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Ecology and Conservation

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A feed for science, policy, stories and news on ecology and conservation. Posts with any globe emoji (🌍, 🌎, or 🌏)from users on the list will show up in the feed See info on how to join here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zd0wxahFzKYqT3lj0q01ectOczd2d7NZSKMbOaSijDI/edit?usp=sharing

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The magic of an Irish rainforest 🌍

@irishrainforest.bsky.social β™₯ 2.9K ⇄ 279 πŸ’¬ 46

to wildlife and inspired the world’s biggest wildlife crossing, the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, which spans Highway 101. P-22 will now be honored in the same way we celebrate human heroes, with a larger-than-life bronze statue in G…

@heidelyn.bsky.social β™₯ 483 ⇄ 68 πŸ’¬ 11

Did u know? Bees(& many other insects)sleep in flowers. There's lots of reasons for this: the centre of a flower is warmer than surrounding air temp; convenience of waking up on your breakfast; predator protection from the flower colour/pa…

@cathhodsman.bsky.social β™₯ 361 ⇄ 61 πŸ’¬ 8

Prothonotary Warbler, done for my recent book "Ponds: An Illustrated Guide," Yale University Press, 2026. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... πŸ§ͺ🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #…

@patrlynch1.bsky.social β™₯ 318 ⇄ 39 πŸ’¬ 7

Whenever the Spanish needle wildflowers show up,so do the hairstreaks (and all other nectaring butterflies). This is a red-banded hairstreak. #butterflies #nature #bugsky #insects #ECK #wildlife πŸŒŽπŸ¦‹ #pollinators #wildflowers

@pom137.bsky.social β™₯ 168 ⇄ 17 πŸ’¬ 2

"How is it possible that scientists are saying that shark populations have declined by a lot, but fishermen are saying they've never seen so many sharks?" Part of the answer is called "shifting baselines," which means how much something c…

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social β™₯ 154 ⇄ 59 πŸ’¬ 4

Our new paper assesses relationships between wildfire rate of spread, area burned, and severity in western + boreal North American conifer forests 2012-2023. Take home message in the title: faster--> bigger--> more severe. With @grumpyun…

@coopecology.bsky.social β™₯ 143 ⇄ 61 πŸ’¬ 4

Dead great hammerhead shark washes up on Jupiter, Florida beach | Probably just a coincidence that these hammerheads keep washing up dead right next to where anglers caught and β€œreleased” them a few hours before. www.palmbeachpost.com/stor…

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social β™₯ 133 ⇄ 61 πŸ’¬ 9

Yesterday I was just minding my own business setting a camera trap by Lolo Creek over 500 river miles from the ocean when suddenly a ten pound packet of Pacific nutrients comes gracefully swimming up the rapids. I wish I could have seen t…

@fishsqueezer.bsky.social β™₯ 128 ⇄ 17 πŸ’¬ 4

British Army Sailors Rescue Exhausted Owl 70 Miles Out To Sea gcaptain.com/british-army... πŸ¦‘πŸ§ͺ🌎

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social β™₯ 127 ⇄ 30 πŸ’¬ 5

Did u know? Don't be too hasty to cut down spent flower heads, or hollow twigs in your garden . What looks like, so say, "rubbish" to you, is "home" to someone else. This beautiful Garden Orb spider was using a spent carrot flower as her b…

@cathhodsman.bsky.social β™₯ 117 ⇄ 23 πŸ’¬ 4

Apex predators save human lives by keeping deer on edge - and away from roads and cars. news.mongabay.com/2026/08/coug... @mongabay.com 🌎

@yannbigant.com β™₯ 91 ⇄ 26 πŸ’¬ 1

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