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Jessica C. Huss @j2huss.bsky.social · 2d

One day in the lab, we accidentally discovered that the spines of a cactus 🌵 straighten when exposed to fog. I was intrigued and so were my collaborators. How does this work and what can be gained from it? Here are some of the answers in our new preprint:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Miguel Serrano @miguel-serrano.bsky.social · 11d

It is more than useful, I'll use it in my classes. Thanks a lot @billsutherland.bsky.social

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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 11d

Are you a student studying ecology or conservation? Do you lecture ecology or conservation? I created this playlist for you and hope it is useful. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Conservation concepts for undergraduates and postgraduates - YouTube

Key concepts underpinning undergraduate ecology and conservation courses

youtube.com

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Miguel Serrano @miguel-serrano.bsky.social · 12d

Este texto supura cunqueirismo do bom. :-D

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Miguel Serrano @miguel-serrano.bsky.social · Aug 24

O lugar é espectacular, mas Dryopteris aemula não sei se haverá
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Terra_do_Medio @altrinon.bsky.social · Aug 1

📣Onte espertamos co alcalde de Palas dicindo que hai oposición activa a Altri, pero sen ningún veciñx de Palas
😂 Non sabíamos se estábamos nun soño dos Serrano...así que decidimos manifestarnos de novo💥

🙂 Aos medios que lle dan voz sen cuestionar nada: tapádevos un pouco as vergoñas🙈
#altriNon

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Miguel Serrano @miguel-serrano.bsky.social · Jul 30

Cago no cono! (que diziam as velhas de Salvaterra do Minho).

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Casfetera 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @casfetera.bsky.social · Jul 27

Your "deal" looks like this, Mrs. von der Leyen:

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · Jul 25

The PNG Courier on the crime against humanity currently being permitted to take place in Gaza.

Substack - mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-png-co...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Jul 25

#NoncodingRNA plays a crucial role in #butterfly #speciation—but what about other #flora and #fauna? A PNAS Inner Workings: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#microRNA #LongNoncodingRNA #evolution #PepperedMoth #MonkeyFlower

Four peppered moths on a rock. Recent research suggests that the famous case study of peppered moth evolution has a new twist: their intriguing coloration changes are driven by RNA molecules that don’t code for proteins. How common these cases are is still up for debate. Image credit: Shutterstock/IanRedding.

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Rosa M. Tristán @rosatristan.bsky.social · Jul 19

La UE (conservadora que no conserva) decide eliminar el programa LIFE del nuevo presupuesto de la UE. Gracias a él se salvan especies pero hay que gastar en armas , dicen. efe.com/euro-efe/bru...

Bruselas decide eliminar el programa LIFE del nuevo presupuesto de la UE - EFE

La CE ha decide eliminar en su borrador de presupuesto el programa LIFE, dedicado a invertir en acciones beneficiosas para el medioambiente.

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thank you to everyone who has shared & responded to our Call for Support thus far. Our Call proposes a more distributed & sustainable future where BHL is shared across multiple hosts supported by multiple funding sources. Find out more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran... 🌱 📖 🧪 🌏 #ILoveBHL

BHL Transition Update #2

Help us shape the future of the Biodiversity Heritage Library The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is at a turning point. After nearly two decades of calling the Smithsonian Institution home, BH…

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La Marea @lamarea.com · Jun 21

ENTREVISTA | "El uso de las matemáticas no es objetivo. Cuando Trump tomó posesión, los que estaban en primera fila, ¿quiénes eran? Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk. Esa gente son de las personas más poderosas que hay en el mundo. ¿Cómo han conseguido ese poder? Con matemáticas"

Redirecting

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · Jun 6

Alien vs Predator

Trouble in ParadICE

It's the PNG Courier's overseas correspondent on what happens when a pair of high agency males really go at it.

open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

Alien vs Predator

My latest postcard as the PNG Courier's overseas correspondent

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · Jun 5

Woohoo! Publication Day! It’s finally hitting the streets, just like the plants it features. From walls to pavements, fallow waste ground, the grassy bits and street trees, it’s a celebration of urban botany and I really hope you enjoy it! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla...

