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kunst-und-natur.bsky.social
@kunst-und-natur.bsky.social
Visual Artist & Cultural Scientist
»they already come with complex brains, long lives, strong parental care of offspring in most species, and robust communication. With all of those advantages, why don’t birds have complex culture like we do?«
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Why birds don’t buy Bentleys and we humans will never fly | Aeon Essays
They have big brains, long childhoods and sociable, curious minds. So why haven’t birds developed complex culture?
aeon.co
July 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Bats (order Chiroptera) include more than 1300 extant species, forming the second largest mammalian order, and are unique among mammals in their evolution of powered flight. […] From any perspective, bats are an evolutionary and ecological success story."
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World
This book focuses on central themes related to the conservation of bats. It details their response to land-use change and management practices, intensified urbanization and roost disturbance and loss....
link.springer.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Exzellenter Essay über – wie soll man es nennen? – spekulative Evolution.
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Are humans destined to evolve into crabs? | Aeon Essays
‘Everything becomes crab’ is more than an absurd meme. The crab is a deep symbol of our devil’s bargain with technology
aeon.co
July 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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For #WorldEnvironmentDay today, “A Bestiary of Loss” — images of 39 recently extinct animals and their stories, from the aurochs to the ivory-billed woodpecker: publicdomainreview.org/collection/e...
A Bestiary of Loss
To mark Lost Species Day, images of 39 recently extinct animals and their stories — from the aurochs to the ivory-billed woodpecker.
publicdomainreview.org
June 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Fossil fuel companies spent decades misleading the public about what they knew about climate change and the dangers of the products they were selling.

A new report details how those companies did it—and how their efforts are evolving today

insideclimatenews.org/news/1405202...
How the World’s Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change - Inside Climate News
A new report draws on internal company documents and other public records to comprehensively outline the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to mislead the public and avoid paying for their p...
insideclimatenews.org
May 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Great animated short film by Susann Maria Hempel for the new Kulturstiftung des Bundes magazine »fünf zu eins«
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fünf zu eins: Susann Maria Hempel
»fünf zu eins« ist eine Publikation der Kulturstiftung des Bundes. Zweimal im Jahr stellen wir hier fünf Positionen aus Kunst und Kultur zu einer Frage der Gegenwart vor.
fuenf-zu-eins.de
May 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Ein echter Stimmungsaufheller in Zeiten multipler Krisen.
Mystery donor’s £17.5m gift could turn Scottish estate into rewilding showcase
Scottish Wildlife Trust plans to create rainforest, restore peatland and end deer stalking on Highland sporting estate
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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The way this lynx decides to jump across once it hears the ice cracking..
February 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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February 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM