Nothing brings people together like the joy of finding a cool bug. You and your friends can be part of real conservation research, all while meeting the wildlife you can help protect.
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From @theguardian.com, “Wild fish can tell humans apart when they dress differently, study finds.” 🌍🧪🐠

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I’m in the middle of five books so of course all my library holds have become available at once

URGENT: tomorrow, the House Committee on Natural Resources is holding an "oversight hearing" on the implementation of the ESA and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. There's about 15 hours left to bombard those involved with emails and phone calls. Info in description.

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Sometimes the best medicine is dissapearing into the woods

Hope your week doesn’t stink! 🫶🏻✨

Scientists have tried to infect ladybugs with bacteria, fungi, & parasites—but they just don’t get sick. Their secret? A compound called harmonine, which fights everything from TB to malaria.

Nature holds the key to future medicine—we just have to protect it. 🌍🐞✨

Yellow Sac Fun Fact! 🕸️
In 2011, Mazda recalled over 65K Mazda6’s because yellow sac spiders were spinning webs inside the fuel system, creating a fire hazard. A similar recall happened in 2014 for 42K cars. Why the Mazda6? No one knows! These spiders are harmless and help control pests! 🙌🏻✨

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances." — Viktor Frankl

Mosquitoes may be vectors for diseases, but they also pollinate and I must admit the larvae can be kinda cute. Here's a video I created and call "The Dance of the Mosquito Larva"
Enjoy!
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Walking through the #library while looking at all of the new releases and deciding which book to rent is the closest I’ve come to recreating that nostalgic Blockbuster feeling. #booksky