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We have 30 days until the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) laws are rescinded. This is the 50-year bedrock of American conservation. Normally, these actions take years but the administration has provided 30 days for public comment gutting clean water and clean air. Drop what you’re doing, before you make any more calls or read any more social media posts, please populate the Federal Register with dissent.

A. Go to https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/25/2025-03014/removal-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations

B. Click on the green rectangle in the upper right corner ("SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT") .

C. Fill in your comment, and info at the bottom, and SUBMIT COMMENT.

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Unnamed noctuid moth, Ramadasa pavo, Noctuidae

Found throughout South and Southeast Asia

Photos 1-2 by gancw1, 3-4 by dhfischer, 5 by sohaildatadump, 6-7 by dave_sargeant, 8-9 by jacky2, and 10 (for scale) by pauleng

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Gryposaurus and Tsintaosaurus portraits

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Barred Cuckoo Dove (Macropygia unchall), family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, WB, India

photograph by Shatadru Roy

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Solomon Island Ground Boa (Candoia paulsoni), family Boidae, found in the Maluku Islands and Melanesia

photograph by Dick Bartlett

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Tim Cherry.

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A Cretaceous lungfish tooth plate of a Neoceratodus africanus or Ceratodus sp. from the Elrhaz Formation in Gadoufaoua, Niger. These giant Mesozoic lungfish would have been prey for genera like Suchomimus tenerensis and Sarcosuchus imperator.

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Carnelian frog amulet, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1540-1296 BC

from The Cleveland Museum of Art

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Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), displaying, family Eurypygidae, order Eurypygiformes, Brazil

This bird is the only member of its family. Its closest living relative is the Kagu of New Caldeonia.

Photograph by Joao Quental

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Mt. Etna - Sicily, Italy (2025)

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so there's a new fish (Branchiostegus sanae). it's named after San from Princess Mononoke because of its cheek stripes and I'm in love with the picture they used to illustrate this:

San looking lovingly at this fish while it is giving me the worst side eye imaginable.

also:

perhaps?

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WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN HOBBY LOBBY

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Unrestrained Summer Fun

Angaturama/Irritator?, Cretaceous Brazil Patreon • Ko-fi • Facebook  • Twitter • Prints & Merch  

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My comment below, feel free to paraphrase. DO NOT CUT/PASTE, duplicate comments may be thrown out.

“Removing protections on clean air and clean water can only be detrimental to economic and public health. So much of the economy depends on outdoor recreation- and not just hiking, fishing or many forms of tourism, but sports, concerts, and even outdoor seating for events or eating would be immediately negatively impacted by increased air pollution, and eventually negatively impacted by increased soil and water pollution. Increased environmental contaminants will result in poorer public health, and which would cause a decrease in worker productivity. Reduced productivity results in reduced economic stimulation due to workers’ decreased spending money and recreation. For the good of our country and its people, environmental protections should not be weakened.”

We have 30 days until the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) laws are rescinded. This is the 50-year bedrock of American conservation. Normally, these actions take years but the administration has provided 30 days for public comment gutting clean water and clean air. Drop what you’re doing, before you make any more calls or read any more social media posts, please populate the Federal Register with dissent.

A. Go to https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/25/2025-03014/removal-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations

B. Click on the green rectangle in the upper right corner ("SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT") .

C. Fill in your comment, and info at the bottom, and SUBMIT COMMENT.

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One more for #WorldHippoDay: a hematite hippo head!

Weight in the Form of a Hippopotamus Head, c. 1540–1296 BCE, Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18. Carved & polished hematite, 2.2 x 3 x 4.2 cm (7/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 5/8 in.), 62.1 g (2.19 oz.). The Cleveland Museum of Art

"Sensuously carved and polished to a silky luster, this weight takes the form of a hippopotamus head. Eyes, ears, and nostrils ae modeled in relief; the mouth is closed. The flat underside provides a surface on which to rest the object. This hippo head weighs 62.1 grams, roughly three-quarters of a deben, a unit of weight in ancient Egypt. As such it does not correspond to any of the more usual subdivisions of the deben, although similar examples are known. In fact it is an inter-standard weight, representing eight seniu or two-thirds of a deben, and is equivalent of an Aegean unit of 62.1 grams."

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Mexican Pygmy Rattlesnake (Crotalus ravus), family Crotalidae, México

Venomous.

photograph by Leonardo Ponce