now on the cover @esajournals.bsky.social Front. Ecol. Env. with @ejgnam2.bsky.social beautiful photo from world's coolest site by Francesco Ventura Young seabirds are mysterious - but we need to keep learning about them! They matter for biology, and for conservation! doi.org/10.1002/fee....

Job Opportunity - Conservation Officer We are looking for a conservation officer to join our team and help to save water voles in Wales. Find out more, and apply here: www.wild.cymru/job-opportun...

On point. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#Feral cats and other animals do far more damage than we think. At a time of species decline, we can't afford this. theconversation.com/feral-cats-l...

Feral cats likely kill far more Australian native animals than we thought: first DNA analysis

We cannot fence the whole of Australia. Therefore, we need to know which species are most at risk from cats.

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Höchststand . @charles-ex.bsky.social @ginger146.bsky.social @aloa5.bsky.social @sh33ppurple.bsky.social

Simpsons: The Worst Day of Your Life So Far

ALT: Simpsons: The Worst Day of Your Life So Far

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Kachelmannwetter@kachelmannwetter.com · 4h ago

ÖSTERREICH, BREAKING: 41,2 GRAD GERADE IN BAD DEUTSCH-ALTENBURG & somit erleben wir heute erneut einen bundesweiten ALLZEITREKORD! In Wien Stammersdorf hat es 41,0 Grad. Es kann noch etwas steigen und auch Stammerdorf kann noch aufholen! #Hitze /CG kachelmannwetter.com/at/messwerte...

Interesting to catch a ringed Whinchat at North Duffield Carrs yesterday (ringed by our team at the same site almost a year to the day) – another example of how site faithful some bird species can be, even on passage 🐦 @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Momentarily moving away from #seabirds. Butterflies can also fly! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Extensive climate-induced range shifts in butterflies across the globe - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Insects are increasingly pressured by climate change. Here the authors compile global evidence of range shifts in butterflies and call for more co-ordinated efforts in documenting such trends across c...

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New guidance from the eBird Team - summarising - don't use AI tools to edit your bird photos! ebird.org/news/threat-... link to original paper: rdcu.be/ftx6h #Ornithology #UKBirding 🧪🌎

From Truth to Fake: The Threat of AI to Media Archives - eBird

As AI becomes commonplace, what you see in a photograph may no longer represent reality. Learn about how this impacts eBird and what you can do to help.

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If you do the math* you discover that: One acre of macauba fruit = one hour of 737 flight Yeah, super sustainable, that. YOU CAN'T FLY JETS ON FRUIT *math below www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Jet Fuel Made From Tropical Fruit Gets $3 Billion Backing

A Brazilian company owned by Mubadala Capital plans to make sustainable aviation fuel out of macauba fruit, which grows on palm trees.

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"I work in physics research and the AI situation makes me feel insane." www.reddit.com/r/TrueAnon/c...

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Fascinating example of the workings of modern social media, togging and AI 'editing': the same photo of a Turtle Dove that's clearly been run through AI in some way before being posted on two different Facebook groups three days apart by two apparently different people (we've blanked out the names)

New old sayings about the weather The new Private Eye is out now.

I reviewed Roy Dennis' latest book for @britishbirds.bsky.social - presumably Highland Cattle would help with managing fuel loads (burgeoning given longer growing seasons in our changing climate), as well as Capercaillies and other wildlife britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...

RSPB Scotland@rspbscotland.bsky.social · yesterday

Over the last week there has been positive progress as firefighting efforts continue in the Cairngorms National Park. However, there are still hotspots. It may be some time before the fire is fully extinguished and, as we have already seen with this fire, the situation can change quickly.

🆕 #seabirds paper led by Alyssa Piauwasdy Leg-mounted GLS had no detectable effect on chick growth, fledging, or adult return rates in Wedge-tailed Shearwaters on Oʻahu. Year did. Chicks grew slower in El Niño — tagged or not. 🔗 doi.org/10.5751/JFO-... #geolocators #biologging #Hawaii

Journal of Field Ornithology: Geolocator devices did not affect chick growth or adult return rates in Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (<em>Ardenna pacifica</em>) despite interannual variation in chick develo...

