Phainopepla spread mistletoe by eating the berries and wiping the seeds on branches. The seeds then germinate and the plant haustoria, kind of like roots, dig into the branch and grow to a new plant.1yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Brother and sister, literally no one thinks we are related let alone a year apart.1yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/pics
Found this botfly larvae in my bed this morning. I had a wound I got from doing rodent research in Ecuador I thought was skin leismaniasis. Turns out I had a botfly, and the cold weather last night forced it out of my back.6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/WTF
Texel are a breed of sheep from the Island of Texel in the Netherlands. They are bred for meat, as it has a low fat percentage. This male, named Double Diamond, was just sold for £365,000.3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Wrinkled-face bats are from Central America, and eat fruit with their strong bite force. Males emit an intense odor from their chin to attract females.1yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
In California, we are in a mega drought, and it's been gross watching this happen1yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/NoLawns
Only 3 people applied for the $15,000 grant, and my department is sort of small, I guess it was bound to happen eventually.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
The greater glider possum is a threatened species of marsupial at risk due to logging in its native habitat. The battle for preservation of its habitat is ongoing.6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
The Salish Wooldog is an extirpated breed of dog from the southwestern coast of Canada. It was a small, usually white, long-haired dog with prick ears, curled tail, fox-like face, and a thick coat. Their fur was used to make blankets and clothing.2yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Hi! I'm a plant ecologist and new mod, and I wanted to introduce myself and try to promote the Western Monarch Count. If you live in California, help us count migratory monarchs!1yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/NoLawns
The Norwegian Lundehund is a puffin hunting breed known for commonly having six toes on each paw, and able to bend their head back almost one eighty degrees along its own spine.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Many trees, such as this California Coast Live Oak that burnt in a wildfire, can regrow tissue even after burning. Some grow leaves out of their trunk, called epicormal growth, and some resprout from their roots, sometimes both.4yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Indigenous groups across the Americas kept a variety of different dog breeds pre-European colonization. These dogs often had short coats, curled tails, and colors that ranged from all-white to multi-colored, depending on their function (hunting, livestock, etc) and what part of the continents.2yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Squirrel monkeys are native to South America, and commonly taken from the wild to be used in medical research and as illegal pets. Hugh Hefner saved about 60, and I got to feed one of them blue berries. Don't do this unless you're with a trained professional. [OC]5yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
This is a Spanish shawl off the coast of Palos Verdes in Califonia. The neon orange appendages on the back of Flabellinopsis iodinea are the cerata which extract oxygen from the sea water they are surrounded by and live in. [OC]6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Few weeks ago I drove around Los Angeles to collect genomic samples of russian thistle for a community science research project. I don't think I could of done this in one day pre-COVID.3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
There are 3 known Yangze softshell turtles left in captivity, the largest freshwater turtle in the world, and scientists are searching the Red River for more.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
California Desert tortoises are an endangered species of arid adapted tortoise, if you see one and pick it up, it could void it's bladder in fear and lose all of its water for the upcoming dry season.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Unlike many wildlife species that are shifting their ranges north or to higher altitudes in response to changing climate, pikas and other alpine animals have nowhere else to go. In some locations, entire pika populations already have disappeared.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
This is Pseudogonatodes guianensis, or the Amazon Pygmy Gecko. They are one of the smallest lizards in the world. They also eat small invertebrates and live close to Terra Firme streams. [OC]6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
The volcano rabbit was declared extinct within this portion of its range in 2018; however, it still exists elsewhere within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and in captivity. Humans have fragmented the rabbits' habitat by constructing highways, farming, burning, and allowing grazing.6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
This is a partially axanthic barking tree frog, Hyla gratiosa. This frog has a mutation which limits the amount of yellow pigment produced, giving the frog blue skin. Barking tree frogs, normally green, are found in the southern US.3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
The Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita) is a small wild cat native to the high Andes that has been classified as Endangered by IUCN because fewer than 2,500 individuals are thought to exist in the wild.6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Trail cam from an area I previously worked in as a plant ecologist recorded this mountain lion, Santa Monica Mountains4yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
The Japanese badger (Meles anakuma) is endemic to Japan. It is smaller than its European counterpart and has less-distinct facial stripes. They face extinction due to a massive cull for their meat in Japan.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Today we'll be planting these oak tree puppies, along with a ton of sprouted acorns and black walnuts, in an area burnt by wildfire in the Sepuleveda Basin Wildlife Preserve.4yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Today on the LGBTQ+ Community Science hike with OUTdoor Idaho, Sierra Club. Taught folks about invasive species and using iNaturalist to contribute to mapping plants around Boise.2mo ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Boise
