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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tell officials: This data center is wrong for right whales www.biologicaldiversity.org/publications...
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Tell officials
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is considering a company’s preliminary permit application to build an underwater AI data center off the coast of Eastport, Maine, in the Bay of Fundy. The bay ...
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
S5|EP11 ~ Understanding Landscape Connectivity: Policy, Corridors & Conservation | Gabriel Oppler anishbanerjee.substack.com/p/s3ep10-lan...
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S5|EP11 ~ Understanding Landscape Connectivity: Policy, Corridors & Conservation | Gabriel Oppler
In an increasingly fragmented world, how do we conserve the ecological connectivity of large landscapes? Although the traditional protected area model has been crucial in the recovery of landscapes ar...
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trio of high-profile wolf hearings happening in Missoula, Montana on October 13 wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/trio-of-hi...
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Trio of high-profile wolf hearings happening in Missoula, Montana on October 13
Watch the livestream on Tuesday, October 13 starting at 9:30am MDT
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
wildlifeforall.us/october-2026...
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October 2026 Newsletter | Wildlife for All
Wildlife decisions aren’t inevitable
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.tpl.org/our-work/wah...
tpl.org
Wáhsehtəkʷ - Our Work in ME
Learn more about the Wáhsehtəkʷ project and discover the impact of Trust for Public Land’s park and conservation work.
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Brazil’s Far-Right Gains Threaten Indigenous Rights. The Struggle Continues. | Amazon Watch
“We are at a decisive moment. The results of the first round showed that the threats to our territories and our rights may increase in the coming years. But the election isn’t over yet."
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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S14.E6: Dominick Thompson: Beyond the Walls
YouTube video by Species Unite
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The catapult petition is over halfway. This is how we win this protectthewild.substack.com/p/the-catapu...
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The catapult petition is over halfway. This is how we win this
Catapult crime against wildlife is skyrocketing. Add your signature now!
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Meet Benji Backer. The Right’s Greenwashing Wunderkind morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/meet-benji...
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Meet Benji Backer. The Right’s Greenwashing Wunderkind
How a young conservative operative built a fake conservation movement — and got Washington and the media to believe it.
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Activists vs. Data Centers prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/C...
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
EveryLibrary strongly supports the resolution introduced by Representative Jamie Raskin and Senator Brian Schatz defending the freedom to read, write, learn, and access information without government censorship. Via @everylibrary.bsky.social www.everylibrary.org/bannedresolu...
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Statement in Support of the Resolution Commemorating Banned Books Week.
The freedom to read is a fundamental American freedom.
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Maybe the Butterfly Isn’t Who Needs Fixing open.substack.com/pub/herbivor...
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Maybe the Butterfly Isn’t Who Needs Fixing
Imagine poisoning butterflies, then deciding the butterflies need fixing.
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.audubon.org/new-york/new...
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$1.6 Million Award Will Launch Construction at Sunken Meadow Marsh
New funding will support the first construction phase of a major effort to restore and strengthen one of Long Island's most important coastal marshes.
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patreets.bsky.social @patreets.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Green Root Podcast 144: Ending the Massacre of Prairie Dogs ecointegrityalliance.substack.com/p/green-root...
ecointegrityalliance.substack.com
Green Root Podcast 144: Ending the Massacre of Prairie Dogs
On episode 144 of the Green Root Podcast, Elise Elswood, Founder of Grasslands Colorado, calls on Colorado Parks and Wildlife to take immediate action to curb the unregulated recreational shooting of ...
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German Society for Mammalian Biology @mammalbiology.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
1/4 🪨🐾 Mammal Monday: Meet the Rock Hyrax! Despite their small, rodent-like appearance, rock hyraxes or dassies (𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) are more closely related to elephants and sirenians than to rodents. 🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍 © Felix Kaufmann
© Felix Kaufmann
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Alexander Otte @aotte.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
wētāpunga forever!
