This excellent site shows how you can restore ecosystem while having a working farm
#NaturalHistory #Conservation #Rewilding #Ecosystems #Resilience #Sustainability
https://www.sunnysideconservancy.com/
This excellent site shows how you can restore ecosystem while having a working farm
#NaturalHistory #Conservation #Rewilding #Ecosystems #Resilience #Sustainability
https://www.sunnysideconservancy.com/
Ducks were once a conservation bright spot. Now they’re declining in the U.S., new report shows.
@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/1YqDfg
In the rainforests of West Kalimantan, in Indonesian Borneo, the Indigenous Dayak Iban listen to what they call “omen birds,” or birds they say sing messages from spirits, Mongabay’s Sonam Lama Hyolmo reported in November 2024.
#NewSpecies
New longhorn beetle from #ecuador just snuck in:
Antodice apicalis
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/892487AC-7609-FFEF-4FD1-DE5AF06BF837
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.1.1
#Zootaxa #AntodiceApicalis
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #longhorn
New report shows US bird populations continue to decline rapidly.
"The report, produced by a coalition of leading science and conservation organizations, reveals continued widespread declines in American bird populations across all mainland and marine habitats, with 229 species requiring urgent conservation action."
#Wildlife #WildlifeConservation #Nature #Conservation #Birds
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-bird-populations-alarming-decline.html
#goodnews #animals #wildlife #birds #Conservation #Australia
Record-Breaking Migration of Orange-Bellied Parrot Will be Flying High After Years of Conservation Work Pays Off
Brazilian biologist Fernanda Abra building canopy bridges so sloths don’t have to play Frogger with trucks. That’s the kind of badass innovation we need—saving critters’ asses one rope bridge at a time. #Conservation
If you are caught cutting down the Amazon Rainforest illegally, chances are you will get off without being required to pay for the environmental damage. According to a recent report, only 5% of offenders have paid court-ordered fines for deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
By Shanna Hanbury
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/only-5-of-deforesters-in-brazils-amazon-fully-paid-fines-report-finds/
Crabs could be key to tackling the 'secret army' of starfish destroying the reef
By Holly Richardson
Researchers have found crabs are key predators of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish and could be a hidden link to what controls their destructive spread.
Africa’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years. A new study explores what can be done to save them.
From @ConversationUS: The research "put together data from 1,325 surveys of elephant populations — everything we could find — to evaluate how elephant numbers in Africa have changed."
"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. There is no other way for land to survive the impact of mechanized man, nor for us to reap from it the aesthetic harvest it is capable, under science, of contributing to culture" (Aldo Leopold, writing in 1948).
#conservation #environment @bookstodon #climatechange #nature
Gebe Island in eastern Indonesia is the site of seven nickel mining concessions.
Local Indigenous communities say the mining sites have put their food security at risk, with pollution affecting fruit trees and root vegetables as well as depletion of local fisheries.
Forestry campaigners say the mining clashes with a 2007 law on small islands designed to prevent large-scale environmental destruction in these fragile ecosystems.
By Jaya Barends
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/nickel-miners-dig-up-indonesias-gebe-island-despite-indigenous-and-legal-opposition/
The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in the Galápagos since 1835, when Charles Darwin first described it. That changed recently when researchers monitoring birds on Floreana recorded the rail at three different locations. These new sightings after 190 years are likely the result of efforts to eradicate invasive species on the island.
By Bobby Bascomb
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/a-bird-last-seen-by-darwin-190-years-ago-reappears-on-a-galapagos-island/
Recent events and policy decisions across the world are worrying conservationists and climate researchers.
Here, Mongabay lists out ten unique community-led initiatives across the world that show positive and proven impacts.
By Sonam Lama Hyolmo
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/10-unique-community-led-conservation-solutions-in-the-face-of-environmental-despair/
#Trump moves to relax rules against killing #MigratoryBirds
The #Interior Dept suspended a #legal opinion holding companies liable for accidentally killing ducks, cranes, pelicans, owls & other bird species.
#law #wildlife #conservation #birds #USpol@
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/10/migratory-bird-protections-suspended/
Can’t help myself. If I had the patience, I’d overlay the baby eaglets in farcical dramatic Vaseline lens Sarah MacLaughlin humane society commercial fashion.
(P.S. — Damn Babs! I forgot your ridiculous vocal range!)
#TLcleanse #JackieAndShadow #Eaglets #BaldEagle #birds #BigBearValley #wildlife #conservation #BarbaraStreisand #Yentl #PapaCanYouHearMe #ShadowFeeding
Great look at #JackieAndShadow’s 3 #eaglets.
They so resemble funny little muppets / miniature Ostriches with Slinky toy necks.
Adorable.
Also, every time Shadow does a feeding, “Papa can you hear me?” from Yentl plays in my head.
#Eaglet 3 has arrived! Again it was overnight, so night vision cam made it difficult to see. Here is a glimpse of the newly hatched chick + an early morning feeding.
“I literally WANT my tax dollars to support National Parks, science, education, conservation, mental health, and helping marginalized people. In case that wasn’t clear.”
As I break out my 1990s scented letter writing paper and marvel at its still strong scent, I find myself wondering:
Does anyone out there know anything about the science behind scented stationery?
Even better, do we know if it affects the long term preservation of the paper?
Boost for reach!