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Eduardo E Iñigo Elias, Ph.D.

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#Conservation #Biologist 🦜🦤🐦🦃🦉🦜 #Ornithologists #Tropical #Rainforest #RestorationEcology #Islands #Explorer #Photographer #Cooking. Former #CornellUniversity, #WWF Live and Work #NY 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇺 🇬🇹🇭🇹🇨🇦🇹🇿 🇨🇴🇧🇷🇩🇴🇵🇪

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 08/10/2026
A push to revive commercial whaling was rejected at the International Whaling Commission's latest meeting. Though a South Atlantic sanctuary proposal failed again, delegates maintained the commercial ban and passed key measures on vessel strikes & strandings. @elizabethalberts.bsky.social reports.
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International Whaling Commission rejects push to revive commercial whaling
A push to reopen the door to commercial whaling failed at the recent meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) after a controversial resolution was taken off the table on the last day.…
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Cellular Tracking Technologies @celltracktech.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Three tagged monarchs reached Mexico on October 5, the first of this fall's Project Monarch cohort!! #monarchbutterfly #monarchmigration #ProjectMonarch
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Vermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 06/10/2026
The hope is to find out exactly where Vermont’s eastern monarchs are going as they migrate south for the winter, and to better protect them, as the insects face mounting threats from climate change, habitat loss and pesticide use. Read more: sbrew.link/yRZglKUm
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Eduardo E Iñigo Elias, Ph.D. @eiee60.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Congratulations Vermont Center for Ecostudies vtecostudies.org. Keep the hard and fun research and conservation work.
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Vermont Center for Ecostudies
The Vermont Center for Ecostudies advances wildlife conservation across the Americas through research, monitoring, and community engagement.
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Cellular Tracking Technologies @celltracktech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Last fall we GPS-tagged a young saw-whet owl at Cape May Point. By April she was in Downeast Maine. A Long-eared Owl we tagged flew 141 miles in about 4 hours one April night, picked up by phones along the way. Help tag this year's owls: capemayowls.org/give #owls
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Eduardo E Iñigo Elias, Ph.D. @eiee60.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Repeatedly, the same group caused deforestation in Belize during the 1990s and again in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, over the past 15 years.
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Mongabay Latam @mongabaylatam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🇵🇪 #INVESTIGACIÓN | En febrero de 2026, la Policía y el Ministerio Público allanaron dos almacenes de la cuestionada empresa Lamarqocha Inversiones S.A.C., una de las principales exportadoras de aletas de tiburón de Perú. El operativo dejó un enorme decomiso. ⬇️ es.mongabay.com/2026/10/peru...
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Perú: incautan 41 toneladas de aletas de tiburón a empresa cuestionada y Fiscalía de Crimen Organizado abre proceso de investigación
Las autoridades incautaron 41 toneladas de aletas de tiburón en dos almacenes de Inversiones Lamarqocha S.A.C
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 29/09/2026
Following a #CITES investigation into its import of 60,000 live animals, Indian private zoo Vantara declared a temporary pause on imports through June 2027. Now, 27 global NGOs are urging the Reliance-backed facility to make the ban permanent and focus on in-situ conservation. By Spoorthy Raman.
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NGOs call on Vantara to end all wild animal imports permanently
A coalition of 27 global wildlife conservation and animal welfare organizations urged Vantara to permanently end all wild animal imports. The billionaire-run zoo in India, funded by the philanthropic…
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Science Magazine @science.org · 27/09/2026
As the planet warms and forests burn, can we replant them with new trees that will thrive in the decades ahead? Learn more: scim.ag/3TPgT5p
Bar chart showing forest area burned in high-severity burns from 1984 to 2021. Each bar has a black dot with error bars, representing the estimated planting need and middle 50% of estimates. Since 2000, the average annual area burned in high-severity fires has increased fivefold, relative to 1984 to 1999.
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Cellular Tracking Technologies @celltracktech.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Northern Waterthrush tagged in Cape May, NJ left after sunset on Sep 11. Two weeks later it was over Colombia! Jamaica -> Colombia included ~800 km of open Caribbean. 3,082 km so far! @birdscanada.bsky.social @originalstu.bsky.social #MotusWTS #BirdMigration #ornithology @nature.org
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 17/09/2026
Godwits cannot soar like hawks or glide like albatrosses. They migrate by continuously flapping their wings. As best as we can tell, they do not, while flying, eat or drink or sleep. Still, they make the longest non-stop migration in the bird world. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/p3otfn
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The Incredible Journey of a Migratory Shorebird
Godwits make the longest non-stop migration in the bird world. That might be the least of the shorebirds’ marvels. Can they survive a changing planet?
