Seeing this makes the Baobab trees in “The Little Prince” hit harder.
ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · yesterday6000 year old baobab Tree in Tanzania. Africa
Amy McEuen, Ph.D.
@mceuen.bsky.social
Conservation professor at U of I Springfield. Ecologist. Dendrophile. PhD. She/her. Public Voices Fellow Alumni — The OpEd Project. Science works. Love trumps hate.
ContempraInn 🌹@contemprainn.bsky.social · yesterdayThe world is on fire but the Women’s Professional Baseball League is launching from my hometown and I am SO excited. Just got txs for Saturday’s game. Play ball!
It’s time for your regularly scheduled Shark Week reminder: Megalodon was real, but is now definitely super-duper extinct. It is an ex shark. It has ceased to be. Narwhals and giant squids are real! Mermaids are not real. Thanks, The ocean science community
Available now via preorder. Ships August 5th! Taped a Tommy Outdoors podcast interview last week which confirmed I am going to enjoy talking with folks about the book. #Nature #Conservation #Science #TeamEarth
Amy McEuen, Ph.D.@mceuen.bsky.social · 6mo agoExcited to announce I’ve got a book coming out this summer. If you are interested in reviewing it in advance, pop me a dm. I would particularly love to hear what folks who teach non-majors environmental courses think as I wrote it in part to serve as an alternative to current textbooks.
I'm super happy that Mamdani is cutting red tape for small businesses. Frozen dessert permits seem frivolous now, but ice cream used to be really deadly! Absent good sanitary practices, it used to be carry of all sorts of diseases (remember typhoid mary?). The initial law was a public health win!
Hundreds of tiny pink 'pygmy' seahorses in family Syngnathidae will cling to gorgonian corals (order Acanthogorgiidae), almost completely hidden, for most of their lives. That's right: these corals are Pink Pony Clubs. You're welcome for the ear worm. (📷: Jacobguy Media)
Are you sure you want to endorse countries paying climate damages sir
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on Canada: “They should pay us some damages or something”
If you see squid art on a video ark bench made out of repurposed wind turbine blades you must tag @sarahmackattack.bsky.social. I don’t make the rules.
Humpback whales on Stellwigen Bank, Gulf of Maine: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
I spoke with @mceuen.bsky.social last week about the future of species conservation and umbrella species for @the-independent.com: www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Experts believe monkeys and apes are key to preventing a sixth mass extinction
Researchers are racing to find solutions to stave off such a catastrophic event, which would pose a major threat to the global food supply
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In my view, the absolutely coolest 76-year-old on the planet, Kristine Tompkins, former CEO of Patagonia, married to Doug Tompkins (CEO of North Face) now CEO of Tompkins Conservation, is just blowing our minds at the #EsriUC2026 . Their heroic wildlife re-wilding work making our hears soar!
Ever seen a twerking bee who looks like she just took a bath in a bowl of cheese puffs? Probably the superpollinator that is the leafcutter bee! Whereas honeybees pack moistened pollen into dense balls on their legs, leafcutters store it loosely across their fuzzy bellies. That means…
Octopuses have been wandering in the oceans for 296 million years. They have three hearts and blue blood and they can even be elegant in their magical underwater dance. Original post
Should i make stickers of this photo to go with my book launch?
You could definitely give these people a Trojan Horse and they’d be like “wow a big horse thank you” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u...
New Air Force One Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Previous Model, Officials Say
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Pre-orders are officially open! What other book cites Dr. Seuss, Emily Dickinson, @sarahmackattack.bsky.social, @ayanaeliza.bsky.social, @carlbergstrom.com, AND discusses the amazing scientific journey of Dr. Katalin Kariko? Let’s go team earth!!
Amy McEuen, Ph.D.@mceuen.bsky.social · 6mo agoExcited to announce I’ve got a book coming out this summer. If you are interested in reviewing it in advance, pop me a dm. I would particularly love to hear what folks who teach non-majors environmental courses think as I wrote it in part to serve as an alternative to current textbooks.
Whose Fear Counts? By Tony Pentimalli A one-year-old boy is dead after police fired into a car outside a Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi, and the country is once again being asked to begin with the fear of the officer rather than the life of the child.
Just started reading @lutimestwo.bsky.social’s “Why Fish Don’t Exist” and wow can this woman write! Easy to see why it was a best seller.
We’re up to 41 species seen in the sidewalk pollinator pathway
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
Forbes@forbes.com · 2mo agoScientists have reached a consensus that human behavior is a big driver of climate change—but Americans aren't buying it.
Shame on Barnes and Noble for not only shelving a #climate denial Cato institution book in their science section but having it facing out. Disinformation is not science!
I’m “evolved enough” to not equate evolution with progress 🤦♀️Please stop talking and go read a book.
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 2mo agoGoogle's CEO saying that the reason there's intense backlash to AI is because humans aren't "evolved" enough to understand it youtu.be/RgV57kDzcng?...
Yes or swamp/rose milkweed is another good choice of a milkweed that’s less aggressive.