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Urban soil sealing, pollution and fragmentation are affecting soil productivity and biodiversity, home to nearly 59% of Earth’s species.
Protecting living soils sustains soil productivity, nutrient recycling and water filtration, and pollinators.
#WorldSoilDay #GreenCities #SoilSealing
Protecting living soils sustains soil productivity, nutrient recycling and water filtration, and pollinators.
#WorldSoilDay #GreenCities #SoilSealing
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Urban soil sealing, pollution and fragmentation are affecting soil productivity and biodiversity, home to nearly 59% of Earth’s species.
Protecting living soils sustains soil productivity, nutrient recycling and water filtration, and pollinators.
#WorldSoilDay #GreenCities #SoilSealing
Protecting living soils sustains soil productivity, nutrient recycling and water filtration, and pollinators.
#WorldSoilDay #GreenCities #SoilSealing
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Researchers have captured video of an unexpected predator at two bat hibernation sites in northern Germany: invasive brown rats that lie in wait to intercept the bats mid-flight.
This is likely the first time invasive brown rats have been recorded eating bats in urban hibernation sites in Europe.
This is likely the first time invasive brown rats have been recorded eating bats in urban hibernation sites in Europe.
Europe’s under-pressure bats face ‘astonishing’ threat: Ambush by rats
Researchers have captured video of an unexpected predator at two bat hibernation sites in northern Germany: invasive brown rats that lie in wait to intercept the bats mid-flight. Invasive rodents are…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Researchers have captured video of an unexpected predator at two bat hibernation sites in northern Germany: invasive brown rats that lie in wait to intercept the bats mid-flight.
This is likely the first time invasive brown rats have been recorded eating bats in urban hibernation sites in Europe.
This is likely the first time invasive brown rats have been recorded eating bats in urban hibernation sites in Europe.
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Little Carpathians or Malé Karpaty mountains offer fragments of wild nature too. Old trees, deadwood, steep slopes, ravines.. #Karpaty #Carpathians #nature #slovakia
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Little Carpathians or Malé Karpaty mountains offer fragments of wild nature too. Old trees, deadwood, steep slopes, ravines.. #Karpaty #Carpathians #nature #slovakia
How to develop a positive relationship with nature? Sometimes it is simple - to have fun! Our naturalist club for children enjoyed preparing shelters during a beautiful sunny day. #nature #naturalistclub
October 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
How to develop a positive relationship with nature? Sometimes it is simple - to have fun! Our naturalist club for children enjoyed preparing shelters during a beautiful sunny day. #nature #naturalistclub
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We'll be interested to see how many Short-eared Owls cross the North Sea and spend the winter in Britain. 🦉 Read about BTO’s research tracking Short-eared Owls here ➡️ bit.ly/TrackingSEO #Ornithology #RaptorResearch
📷 Short-eared Owl by Liz Cutting/BTO
📷 Short-eared Owl by Liz Cutting/BTO
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We'll be interested to see how many Short-eared Owls cross the North Sea and spend the winter in Britain. 🦉 Read about BTO’s research tracking Short-eared Owls here ➡️ bit.ly/TrackingSEO #Ornithology #RaptorResearch
📷 Short-eared Owl by Liz Cutting/BTO
📷 Short-eared Owl by Liz Cutting/BTO
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🦫 This article highlights a recent study reporting cascade effects of beaver ecosystem engineering, which positively impact bat populations. The study authors show behavioural responses with increasing foraging activity, indirectly due to beaver presence➡️https://buff.ly/EpQyz14
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🦫 This article highlights a recent study reporting cascade effects of beaver ecosystem engineering, which positively impact bat populations. The study authors show behavioural responses with increasing foraging activity, indirectly due to beaver presence➡️https://buff.ly/EpQyz14
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🌱 How do disasters impact plant communities?
After the Kakhovka Reservoir collapse, researchers surveyed Khortytsia Island floodplains in Ukraine to study vegetation shifts from altered hydrology.
Explore the dataset shared via @gbifnorway.bsky.social 💚 🔗 gbif.link/Khortytsia...
