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See what the Alveus community has been up to as they share their conservation and wildlife-related activities,
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Trip to Spain

by Pantheon(They/them) near Jimena, Andalusia, Spain — October 30, 2026 — Gave 5 Hours for Earth

I went to Spain a few weeks ago and saw some animals - enjoy

(inofficial) Art Group is back! - Spooky Season

by Dango(she/her) — October 30, 2026

Please consider this name Smilers - by Pew

Scariest thing of them all: extinction. For example, there remain fewer than 20 vaquita in the world, but its extinction can still be prevented https://porpoise.org/save-the-vaquita/ - Cloud

This halloween, Stompy is a flower (inspired by last week, I went back and did an ipaintbirbs paint along from the spring) - Cloud

Spooky bugs: death head bug, death's head hawkmoth, pelecinid wasp, black widow, firebug - Cloud

Black cats wait the longest in shelters. Adopt one so when you stare into the void, the void will stare back. 🖤 - Cloud

first try at free-hand lino cutting a bat + sketch -meepers

You know what's actually scary? Geomyces destructans (white-nose syndrome) which kills thousands of bats a year. -meepers

In folklore, crows are often seen as s bridges between the living and the spirit realm - Josia

Not Halloween themed, but wanted to celebrate autumn with autumn colored ambassador - Dango

Happy Howl-ween!

This week we bring you all the spooky, scary or dangerously cute.

Ummmm, dont really know what else to write....

What is a skeletons favourite snack?

The ribs

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Okay lets get to the art

visit to cat shelter/sanctuary

by francesca(she/her) near Kassel, Hesse, Germany — October 30, 2026 — Gave 3 Hours for Earth

Earlier this year I visited a cat shelter/sanctuary run by a local animal welfare foundation. They’re open for visits on 2-3 afternoons a week to meet and pet their cats. Majority of the cats are up for adoption. The rest are sanctuary cats. The sanctuary also includes raccoons and some farm animals

It’s cranberry harvest time

by Amy (londonbrolly)(She/her) — October 30, 2026 — Gave 2 Hours for Earth

Took Camden to see the cranberry harvest on our walk, he seemed more interested in napping tbh.

Autumn walks and cranberry harvesting

by Kate(katekat311) near Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States — October 30, 2026

City garden visit

by Karaka(He/They) near Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand — October 30, 2026 — Gave 2 Hours for Earth

Visited my city's botanic garden and aviary.

little bit of this, little of that

by kenderroni(she/they) near Tacoma, Washington, United States — October 30, 2026 — Gave 6 Hours for Earth

Went to Pt. Defiance Zoo & Aquarium for the seasonal cuteness, volunteered, caught up on wolf week shenanigans, and voted!

garden photos

by sage garden — October 29, 2026 — Gave 1 Hour for Earth

How to have the 'good-est' dog on the planet.

Step 1 - define what is good.

Definition of "good dog' = everything the dog does.

Step 2 - apply step 1

Step 3 - you have the good-est dog by definition.

Animals and Citizen Science

by Yarou(Any pronouns) near Greater Toronto, Canada — October 29, 2026

I have gotten into logging the animals and plants I encounter on iNaturalist along with helping others with identification. iNat and other citizen science projects do important work and it feels great to contribute even a little

Learning to draw my Merlin bird ID lifers

by ArrowNoodle(She/Her) — October 29, 2026 — Gave 4 Hours for Earth

Northern Lapwing (these guys sound so funny go look it up)

This year I’ve decided to challenge myself by learning to draw various species of birds traditionally (paper and pencil), so what better way to do this than to use my lifers (bird species I’ve seen) on the Merlin bird ID app!

I’m only at the beginning but I wanted to share it :)

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