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‘The future is bright’: breeding programme brings world’s heaviest insect back from the brink
Wētāpunga can weigh as much as a mouse and its numbers dwindled across New Zealand due to predators and habitat loss
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📖Published📖 A validated 3D point-cloud analysis workflow for the creation of seagrass canopy height models 🌍 🧪 Read the article here👇 buff.ly/euhptKZ
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John Fody @j-fodi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
China has been occupying Tibet since 1950, and environmental protection has not been a priority. Among other things, this episode of Living Planet discusses the proposed industrialization of the wild and biodiverse Tsangpo River. 🌍 #tibet #tsangpo #hydroelectric www.dw.com/en/powering-...
dw.com
Powering China, reshaping Tibet
As a teen, Lobsang Yangtso left her home in Tibet. It took two decades to return, and what she found shocked her. China's clean energy revolution is bringing major gains, but also difficult trade-offs...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Endangered seahorse genomic data recount a past of enforced isolation and guide future conservation efforts conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🌎🦑🐟
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Global ocean governance after WOA III: bridging the science–policy gap amid institutional fragmentation 🧪🦑🌎
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Frontiers | Global ocean governance after WOA III: bridging the science–policy gap amid institutional fragmentation
The Third World Ocean Assessment (WOA III), released by the United Nations in June 2026, is the largest and most comprehensive global scientific assessment o...
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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Not the first, likely not the last. This is a special watershed that drains to Lake Superior, some of the streams drain to Ramsar wetlands and through Bad River Reservation. Frac outs, gas leaks and now aquifer breaches. 🌎🧪 www.wpr.org/energy/aquif...
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Aquifer breach occurs on Enbridge’s Line 5 in northern Wisconsin
Enbridge is responding to an aquifer breach on a $1 billion project to reroute its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin.
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Emerald Ash Borer Network @emeraldashborer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Join us next week on October 13th for a webinar by Sam Ward (Ohio State University). This talk will cover the different ways non-native forest insects move between continents and what is being done to prevent future invasions. Register here: www.emeraldashborer.info/eab-u #Entomology #Ecology 🌎🧪🍁
EABU Webinar with Sam Ward.
Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University.

Arrival of non-native forest insects: patterns, processes, and problems.

October 13th, 1 P.M. EST

Register here: emeraldashborer.info/eab-u
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Dr Andrew Mahon @andyantarctica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Colossendeidae! SPECTACULAR creature. 🧪🌎🦑🌊🇦🇶
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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 05/10/2026
This article is excellent. "As I deconstructed my beliefs, my professors encouraged my journey, allowing me to explore new ideas through reflections and research projects." Score one for public post-secondary eduction. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... 🌎
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I Used to Believe Climate Change Was a Hoax | The Tyee
My experience shows why local politicians need to push back against climate denialism.
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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pinus yunnanensis is becoming a model for studying fire ecology questions, as it has 3 varieties with contrasting flammability and fire strategies Dai et al. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... See also: doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 🧪🌍🔥🌳🪴🍁🔥
Upper: Principal component analysis (PCA) of fire adaptation index, plant economics index, shoot flammability index, and litter flammability index among three varieties. Each point represents a sampling site; colors indicate different varieties
Lower: Photographs of the three varieties illustrating contrasting fire-adaptive strategies: var. tenuifolia (left), var. pygmaea (right), and var. yunnanensis (center).
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Point Blue Conservation Science @pointblue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🌎💧🧪 Sierra Nevada meadows may be small, but they are critical for wildlife, water storage, and water quality. Point Blue Senior Meadow Ecologist Cody Reed joined researchers and conservationists to discuss how we can better understand and protect these ecosystems. Read more: shorturl.at/KXXyP
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 06/10/2026
The gentoo penguin complex is historically treated as a single species, but a study in Communications Biology shows the existence of four divergent evolutionary lineages. The authors propose treating the lineages as four distinct species. go.nature.com/4iVxVZQ #evosky 🧬🌎🧪
A Gentoo penguin with a black head, white eye patch, and bright orange beak and feet walks on a sandy beach. Its white chest contrasts with its black back. The ocean with gentle waves is blurred in the background. Adobe stock image. This is figure 7, which shows synonymy and divergence of gentoo penguins.
