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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 1d

Australian orchids suffer rapid pollination decline since the 1970s, study suggests

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One hundred years of Australian flower data reveals pollination drop

Researchers behind a new study examining thousands of flower specimens collected over the past century say temperature increases could be behind a pollination decline in native orchids.

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 1d

Wonder if there’s a version of porridge deep-fried in doughnut batter

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 1d

There’s… a lot going on in this story

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

An oatmeal-filled jaffle made by a Melbourne food stylist and flavoured with Bundaberg Rum and bananas wins over the competition's judges in Scotland.

Australian wins with a jaffle at World Porridge Making Championship

An oatmeal-filled jaffle made by a Melbourne food stylist and flavoured with Bundaberg Rum and bananas wins over the competition's judges in Scotland.

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 2d

Songbird heard for first time since 1890s in WA park

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Songbird heard for first time since 1890s in WA park

The song of the noisy scrub-bird is being heard in WA's West Cape Howe National Park again, bringing joy to bird enthusiasts everywhere.

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 3d

trinkets from K-town.
Yes I got me some zebra rock when I worked there over one summer. I see lots of kaolinite everywhere WA in weathering profiles but now I know I also have some precious dickite in me hand and can wear it around my neck

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 4d

Today's little (big) babby red wattlebird meeping in the tree for snacks.

a goofy babby red wattlebird (which is big as its parents) awaits for more snacks while perched in a tree

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 4d

Ah - it's Chevron.

We have Chevron at home.

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Decades-old deal sees taxpayers hit with $500m bill for Chevron clean-up

Government documents reveal WA taxpayers will pay an estimated half a billion dollars to rehabilitate areas of Barrow Island impacted by Chevron's oil and gas project.

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Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association @hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social · 6d

🎃🦇 October vibes are here, and so is our new #blog: Going To Bat for Bats!

At HPPA we call them “sky puppies”—and we’re celebrating them this month!

🦇 Read the bat blog here: www.hawaiipacificparks.org/blog/142-goi...

🌊 Explore all blogs: www.hawaiipacificparks.org/blog

#HoaryBats #Fruitbats

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 6d

Robert!

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Holly Kirk @hollykirk.bsky.social · 7d

And Beth summarises the range of methods we can use to support #urbanNature in this @aunz.theconversation.com article:
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theconversation.com/from-frog-sa...

From frog saunas to butterfly puddles: 8 ways to turn your homes into a wildlife refuge

Urban sprawl has forced native animals and humans to live close together. Here are eight ways to make your home a refuge for wildlife.

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 7d

""While inoperable in the form they were gifted, a subsequent analysis by the Firearms Safety Authority and Police Armoury determined that modifications could have made them operable.""

just incredible areas

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 7d

FBI Director Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials illegal firearms during his visit to the country earlier this year, authorities say.

In compliance with local firearms laws, the 3D-printed pistols have been destroyed
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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 7d

Labor’s Gnangara forest plan falls flat after Woodside deems it ‘not commercially viable’

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Labor’s Gnangara forest plan falls flat after Woodside deems it ‘not commercially viable’

A five-year dream to establish a flourishing carbon farming program on degraded government-owned land has failed to plant a single tree.

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 8d

wut?

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 9d

Often mistaken for a stink bug or Christmas beetle, this iridescent insect has descended on Geraldton with a tear gas-like odour.

Green carab beetle stinks up Geraldton to escape spring heat

Often mistaken for a stink bug or Christmas beetle, this iridescent insect has descended on Geraldton with a tear gas-like odour.

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 9d

he's so incredibly beige. Baptist Karrakatta beige. How we ended up with him parachuted into here is I dunno but here we are. Now ensconced in Mandurah.

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 9d

There's plants which literally grow out of the side of solid banded iron formation cliffs with layers of hematite and magnetite. Vote #hematite

A scene of a rocky cliff of banded iron formation, with the Iron Ore Plant (Astrotricha hamptonii) and BIF Rock Daisy (Pilbara trudgenii) growing out of rock crevices on cliff faces. These species are endemic to Hamersely Range, in the Pilbara region Western Australia. They literally grow out of tiny crevices of skeletal loam on BIF.

Close up of the flowers of the BIF Rock Daisy, PIlbara Trudgenii.

a scene of Iron Ore Plants (Astrotricha hamptonii) growing out of cliffs of banded iron formation.

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 10d

You can not touch bats in Australia because they can carry Lyssavirus which is related to rabies. Delete your post because it’s not up for discussion. Someone died a few months ago after contact. We keep repeating this warning in Australia to not handle bats unless vaccinated.

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 10d

A group of polar bears that have taken over an abandoned polar research station off Russia's coast is intimately captured in drone footage.

Polar bears move into deserted research station in Russian Arctic

A group of polar bears that have taken over an abandoned polar research station off Russia's coast is intimately captured in drone footage.

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 12d

CC knew what he was doing with his tashe in 1940

Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 12d

Do you think drivers could be given tips on how to not fucking drive over cyclists and pedestrians? Like, seriously what the fuck?

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve spent some quality woodswallow time these past 6 weeks in the Pilbara. Very much a fieldwork companion.

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 12d

Trump wouldn’t have the acuity or ability to do this, some socmed intern did on the behest of some advisor.

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 12d

Oh noes!

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Veeloxxy Bites @the-episiarch.bsky.social · 12d

Crouching Parrot, Hidden Louse:
The Kyloring (Pezoporus flaviventris) is a critically endangered species of Australian parrot, and it is host to Forficuloecus pezopori - a species of louse which lives only on the Kyloring and nowhere else.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2024/06/forf...

<i>Forficuloecus pezopori</i>

Parasites are a major part of biodiversity, but they spend most of their time hidden in plain sight. Even with some animals that have been k...

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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 12d

You know what apple cider vinegar is good for? Making chutneys and pickling radishes.
That’s it, folks.

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 12d

“Scientific journal backtracks on apple cider vinegar weight-loss study” www.abc.net.au/news/health/...

Controversial apple cider vinegar weight-loss study retracted

A scientific journal has retracted a study that claimed apple cider vinegar rivalled Ozempic as a weight-loss agent.

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