@primonatura @euronews -
Instead of this horrible clickbait headline, it would have been better to link to the original study which has no "shocked scientists"! https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395843188_Sea-dumped_munitions_in_the_Baltic_Sea_support_high_epifauna_abundance_and_diversity "The #epifauna develops on breached munitions in numbers comparable to natural hard substrata. In the future, #munitions should be replaced with safe, hard substrates."
@SenckenbergWorld

#biodiversity #seaLife

@primonatura @euronews -
Instead of this horrible clickbait headline, it would have been better to link to the original study which has no "shocked scientists"! https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395843188_Sea-dumped_munitions_in_the_Baltic_Sea_support_high_epifauna_abundance_and_diversity "The #epifauna develops on breached munitions in numbers comparable to natural hard substrata. In the future, #munitions should be replaced with safe, hard substrates."
@SenckenbergWorld

#biodiversity #seaLife

Can you spot the spider Xysticus sp gingerly trying to leave my sheet of paper? #biodiversity #seeds #ontheplot #earlyautumn

Can you spot the spider Xysticus sp gingerly trying to leave my sheet of paper? #biodiversity #seeds #ontheplot #earlyautumn

Out find in seeds today is a scavenger beetle, it eats fungi much like the previously found barkflies did. 2 mm long #biodiversity #seeds#ontheplot

For every tree cut, a home is lost. Not just yours. Theirs.

#resistance #raiseyourvoice #takeaction #democracy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #wilderness #wildlife #climatechange #endangeredspecies #publicland #stopthesteal

A small community of Common Limpets (Patella vulgata) have selected this particular rock as their resting spot during lowtide. Once the tide returns they'll head off looking for food.
County Clare, Ireland.

Cormacscoast.com walking tours

#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #marinelife #biodiversity #Limpet #Ireland

A small community of Common Limpets (Patella vulgata) have selected this particular rock as their resting spot during lowtide. Once the tide returns they'll head off looking for food.
County Clare, Ireland.

Cormacscoast.com walking tours

#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #discoverireland #keepdiscovering #marinelife #biodiversity #Limpet #Ireland

Today I went to the library (a different library than my previous thread) to watch a conference about the digital billboards in the city: their effects on human health and biodiversity, the existing laws regulating their use, whether those laws are being enforced, and the political challenges involved. It was organized by an NGO that has been keeping track of environmental hazards in the city for years.

#France #DigitalBillboards #PublicHealth #biodiversity

Do you like #beavers? Then read this fascinating story about a Californian region where beavers had disappeared. Until an ancient #indigenous rock painting inspired Tule River Tribe member Kenneth McDarment.
The beavers are back, with benefits for the #ecosystems: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/beavers-restored-to-tribal-lands-in-california-benefit-ecosystems/ via @mongabay

#goodNews #qualityJournalism #environment #biodiversity #wetlands #conservation #restoring #indigenousKnowledge

#NewSpecies!
New river snail from #china just crawled in:

Bakyietaia avisvenatoris

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/064787F3-751A-8442-FE10-795E297AF93D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1005.2985
#ejtaxonomy #BakyietaiaAvisvenatoris

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #gastropods #snails #freshwater #river

Do you like #beavers? Then read this fascinating story about a Californian region where beavers had disappeared. Until an ancient #indigenous rock painting inspired Tule River Tribe member Kenneth McDarment.
The beavers are back, with benefits for the #ecosystems: https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/beavers-restored-to-tribal-lands-in-california-benefit-ecosystems/ via @mongabay

#goodNews #qualityJournalism #environment #biodiversity #wetlands #conservation #restoring #indigenousKnowledge

#NewSpecies!
New river snail from #china just crawled in:

Bakyietaia avisvenatoris

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/064787F3-751A-8442-FE10-795E297AF93D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1005.2985
#ejtaxonomy #BakyietaiaAvisvenatoris

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #gastropods #snails #freshwater #river

Department of good news: Large trees in intact #Amazon forests keep storing carbon and are more resilient than thought, large-scale 30-year study finds. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/25/study-shows-big-trees-in-amazon-more-climate-resistant-than-previously-believed #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #biodiversity #nature

#NewSpecies!
New shore fly from #czechrepublic just landed:

Scatophila hirsovae

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C51867-FFEC-B626-3331-2DC16419FB22
Publication: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2025.012
#ActaEntomologica #ScatophilaHirsovae

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #diptera #fly

#NewSpecies!
New green pit viper from #china just sidled in:

Trimeresurus nujiang

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0001EEF2-3D1A-56B5-8F16-857DCEC2258D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.162424
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #TrimeresurusNujiang

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #reptilia #snake #viper #pitviper