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · Jun 2

In destroying north Gaza's only surviving facility for kidney dialysis (no doubt claiming it was... Hamas), Israel has indirectly condemned to an agonising death countless patients. Another day another Israeli genocidal act. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Israel destroys Gaza dialysis centre; outrage over killings at aid sites

Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza as outrage grows over the killings of starving Palestinians seeking food aid.

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Nós Diario - Xornal de intereses galegos @nosdiario.gal.web.brid.gy · May 15

"Unha expansión estratéxica que aumenta a presión sobre o territorio galego": Altri asegúrase toneladas de eucalipto da Galiza

Nun momento de pleno debate sobre a extensión (ou non) dunha moratoria do eucalipto na Galiza que se extinguirá a final de ano, Altri dá un paso adiante no control das plantacións desta especie no territorio galego coa compra de Greenalia Forest e Greenalia Logistics. Mentres tanto, o debate sobre a moratoria desta especie invasora aumenta ante a ausencia dunha normativa que regule a súa explotación.

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SEBICOP @sebicop.bsky.social · May 7

Una noticia excelente : después de décadas considerada extinta en Andalucía reaparece ‘Gyrocaryum oppositifolium’ - más información 👇🏻

www.juntadeandalucia.es/presidencia/...

La Junta confirma el redescubrimiento del 'Nomevés' en Sevilla tras 42 años dado por extinguido

Catalina García destaca que este hallazgo refuerza el compromiso andaluz con la protección de especies amenazadas y la conservación de la biodiversidad

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · May 9

The rise in e-commerce has created a commensurate rise in demand for single-use paper packaging. Fast-growing, high-yield eucalyptus has become a popular choice for paper but farming communities in Mozambique are paying the price for cheap paper according to a Mongabay documentary.

Mozambique’s farmers pay the price of Europe’s paper packaging demands

The rise in e-commerce has created a commensurate rise in demand for single-use paper packaging. Fast-growing, high-yield eucalyptus has become a popular choice for paper but farming communities in…

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · May 8

[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - Rhett A. Butler]

Long before “biodiversity hotspot” became a conservation cliché, Alwyn Howard Gentry was painstakingly mapping them — one vine, one tree, one tenth-hectare transect at a time.

Alwyn Gentry died young, but left a forest’s worth of ideas behind

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Long before “biodiversity hotspot” became a conservation cliché,…

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Jorge 🔻 @bohemioe.bsky.social · May 1

www.salamanca24horas.com/campo/lobo-s...

El lobo seguirá protegido en Europa: el CESE frena el intento de rebajar su estatus legal

El órgano consultivo europeo rechaza la propuesta de la Comisión y exige medidas reales de convivencia entre ganadería y fauna salvaje

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · Apr 28

If you use the Biodivisity Heritage Library (I use it almost daily), you'll be saddened (and maybe angered😡) to learn that DOGE+Musk+Trump have eliminated its funding. BHL is looking for a new home. #ILoveBHL

So much f***ing winning.🤬

blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...

A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more …

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · Apr 22

Change is in the air for BHL! In 2026, BHL hosting will transition away from the Smithsonian, opening doors to reimagine our future. Rest assured, our 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge remain secure and accessible.
Learn what's next for BHL ➡️

A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more …

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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · Apr 22

EXCLUSIVA | El Gobierno deja fuera a Altri de las ayudas por descarbonización que pidió para instalarse en Galicia

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Terra_do_Medio @altrinon.bsky.social · Apr 22

📣Altri esixe ao goberno español unha subvención de 250 millóns de euros para poñer en marcha o seu proxecto. Non podemos permitir que este atentado ambiental reciba diñeiro público

💥O 8 de maio ás 19 h estaremos ante o Congreso dos deputados
#AltriNon #CongresoDeLosDiputados

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