Doctor Melissa Palmer
@drmelissa.bsky.social
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A PhD & a Masters Degree in Education. I write a blog to connect people with nature, learning & memory. I am fascinated by neuroplasticity, ecology, evolution & love invertebrates.
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Adam Hunt 🇨🇦
@gander22h.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Alberta's Andre Mueller said his heart skipped a beat when he discovered the dragonfly fossil | CBC News
Growing up in Medicine Hat, Alberta, about 125 kilometres southeast of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Andre Mueller was fascinated by the ancient creatures. More recently, the McGill student helped find a ...
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🦋 New UKCEH research with @naturalengland.bsky.social and @btobirds.bsky.social shows the positive impacts of agri-environment schemes (AES) on butterflies.
Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jappliedecology.bsky.social
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Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jappliedecology.bsky.social
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Positive impacts of agri‐environment schemes on butterflies from multiple evidence sources
Our results provide support for positive effects of AES on butterflies in England from multiple sources of evidence, providing confidence that these schemes are providing tangible benefits for butter...
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Random Fact
The aquatic beetle known as Regimbartia attenuata has a pretty astonishing survival strategy … being swallowed.
They travel “through the bowels of its predator to emerge out the other end, alive and unharmed"
Ideally it’s fantastic voyage takes about 115 minutes.
🏞️: Smithsonian Mag.
The aquatic beetle known as Regimbartia attenuata has a pretty astonishing survival strategy … being swallowed.
They travel “through the bowels of its predator to emerge out the other end, alive and unharmed"
Ideally it’s fantastic voyage takes about 115 minutes.
🏞️: Smithsonian Mag.