The Peruvian Hairless Dog, or Incan Flower, is a native dog to the region. Having warm skin to the touch, it has and is used for its 'medicinal' properties, much like a hot water bottle. Evidence of their remains has been found in many pre-hispanic archeological sites.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
The Bichon Frise is a French lap dog with hair versus the double coat of many other dogs from the same region, so they don't appear to shed as much, if at all. Their origins are as seafaring dogs, allegedly appealing to the women when the sailors landed in foreign ports.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Migratory western monarch overwintering population numbers are the best they've been in LA County in almost a decade. It's too soon to say if this will be a continuing trend, but it's good news.2yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
As visual hunters, Jumping spiders track their prey with the large pair of eyes at the front of their heads. The retinas of those eyes contain two types of light-detecting cells—one that’s sensitive to ultraviolet light, and one to green light. Some like chasing green lasers, much like cats.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Cornflower, salsify flowers, and rose petals from my morning walk in coconut yogurt with date pieces.11mo ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/foraging
This is the botfly that lived in my back for 2 months earlier this year. I got it while studying daddy long legs and rodents in Ecuador. I went back to see it, it now lives in a jar of alcohol in a insect collection.5yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/WTF
The red footed tortoise lives in rainforests in Central and South America. DNA research shows that their relatives arrived in South America by way of Africa, most likely floating through the Atlantic. [Photo OC]6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Because pack rat families will often build onto the same midden for hundreds or even thousands of years, they can be a treasure trove of information for plant ecologists, climatologists and other scientists who want to learn about past conditions dating as far back as 25,000 years ago.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
When a chuckwalla feels threatened, it will wedge itself into a rock crevice and inflate itself by sucking in air. This helps prevent it from being easily removed by a predator.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Thousands of western monarch butterflies have begun to overwinter, kind of like hibernation but they wake up during the day to nectar feed, along the coast of Los Angeles County.1yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Rally for Idaho Against Christian Nationalism, June 30th at 4-9PM, Cecil D Andrus Park9mo ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Boise
Mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains (bordering Los Angeles, California) have some of the smallest ranges of any studied group of mountain lions. Their small mountain chain is blocked off on all sides by development, massive freeways, and the Pacific ocean.5yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
I made an invasive species (goathead) hotspot model for the city, and my advisor printed my map out on a cake for a party we had to unveil the map and pick goathead.11mo ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/MapPorn
My bf made a bust of my head. So naturally we turned it in to chia pet. He claims I used too many chia seeds. The results are monstrous, but realistic.3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/gaybros
Defending my thesis next week on the direct and indirect effects of invasive species on wildfire factors like burn severity and frequency, as well as month to month succession, then I move for a new position in Idaho studying sagebrush. Grew up around Los Angeles, and I'll miss chaparral a lot.1yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Ceanothus
New Chabad, grand opening ceremony today. Incredibly moving so many Idaho jews together.6mo ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Boise
The Maltese, in the toy group, fits perfectly in most laps at around 7 pounds, and has been a popular European breed of dog since the days of the Roman Empire.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Despite their name, the Alaskan Malamute has retained most of their Siberian ancestry, unlike other Inuit dogs still used today as they have been for over a 1000 years.8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
The Pin-Tailed Whydah is a sub Saharan brood parasite, meaning it lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. It is an invasive pest in Los Angeles and Puerto Rico, killing native species of bird.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Yellowstone bison are exceptional because they comprise the nation’s largest bison population on public land and are among the few bison herds that have not been hybridized through interbreeding with cattle. [OC Photo]7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
For us in LA that's usually fall for most chaparral and coastal sage scrub species3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/NoLawns
Giant kangaroo rats will often drum the dirt with these hind legs as a warning of approaching danger and to declare territory.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
I'm a plant ecologist in the Santa Monica Mountains. Sepulveda Basin burnt in a wildfire recently, and this is a perfect time to plant trees and native wildflowers that could make the region more resilient to invasive species. Whose with me?4yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
The new apartment complex on Logger Creek, The Mill, has 1 bedroom apartments for 1850. Studio apartments are 1575. Overpriced garbage. The developers are insane.1wk ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Boise
Calabasas wants to build 180 luxury apartments on top of some of the last remaining yerba mansa wetland in the Santa Monica Mountains, West Village at Calabasas3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
An American breed of dog, the Chesapeake Bay Retriever looks similar to a curly coated Labrador retriever. The breed is well suited to the bay’s frigid waters where it hunts ducks. The thick, oily double coat of the Chessie is both insulating and waterproof, repelling water like a duck.5yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Gay men's hike we did this morning in Los Angeles, San Gabriel Mountains (my ally sister and cousin joined us too!)4yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/gaybros
Migratory monarch butterflies are on their way back to the coast of Los Angeles for the Fall and Winter.1yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