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Almost half of the world’s migratory bird species are in decline. 💔 The latest State of the World’s Birds report highlights cuckoos, turtle doves and Arctic terns among the migratory species facing increased extinction risk.
Photograph showing a Turtle dove perched on a mossy branch above still water.
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BioOne @bioone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In honor of International Hawk Migration Week (September 12-20), explore raptor conservation, behavior, and physiology in the latest BioOne Vista research collection. Every article is free to read through October 15, 2026. bio-one.co/raptors #Raptors #Ornthology #HawkWatch #HawkMigration #SciSky
BioOne Vista. Discover raptor research in BioOne Complete. Free to read through October 15. Photo of a rough-legged hawk in flight.
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Eduardo E Iñigo Elias, Ph.D. @eiee60.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Eduardo E Iñigo Elias, Ph.D. @eiee60.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is AI generated. Misleading the actual seize of the Harpy Eagle, the largest tropical forest eagle of the Americas from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. See an original picture for comparison bsky.app/profile/coil.... Also check birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/... for more information
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Harpy Eagle - Harpia harpyja - Birds of the World
Species accounts for all the birds of the world.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 03/09/2026
In a shocking sweetheart deal, the Trump administration is pressuring National Park Service to give away part of #Yosemite to a private equity firm — and if Yosemite can be chopped up and sold to the ultra-wealthy few, no #NationalPark or #PublicLand is safe. Take action ➡️ bit.ly/3UQCqe7
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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Marine Ornithology 54(2) is underway! #Seabirds #OpenAccess www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_2/54_...
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Peter Santema @petersantema.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New #ornithology paper out in @royalsocietypublishing.org! We show that female dotterels can move across large distances within a single breeding season in search of mating opportunities, visiting up to five different sites (median: 3) and travelling up to 1000 km between sites (median: 71 km). 1/n
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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 02/09/2026
Once the most common bird in the United States, the Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was driven to extinction by humans as a result of overhunting and habitat destruction. In September 1914, Martha, the last-known living Passenger Pigeon, died at the Cincinnati Zoo.
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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 02/09/2026
New study quantifies the impact of climate change on North American forest insect & pathogen burden and forecasts potential trends under climate change @zihuiwang.bsky.social @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @ubcbotany.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Spatially explicit forecasts of tree insect and disease incidence across North American forests under future climate scenarios - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Synergies between climate change and natural enemy pressure threaten forests. Here the authors quantify the impact of climate change on North American forest insect and pathogen burden and map potenti...
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A dolphin has been tested in South Australia & returned positive for H5N1. SA can now publish results without waiting for the CSIRO to verify every case. There were 46 new SA cases overnight. Total in SA is now 249. Total cases in Australia is over 350. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Breaking: First H5N1 bird flu detection confirmed in Australian dolphin
South Australian authorities confirm the country's first H5N1 bird flu in a common dolphin, which was found dead on the Fleurieu Peninsula.
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Mongabay Latam @mongabaylatam.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Alerta en la Antártida: la pesca de kril cierra en forma anticipada por segundo año. Expertos advierten que intereses económicos han desvirtuado la conservación. China y Rusia bloquean creación de áreas protegidas y Noruega busca duplicar la extracción. es.mongabay.com/2026/08/anta...
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Antártida: cierran la pesquería de kril por sobrepesca y crece la alerta por sus impactos
La pesquería de kril antártico cerró el 12 de agosto de 2026, después de alcanzar la cuota de 620 000 toneladas para la temporada.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 04/08/2026
Atrazine is so dangerous it's banned in more than 60 countries, yet it's the second-most widely used #pesticide in the US. ⚠️😷 We must ban the toxic pesticide #atrazine once and for all. Please join us in urging the #EPA right now to ban this horrible chemical for good. ➡️ BanAtrazine.org
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Joanna Wu @joannaxwu.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
(1/4) Really excited that the first analysis of my PhD was published in Proceedings B! After analyzing half a million bird banding records across 92 species from @instbirdpop.bsky.social, we found lower female survival in 35 passerine species. doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Female North American passerine birds have lower apparent survival than males
Abstract. Survival is a fundamental organismal trait which can vary by sex, yet the extent of sex-biased survival is largely unknown across most taxa. To a
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 29/07/2026
A new experiment in North Carolina shows that natural settings and birdsong independently lower stress, but their combined effect yields the strongest relief. The study highlight the vital role that restored urban green spaces play in supporting public health & biodiversity. Liz Kimbrough reports.