After the Kakhovka Reservoir collapse, researchers surveyed Khortytsia Island floodplains in Ukraine to study vegetation shifts from altered hydrology.
Explore the dataset shared via @gbifnorway.bsky.social 💚 🔗 gbif.link/Khortytsia...
October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🌱 How do disasters impact plant communities?
After the Kakhovka Reservoir collapse, researchers surveyed Khortytsia Island floodplains in Ukraine to study vegetation shifts from altered hydrology.
Explore the dataset shared via @gbifnorway.bsky.social 💚 🔗 gbif.link/Khortytsia...
After the Kakhovka Reservoir collapse, researchers surveyed Khortytsia Island floodplains in Ukraine to study vegetation shifts from altered hydrology.
Explore the dataset shared via @gbifnorway.bsky.social 💚 🔗 gbif.link/Khortytsia...
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🌳 Most dominant tree species in European unmanaged forests show no consistent long-term increase in mortality over the last decades. This highlights their high resilience and adaptability to environmental stress. @WSL_research @ForEco_ETH @jokinidol
🔎 Read the full article here:
🔎 Read the full article here:
October 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🌳 Most dominant tree species in European unmanaged forests show no consistent long-term increase in mortality over the last decades. This highlights their high resilience and adaptability to environmental stress. @WSL_research @ForEco_ETH @jokinidol
🔎 Read the full article here:
🔎 Read the full article here:
While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife
Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.
handsoffnature.eu
September 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
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How is this possible?
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
September 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
How is this possible?
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
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🎙 V nejnovějším díle podcastu ČSO se podíváme s @lilykores.bsky.social do ptačího parku Kosteliska. Gašpar Čamlík, jednatel Jihomoravské pobočky @birdlife.cz, která o park pečuje, vám řekne víc o tomhle krásném místě na Hodonínsku.
Poslouchejte (a sledujte) až do konce.👉🐍
youtu.be/SfAfLbn7PWc?...
Poslouchejte (a sledujte) až do konce.👉🐍
youtu.be/SfAfLbn7PWc?...
Terén #2: Kosteliska. Z neprostupné džungle ptačí ráj na jižní Moravě
YouTube video by Česká společnost ornitologická
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September 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🎙 V nejnovějším díle podcastu ČSO se podíváme s @lilykores.bsky.social do ptačího parku Kosteliska. Gašpar Čamlík, jednatel Jihomoravské pobočky @birdlife.cz, která o park pečuje, vám řekne víc o tomhle krásném místě na Hodonínsku.
Poslouchejte (a sledujte) až do konce.👉🐍
youtu.be/SfAfLbn7PWc?...
Poslouchejte (a sledujte) až do konce.👉🐍
youtu.be/SfAfLbn7PWc?...
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🚨 Millions of birds are at risk from Italy’s planned Messina Strait Bridge!
The Italian government gave its final approval on the construction of the longest single-span bridge in the world in one of Europe’s most important migration bottlenecks.
Find out more👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/08...
The Italian government gave its final approval on the construction of the longest single-span bridge in the world in one of Europe’s most important migration bottlenecks.
Find out more👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/08...
August 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🚨 Millions of birds are at risk from Italy’s planned Messina Strait Bridge!
The Italian government gave its final approval on the construction of the longest single-span bridge in the world in one of Europe’s most important migration bottlenecks.
Find out more👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/08...
The Italian government gave its final approval on the construction of the longest single-span bridge in the world in one of Europe’s most important migration bottlenecks.
Find out more👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/08...
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New research suggests that the nitrogen in Adélie penguin droppings can react with atmospheric compounds to form thermoregulating clouds, which could potentially regulate the impacts of climate change!
Cartoon by Rohan Charkravarty: buff.ly/dL4fdWv.
Cartoon by Rohan Charkravarty: buff.ly/dL4fdWv.
August 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New research suggests that the nitrogen in Adélie penguin droppings can react with atmospheric compounds to form thermoregulating clouds, which could potentially regulate the impacts of climate change!
Cartoon by Rohan Charkravarty: buff.ly/dL4fdWv.
Cartoon by Rohan Charkravarty: buff.ly/dL4fdWv.
