If it's meant to make them look bad, why did they draw them looking so fucking cool descending those damn stairs 😭

New paper out! 🖨️ Glad to be part of this study, out in Science Advances: "Emergent patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Much of what looks natural in island biodiversity is a legacy of human impacts going back millennia. See main findings 👇🧵 (1/8)

Emergent patterns of island biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Human impacts substantially affect our ability to detect and understand natural biodiversity patterns.

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So lucky to be alive at the same time as this footage. I do love sunfish, but THIS IS AWESOME WHAT THE HECK

Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró)@biotay.bsky.social · 4mo ago

1/4 Orcas making sunfish explode One orca firmly holds the carcass of a sunfish (whose viscera have already been removed) while an adult male crashes into it at high speed, making it explode into countless pieces. (paper) www.frontiersin.org/journals/eth...

Seals have a superpower: they are the only mammals with amphibious hearing! They hear well both in-air and underwater. My collagues and I have a new study in Proceedings B on the origins and evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds 🦭🔊🧪 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

The origin and evolution of amphibious hearing in pinnipeds

Abstract. Pinnipeds (true seals, eared seals and walruses) are the only mammals that can hear effectively in both air and water. How and when they achieved

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Sad to see the last episode of @perfect-specimen.bsky.social! I loved the lost media tidbits, I was lucky to see 007 loggerhead shrike in person. As a fan of comparatively very small and very big taxa (ISLANDS!), I hope the podcast continues and Josh and Natalie get to use 'COMPARE' as a word soon!

What's been our favourite specimen? | The 'Perfect' Specimen Ep29

YouTube video by Natural History Museum

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Walked into the natural history section of The Hancock Museum in Newcastle. Kākāpō senses were tingling. I was correct. 10/10, very nice museum with lovely exhibits.

I'm not the best at wikipedia-guessing game catfishing.net, so it's always very satisfying to get some evolution related article that less than 10% of players knew. Highly recommend this daily game!

One of the most joyful and inspiring documentaries on YouTube. The little deck of cards that dictates everything is so fascinating! This is peak human whimsy, creativity and perseverance.

Chris Bratt@chrisbratt.bsky.social · 5mo ago

People Make Games traveled to Michigan to meet Jerry Gretzinger, an 84-year-old man, who's spent most of his life working away on a single, giant map to an imaginary world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8N...

Big speedquiz win in my first day back in Ireland for a week! Plus added 3 more Kākāpō shirts to the wardrobe. Overall a brilliant day.

Chaffinch on my Somerset lawn a couple days ago. 😍 Taken through the cat-flap. 😁🐦 #birds 🪶 Order your 2027 Birds and Puffin calendars here; www.carlbovis.com/2027-birds-c... ❤️

Embarrassed to admit, but how on earth did it take me this long to realise that moa only had two limbs and are the only birds to have ENTIRELY lost their wings?! I always assumed the wings were just vestigial... And how did I only find out from a Wikipedia category guessing game? This is insane!!

This nest wasn't usual: the first ever in which we couldn't access the chick. But Whetu-A3 has recently fledged from the nest in good health. As we transition to less intensive management for #kakapo, more nests will be treated like this (without ramps!). 📸: Petrus Hedman. #conservation

The staff at Triple Point Brewery in Sheffield are so awesome, they gave me this poster a few weeks back because I'm always wearing my Kakapo shirts and it lead to a conversation. They're currently serving it again at the brewery so worth trying! It's delicious. #kakapo

Best thing about trains: Gorgeous views of scenery passing by :) Worst thing about trains: Catching fleeting glimpses of birds that I'm too amateur to ID at high speed :(

Another day in Sheffield, another Kākāpō. If anyone is aware of more Kākāpō specimens I can spot in museums up north, please let me know!

Colossal Bollocksciences at it again in media. Fair play to all critics of this absolute mockery of diversity of life on our planet. Extinction is unequivocally irreversible. We need to focus on proven conservation methods and not this tech-bro snake oil.

Nic Rawlence@nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Here's some thoughts on this piece about @itiscolossal.bsky.social from @theguardian.com @olliemilman.bsky.social. There's very little support for de-extinction of moa in NZ. Colossal thrives on uncritical puff pieces from entertainment media & toxic Twitter. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 1/6

Moved to Sheffield! Went for drinks in the spot we always go when visiting (shout-out Triple Point Brewery). Turns out they have a Kākāpō wheat beer! Shame it's one of the 2 out of 7 days of the week where I'm not wearing a Kākāpō shirt, but I'm treating seeing this as a sign of good times ahead 🦜

New favourite wrong answer on a quiz show. Celebrity Mastermind, specialist subject was 'Sharks'. Q: 'Which geologic period, that ended around 300 million years ago, is sometimes known as "The golden age of sharks"?' Contestant's answer: 'The Metatarstical [sic] period.'

www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Thankfully they sent this out before midnight here because I audibly cheered when I got the email notification. Is this what football fans feel like when their team scores a goal? GWAN THE FECKIN' KĀKĀPŌ!