W. P. Mueller
@wpmueller.bsky.social
Ornithologist/environmentalist focused on biodiversity conservation and ethical behavior toward all of life; Emeritus Director of Lake Michigan Bird Observatory, in Wisconsin, USA. (He, him). Born at 310.7 ppm carbon in the atmosphere.
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Tribune editorial: Our athletes are intelligent, well-traveled adults, mostly in their 20s and 30s, not kids in need of Daddy-knows-best guidance from the likes of Spencer Cox and Mike Lee.
Tribune Editorial: Cox and Lee, not U.S. Olympians, embarrass America on a global scale
Tribune editorial: Our athletes are intelligent, well-traveled adults, mostly in their 20s and 30s, not kids in need of Daddy-knows-best guidance from the likes of Spencer Cox and Mike Lee.
www.sltrib.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Tribune editorial: Our athletes are intelligent, well-traveled adults, mostly in their 20s and 30s, not kids in need of Daddy-knows-best guidance from the likes of Spencer Cox and Mike Lee.
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Amazing find for this year's Great Backyard Bird Count in my backyard! I've tried for years to get a clear photo of a boreal chickadee. They're forever mocking me from high in the spruce trees with their nasal 'chicka-day-days', but today, I finally managed to snap a photo of one! #GBBC #birds 🌿
February 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Hey fellow aquatic biologists! You should move to Buffalo! 💧🌎🧪
We're hiring! This position will undertake various aspects of citizen science and restoration projects, including providing technical/scientific and advocacy support, community outreach, education, tours, special events and more.
Deadline to apply is March 2. bnwaterkeeper.org/about/careers/
Deadline to apply is March 2. bnwaterkeeper.org/about/careers/
February 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Hey fellow aquatic biologists! You should move to Buffalo! 💧🌎🧪
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More than mitigation: The role of forests in climate adaptation | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
More than mitigation: The role of forests in climate adaptation
Forests regulate global and local climates in ways that impact human well-being. In this Review, we discuss the scale-dependent mechanisms through which forests regulate climate, highlighting their co...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:39 PM
More than mitigation: The role of forests in climate adaptation | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🌊 Climate change in Antarctica is anything but uniform.
Regional hotspots. Seasonal reversals. Early biological signals.
The story is more than “less ice = collapse”.
Complex, uneven, and already unfolding.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Regional hotspots. Seasonal reversals. Early biological signals.
The story is more than “less ice = collapse”.
Complex, uneven, and already unfolding.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Emergent climate change signals within Antarctic sea ice and associated ecosystems - Nature Climate Change
The authors model the emergence of climate-driven changes in Antarctic sea ice, phytoplankton, krill, fish and penguins. They show earlier emergence for higher trophic levels, as well as highly season...
www.nature.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
🌊 Climate change in Antarctica is anything but uniform.
Regional hotspots. Seasonal reversals. Early biological signals.
The story is more than “less ice = collapse”.
Complex, uneven, and already unfolding.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Regional hotspots. Seasonal reversals. Early biological signals.
The story is more than “less ice = collapse”.
Complex, uneven, and already unfolding.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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To repeat, rewilding and restoration are different activities,
Both are relevant for nature recovery, and can be used in combination to achieve wider benefits
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Both are relevant for nature recovery, and can be used in combination to achieve wider benefits
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Restore or rewild? Implementing complementary approaches to bend the curve on biodiversity loss
We discuss the benefits of integrating restoration and rewilding in conservation projects and highlight how such integration could increase the amount of space available for nature recovery; boost kn...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:58 AM
To repeat, rewilding and restoration are different activities,
Both are relevant for nature recovery, and can be used in combination to achieve wider benefits
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Both are relevant for nature recovery, and can be used in combination to achieve wider benefits
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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“Deep sea mining presents an existential threat to the survival of life and diversity in the Ocean. If it proceeds it will cause irreversible damage, not just to life on the seabed but through entire marine ecosystems.”
– Paul Watson, Captain Paul Watson Foundation
ctexaminer.com/2026/02/14/a...
– Paul Watson, Captain Paul Watson Foundation
ctexaminer.com/2026/02/14/a...
A Misleading Image
Deep sea mining presents an existential threat to the survival of life and diversity in the Ocean. If it proceeds it will cause irreversible damage, not just to life on […]
ctexaminer.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Great Backyard Bird Count, halfway in:
www.birdcount.org/participate/...
www.birdcount.org/participate/...
How to Participate
Participating is easy, fun to do alone or with others, and can be done anywhere you find birds. Simply watch birds for 15 minutes or more, at least once over the four days and tell us what you see!
www.birdcount.org
February 15, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Great Backyard Bird Count, halfway in:
www.birdcount.org/participate/...
www.birdcount.org/participate/...
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 264
# 263 contd.
Mechanical vibrations of the petals of the #flower were observed in response to frequency specific sound mimicking the presence of nearby #bees/#pollinators suggesting that the flower is the ‘ear’ of the plant.
#nature
#science
🐝🌍
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 264
# 263 contd.
Mechanical vibrations of the petals of the #flower were observed in response to frequency specific sound mimicking the presence of nearby #bees/#pollinators suggesting that the flower is the ‘ear’ of the plant.
#nature
#science
🐝🌍
February 15, 2026 at 2:39 PM
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 264
# 263 contd.
Mechanical vibrations of the petals of the #flower were observed in response to frequency specific sound mimicking the presence of nearby #bees/#pollinators suggesting that the flower is the ‘ear’ of the plant.
#nature
#science
🐝🌍
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 264
# 263 contd.
Mechanical vibrations of the petals of the #flower were observed in response to frequency specific sound mimicking the presence of nearby #bees/#pollinators suggesting that the flower is the ‘ear’ of the plant.