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Listening to birdsong in a forest lowered a person’s stress during experiment
Sitting in a small, restored forest while listening to birdsong lowered people’s stress and lifted their mood in the moment, according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental…
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 28/07/2026
A global scientific review has just found that 51% of migratory #bird species are experiencing population declines. Habitat destruction, #ClimateChange, and other human-caused threats are causing them to fly towards extinction. Without stronger conservation efforts, more losses are inevitable.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
RIP to a master: "“People claim Guy was a curmudgeon, but it’s really that he was alarmed—and rightly so—by what is happening to the natural world,” Mr. Gwynne added. “He always used to say, ‘The infidels have invaded my church, and they’ve almost reached the altar.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/s...
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Guy Tudor, Whose Art Brought Obscure Birds to Life, Dies at 91
A self-taught ornithologist, he won a MacArthur fellowship for his precise, resplendent illustrations that appeared in definitive field guides to tropical songbirds.
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Eduardo E Iñigo Elias, Ph.D. @eiee60.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
theconversation.com/more-than-ha... More than half of the world’s migratory bird species are experiencing declines due to multiple threats. By shifting migratory bird conservation focus to encompass their entire annual life cycle (breeding sites, non-breeding grounds, and migratory pathways).
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More than half of Earth’s migratory bird species are declining – here’s how we can still save them
A new global assessment of the world’s migratory species finds reason for alarm, but also hope – and a road map for helping them survive.
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Mongabay Latam @mongabaylatam.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🇵🇪 Embarcaciones cargadas con combustible parten desde Iquitos y Nauta para abastecer a dragas mineras que destruyen el río Nanay. Reconstruimos la ruta del diésel que mantiene viva la minería ilegal y documentamos cómo mafias burlan los controles de las autoridades. es.mongabay.com/2026/07/cond...
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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
As wildfire season kicks into high gear, it's worth revisiting this story published last year by the Cornell Lab of #Ornithology: How does wildfire smoke affect birds?
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Is the Smoke from Wildfires Dangerous to Birds?
A Barn Owl hunting in the morning fog and smoke of California wildfires. Photo by Sam McMillian / Birdshare. Smoke can be hazardous to birds just as it is to people, due to the mix of fine…
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 13/07/2026
In his blog, Science Network member Dr. Robert Coats briefly touches on the history of wildland fire and human responses in the West, discusses climate metrics related to trends in wildland megafires, and identifies possible mitigation and adaptation measures to address the fire–climate crisis.
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Megafires, Land Use, and Climate Change
As fires rage through Colorado and Utah, we're seeing the effects of cuts to wildfire prevention.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 28/06/2026
UNEP’s #AdaptationGap Report warns that developing countries will need at least US$310 billion per year by 2035 to protect lives, livelihoods, and economies. Yet, current financing lags far behind. Discover how to close this gap: www.unep.org/resources/adaptation-g…
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
#ornithology #seabirds www.birdguides.com/articles/con...
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Study reveals alarming levels of plastic ingestion in Northern Fulmars
New research finds 81% of Northern Fulmars across the North Atlantic have plastic in their stomachs, highlighting the continuing impact of marine pollution on seabirds and ocean ecosystems.
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Former NOAA Employees Revive Climate Site Shut by Trump Administration
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Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · 23/06/2026
Our State of the World’s Migratory Species: Interim Report 2026 finds that nearly one in four CMS-listed species is now globally threatened. It also finds that populations of 49% of CMS-listed species are declining. Read the report in English, Spanish or French: www.cms.int/publication/...
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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 23/06/2026
This summer, New York City restaurants and markets are again helping us speak out for the #HudsonCanyon. “The future of seafood starts with protecting the ocean it comes from,” says Greenpoint Fish owner Vinny Milburn. 🌎 Learn more: www.wcs.org/get-involved...
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#ornithology #seabirds besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Using the marine flyways concept to accelerate ocean conservation
Implementing the marine flyways framework can secure ecological connectivity across the marine environment, including in synergistic implementation of existing regional policy instruments and multipl....
