David
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Researchers have described a new carnivorous pitcher plant, Nepenthes megastoma, from Palawan, Philippines — known only from three cliffside sites in a UNESCO-listed park.
With around 25 individuals found so far, they recommend it be listed as critically endangered due to its tiny range & threats.
With around 25 individuals found so far, they recommend it be listed as critically endangered due to its tiny range & threats.
New pitcher plant found in the Philippines may already be critically endangered
Researchers have described a new-to-science species of carnivorous plant that’s known from only three locations on the Philippines’ Palawan Island. The newly described pitcher plant, which grows on…
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December 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Researchers have described a new carnivorous pitcher plant, Nepenthes megastoma, from Palawan, Philippines — known only from three cliffside sites in a UNESCO-listed park.
With around 25 individuals found so far, they recommend it be listed as critically endangered due to its tiny range & threats.
With around 25 individuals found so far, they recommend it be listed as critically endangered due to its tiny range & threats.
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[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
In France’s Dauphiné Alps, Fabien Quétier leads a Rewilding Europe project as wolves, beavers, and other wildlife return.
Rewilding, once utopian, now feels urgent as droughts and heat rise. For Quétier, the real gamble is doing nothing.
In France’s Dauphiné Alps, Fabien Quétier leads a Rewilding Europe project as wolves, beavers, and other wildlife return.
Rewilding, once utopian, now feels urgent as droughts and heat rise. For Quétier, the real gamble is doing nothing.
France’s largest rewilding project
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. He has spent much of his life in the shadow of the Dauphiné Alps in…
news.mongabay.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
In France’s Dauphiné Alps, Fabien Quétier leads a Rewilding Europe project as wolves, beavers, and other wildlife return.
Rewilding, once utopian, now feels urgent as droughts and heat rise. For Quétier, the real gamble is doing nothing.
In France’s Dauphiné Alps, Fabien Quétier leads a Rewilding Europe project as wolves, beavers, and other wildlife return.
Rewilding, once utopian, now feels urgent as droughts and heat rise. For Quétier, the real gamble is doing nothing.
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We've just published our latest report: COLLATERAL DAMAGE, highlighting the widespread poisoning of birds of prey in England by the misuse & abuse of rodenticides.
Govt scheme to reduce exposure has failed.
Read the report: wildjustice.org.uk/general/coll...
Govt scheme to reduce exposure has failed.
Read the report: wildjustice.org.uk/general/coll...
November 14, 2024 at 11:14 AM
We've just published our latest report: COLLATERAL DAMAGE, highlighting the widespread poisoning of birds of prey in England by the misuse & abuse of rodenticides.
Govt scheme to reduce exposure has failed.
Read the report: wildjustice.org.uk/general/coll...
Govt scheme to reduce exposure has failed.
Read the report: wildjustice.org.uk/general/coll...
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Just got back from the most magnificent place in Ireland, maybe the world.. Skellig Michael. If you ever get the chance to go, don't pass it up!
September 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Just got back from the most magnificent place in Ireland, maybe the world.. Skellig Michael. If you ever get the chance to go, don't pass it up!
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I'm very sad to say William Bond, of the University of Cape Town & Fellow of the Royal Society (@royalsociety.org ), has passed away. It is a great loss. He was an enthusiastic ecologist and a critical thinker. I learned a lot, and I still had a lot to learn from him. RIP. 😢
🧪🌎🔥🌿🌳🪴🌐 #PlantScience
🧪🌎🔥🌿🌳🪴🌐 #PlantScience
December 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I'm very sad to say William Bond, of the University of Cape Town & Fellow of the Royal Society (@royalsociety.org ), has passed away. It is a great loss. He was an enthusiastic ecologist and a critical thinker. I learned a lot, and I still had a lot to learn from him. RIP. 😢
🧪🌎🔥🌿🌳🪴🌐 #PlantScience
🧪🌎🔥🌿🌳🪴🌐 #PlantScience
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Saving the bees does not include honeybees. Honeybees are effectively livestock and part of the problem.
The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?
On a tiny Italian island, scientists conducted a radical experiment to see if the bees were causing their wild cousins to decline
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Saving the bees does not include honeybees. Honeybees are effectively livestock and part of the problem.
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Red Admiral larva crossing the road (slowly), West Dorset UK.
@dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
@dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Red Admiral larva crossing the road (slowly), West Dorset UK.
@dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
@dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
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There is no bad weather, just bad clothes.
Bad days, no motivation, rainy days, low days? You don't have to break PRs every day.
Just show up.