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Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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 base. Small animals still deserve our kindness.. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🕷️🕸️🐙
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Thomas Pogge @tpogge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No good reason left to burn fossil fuels. www.ft.com/content/b847... But the owners of fossil-fuel assets still pay US politicians to perpetuate & expand the old infrastructure that is ruining environments around the world. $7.4 trillion in annual subsidies!! www.imf.org/en/publicati...
ft.com
China’s bigger, better batteries
It’s the world’s fastest-growing power technology — and Beijing is dominant
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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📰Published📰How tree roots associate with rhizosphere soil microbial communities in subtropical forests🌳 buff.ly/STlOC20 🧪🌍️
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How tree roots associate with rhizosphere soil microbial communities in subtropical forests
Yuemei Zhang, Junchen Ye, Yao Kang, Yangchunzi Liao, Ziwen Jiao, Wenjing Meng, Lin Chang, Bing Liu, Yilin Li, Ziwen Gao, Ning Li, Hui Sun, Lin Huang This is a plain language summary of a Functional…
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Yann Bigant @yannbigant.com · 06/10/2026
Bird hunting is ubiquitous not only in Cambodia but all over Southeast Asia, killing millions of #birds every year - yet the issue flies mostly under the radar. Feature of my work documenting Cambodia's bird hunting crisis in @cambodianess.com cambodianess.com/article/awar... 🌏
cambodianess.com
Award-Winning Photographer Points Lens at Bird-Hunting Crisis
PHNOM PENH – Yann Bigant, a conservation photographer based in Phnom Penh, has received an award for his documentation of Cambodia’s bird-hunting...
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The one and only Dave @kitchingart.com · 06/10/2026
🌍 biodiversity and ecosystem sensitvity
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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📰Published📰Prebiotics for the soil: a chemical boost to help restore degraded land🦠 buff.ly/m0BTJZL 🧪🌍️
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Prebiotics for the soil: a chemical boost to help restore degraded land
Farzad Aslani, Sofia I.F. Gomes, T. Martijn Bezemer This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Restoring a forest takes more than planting tr…
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Sierra Magazine @sierramagazine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The federal government has just finalized a suite of updates to the Endangered Species Act that undermines its ability to protect habitat. Each of the rule changes, conservationists argue, could put the nation’s wildlife icon in peril. However, manatees are uniquely vulnerable to all three. 🌎
sierraclub.org
Manatees Face an Uncertain Future Under These New Rules
The Florida manatee shows what a weakened Endangered Species Act could mean for conservation
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📖 New research 📖 Spatial isolation from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot influences caterpillar predation in sacred groves and multi-storied home gardens 🐛 🌴 🌏️ 👉️ buff.ly/DcUFa17
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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
5 abandoned coal mines along the river leach acid mine drainage. No fish & few bugs survive. The infrastructure repair bill funded a treatment plant. Plans remain to come on line in 2029 despite Congress redirecting >$500M for abandoned mine reclamation. 🧪🌎 capitalandmain.com/once-a-bucol...
capitalandmain.com
Once a Bucolic Pennsylvania River, the Tioga Is Now All but Dead
Two centuries after the coal miners arrived, residents are racing to save the stream and bring back the trout.
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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wetland restoration and wildfire prevention can drive down insurers’ costs and skyrocketing premiums, a new study shows. Models calculating the savings from wetlands & fire buffers that reduce or mitigate the likelihood or severity of damage to property. 🌎🧪 insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
insideclimatenews.org
‘Nature-Based’ Solutions Could Save Insurers and Policyholders Billions - Inside Climate News
Wetlands restoration and wildfire prevention can drive down insurers’ costs and skyrocketing premiums, a new study shows.