When they say we have a housing crisis (cough, affordable housing crisis), it's maps like these that really bring that issue to focus, specifically the 4th map.6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
The American Foxhound is the official state dog of Virginia. They were bred from various breeds from England and France starting around the 1600s, one of the first breeds developed in the United States.8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Sterile worker honeypot ants act as plerergates or repletes during times of food scarcity. When the pleregates are fully engorged, they become immobile and hang from the ceilings of the underground nests7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
The Waved Albatross has most of its nesting on a single island on the Galapagos, this makes them particularly vulnerable to El Nino events and offshore hunting by fisherman. [OC]6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Mekong River dolphins are critically endangered, scientists believe there are around 5 currently alive in Laos.9yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Just got back from the largest tree and native plant restoration project in the Santa Monica Mountains history (I'm the red one in the middle). We planted hundreds of plants in the aftermath of the Woolsey Fire at Paramount Ranch, famous film set called Western Town that was burnt down.4yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Walking stick bug on a mormon tea shrub outside Los Angeles in the transition zone before the desert floor.4yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
The key to finding a Cactus Wren is to look for cholla or prickly-pear cacti whether in the desert or in an urban or suburban park. You know you've found the right place when you see football-shaped clumps of vegetation stuck in a cactus.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Monitoring overwintering monarchs right now in Malibu, and getting to share the sunrise with a family of mule deer in some nice coastal sage scrub2yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Dogs in Nigeria evolved a similar response to the Malaria parasite as humans. This is an example of convergent evolution. Nigerian village dogs separated from their Middle eastern relatives around 14,000 years ago, forming a distinct population of African canids.6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Maggie, the Australian Kelpie, is thought to be the oldest dog at 30 years old at her death. The Guinness World record belongs to Bluey, an Australian Cattle Dog, at 29 years old. Both of these breeds have origins with Collies of the British Isles and native Dingo dogs of Australia.8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
I'm leading a native plant walk and trash cleanup this Sunday at Malibu Creek State Park. Event details in the comments. Picture shown is red morph of a Calochortus plummerae in the Santa Monica Mountains.2yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/socalhiking
Bobcats are highly susceptible to secondary poisoning from rat poison, which can weaken their immune system and lead to mange. Many bobcats in California live in close proximity to large metropolitan areas.8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
One reason pronghorn antelope (an endemic family to North America, Antilocapridae) can run so fast was that they evolved at the same time as the American Cheetah. Even their babies can run over 30 miles per hour after a week. [OC]6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
The Fuegian dog was a domesticated culpeo, the second largest canid of South America, not a wolf like our domesticate dog. They were used by the indigenous Yaghan peoples to hunt otters and cuddle them for warmth. They were exterminated by white settlers for being aggressive towards their goats.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Tibetan mastiffs, like the golden one of the left, have sold for up to 1.9 million US dollars in China, seen as status symbols to the Chinese elite. They were bred to protect buddist monastaries.9yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Mason bees in the Genus Osmia are solitary, meaning there are no worker bees. The females collect pollen and nectar to feed to their larva in nests, and then seal them up to develop. This bee was most likely searching my finger for moisture and salts. [OC]4yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
The Borzoi is a Russian sighthound, much like it's relative, the Greyhound. Unlike other sighthounds, they are stronger and larger, better adapted for freezing temperatures, with jaws strong enough to hold down a wolf.9yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Hike today with GayBros in Los Angeles to the MASH set in Malibu Creek State Park. It was fun, we got mexican food after.4yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/gaybros
Darwin discovered that Galapagos finches have thirteen different kinds of beaks.Through careful observation, consultation with ornithologists, Darwin began to understand that the difference in the size and shape of the finches’ beaks was due to their adaptation to a particular environmental niche.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
A study published in 2015 found that Dhole (Cuon alpinus), an endangered, yet little-studied, species of southern Asia, ate 80% wild prey, and 20% livestock. These findings could aid in local level conservation efforts to get that percentage down even further.8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Tibetan mastiffs thrive where most dogs and people can’t: in the thin, frigid mountain air above 4000 meters. A new study suggests they acquired this talent by interbreeding with gray wolves that already ranged to such heights more than 20,000 years ago.8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
My neighbors have gotten into an escalating fight of leaving random objects at eachothers' doors.1wk ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/pics
Canaan dogs are a desert, pariah breed that roamed wild in the Middle East, and also coexisted as shepherds of Bedouin nomads' livestock. This duel existence means that can be quite easily trained and obedient, but with passive owners, become 'barky' and aggressive.8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Protest around Cal State Northridge for the murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor4yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Female sawfish, a critically endangered cartilaginous fish, will clone themselves when males are absent.8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/natureismetal