Although biologging has transformed seabird ecology, bird-borne devices could alter the behaviors being studied, including parental care. We tested for effects of leg-mounted light-level geolocators (...

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Based on tropical rainforest study, Scientists estimate ~20 million species of insects on Earth In 1982, late Terry Erwin of the Smithsonian estimated 30 million species Bottom line: millions of species we are driving to extinction www.nature.com/articles/d41... people.uncw.edu/rotenbergj/C...

Call to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk

Call to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk

Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibition

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I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Another species for which I really struggled to choose a picture. Please enjoy some of my shortlisted selection 😁 All images from iNaturalist, credits to: @ramonkiloco - selfie! @tfalotico.bsky.social - The Joker grin @alexanderlees.bsky.social - a snack bigger than your head M Maux - family unit

Helen Mylne@helephantmylne.bsky.social · yesterday

Primate Profiles #68: Bearded Capuchin The famous tool users, these monkeys use stone tools up to 1/3 their weight to crack open palm nuts. This skill is likely passed culturally. They also use stones to dig for tubers, and sticks to probe deadwood for invertebrates. Image: A Hopkins (iNat.org)

Some highlights from last month's field trip in Kazakhstan. 🇰🇿 More photos in the eBird trip report: ebird.org/tripreport/5...

wanted this to be a spoof so so bad, hate that it's real, hideously depressing

Veerender Singh Jubbal@veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 5d ago

Lindsay Graham was, I think, one of the most contemptible figures in US politics, a titan of respectable bipartisan foreign policy for years who displayed no principles, no insight, and no beliefs beyond a gleeful and vicarious love of violence. An indictment of every institution he served in. RIP.

This morning's been all about Willow Warblers with a whopping post-dawn rush of them: for half an hour they streamed through the treetops at the Obs and left rapidly north into the brisk headwind - got quite a shock to walk up to one of our little mist-nets in the CEF and find 33 in it. Fantastic!

Shocking to discover designating AI data centres as “National Critical Infrastructure” means water companies are prohibited from restricting water to them even in times of drought. Households will lose water first. Thanks to @olliehayes.bsky.social at @globalactionplan.bsky.social for joining me

Data Centres vs. Drinking Water: What Matters To Us Most?

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 30 July · 16min

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I missed this in the spring - first Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii) record for Brazil macaulaylibrary.org/asset/658076...

🚨 #MUSEUMJOBS KLAXON🚨 We're looking for a Senior Digitiser and two Digitisers to work across @zoologymuseum.bsky.social & @camplantsci.bsky.social to help create biodiversity data for the researchers who need it, through #DiSSCoUK. 1. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/senior-... 2. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/digitis...

Latest leader approvals 🌹Burnham bumps up to +19, 8 higher than Keir’s high of 11. 🌳Badenoch down slightly to break even 🔶Davey drops back to -11 💚Polanski is at -24 ➡️Farage drops to another low, by far his lowest since the election at -32

"Couple embracing Mediterranean life"

James Murray@james-bg.bsky.social · 6d ago

Remember, they get upset if you suggest they are callous.

++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

Now online in Journal of #Ornithology First records of migration route, phenology, and nonbreeding locations of the Desert Purple Martin (Progne subis hesperia) Open Access link.springer.com/article/10.1...

First records of migration route, phenology, and nonbreeding locations of the Desert Purple Martin (Progne subis hesperia) - Journal of Ornithology

Purple Martins (Progne subis) are long-distance migratory, aerial insectivores facing population declines, yet critical gaps remain in our understanding of the full annual cycle for all recognized sub...

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Jon Stewart on the WH Correspondents' Dinner: "It shouldn't ever happen... You can celebrate the First Amendment without asking your opponent in that fight what he thinks. You know what he thinks."