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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New #MPA #marinepolicy #SSF paper just dropped. Nice to see a meta-analysis underline the role of good governance, benefits-sharing and community participation in delivering actual income, fisheries, etc. outcomes. 🧪🌏🌊🦑🪸🎣
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Point Blue Conservation Science @pointblue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🦉🧪🌎 The Palomarin summer banding summary is here! We captured a total of 1,284 birds! Some highlights: the first Hermit Warbler of the season on 6/13, a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk, a tricky-to-identify Marsh Wren, and the rare capture of a Band-tailed Pigeon! Read the full blog: shorturl.at/rsimH
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ApexRMS Ecology @apexrms.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🧪🌎We're attending the Wildland Fire Canada Conference + Canadian Smoke Forum in Saskatoon, Oct 19–23, bringing our perspective on putting wildfire modeling in the hands of decision makers. Here's what we're bringing to the conversation:
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
‘Robust little’ vessel begins treacherous 22,000km journey around Antarctica in the name of climate science 🧪🌎🦑
theguardian.com
‘Robust little’ vessel begins treacherous 22,000km journey around Antarctica in the name of climate science
Powered by sun and wind, the uncrewed vehicle will collect data to help Australian scientists better understand how oceans absorb emissions
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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 06/10/2026
20 American chestnut trees are cause for celebration at our Bronx Zoo, writes @nytimes.com. “This is so much more than planting trees to us,” said Craig Piper. Proud to partner with @nyrp.bsky.social and The American Chestnut Foundation on this effort. 🌎 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/n...
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20 Chestnut Trees: A Cause for Celebration at the Bronx Zoo
American chestnut trees were wiped out more than a century ago. Now, new trees that are fungus-resistant are being planted at the zoo.
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Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 06/10/2026
Stanley Park Ecology plans to build on its current summer freshwater monitoring program by launching year-round monitoring of Lost Lagoon and Beaver Lake. You can support this important work by donating to their Matching for Monitoring campaign. #nonprofit #vancouver 🌎
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Freshwater Monitoring Campaign in Stanley Park
Stanley Park Ecology plans to build on its current summer freshwater monitoring program by launching year-round monitoring of Lost Lagoon and Beaver Lake.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pakistan expands protected habitat for Indus River dolphin as recovery offers hope 🧪🦑🌎
news.mongabay.com
Pakistan expands protected habitat for Indus River dolphin as recovery offers hope
Between 11 million and 16 million years ago, during the high sea levels of the middle Miocene period, the ancestors of the Indus River dolphin entered the muddy waters of what is the Indus Basin…
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Behold, Crawzilla, the Not-Quite-Biggest Crayfish Ever Caught 🧪🦑🌎
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Behold, Crawzilla, the Not-Quite-Biggest Crayfish Ever Caught - Nautilus
And what it can teach us about body size
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Dax Kellie @daxkellie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🔎📷 Want to identify wildlife in camera trap images in #Python? Learn to download & classify images with {galah-python} + {speciesnet}, a deep-learning model for wildlife image classification, in a new ALA Labs guest post by Renuka Sharma & Xiang Zhao labs.ala.org.au/posts/2026-0... #pydata #ML 🧪🌏
An image of a feral pig in Australia in a forest area. The pig has patchy dark brown/grey patches and white patches. The background is full of luscious green foliage and brown leaf litter. The pig is outlined by a red square, identifying its location in the photo, along with text that identifies that this is an animal and that it is possibly a 'wild boar'
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 07/10/2026
Butterflies’ contrasting wing patterns may create visual illusions during flight that make it more difficult for predators to judge their speed and direction, according to research in Nature. go.nature.com/4dgvQ7f 🌎🧪
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The magic of an Irish rainforest 🌍
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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
📰Published📰Out of the fire and into the frying pan: hostile post-fire thermal conditions reduce activity windows for reptiles🦎 buff.ly/0IKYM1B 🧪🌍️
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Out of the fire and into the frying pan: hostile post-fire thermal conditions reduce activity windows for reptiles
Max Tibby, Heather Neilly, Karl Vernes, Eric J. Nordberg This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Reptiles depend on their surroundings to …
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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Make sure you register for our lunchtime #webinar by tomorrow at 5pm to hear Rob Marrs from @liverpooluni.bsky.social talking about the Moor House #Grazing Exclosures #LTE & what is in store for it. To register see bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... #Grassland @leverhulme.ac.uk @naturalengland.bsky.social 🌏
Webinar Moor House Grazing Exclosures: Consolidating a Series of Studies Going Back to 1953 & Future Plans. Friday 9 October 2026 12:30-1:30pm. Photo of a white man leaning against a fence wearing a hat and glasses smiling at the camera. Text: Em. Prof Rob Marrs, Liverpool University.
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