California: Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) tree, White Mountains. These trees can be thousands of years old... it is quite something to be walking around trees that have been living for such a long time already.  One individual tree in this area was found to be 5,062 years old in 2012 (germination in 3,051 BC). Despite their age bristlecone pines are not tall; they grow in a dry and low nutrient environment and the growing season is very short at about 3000 m elevation.

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Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) forest, White Mountains, California, USAGreat Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) forest, White Mountains, California, USA. These trees can be thousands of years old. One individual tree in this area was found to be 5,062 years old in 2012.

Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) forest, White Mountains, California, USA. These trees can be thousands of years old... it is quite something to be walking around trees that have been living for such a long time already.  One individual tree in this area was found to be 5,062 years old in 2012 (germination in 3051 BC). Despite their age bristlecone pines are not tall; they grow in a dry and low nutrient environment and the growing season is very short at about 3000 m elevation.

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Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) forest, White Mountains, California, USAGreat Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) forest, White Mountains, California, USA. These trees can be thousands of years old. One individual tree in this area was found to be 5,062 years old in 2012. Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) forest, White Mountains, California, USAGreat Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) forest, White Mountains, California, USA. These trees can be thousands of years old. One individual tree in this area was found to be 5,062 years old in 2012.

Dutch landscape: European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Hoog Soeren, The Netherlands.

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California: Giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum), Yosemite National Park, California, USA.

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Giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum), Yosemite National Park, California, USAGiant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum), Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Road ecology blog: Wildlife guard (cattle guard) on bicycle path with escape ramp for small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates, The Netherlands.

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Wildlife guard (cattle guard) on bicycle path, The NetherlandsWildlife guard (cattle guard) on bicycle path, The Netherlands. The guard is to keep wild boar (Sus scrofa), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) from entering a village and surrounding agricultural lands. Escape ramp for small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates from pit under wildlife guard (cattle guard) on road, The NetherlandsEscape ramp for small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates from pit under wildlife guard (cattle guard) on road, The Netherlands. The guard is to keep wild boar (Sus scrofa), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) from entering a village and surrounding agricultural lands.

California: Snow plant (Sarcodes sanguinea), Yosemite National Park. This species does not need chlorophyll; it is a parasite and it depends on fungi in the soil. It is one of the first flowering plants in spring, sometimes snow is still on the ground.

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Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea), Yosemite National Park, California, USASnow plant (Sarcodes sanguinea), Yosemite National Park, California, USA. This species does not need chlorophyll; it is a parasite and it depends on fungi in the soil. It is one of the first flowering plants in spring, sometimes snow is still on the ground.

Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea), Yosemite National Park, California, USASnow plant (Sarcodes sanguinea), Yosemite National Park, California, USA. This species does not need chlorophyll; it is a parasite and it depends on fungi in the soil. It is one of the first flowering plants in spring, sometimes snow is still on the ground.

Road ecology blog: Woman with red jacket and dog walking in lane planted with European beech (Fagus sylvatica), Soest, Netherlands

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Woman with red jacket and dog walking in lane planted with European beech (Fagus sylvatica), Soest, NetherlandsWoman with red jacket and dog walking in lane planted with European beech (Fagus sylvatica), Soest, Netherlands

Abstracts: Drunk trees, European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Hoog Soeren, The Netherlands. I made this image in the middle of the day with a long shutter speed (small aperture, low ISO setting), holding the camera in my hand and moving it. There were no leaves on the trees yet (end winter)... only stems and sky...

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Image below: Mandatory maximum speed limit 60 km per hour zone, at wildlife guard (cattle guard), near Kootwijk, The Netherlands.

Mandatory maximum speed limit 60 km per hour zone, at wildlife guard (cattle guard), near Kootwijk, The NetherlandsMandatory maximum speed limit 60 km per hour zone, at wildlife guard (cattle guard), near Kootwijk, The Netherlands

Images below: Escape ramp for small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates from pit under wildlife guard (cattle guard), near Kootwijk, The Netherlands.

Escape ramp for small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates from pit under wildlife guard (cattle guard), near Kootwijk, The NetherlandsEscape ramp for small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates from pit under wildlife guard (cattle guard), near Kootwijk, The Netherlands Escape ramp for small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates from pit under wildlife guard (cattle guard), near Kootwijk, The NetherlandsEscape ramp for small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates from pit under wildlife guard (cattle guard), near Kootwijk, The Netherlands

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European wildlife: European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris), Germany (captive animal).

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European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris), Germany (captive animal)European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris), Germany (captive animal)

European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris), Germany (captive animal)European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris), Germany (captive animal)

European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris), Germany (captive animal)European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris), Germany (captive animal)

Road ecology blog: Advisory speed limit reduction to 40 km per hour on road through a nature reserve, The Netherlands.

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Advisory speed limit reduction to 40 km per hour on road through a nature reserve, Assel, The NetherlandsAdvisory speed limit reduction to 40 km per hour on road through a nature reserve, Assel, The Netherlands. Text on sign: 40 km/h, nature area.

Advisory speed limit reduction to 40 km per hour on road through a nature reserve, Hoog Soeren, The NetherlandsAdvisory speed limit reduction to 40 km per hour on road through a nature reserve, Hoog Soeren, The Netherlands. Text on sign: 40 km/h, nature area.

European wildlife: Wolf (Canis lupus), Germany (captive animal).

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Wolf, (Canis lupus), Germany (captive animal)Wolf, (Canis lupus), Germany (captive animal)

Montana wildlife: Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) burrow and fecal pellets, Montana, USA.

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Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) burrow, Montana, USAPygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) burrow, Montana, USA. The pygmy rabbit is the smallest of all hare and rabbit species in the world. It occurs in the Great Basin and is very much dependent on intact areas with big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). In Montana it only occurs in the extreme southwest corner of the state. This image is low quality and part of my scouting effort to prepare for making higher quality images. Fecal pellets of pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), Montana, USAFecal pellets of pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis), Montana, USA. The pygmy rabbit is the smallest of all hare and rabbit species in the world. It occurs in the Great Basin and is very much dependent on intact areas with big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). In Montana it only occurs in the extreme southwest corner of the state. This image is low quality and part of my scouting effort to prepare for making higher quality images.