Visual science storyteller. Charismatic megafauna. I doodle the magnificence of life on earth.
New York, NY
Joined April 2011
- Tweets6.8K
- Following1.3K
- Followers3.2K
- Likes2.2K
Perrin Ireland retweeted
Today I’m thinking about pseudoscorpions 🥺
The tiniest little monsters that helpfully eat household pests & use houseflies like taxicabs 🪰🚕
(Picture w/ dime for scale, after I found one in my woodpile in Montana)
Perrin Ireland retweeted
How do we turn America’s long-standing skepticism of industrial policy into something people can believe in?
Try making it self-sustaining, where the public, not just profiteers, have a say in the industries that survive & thrive. @STOmarova @toddntucker
democracyjournal.org/argumen…
Perrin Ireland retweeted
Broken promises don’t win elections.
A few weeks after allowing the controversial Willow oil drilling project in Alaska to go forward, the Biden administration is auctioning off more than 73 million acres of waters in the Gulf of Mexico to offshore oil and gas drilling cnn.it/3JSfDpm
Perrin Ireland retweeted
King penguins graciously annoying an elephant seal at St Andrews Bay @LindbladExp
Perrin Ireland retweeted
THREE! NEW! SPECIES! OF! WORM-LIKE! AMPHIBIANS! FROM! COLOMBIA!
Yes, caecilians tend to lack functional eyes, possess needle-like teeth, and generally look like graboids from Tremors. And I love them with all of my ❤️🔥.
HT Alejandro Arteaga, Paper: biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/…
Perrin Ireland retweeted
Shout out to Judy from HR for this masterpiece
ALT A cross stitch depicting a chubby brown bear standing next to four firs. The words “Respect our lands or catch these hands” frame the bear. The bear bears an expression of concern. Or maybe it’s hunger? Hunger FOR RESPECT. Seriously, don’t feed the bears — or any wildlife for that matter. Judy is counting on you. Don’t disappoint Judy.
Perrin Ireland retweeted
Chestnut-collared Longspurs are disappearing fast according to #StateOfTheBirds. Our grasslands are in trouble. But by preserving playa wetlands we can boost bird numbers & secure water resources for people. When birds thrive, we all win. StateoftheBirds.org/2022/gra… #BringBirdsBack
ALT A male Chestnut-collared Longspur sings from a grassland. Text on image: #StateOfTheBirds, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Calcarius ornatus, . ©Tony Dvorak/Macaulay Library, U.S. State of the Birds Report 2022
Perrin Ireland retweeted
Arctic whales in warming waters 🌡️:
Our new paper is out in @ScienceAdvances:
"Future seasonal changes in habitat for Arctic whales during predicted ocean warming"
science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
@mads_heide and others!
Perrin Ireland retweeted
This humpback I photographed today off Greenland was first pictured over 5000km away in the Dominican Republic in 2015. #happywhale
Perrin Ireland retweeted
These famously monogamous cranes are sometimes...not. To preserve their relationship with humans, @gopisundarks doesn't want to learn too much more: nytimes.com/2022/04/09/scien… by me for @NYTScience
Perrin Ireland retweeted
An opaque market is forming to obscure the origin of Russia's oil as more shipping tankers are loaded without a precise destination wsj.com/articles/russian-oil… via @WSJ
Perrin Ireland retweeted
Abortions are being banned state by state across the country. I don't know what to say or write that I - and countless others - haven't already said.
It's a tragedy.
Perrin Ireland retweeted
Today's fish is the Peacock Blenny (Salaria pavo)! Most males will passively court females and provide parental care to eggs. However, sneaky males look like females and try to approach nests and fertilize eggs!
📸Roberto Pillon, Andrey Nekrasov, Stefano Guerrieri
Perrin Ireland retweeted
Alright, so you know the oft-repeated story about European Starlings & the Shakespeare Super-Fan who introduced them to North America?
Well, it's bunk.
Buckle in for a 🧵that starts w/a bird & a bard, & ends with a life-changing 💥BOOM💥
🪶🪶✈️🪶🪶
nytimes.com/2022/04/11/scien…
