Monday in Nature 6 June 2022

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Calving glacier, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.

Joshua tree "family" at Joshua Tree National Park. Here's the story: The mother is reaching out to the father with the baby between them and it appears she is gently kissing the baby. A toddler has climbed up Dad's back, and it seems there is a bird with food in its beak. 3 toddlers are hugging around them, and a teenager(?) is pointing a squirt gun at Dad? ;):cool::D

My knowledge of butterflies is pretty limited, but this seems to be a western tiger swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) that is common in California.