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Here's the science news we're reading--and think you might like, too. Learn about natural science and history research by scientists from areas other than the…
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Greater Roadrunner
Life Band
Audubon Society
Science News
Secret Life
Cuckoo
Rare Photos
Science And Nature
Reveal
Despite their relatively large stature—similar to the Greater Roadrunner—the Banded Ground-Cuckoo slips through the dense forest floor undetected. (via National Audubon Society)
Invasive Plants
Antelope
Cape Town
Heavily
The Mountain
Conservation
South Africa
The animals were first deployed in an area of Cape Town called the Cape Flats—a heavily urbanized, densely populated coastal region. Now they have been moved to the mountains. (via Hakai Magazin)
Red Panda Baby
Panda Love
Panda Babies
Baby Fox
Red Baby
Cute Baby Animals
Animals And Pets
Funny Animals
Wild Animals
"Chinese red pandas have redder fur and striped tail rings, while Himalayan pandas have whiter faces." (via BBC News) #conservation #endangered
Sea Video
Deep Sea Life
Brittle Star
Deep Sea Creatures
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Mysterious
Maps
Ocean
"It’s an often-quoted (and very true) statement that we have better maps of the moon than we do of the ocean floor. But quantifying just how mysterious the deep sea is is tricky." (via Hakai Magazine)
Eagle Drawing
Owls Drawing
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Antler Drawing
Alpaca Drawing
Owl Calls
Owl Sketch
Spotted Owl
"Likely born in 1822, she grew up in an area full of wetlands, swamps, and upland forests, giving her the skills she used expertly in her own quest for freedom in 1849." (via National Audubon Society)
Aura
Opossum
Weird Stories
Peculiar
Natural World
Pet Care
Mammals
Brazilians
Weird flowers + opossum feet = strange story. 🤔Check out In Defense of Plants and this odd #pollinator!
Plaque Teeth
Tooth Plaque
Human Teeth
Ancient Humans
Pacific
Solving
The Help
A look at banana 🍌 migration with the help of ancient human teeth 🦷🦷🦷 via Atlas Obscura!
Narwhal Tusk
The Narwhal
Straight Teeth
Sea Ice
Cetacean
Retro Futurism
Amazing Gardens
"Unlike all other toothed whales, the narwhal actually has no teeth in its mouth. Instead, the male develops a long straight tooth, called a tusk, that protrudes 6 to 10 feet out of his upper left jaw." (Kristin Laidre via The Conversation US)
Deer Pictures
Caribou
Reindeer
Kangaroo
Nativity
Species
Exotic
"Many times, these non-native deer were initially confined to farms, hunting preserves or private menageries. But deer are elusive and adaptable animals. They escape. And sometimes they take to their new wild homes." (via Cool Green Science)
Shark Conservation
Energy Conservation
Carbon Sink
Peat
Greenhouse Gases
Wetland
Pretty Places
Alba
"More than 80% of the 1.7 million hectares of peatland in Scotland have been cut for fuel or otherwise degraded, and roughly 500,000 hectares have been drained and forested with non-native conifers." (via Nature)
Whale Species
South Georgia Island
Big Whale
Feel Good News
Good News Stories
Uplifting News
Southern Ocean
Big Animals
"Their 23-day survey counted 55 animals - a total that is unprecedented in the decades since commercial whaling ended." (#Whale news via BBC News) #conservation
Coastal Cities
Animal Activities
Human Activity
Circadian Rhythm
How To Stay Awake
Marine Life
Rhythms
"All animals, plants, and even fungi seem to have an internal rhythm. A 24-hour period is the most common, but some creatures live by a different clock." (via Hakai Magazine) #animals #marinelife #mollusks
Save Wildlife
Roadkill
Speed Limit
Giraffe
Deer
Popcorn Kernels
"Here we saw deer hopping fences like popcorn kernels. Deer waiting, waiting, waiting for the stream of traffic to break, sticking a hoof in the road, hesitating, turning back, circling around to try again." (via Cool Green Science) #conservation #wildlife
Chesapeake Bay
Quail
Habitats
Beloved
Unusual
Magazine
"The northern bobwhite quail once lived across much of the eastern United States. But its population plummeted by 85 percent from 1966 to 2014 because of habitat loss." (via Hakai Magazine)
Gila Monster
Cute Animals With Funny Captions
Cute Animal Illustration
New Poster
Cute Little Animals
Endangered Species
Extinction
Animal Photography
Madagascar
"It's time for us to put some science behind the species we use to market and fundraise for conservation - rather than framing our approach around what's popular or seen as 'cute' by the public," said Dr Hugh Possingham via BBC News.
Open Pandora
Invasive Species
Biologist
Defense
Moth
Toxic
Podcasts
#Florida's invasive problem found an unlikely hero in the tiny bella moth that is keeping the toxic #invasiveSpecies rattlebox plant in check. Our biologist Andrei Sourakov guests on an In Defense of Plants #podcast. #InvasiveSpecies #moths #rattlebox #plants
Surviving Cold
Arctic Fox
Albino
Cold Winter
Winter Time
Winters
Polar Bear
Animal Pictures
"They go into what is called a “deep hibernation,” waking up every 15 to 20 days to stretch and pee, then go back to sleep." (via Cool Green Science) Where do we sign up for that vacation? Better than the green frog ice cubes!
Green Heron
Different Birds
Animal Protection
Hawaiian Islands
Bird Species
"His hunch was correct — the three species now sing much more similar songs, with less complex vocal signals, due to the decreasing size of their populations, especially among mature birds that pass on song repertoires to younger offspring." (via Undark Magazine)
Florescent
Dna Test
Herding
Elk
Antlers
Mysterious "Elk Zero" with florescent antlers became more than an amusing find when Montana game wardens caught wind of it. An interesting story about invasives, DNA tests and deadly pathogens via Missoulian
Beauty First
True Beauty
Planet Earth Ii
Beetle Insect
Amazon Rainforest
Bad News
Amazing Nature
Insects
"Scientists have found that hotter and drier El Niño events are having major impacts on biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest, including causing the collapse of dung beetle populations, an important indicator species used to gauge the health of a larger ecosystem." (via Yale Environment 360)
Otter Pup
Sea Otter
Cute Pictures
Wildlife Biologist
Fur Trade
Estuary
"San Francisco Bay, they found, could potentially support 6,000 otters—more than double the population of sea otters currently ranging from California to British Columbia." (via Hakai Magazine) #otters #seaotters
India Pakistan Border
Horn Of Africa
Minibeasts
Locust
The Day Will Come
South Asia
East Africa
Bbc News
"Overall, the FAO estimates the desert locust affects the livelihood of one in 10 people on the planet - making it the world's most dangerous migratory pest." (#Locust news via BBC News)
You Never
Never Forget
Sights
North America
Lion Sculpture
Museum
"Public opinion has overwhelmingly shifted against the commercial slaughter of whales as tradable commodities in a global marketplace." (via Hakai Magazine)
Climate Warming
University Of Ottawa
Extreme Heat
Save The Bees
Native Plants
The Guardian
"Honeybees were brought over from Europe to pollinate many agricultural crops, while bumblebees are native to the U.S., evolving with the ecosystems that rely on them." (#Pollinators news via NPR) #bees #savethebees #honeybees #bumblebees
Aboriginal Painting
Aboriginal Artists
Wasp Nest
Archaeological Finds
Art Sites
Indigenous Art
Archeologist
History Museum
"From Damien's point of view, when the female #wasp gathers her mud supplies she inevitably picks up fragments of charcoal from the Kimberley's fire-prone landscape. And this charcoal can be radiocarbon dated." (via BBC News)