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A meta-analysis found that high-density managed honeybee populations can:
👉disrupt local biodiversity🌏
👉reduce pollinator richness🧪
👉alter plant-pollinator relationships🐝
...all with minimal benefits to crop yields!
Calls for evidence-based hive density guidelines 📑
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
👉disrupt local biodiversity🌏
👉reduce pollinator richness🧪
👉alter plant-pollinator relationships🐝
...all with minimal benefits to crop yields!
Calls for evidence-based hive density guidelines 📑
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
August 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
A meta-analysis found that high-density managed honeybee populations can:
👉disrupt local biodiversity🌏
👉reduce pollinator richness🧪
👉alter plant-pollinator relationships🐝
...all with minimal benefits to crop yields!
Calls for evidence-based hive density guidelines 📑
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
👉disrupt local biodiversity🌏
👉reduce pollinator richness🧪
👉alter plant-pollinator relationships🐝
...all with minimal benefits to crop yields!
Calls for evidence-based hive density guidelines 📑
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Sýčka ohrožuje špatný stav zemědělské krajiny a technické pasti v okolí hnízdišť. Ornitologové z @birdlife.cz a @ivb-cas.bsky.social proto ve spolupráci s farmáři vyvěšují hnízdní budky, instalují berličky a domlouvají vhodné způsoby hospodaření.
Foto: Tereza Valchářová
Foto: Tereza Valchářová
August 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Sýčka ohrožuje špatný stav zemědělské krajiny a technické pasti v okolí hnízdišť. Ornitologové z @birdlife.cz a @ivb-cas.bsky.social proto ve spolupráci s farmáři vyvěšují hnízdní budky, instalují berličky a domlouvají vhodné způsoby hospodaření.
Foto: Tereza Valchářová
Foto: Tereza Valchářová
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Na objednávku Výzkumného ústavu pro krajinu jsme zpracovali mapu citlivosti ptáků vůči výstavbě větrných elektráren.
Pomůže identifikovat místa, kde by výstavba mohla ohrozit ptáky, a přispěje k lepšímu plánování rozvoje obnov. zdrojů s ohledem na ochranu přírody.
www.birdlife.cz/mapa-citlivo...
Pomůže identifikovat místa, kde by výstavba mohla ohrozit ptáky, a přispěje k lepšímu plánování rozvoje obnov. zdrojů s ohledem na ochranu přírody.
www.birdlife.cz/mapa-citlivo...
July 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Na objednávku Výzkumného ústavu pro krajinu jsme zpracovali mapu citlivosti ptáků vůči výstavbě větrných elektráren.
Pomůže identifikovat místa, kde by výstavba mohla ohrozit ptáky, a přispěje k lepšímu plánování rozvoje obnov. zdrojů s ohledem na ochranu přírody.
www.birdlife.cz/mapa-citlivo...
Pomůže identifikovat místa, kde by výstavba mohla ohrozit ptáky, a přispěje k lepšímu plánování rozvoje obnov. zdrojů s ohledem na ochranu přírody.
www.birdlife.cz/mapa-citlivo...
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Scientists rediscovered the world’s smallest snake, the Barbados threadsnake, which had been missing from scientific observation for 20 years.
The tiny blind snake required microscopic examination to distinguish it from an invasive look-alike species before being confirmed & returned to the wild.
The tiny blind snake required microscopic examination to distinguish it from an invasive look-alike species before being confirmed & returned to the wild.
World’s smallest snake rediscovered in Barbados after 20-year absence
“I was making a joke and in my head I said, ‘I smell a threadsnake,'” Justin Springer, Caribbean program officer for the NGO Re:wild, recalled. “I just had a feeling, but I couldn’t be sure because…
news.mongabay.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Scientists rediscovered the world’s smallest snake, the Barbados threadsnake, which had been missing from scientific observation for 20 years.
The tiny blind snake required microscopic examination to distinguish it from an invasive look-alike species before being confirmed & returned to the wild.
The tiny blind snake required microscopic examination to distinguish it from an invasive look-alike species before being confirmed & returned to the wild.
