c.im is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
C.IM is a general, mainly English-speaking Mastodon instance.

Server stats:

2.8K
active users

#whale

11 posts10 participants1 post today

A prototype of the Rosalind Franklin Mars rover from the European Space Agency is displayed below the skeleton of a blue whale named Hope in the Hintze Hall of the Natural History Museum. The museum’s new exhibition – Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth? – will allow visitors to touch and hold real pieces of the moon, Mars and meteorites, as well as see groundbreaking pieces of technology such as this prototype Martian vehicle.

Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

@photography
#whale
#Mars

How #whale urine benefits #ocean #ecosystem
Team looked at whale urine and ecological benefits it provides, distributing key nutrients over thousands of miles during migrations. “coastal areas often have clear waters, a sign of low nitrogen, and many have coral reef ecosystems,” said Roman. “movement of nitrogen and other nutrients can be important to the growth of phytoplankton, or microscopic algae, and provide food for sharks and other fish and many invertebrates.”
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0

mama whale and baby whale against a deep blueish green ocean background
Ars Technica · How whale urine benefits the ocean ecosystemBy Jennifer Ouellette