Bad days, no motivation, rainy days, low days? You don't have to break PRs every day.
Just show up.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
There is no bad weather, just bad clothes.
Bad days, no motivation, rainy days, low days? You don't have to break PRs every day.
Just show up.
Bad days, no motivation, rainy days, low days? You don't have to break PRs every day.
Just show up.
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Mycena tenerrima from Pacific County, Washington. This tiny and widespread Mycena is in Mycena sect. Sacchariferae due to the powdery cap texture, stem with long setae and disc at the stem base.
#fungi #mycology #mycena #fungifriends
#fungi #mycology #mycena #fungifriends
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Mycena tenerrima from Pacific County, Washington. This tiny and widespread Mycena is in Mycena sect. Sacchariferae due to the powdery cap texture, stem with long setae and disc at the stem base.
#fungi #mycology #mycena #fungifriends
#fungi #mycology #mycena #fungifriends
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This is the second time I have photographed one of my favorite Mycena species - this one is found on leaves and has regular water droplets along the stem for a reason which remains a mystery to me.
From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador.
#mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends
From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador.
#mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends
December 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is the second time I have photographed one of my favorite Mycena species - this one is found on leaves and has regular water droplets along the stem for a reason which remains a mystery to me.
From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador.
#mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends
From the Chocó Andino region of Ecuador.
#mycology #fungi #mycena #fungifriends
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Vermilion flycatcher🪶
📷 Alameda Creek
This bird, which is rare for the Bay Area, was spotted in last year's Christmas Bird Count. No one has seen it for 7 weeks, and a lot of folks have looked. And then it just showed up in the same spot 2 days ago.
📷 Alameda Creek
This bird, which is rare for the Bay Area, was spotted in last year's Christmas Bird Count. No one has seen it for 7 weeks, and a lot of folks have looked. And then it just showed up in the same spot 2 days ago.
February 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Vermilion flycatcher🪶
📷 Alameda Creek
This bird, which is rare for the Bay Area, was spotted in last year's Christmas Bird Count. No one has seen it for 7 weeks, and a lot of folks have looked. And then it just showed up in the same spot 2 days ago.
📷 Alameda Creek
This bird, which is rare for the Bay Area, was spotted in last year's Christmas Bird Count. No one has seen it for 7 weeks, and a lot of folks have looked. And then it just showed up in the same spot 2 days ago.
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Despite the best efforts of unhinged conspiracy theorists who badly want us to be scared of having more things to walk to near-by, my friend @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social’s very important book “The 15-Minute City,” and the simple concept of proximity, are thankfully here to stay. #UrbanismBookClub 5/
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Despite the best efforts of unhinged conspiracy theorists who badly want us to be scared of having more things to walk to near-by, my friend @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social’s very important book “The 15-Minute City,” and the simple concept of proximity, are thankfully here to stay. #UrbanismBookClub 5/
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Currently have mics running at three sites here in Catalunya. The lack of human noise at each is astounding. Can’t wait to see what I’ve captured!
February 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Currently have mics running at three sites here in Catalunya. The lack of human noise at each is astounding. Can’t wait to see what I’ve captured!
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🇮🇪 Sean Ronayne, un ornithologue irlandais, s'est donné pour mission d'échantillonner les plus de 200 espèces d'oiseaux du pays. Fort de 12.000 enregistrements, il ne lui reste plus que deux espèces à enregistrer, pour alerter sur la disparation des oiseaux ⤵️
June 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Clouds of dragonflies and damselflies at @rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall, Somerset this morning including Black-tailed Skimmer, Four-spotted Chaser, Red-eyed Damselfly (new for me🙂) and Variable Damselfly.
@britishdragonflies.bsky.social
@britishdragonflies.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Clouds of dragonflies and damselflies at @rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall, Somerset this morning including Black-tailed Skimmer, Four-spotted Chaser, Red-eyed Damselfly (new for me🙂) and Variable Damselfly.
@britishdragonflies.bsky.social
@britishdragonflies.bsky.social
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A nice selection of #moth firsts for the year last night (West Dorset, VC9) including Magpie, Barred Yellow, Beautiful Hook-tip and a single migrant Rush Veneer.
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social @dorsetmoths.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social @dorsetmoths.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A nice selection of #moth firsts for the year last night (West Dorset, VC9) including Magpie, Barred Yellow, Beautiful Hook-tip and a single migrant Rush Veneer.
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social @dorsetmoths.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social @dorsetmoths.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
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Pristine Five-spot Burnet #moth on Bird's-foot Trefoil at @savebutterflies.bsky.social Lankham Bottom reserve yesterday. Plenty of Six-spots around too, plus a single (camera shy) Wood Tiger.
