What do you call this moth?
Look what I found on campus this Friday morning! 🦋👀 This impressive moth is another discovery during the UWI Mona BioBlitz. Check out those wing patterns!
There’s so much wildlife around us—take a closer look!
#UWIMona #BioBlitz #BiodiversityWeek #RoostersWorldJA
Look what I found on campus this Friday morning! 🦋👀 This impressive moth is another discovery during the UWI Mona BioBlitz. Check out those wing patterns!
There’s so much wildlife around us—take a closer look!
#UWIMona #BioBlitz #BiodiversityWeek #RoostersWorldJA
November 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
What do you call this moth?
Look what I found on campus this Friday morning! 🦋👀 This impressive moth is another discovery during the UWI Mona BioBlitz. Check out those wing patterns!
There’s so much wildlife around us—take a closer look!
#UWIMona #BioBlitz #BiodiversityWeek #RoostersWorldJA
Look what I found on campus this Friday morning! 🦋👀 This impressive moth is another discovery during the UWI Mona BioBlitz. Check out those wing patterns!
There’s so much wildlife around us—take a closer look!
#UWIMona #BioBlitz #BiodiversityWeek #RoostersWorldJA
Day 8: Cougars are powerful predators that help keep deer and other prey populations in balance. They need large, connected wild places to roam, hunt, and raise their young. Protecting cougars also protects the many plants and animals that share their habitat.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
September 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Day 8: Cougars are powerful predators that help keep deer and other prey populations in balance. They need large, connected wild places to roam, hunt, and raise their young. Protecting cougars also protects the many plants and animals that share their habitat.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
Day 7: Red-tailed hawks soar over open spaces, watching for small mammals, reptiles, and other prey. By hunting rodents, they help keep ecosystems in balance. Their broad wings and rusty-red tail make them one of California’s most recognizable birds of prey.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
September 11, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Day 7: Red-tailed hawks soar over open spaces, watching for small mammals, reptiles, and other prey. By hunting rodents, they help keep ecosystems in balance. Their broad wings and rusty-red tail make them one of California’s most recognizable birds of prey.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
Day 6: Red-tailed hawks soar over open spaces, watching for small mammals, reptiles, and other prey. By hunting rodents, they help keep ecosystems in balance. Their broad wings and rusty-red tail make them one of California’s most recognizable birds of prey.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
September 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Day 6: Red-tailed hawks soar over open spaces, watching for small mammals, reptiles, and other prey. By hunting rodents, they help keep ecosystems in balance. Their broad wings and rusty-red tail make them one of California’s most recognizable birds of prey.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
Day 5: Tarantulas are large, shy spiders that help control insects and other small animals. They are an important food source for birds, reptiles, and mammals. Despite their scary look, tarantulas usually avoid people and rarely bite unless handled.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
September 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Day 5: Tarantulas are large, shy spiders that help control insects and other small animals. They are an important food source for birds, reptiles, and mammals. Despite their scary look, tarantulas usually avoid people and rarely bite unless handled.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
Fun Fact: Ochre Sea Stars use a water vascular system instead of blood to pump nutrients through their bodies and move their hundreds of tiny tube feet, these little stars can be found in coastal parks like Año Nuevo State Park!
#BiodiversityWeek #ProtectNature #CaliforniaStateParks
#BiodiversityWeek #ProtectNature #CaliforniaStateParks
September 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Fun Fact: Ochre Sea Stars use a water vascular system instead of blood to pump nutrients through their bodies and move their hundreds of tiny tube feet, these little stars can be found in coastal parks like Año Nuevo State Park!