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Today's release of Third World Ocean Assessment (@UnitedNations) includes work by #UBC's @drrashidsumaila.bsky.social, Dr Brian Hunt (@ubcpelagic.bsky.social), Dr. Ibrahim Issifu, Dr. Louise Teh, Dr. Colette Wabnitz, and @nathanjbennett.bsky.social oceans.ubc.ca/2026/06/08/u...
Today's release of Third World Ocean Assessment (@UN) includes work by #UBC's @DrRashidSumaila, Dr Brian Hunt (@UBCpelagic), Dr. Ibrahim Issifu, Dr. Louise Teh, Dr. Colette Wabnitz, and @NathanJBennett 
https://oceans.ubc.ca/2026/06/08/un-releases-third-world-ocean-assessment/
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Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 08/06/2026
AMAZING—a condor flew into Oregon for the first time in 120 years! The critical conservation efforts I’ve supported are working to protect these amazing, endangered birds. I can’t wait to see more condors soar.
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Condor flies into Oregon for first time in over 120 years
A 2-year-old female condor named B9 traveled 80 miles through southern Oregon during a four-day journey in May, marking a historic milestone for the critically endangered species managed by the Yurok ...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 04/06/2026
Bad news: The House Appropriations Committee just passed a funding bill that includes a historic number of anti-wildlife poison pill riders that would undermine the Endangered Species Act and other safeguards for the nation’s most vulnerable wildlife. Details: biodiv.us/4uhrO3Y
A mother grizzly bear and cub standing in dry brush. Text overlay mentions a harmful bill.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 03/06/2026
The @wmo-global.bsky.social warns: prepare for El Niño. A Warming Pacific Ocean is driving the development of El Niño, increasing the likelihood of higher global temperatures & extreme weather in the months ahead. Forecasts provide a window to act. Time for preparedness is now bit.ly/4o6jByf
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Science Magazine @science.org · 25/05/2026
A large-scale study of human mobility and wildlife movement across the United States suggests that the day-to-day presence of humans is a major ecological force that shapes how animals move through and use their environments, researchers report in Science. scim.ag/4fCx7Y5
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Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals
Sustainable human–wildlife coexistence requires a mechanistic understanding of the many ways that humans affect animals. However, progress is hampered by the lack of accessible data measuring the dyna...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 20/05/2026
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just concluded that the potent, cancer-linked endocrine disruptor, #atrazine, does not post an extinction risk to any threatened or endangered species. Read more about it in @nytimes.com ⬇️
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Fish and Wildlife Service Clears a Weedkiller, Saying It Won’t Cause Extinction
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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Pollinators need native plants, which is why we give them out for free! In 2025, our Pollinator Habitat Kit Program gave 100,000+ native plants to 525 projects! 🪴🐝 Read about the experiences of two participants, & see if there are kits available in your region ⤵️
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The Xerces Society Pollinator Habitat Kit Program: 2025 in Review
Since its origin in 2019, the Xerces Society Pollinator Habitat Kit Program has planted over 614,000 native plants across 2,500 projects! In 2025 alone, we distributed over 100,000 free plants to 525…
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Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · 14/05/2026
For marine wildlife, sound is essential to communicate, find food, avoid predators and navigate. When man-made noise becomes too loud or lasts too long, it can cause harm. A quieter ocean is vital for marine migratory species that depend on sound to move and survive: www.cms.int/topics/marin...
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 13/05/2026
Win! We have reached a legal agreement requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to decide by March 7, 2030, whether to designate critical habitat for #endangered black-capped petrels. More information: biodiv.us/3R6nUxe
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 07/05/2026
A trafficking probe has linked bird specialist Tony Silva to Vantara, a zoo run by India’s wealthiest family. Federal Police seized Silva’s phone and computer in São Paulo as they investigate the illegal trade of protected species. @nandawenzel.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.
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Brazil police seize devices from bird expert in trafficking probe linked to Vantara zoo
The famous bird specialist Tony Silva had cell phones and a computer seized by Brazil’s Federal Police at Guarulhos Airport, in São Paulo, according to a source.
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Eduardo E Iñigo Elias, Ph.D. @eiee60.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Silva has long been known as a wildlife trafficker. In 1988, at the II World Parrot Conference held by IBAMA, Brazilian Zoos, and ICBP (now BirdLife International), we were asked to remove maps or localities from our scientific presentations because this person and others were present.
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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Check out this research article📖 Drivers of age at first reproduction in the wandering albatross🌊 🕊️ 🔎 buff.ly/3Bjk8qm
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