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wolf week paint a long with ipaintbirbs!

by pinksimba_(she/her) near South Chicago Township, Illinois, United States — October 23, 2026 — Gave 1 Hour for Earth

happy wolf week!! im requesting more paintalongs with ipaintbirbs, such a fun time!! (i missed max's paintalong sadge)

Fall festival and farmers market

by Amy (londonbrolly)(She/her) near Chatham, Massachusetts, United States — October 23, 2026 — Gave 2 Hours for Earth

Took Camden to a fall festival and farmers market. Bought a delicious blueberry turnover and some fall flowers.

I took a walk around the wooded areas with my dog for his birthday

by Annabel(she/her) near City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom — October 23, 2026 — Gave 1 Hour for Earth

Happy 13th Birthday to Harvey in the corner

Harvey turned 13 and due to the nice weather before we are hit with storms this weekend, I took him around the woodlands in our area. It was nice to take in the rare sun of Scotland and also found a damselfly on a wall nearby

art club wolf awareness week AWOO

by kamithedeus(she/her) — October 23, 2026

ignore the proportions pls i beg also i started this piece ages ago i just finished it up this week i am not superwoman - kami

i had akela guarding awa digging as a concept but being an educated diva got in the way so have the sketch - kami

WOOF WOOF AWOO HONK AWOO BARK BARK WOOF WOOF AWOO BARK BARK

(translation: the art club strikes again enjoy lil pups waga)

NOT NOT GEO: Romania

by patrickst_ near Arefu, Argeș, Romania — October 23, 2026

Bear chillin by the road. A lot of signs say "Do not feed the Bears!", but people do it anyways... So bears stay near the road in hopes to get apples, but often get hit by cars.

3 Babies (+ Mama - out of frame). In total we saw 9 Babies.

Just when we arrived we saw a sus Jeep leave. DO NOT FEED WILDLIFE. They get habituated to those feedings, and may start depending on them, which may reduce their survival chance in the wild

Bears on streets are a danger to themself. I you see them, honk, so they may run away to a safe forest, and will not get hit by a car. First we though "why do those idiots honk?"

Mind your back. Can you believe, that this area is not a national park? Just some random as* mountainforest

the most fitting adjective to describe Romania is "wild" :)

Hunting Area. 2026 in Romania 969 Bears are allowed to be shot. Some because of overpopulation, some due to danger (Bears who enter villages). yearly about 3 people get killed (similar to the USA).

Hey, I'm a new Alvean, time to share this summer's adventure in Romania!

Over 3 days on the Transfăgărășan road we saw 21 wild brown bears. Unfortunately some people feed the bears, so they are often near the roads (danger to themselves and possibly humans). Locals honk, if they see bears.

flowers in the garden, a rainbow, and a mockingbird

by sage garden — October 22, 2026 — Gave 1 Hour for Earth

“You could wonder for hours what flowers mean, but for me, they're life itself, in all its happy brilliance. We couldn't do with out flowers. Flowers help you forget life's tragedies." - Marc Chagall

First time at the Denver Zoo

by mrbooksmith(he/him) near Denver, Colorado, United States — October 22, 2026 — Gave 5 Hours for Earth

I spent 5 hours and only made it through half of the exhibits, I plan to go back next week! The pasture definitely needs some of those weeble-wobble feeders the zebras have! I got to see the brand new Southern White Rhinos Viazi and Mkuu, who might have been my favorites.

The Lions Foundation - the final post

by Asan(He / Him) near Bela Bela Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa — October 21, 2026 — Gave 744 Hours for Earth

Hey everyone, i've now been home for 2 weeks since my previous update on my time in South Africa. I miss being there so much and I have been deeply inspired to continue doing this kind of work. Getting to work with these animals, like the Lions, has brought me immense joy. Attached are edited photos

Fly lab volunteering

by Jayden (starberry_quartz)(he/they) near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia — October 20, 2026 — Gave 13 Hours for Earth

A small blue and brown butterfly in a sheer net. — Little blue butterfly :) (Polyommatinae) All bugs were released after catching them btw!!

A small tan moth in a sheer net, from the underside. — Plantain moth (Scopula rubraria)

A yellow and black dragonfly in a sheer net. — I was so surprised when I managed to catch a dragonfly! Tau Emerald (Hemicordulia tau)

Many small clear plastic bottles on a white table. Each bottle is labelled, and has an insect inside. — These were the samples we were sorting. The bottles are numbered by location and collection type, then we label them with an ID!

A long beetle, under a microscope. — Cool little guy, a beetle of some kind

A small brown bug with feathery wings under a microscope. — as Evan said in the bugcord, issa thrips LOL

A small, dark colored insect under a microscope. — A webspinner! The only one I found, but the researcher was very excited

Side view of a brown fly, under a microscope. — Weird fly, I'm not very good at IDing them yet so I'm not sure who he is

A small black fly with red eyes, under a microscope. — A shore fly I'm pretty sure! (Ephydridae)

A black fly with large, depressed orange eyes, under a microscope. — Also not sure who this is, I just thought the eyes were looking crazy LOL

The head of a brown fly, under a microscope. The large eye has a rainbowy appearance. — So many have eyes that reflect rainbow in the ethanol, it's super cool! Maybe a Tephritidae fruit fly?

I've recently started volunteering for an entomologist at my uni, doing fly ID! The first week we also got to test out some new collection nets, and I went through all our samples looking for webspinners for another researcher. It's been super fun so far and I'm looking forward to doing more :)

Recycled and reused art

by se7enhourz(She/her) — October 18, 2026 — Gave 3 Hours for Earth

Random collage with recycled material + a hyrax I drew

Here are a few more pieces I made using recycled materials!

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