#BiodiversityWeek #ProtectNature #CaliforniaStateParks
#BiodiversityWeek #ProtectNature #CaliforniaStateParks
Day 4: Cabbage white butterflies are small, pale butterflies often seen in gardens, fields, and open spaces. They drink nectar from flowers and can help with pollination. Their caterpillars eat plants in the mustard family, including cabbage and broccoli.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
September 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Day 4: Cabbage white butterflies are small, pale butterflies often seen in gardens, fields, and open spaces. They drink nectar from flowers and can help with pollination. Their caterpillars eat plants in the mustard family, including cabbage and broccoli.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
Day 3: Desert stink beetles are tough insects that live in dry places and help clean up dead plants and animals. They provide food for birds, lizards, and other wildlife. When threatened, they release a strong smell to discourage predators.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
September 7, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Day 3: Desert stink beetles are tough insects that live in dry places and help clean up dead plants and animals. They provide food for birds, lizards, and other wildlife. When threatened, they release a strong smell to discourage predators.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
Day 2: Oak trees provide food and shelter for birds, mammals, insects, and other wildlife. Their deep roots help hold soil in place and protect nearby creeks from erosion. Native oaks also offer shade and help keep California’s landscapes healthy and resilient.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
September 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Day 2: Oak trees provide food and shelter for birds, mammals, insects, and other wildlife. Their deep roots help hold soil in place and protect nearby creeks from erosion. Native oaks also offer shade and help keep California’s landscapes healthy and resilient.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
Day 1: California poppies provide protein-rich pollen for pollinator insects. Their seeds and foliage help feed wildlife, supporting a richer, healthier native habitat. As drought-tolerant native plants, they add color and resilience to California’s grasslands and hillsides.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
September 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Day 1: California poppies provide protein-rich pollen for pollinator insects. Their seeds and foliage help feed wildlife, supporting a richer, healthier native habitat. As drought-tolerant native plants, they add color and resilience to California’s grasslands and hillsides.
#BiodiversityWeek
#BiodiversityWeek
May 23, 2026 at 6:48 PM
May 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The Coastal Corridor is home to incredible species—from mushrooms and shrubs to bees, fish, sparrows, and foxes.
But every one of them faces challenges, from habitat loss to climate change. Protecting biodiversity means safeguarding the future of our coast.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
But every one of them faces challenges, from habitat loss to climate change. Protecting biodiversity means safeguarding the future of our coast.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
September 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Coastal Corridor is home to incredible species—from mushrooms and shrubs to bees, fish, sparrows, and foxes.
But every one of them faces challenges, from habitat loss to climate change. Protecting biodiversity means safeguarding the future of our coast.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
But every one of them faces challenges, from habitat loss to climate change. Protecting biodiversity means safeguarding the future of our coast.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
Say hello to the Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)!
The only fox in North America that can climb trees, it thrives in SoCal's chaparral and scrub. With salt-and-pepper fur and a black-tipped tail, this nighttime hunter helps keep ecosystems balanced.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor #Wildlife
The only fox in North America that can climb trees, it thrives in SoCal's chaparral and scrub. With salt-and-pepper fur and a black-tipped tail, this nighttime hunter helps keep ecosystems balanced.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor #Wildlife
September 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Say hello to the Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)!
The only fox in North America that can climb trees, it thrives in SoCal's chaparral and scrub. With salt-and-pepper fur and a black-tipped tail, this nighttime hunter helps keep ecosystems balanced.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor #Wildlife
The only fox in North America that can climb trees, it thrives in SoCal's chaparral and scrub. With salt-and-pepper fur and a black-tipped tail, this nighttime hunter helps keep ecosystems balanced.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor #Wildlife
🐦 Meet the Belding’s Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi)!
This endangered subspecies stays year-round in California’s coastal salt marshes.
Protecting salt marsh habitat means protecting this unique coastal songbird. 💚
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
This endangered subspecies stays year-round in California’s coastal salt marshes.
Protecting salt marsh habitat means protecting this unique coastal songbird. 💚
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
September 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🐦 Meet the Belding’s Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi)!
This endangered subspecies stays year-round in California’s coastal salt marshes.
Protecting salt marsh habitat means protecting this unique coastal songbird. 💚
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
This endangered subspecies stays year-round in California’s coastal salt marshes.
Protecting salt marsh habitat means protecting this unique coastal songbird. 💚
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
🐟 Meet the Santa Ana Sucker (Catostomus santaanae)!
This small, olive-gray fish is found only in Southern California rivers, including the Santa Ana. Safeguarding its habitat means safeguarding biodiversity in our own backyard. 💧
#BiodiversityWeek #SantaAnaRiver #CoastalCorridor
This small, olive-gray fish is found only in Southern California rivers, including the Santa Ana. Safeguarding its habitat means safeguarding biodiversity in our own backyard. 💧
#BiodiversityWeek #SantaAnaRiver #CoastalCorridor
September 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🐟 Meet the Santa Ana Sucker (Catostomus santaanae)!
