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Scientists recently discovered vast freshwater reservoirs beneath the Atlantic seafloor, stretching off the U.S. East Coast from the states of New Jersey to Maine.
The find was “a beautiful scientific accident,” Brandon Dugan, co-chief scientist on the expedition, told Mongabay in a video call.
The find was “a beautiful scientific accident,” Brandon Dugan, co-chief scientist on the expedition, told Mongabay in a video call.
Vast freshwater reserves found beneath Atlantic seafloor
Scientists recently discovered vast freshwater reservoirs beneath the Atlantic seafloor, stretching off the U.S. East Coast from the states of New Jersey to Maine. The find was “a beautiful…
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October 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Scientists recently discovered vast freshwater reservoirs beneath the Atlantic seafloor, stretching off the U.S. East Coast from the states of New Jersey to Maine.
The find was “a beautiful scientific accident,” Brandon Dugan, co-chief scientist on the expedition, told Mongabay in a video call.
The find was “a beautiful scientific accident,” Brandon Dugan, co-chief scientist on the expedition, told Mongabay in a video call.
I was inspired to find out more about insect grooming after watching and photographing a hoverfly clean itself on a leaf, one sunny day in early October. It had just been feeding on ivy flowers and obviously needed a good dusting down.
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Insect grooming behaviour
I was inspired to find out more about insect grooming after watching and photographing a hoverfly clean itself on a leaf, one sunny day in early October. It had just been feeding on ivy flowers and…
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March 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I was inspired to find out more about insect grooming after watching and photographing a hoverfly clean itself on a leaf, one sunny day in early October. It had just been feeding on ivy flowers and obviously needed a good dusting down.
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And from these you get that! Ladybird pupae and adult.
January 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
And from these you get that! Ladybird pupae and adult.
The Future of Sea Level Rise - Prof. Peter Wadhams
YouTube video by EATING OUR WAY TO EXTINCTION
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January 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Found some old photos taken with a an Olympus Tough TG-6. It is not bad but not as good as a close-up lens on a DSLR camera. Small Heath and Small tortoiseshells.
January 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Found some old photos taken with a an Olympus Tough TG-6. It is not bad but not as good as a close-up lens on a DSLR camera. Small Heath and Small tortoiseshells.
Record breaking start to 2025. The world really is heating up very fast!
January 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Record breaking start to 2025. The world really is heating up very fast!
You can read quite a lot of my book for free via this link! First 43 pp.
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www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
Courtship and Mate-finding in Insects
This book explores mate-finding and courtship behaviour in the insect world, in all its subtlety and diversity. Insects engage in courtship as much, or as little, as any other animal; they have songs ...
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January 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
You can read quite a lot of my book for free via this link! First 43 pp.
www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
Beautiful leaf-cutter bee from Thailand. Possibly Megachile (Aethomegachile) borneana female.
January 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Beautiful leaf-cutter bee from Thailand. Possibly Megachile (Aethomegachile) borneana female.
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Hey Guardian & MET -- this is what the *actual* future Keeling curve looks like. Nice try.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
January 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Hey Guardian & MET -- this is what the *actual* future Keeling curve looks like. Nice try.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This bee (Megachilidae) has only been described from Thailand a couple of times apparently: Trachusa (Paraanthidium) longicornis. Doi Sutep, Monththan falls, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Nalinrachatakan et al. (2023) ZooKeys 1186: 235-284. doi.org/10.3897/zook...
Nalinrachatakan et al. (2023) ZooKeys 1186: 235-284. doi.org/10.3897/zook...
January 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This bee (Megachilidae) has only been described from Thailand a couple of times apparently: Trachusa (Paraanthidium) longicornis. Doi Sutep, Monththan falls, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Nalinrachatakan et al. (2023) ZooKeys 1186: 235-284. doi.org/10.3897/zook...
Nalinrachatakan et al. (2023) ZooKeys 1186: 235-284. doi.org/10.3897/zook...
Male and female Beautiful Demoiselles (Calopteryx virgo meridionalis) from NW Spain
January 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Male and female Beautiful Demoiselles (Calopteryx virgo meridionalis) from NW Spain
Some seaweeds! Bladder wrack, sea lettuce (dry), sea lettuce green and white, Spiral wrack.
January 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Some seaweeds! Bladder wrack, sea lettuce (dry), sea lettuce green and white, Spiral wrack.
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Scientists and vaccine-makers broke speed records developing COVID-19 vaccines that have saved tens of millions of lives worldwide – and were the critical step to getting life back to normal. to.pbs.org/4h108do
5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID
Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries.
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January 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Scientists and vaccine-makers broke speed records developing COVID-19 vaccines that have saved tens of millions of lives worldwide – and were the critical step to getting life back to normal. to.pbs.org/4h108do
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January 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Magical sunset today on Christmas eve.
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Christmas Eve
Follow me on my walk this evening as the sunset (at 15:53) builds to a climax. Photos, not words. Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, UK.
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December 24, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Magical sunset today on Christmas eve.
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BLOG on sleeping bumblebees.
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Leave sleeping bees be!
Sleep-like states have been described in insects for hundreds of years, but it is one thing to observe insects resting or in a state of quiescence. It is another thing to prove that they are actual…
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December 3, 2024 at 2:14 PM
BLOG on sleeping bumblebees.
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Eristalis tenax type hoverfly from Thailand. It is the most widely distributed syrphid species in the world.
November 23, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Eristalis tenax type hoverfly from Thailand. It is the most widely distributed syrphid species in the world.
Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on Salvia flower with arrows showing row of holes made by the nectar robbing bees in the base of the flower. rcannon992.com/2024/11/16/t...
November 23, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on Salvia flower with arrows showing row of holes made by the nectar robbing bees in the base of the flower. rcannon992.com/2024/11/16/t...
Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) head down on Salvia flower nectar robbing!
November 23, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) head down on Salvia flower nectar robbing!
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Nice batman markings on this hoverfly! Myathropa florea.
November 15, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Nice batman markings on this hoverfly! Myathropa florea.