#nature
#science
🐝🌍
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Face check 🌎
apnews.com/article/gree...
apnews.com/article/gree...
A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific finding
While announcing that he was rolling back the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 endangerment finding, President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin made false claims regarding the gover...
apnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Face check 🌎
apnews.com/article/gree...
apnews.com/article/gree...
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Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it’s a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus, learning, and well-being.
Study of Buddhist Monks Finds Meditation Alters Brain Activity
Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it’s a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus, learning, and well-being.
wrd.cm
February 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it’s a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus, learning, and well-being.
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Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. To get us started here is a Shag parent with its young on the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. To get us started here is a Shag parent with its young on the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday
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A pair of Long-tailed Ducks off the sea-wall at Musselburgh yesterday #SuperSeabirdSunday
February 15, 2026 at 9:03 AM
A pair of Long-tailed Ducks off the sea-wall at Musselburgh yesterday #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Black-browed Albatrosses. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds
February 15, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Black-browed Albatrosses. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds
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🪶 A Flock of Dunlin flush into the air from the sea shore; but the Bar-tailed Godwits, Oystercatchers and Sanderling stay behind. West of Ireland.
#SuperSeabirdSunday #birdsofbluesky #irishbirding #dunlin #godwit #sanderling #oystercatcher #coast #stunday #sea #beach #winter
#SuperSeabirdSunday #birdsofbluesky #irishbirding #dunlin #godwit #sanderling #oystercatcher #coast #stunday #sea #beach #winter
February 15, 2026 at 9:18 AM
🪶 A Flock of Dunlin flush into the air from the sea shore; but the Bar-tailed Godwits, Oystercatchers and Sanderling stay behind. West of Ireland.
#SuperSeabirdSunday #birdsofbluesky #irishbirding #dunlin #godwit #sanderling #oystercatcher #coast #stunday #sea #beach #winter
#SuperSeabirdSunday #birdsofbluesky #irishbirding #dunlin #godwit #sanderling #oystercatcher #coast #stunday #sea #beach #winter
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#SuperSeabirdSunday of course 👍
Killy Lake this morning, much better views of the Slavonian Grebe in good sunshine this time!
#LowCarbonBirding #NEBirding @patchbirding.bsky.social
#LowCarbonBirding #NEBirding @patchbirding.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 10:03 AM
#SuperSeabirdSunday of course 👍
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Three for the price of one Kittiwakes, Puffin and Guillemots. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
February 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Three for the price of one Kittiwakes, Puffin and Guillemots. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
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Why are there so many Black-tailed Godwits in the UK?
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/f... 🎂6️⃣
Colonising new wintering sites:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/g...
Are things starting to change?
Declining wader numbers in South Iceland:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i...
#ornithology
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/f... 🎂6️⃣
Colonising new wintering sites:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/g...
Are things starting to change?
Declining wader numbers in South Iceland:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i...
#ornithology
February 15, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Why are there so many Black-tailed Godwits in the UK?
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/f... 🎂6️⃣
Colonising new wintering sites:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/g...
Are things starting to change?
Declining wader numbers in South Iceland:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i...
#ornithology
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/f... 🎂6️⃣
Colonising new wintering sites:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/g...
Are things starting to change?
Declining wader numbers in South Iceland:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i...
#ornithology
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Frugivory research in our sister journal Oikos: How do fruit traits and digestive morphology interact to shape dietary specialization in euphonias?
#ornithology 🪶
#ornithology 🪶
🍒🐦Fruit use and fruit processing by euphonias, specialized avian frugivores
📷 Mathias Pires
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#DigestiveMorphology #Frugivory #FruitTraits #FruitChemistry #Neotropical #Passerines
📷 Mathias Pires
vist.ly/4rhcx
#DigestiveMorphology #Frugivory #FruitTraits #FruitChemistry #Neotropical #Passerines
February 15, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Frugivory research in our sister journal Oikos: How do fruit traits and digestive morphology interact to shape dietary specialization in euphonias?
#ornithology 🪶
#ornithology 🪶
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📖 New blog article: Ben Leese discusses how we can use historical accounts such as diary entries to uncover information about extinct species such as the beautiful Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis).
boc-online.org/pursuing-par...
boc-online.org/pursuing-par...
February 15, 2026 at 3:50 PM
📖 New blog article: Ben Leese discusses how we can use historical accounts such as diary entries to uncover information about extinct species such as the beautiful Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis).
boc-online.org/pursuing-par...
boc-online.org/pursuing-par...
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Orchids are still being discovered 🌸 A newly described miniature species, Telipogon choquequiraoense, shows why taxonomy matters: you can’t protect what you can’t properly document 🧪
🌎 Dig into the details: diagnostic features, comparisons & figures are in the paper here: https://ow.ly/loZl50Y9qOL
🌎 Dig into the details: diagnostic features, comparisons & figures are in the paper here: https://ow.ly/loZl50Y9qOL
February 14, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Orchids are still being discovered 🌸 A newly described miniature species, Telipogon choquequiraoense, shows why taxonomy matters: you can’t protect what you can’t properly document 🧪
🌎 Dig into the details: diagnostic features, comparisons & figures are in the paper here: https://ow.ly/loZl50Y9qOL
🌎 Dig into the details: diagnostic features, comparisons & figures are in the paper here: https://ow.ly/loZl50Y9qOL
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Finally some good news. | academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti... 🦑🌎🧪
A roadmap towards monitoring walruses from space
Abstract. Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) are experiencing rapid habitat change, concomitant with dramatic sea ice declines in the Arctic. Reduction in sea ic
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February 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Finally some good news. | academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti... 🦑🌎🧪