This small, olive-gray fish is found only in Southern California rivers, including the Santa Ana. Safeguarding its habitat means safeguarding biodiversity in our own backyard. 💧
#BiodiversityWeek #SantaAnaRiver #CoastalCorridor
This small, olive-gray fish is found only in Southern California rivers, including the Santa Ana. Safeguarding its habitat means safeguarding biodiversity in our own backyard. 💧
#BiodiversityWeek #SantaAnaRiver #CoastalCorridor
🐝 Meet the Crotch’s Bumblebee (Bombus crotchii)!
This yellow-faced native pollinator is now endangered due to habitat loss, pesticides, and climate change.
Protecting pollinators like Crotch’s bumblebee is essential for a resilient Coastal Corridor. 💛
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
This yellow-faced native pollinator is now endangered due to habitat loss, pesticides, and climate change.
Protecting pollinators like Crotch’s bumblebee is essential for a resilient Coastal Corridor. 💛
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
September 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🐝 Meet the Crotch’s Bumblebee (Bombus crotchii)!
This yellow-faced native pollinator is now endangered due to habitat loss, pesticides, and climate change.
Protecting pollinators like Crotch’s bumblebee is essential for a resilient Coastal Corridor. 💛
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
This yellow-faced native pollinator is now endangered due to habitat loss, pesticides, and climate change.
Protecting pollinators like Crotch’s bumblebee is essential for a resilient Coastal Corridor. 💛
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
🌱 Meet the California Boxthorn!
This hardy coastal shrub thrives in sandy soils and bluffs, forming dense thickets that shelter wildlife. Its thorny branches, green leaves, and clusters of red berries make it a vital food source for birds and pollinators.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
This hardy coastal shrub thrives in sandy soils and bluffs, forming dense thickets that shelter wildlife. Its thorny branches, green leaves, and clusters of red berries make it a vital food source for birds and pollinators.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
September 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🌱 Meet the California Boxthorn!
This hardy coastal shrub thrives in sandy soils and bluffs, forming dense thickets that shelter wildlife. Its thorny branches, green leaves, and clusters of red berries make it a vital food source for birds and pollinators.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
This hardy coastal shrub thrives in sandy soils and bluffs, forming dense thickets that shelter wildlife. Its thorny branches, green leaves, and clusters of red berries make it a vital food source for birds and pollinators.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
🍄 Say hello to the Oyster Mushroom!
These fungi grow on decaying wood in layered clusters. With their fan-shaped caps and faint licorice-like scent, oyster mushrooms do more than catch the eye—they recycle nutrients and keep ecosystems moving.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
These fungi grow on decaying wood in layered clusters. With their fan-shaped caps and faint licorice-like scent, oyster mushrooms do more than catch the eye—they recycle nutrients and keep ecosystems moving.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
September 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🍄 Say hello to the Oyster Mushroom!
These fungi grow on decaying wood in layered clusters. With their fan-shaped caps and faint licorice-like scent, oyster mushrooms do more than catch the eye—they recycle nutrients and keep ecosystems moving.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
These fungi grow on decaying wood in layered clusters. With their fan-shaped caps and faint licorice-like scent, oyster mushrooms do more than catch the eye—they recycle nutrients and keep ecosystems moving.