Los Angeles County has over 130 species of spider (iNat). This here is a bold jumping spider (Phidippus audux). They hunt using their excellent vision and sensitive hairs detect prey to jump on. I'll be doing a webinar about nocturnal animals and ecology in Northridge this Friday at noon.3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Some psuedoscorpions have been found inside of old books, preying on small insects that eat rotting paper. Psuedoscorpions, like their name suggests, aren't scorpions and have no stinger. Most are around a millimeter in size.6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Giving a talk this weekend on native plants in Los Angeles and habitat gardening. Link to join in the comments.3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
My coworker walking through an invasive stand of black mustard that sprang up after the Woolsey Fire, Malibu, California.5yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/botany
Today is the Christmas Bird Count, where birders all across the US count birds. At Cal State Northridge, 2 volunteers and myself (masked and socially distanced) found 30 species of bird, including these Red-shafted Northern Flickers.3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Tomorrow at noon I'm botanizing on IG Live in the hills around Los Angeles. If you're interested in learning more about our winter flora, I'll put details in the comments. Shown is a native Stephanomeria virgata.3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
Spanish shawls are incredibly fussy eaters, and eat almost exclusively on a species of hydroid. [Picture OC from Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA]8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
The eastern fox squirrel, native to the eastern half of North America, was introduced to southern California in the early 20th century by people. It has exploded in population in urban and suburban areas, sometimes in direct conflict with the native gray squirrel.3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Calabasas wants to build 180 luxury apartments on top of some of the last remaining yerba mansa wetland in the Santa Monica Mountains, West Village at Calabasas3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Ceanothus
My parents' husky and lab met their dopplegangers at the dog beach.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Domesticated water buffalo have a use in marshland conservation where large ruminants have been driven extinct. Their hooves are more suited for wetlands, as well as being able to digest many plants cows can't digest. They clear paths for wildlife, and stimulate new growth of plants.8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Baby mountain lions are spotted, and their parents are solitary, onlyspending time together when they are mating or fighting. This one is P-44, from the Santa Monica mountains of Los Angeles county.9yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Captive rearing may have negative consequences on monarch behavior and migration success. Both commercial monarchs (those purchased from a commercial source) and those collected from the wild were not able to consistently orient southward when reared indoors, even with access to natural sunlight.2yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
The bare-faced go-away-bird is a restless and noisy african species of bird. It is related to the more colorful turaco in the family of Musophagidae, or banana eaters.8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Relatives of the Chihuahua, called the Techichi, were common pets, hunters, and livestock for indigenous peoples in the arid parts of North America.6yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
A few months ago, fire ravaged the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve. Exact date TBD, but for sure the next few weeks, I'll be organizing an oak tree planting event in the burn area. If you're interested in joining, send me a message.4yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
The Xiasi dog is a rare chinese dog breed from the village of Xiasi, prefecture of Kaiili. They have wired coats, beige to white coloring, and are expert hunting and tracking dogs.8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Dachshund, which translates to 'badger dog' in german, was bred in the 1500s to chase and corner badgers. Their short stature was perfect for following badgers in to their borrows.9yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Samoyeds are a primitive dog breed, used for centuries to herd reindeer, pull sleds, and, as this picture shows, be companions. Their name originates from the Samodeic peoples of Russia.9yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
When moved only a short distance from their habitat, desert tortoise females in the group assimilated to their new location and reproduced normally – but not the transported males.5yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/TurtleFacts
The British treecreeper climbs up tree trunks in a ‘mouse-like’ manner, supported by its long, stiff tail. If a treecreeper is disturbed, it generally freezes on the tree trunk. Its black and brown mottled plumage provides camouflage and makes it look like the bark of a tree.8yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
I've been doing nocturnal surveys of urban fauna in Northridge using bat loggers, trail cams, and black lights to attract moths and find certain types of organisms. Here's one of the spiders I found some of y'all might be familiar with, the docile and medically non-significant spotted orbweaver.3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/LosAngeles
I'm doing a webinar next week on nocturnal urban ecological interactions at the CSUN Food Garden. I used trail cams, black lights, and a macro camera, and it was a ton of fun. Hope you come with lots of questions!3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/SFV
Manatee reclassified from endangered to threatened as habitat improves and population expands, though existing federal protections will remain in place.7yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
Davidson's bushmallow, a native rare plant found in the San Fernando Valley. Plant native plants and watch nature thrive.3yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/SFV
I'm in a baby yoda fan group, but this post made me throw up a little bit.4yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/insanepeoplefacebook
The Chinese Shar-pei, like the Chow-Chow, are the only AKC recognized breeds to feature blue tongues, though other breeds may have spotted tongue. This is a bear-coated Shar-pei, accepted in the ring with hair up to 1 inch, hair left natural, but well brushed.9yr ⋅ IchTanze ⋅ r/Awwducational
