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A new species of bee has been identified! Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), has demon-like horns and visits a critically endangered flower in Australia
Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), a new megachilid with demon-like horns that visits the Critically Endangered Marianthus aquilonaris (Pittosporaceae)
A new species Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) is described from both sexes. Megachile lucifer sp. nov. is of conservation importance, as it is a visitor to the range-restri...
jhr.pensoft.net
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A new species of bee has been identified! Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), has demon-like horns and visits a critically endangered flower in Australia
Fresh water reef restoration in Lake Huron.
Reef restoration will support native fish in Saginaw Bay
Most reefs are associated with tropical waters and colorful fish, not the Great Lakes, but the Saginaw Bay was once the home of many rock reefs. Now, efforts are underway to restore this lost habitat.
www.wnem.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Fresh water reef restoration in Lake Huron.
Just leave the leaves alone.
www.michigan.gov
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just leave the leaves alone.
Especially if they are powered by the solar panels on your roof. 😏
Study finds EVs quickly overcome their energy-intensive build to be cleaner than gas cars
Producing and manufacturing electric vehicles and their batteries uses a lot of energy, leading many to be skeptical about the environmental benefits of going electric.
apnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Especially if they are powered by the solar panels on your roof. 😏
95% of all mammal on the planet consist of us and our domesticated food. 😳😳😳
The global biomass of mammals since 1850 - Nature Communications
Here, the authors estimate mammalian biomass from the 1850’s to today, tracking an increase of over five-fold in human and domesticated mammal biomass and a two-fold decrease in wild mammal biomass. R...
www.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
95% of all mammal on the planet consist of us and our domesticated food. 😳😳😳
Positive news on the climate front is always welcome.
We Just Crossed Our FIRST Tipping Point… And It’s NOT What You Think
YouTube video by PBS Terra
youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Positive news on the climate front is always welcome.
Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died. Truly no one like her. She will be missed.
Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
apnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died. Truly no one like her. She will be missed.
Hard to overcome invasive species, climate change and overfishing all at once.
bridgemi.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Hard to overcome invasive species, climate change and overfishing all at once.
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Iberian harvester ants are the only known organism that propagates two species by itself, according to new research.
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Learn more: https://scim.ag/47sVFyS
September 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Iberian harvester ants are the only known organism that propagates two species by itself, according to new research.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/47sVFyS
Learn more: https://scim.ag/47sVFyS
Proud to say I got to play a small part in this project. Great to see school districts stepping up and doing their part in the climate crisis.
Lansing School District embraces solar to help power schools, buses
A switch will get pulled this year for what Lansing School District officials say will be an impressive show of solar capacity in south Lansing.
www.lansingstatejournal.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Proud to say I got to play a small part in this project. Great to see school districts stepping up and doing their part in the climate crisis.
So many cool native species to find. Definitely earned a few @inaturalist.bsky.social badges this weekend.
September 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
So many cool native species to find. Definitely earned a few @inaturalist.bsky.social badges this weekend.
Plants with no chlorophyll, no leaves, and a root system they abandon. Dodders definitely don’t fit neatly into what makes a plant a plant.
This Plant Is A Vampire
YouTube video by Animalogic
youtube.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Plants with no chlorophyll, no leaves, and a root system they abandon. Dodders definitely don’t fit neatly into what makes a plant a plant.
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Yellowstone's wolves are helping a new generation of young aspen trees to grow tall and join the forest canopy
www.livescience.com/animals/land...
www.livescience.com/animals/land...
Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years
Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young trees, and it is finally paying off for quaking aspen.
www.livescience.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Yellowstone's wolves are helping a new generation of young aspen trees to grow tall and join the forest canopy
www.livescience.com/animals/land...
www.livescience.com/animals/land...
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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
July 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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POV: You're a map turtle caught in Michigan during a Lake St. Clair fish survey.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is working collaboratively with US Fish and Wildlife Services Fisheries and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to survey around the entire lake.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is working collaboratively with US Fish and Wildlife Services Fisheries and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to survey around the entire lake.
July 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
POV: You're a map turtle caught in Michigan during a Lake St. Clair fish survey.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is working collaboratively with US Fish and Wildlife Services Fisheries and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to survey around the entire lake.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is working collaboratively with US Fish and Wildlife Services Fisheries and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to survey around the entire lake.
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The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
July 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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Neil Shubin, an evolutionary biologist best known for discovering an important fish fossil, has been nominated to head the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. scim.ag/46IG9hG
Paleontologist to lead U.S. national academy
The prestigious organization faces funding challenges and political controversies
scim.ag
July 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Neil Shubin, an evolutionary biologist best known for discovering an important fish fossil, has been nominated to head the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. scim.ag/46IG9hG