#BiodiversityWeek #CoastalCorridor
A #BiodiversityWeek field outing to Ardnamona Woodland NR was enjoyed by all 🌿 Ralph Sheppard (BSBI) led us in the footsteps of Henry Chichester Hart and Robert Lloyd Praeger on a commemorative walk marking 100 years of the Irish Naturalists' Journal. #INJCentenary
June 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A #BiodiversityWeek field outing to Ardnamona Woodland NR was enjoyed by all 🌿 Ralph Sheppard (BSBI) led us in the footsteps of Henry Chichester Hart and Robert Lloyd Praeger on a commemorative walk marking 100 years of the Irish Naturalists' Journal. #INJCentenary
#BiodiversityWeek in Glenveagh. Emer Magee (NPWS & INJ) presented on the Irish Naturalists’ Journal in its Centenary year to a network incl. NPWS, Coillte, LawPro, ACRES, LIFE, ATU, ETB & Donegal CC. #INJCentenary
June 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#BiodiversityWeek in Glenveagh. Emer Magee (NPWS & INJ) presented on the Irish Naturalists’ Journal in its Centenary year to a network incl. NPWS, Coillte, LawPro, ACRES, LIFE, ATU, ETB & Donegal CC. #INJCentenary
🌌✨ Happy Biodiversity Week 2025 🦇🌿🌟
We’re starting tonight with:
🦇DARK SKIES, BATS & BIODIVERSITY - Co. MAYO
https://www.darksky.ie/event/dark-skies-bats-biodiversity-2/
#mayodarkskies #protectnature #mayodarkskypark
#darkskyireland #BiodiversityWeek #endlightpollution
We’re starting tonight with:
🦇DARK SKIES, BATS & BIODIVERSITY - Co. MAYO
https://www.darksky.ie/event/dark-skies-bats-biodiversity-2/
#mayodarkskies #protectnature #mayodarkskypark
#darkskyireland #BiodiversityWeek #endlightpollution
May 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🌌✨ Happy Biodiversity Week 2025 🦇🌿🌟
We’re starting tonight with:
🦇DARK SKIES, BATS & BIODIVERSITY - Co. MAYO
https://www.darksky.ie/event/dark-skies-bats-biodiversity-2/
#mayodarkskies #protectnature #mayodarkskypark
#darkskyireland #BiodiversityWeek #endlightpollution
We’re starting tonight with:
🦇DARK SKIES, BATS & BIODIVERSITY - Co. MAYO
https://www.darksky.ie/event/dark-skies-bats-biodiversity-2/
#mayodarkskies #protectnature #mayodarkskypark
#darkskyireland #BiodiversityWeek #endlightpollution
@ec.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @unesco.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social @eea.europa.eu @colombewarin.bsky.social
#BiodiversityDay #BiodiversityWeek #HorizonEurope #IDB2026 #LocalAction #ForNature #KMGBF #LightPollution #NoisePollution #EndangeredSpeciesDay
#BiodiversityDay #BiodiversityWeek #HorizonEurope #IDB2026 #LocalAction #ForNature #KMGBF #LightPollution #NoisePollution #EndangeredSpeciesDay
May 15, 2026 at 11:26 AM
As part of #BiodiversityWeek, our #ERINNInnovation Project Spotlight is the @safenet-eu.bsky.social. Launched in February 2025, SafeNet is tackling biodiversity loss and climate change in European forests. Learn more about SafeNet in our latest blog: erinn.eu/safenet-to-p...
May 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
As part of #BiodiversityWeek, our #ERINNInnovation Project Spotlight is the @safenet-eu.bsky.social. Launched in February 2025, SafeNet is tackling biodiversity loss and climate change in European forests. Learn more about SafeNet in our latest blog: erinn.eu/safenet-to-p...
Biodiversity is not just biological richness, it's sacred relationship.
Each species lost is a voice silenced.
Each act of protection is a hymn of belonging.
How will you honor the sacred web of life this week?
#BiodiversityWeek #FaithForNature #SpiritualEcology #SacredSpecies #ReligionAndEcology
Each species lost is a voice silenced.
Each act of protection is a hymn of belonging.
How will you honor the sacred web of life this week?
#BiodiversityWeek #FaithForNature #SpiritualEcology #SacredSpecies #ReligionAndEcology
May 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Biodiversity is not just biological richness, it's sacred relationship.
Each species lost is a voice silenced.
Each act of protection is a hymn of belonging.
How will you honor the sacred web of life this week?
#BiodiversityWeek #FaithForNature #SpiritualEcology #SacredSpecies #ReligionAndEcology
Each species lost is a voice silenced.
Each act of protection is a hymn of belonging.
How will you honor the sacred web of life this week?
#BiodiversityWeek #FaithForNature #SpiritualEcology #SacredSpecies #ReligionAndEcology