@dorsetmoths.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
#teammoth
@dorsetmoths.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
#teammoth
June 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Pristine Five-spot Burnet #moth on Bird's-foot Trefoil at @savebutterflies.bsky.social Lankham Bottom reserve yesterday. Plenty of Six-spots around too, plus a single (camera shy) Wood Tiger.
@dorsetmoths.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
#teammoth
@dorsetmoths.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
#teammoth
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Plastic pollution is devastating #seabirds, leaving them with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s. Chicks fed plastic by their parents had brain damage & decayed stomach linings. #Plastic clogs our seas & kills wildlife. Time to agree the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows
Blood tests on migratory chicks fed plastics by their parents show neurodegeneration, as well as cell rupture and stomach lining decay
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Plastic pollution is devastating #seabirds, leaving them with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s. Chicks fed plastic by their parents had brain damage & decayed stomach linings. #Plastic clogs our seas & kills wildlife. Time to agree the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A proven and highly effective conservation measure! Here in Ireland, rats are a major threat to seabird populations on our islands. Eradication projects are happening on the Saltee Islands @npwsireland.bsky.social and on Dalkey Island @dlrcc.bsky.social. #GenerationRestoration
"Eradicating rats, goats and other invasive animals from islands is one of the most effective tools for protecting wildlife...and has an 88% success rate, leading to dramatic increases in biodiversity."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Driving out invasive species on islands has high success rate and big benefits – study
New research finds that eradicating non-native rats, cats, rabbits and goats is 88% effective in restoring biodiversity
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:14 AM
A proven and highly effective conservation measure! Here in Ireland, rats are a major threat to seabird populations on our islands. Eradication projects are happening on the Saltee Islands @npwsireland.bsky.social and on Dalkey Island @dlrcc.bsky.social. #GenerationRestoration
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The bubbling call of Curlews is an iconic sound in Scotland’s spring nature 🔊
With action to protect Curlews and restore their habitats, these distinctive birds could thrive again.
Tell MSPs why you love Scotland’s wildlife: scotlink.eaction.online/actnow
@scotlink.bsky.social
📷 Andy Hay
With action to protect Curlews and restore their habitats, these distinctive birds could thrive again.
Tell MSPs why you love Scotland’s wildlife: scotlink.eaction.online/actnow
@scotlink.bsky.social
📷 Andy Hay
March 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The bubbling call of Curlews is an iconic sound in Scotland’s spring nature 🔊
With action to protect Curlews and restore their habitats, these distinctive birds could thrive again.
Tell MSPs why you love Scotland’s wildlife: scotlink.eaction.online/actnow
@scotlink.bsky.social
📷 Andy Hay
With action to protect Curlews and restore their habitats, these distinctive birds could thrive again.
Tell MSPs why you love Scotland’s wildlife: scotlink.eaction.online/actnow
@scotlink.bsky.social
📷 Andy Hay
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🌳 The Embla birch cultivar is taking root in #Iceland! 400 trees planted in Tumastaðir to ensure high-quality saplings for future cultivation. Seeds will be available in 5 years to support stronger, more resilient forests #Forestry #Genetics
Learn more about it! 👇 www.euforgen.org/about-us/new...
Learn more about it! 👇 www.euforgen.org/about-us/new...
Embla – a seed orchard established for a quality cultivar of Icelandic birch
Recently, 400 downy birch trees of the 'Embla' cultivar were planted in Tumastaðir, Fljótshlíð, Iceland. The primary objective of this initiative is to procure superior-quality birch saplings for pros...
www.euforgen.org
March 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🌳 The Embla birch cultivar is taking root in #Iceland! 400 trees planted in Tumastaðir to ensure high-quality saplings for future cultivation. Seeds will be available in 5 years to support stronger, more resilient forests #Forestry #Genetics
Learn more about it! 👇 www.euforgen.org/about-us/new...
Learn more about it! 👇 www.euforgen.org/about-us/new...
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Ah for God's sake! Seeing one of these magnificent birds makes your soul soar, why on Earth would you ever want to shoot one?
www.rte.ie/news/2025/01...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/01...
Rare white-tailed eagle shot dead in Co Westmeath
An investigation is under way following the recent shooting dead of a white-tailed eagle in Co Westmeath.
www.rte.ie
January 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Ah for God's sake! Seeing one of these magnificent birds makes your soul soar, why on Earth would you ever want to shoot one?
www.rte.ie/news/2025/01...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/01...
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Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
December 18, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
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