Want to preserve biodiversity? Go big, researchers say

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-biodiversity-big.html

Tiny explorer on a mission : The olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) may be small, but it struts through the undergrowth like it owns the place! Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Subtle stripes, serious strategy : The banded bay cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii) may look elegant, but it's a master of deception — parasitizing nests while keeping a low profile! Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Front and back: Red-naped trogon (Harpactes kasumba, male) serving up a dazzling display of crimson and orange that covers all 360 degrees. Photos: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Who are the most important world changers? Those who shout 'make XY great again' and walk over dead bodies in their greed? Or the more quiet ones who get together, let tiny seeds slip through their fingers, swap old varieties, and revitalise this important knowledge? https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/025f4904-2364-4711-8907-f7e55841993f

Pinguicula (butterworts) and Sarracenia (pitcher plants) are having a spring flowering frenzy. This is Pinguicula moranensis sending up yet another flower stalk.

Red-belly toad
(Melanophryniscus admirabilis)

Status: Critically Endangered

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135993/172237407
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanophryniscus_admirabilis
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perau%20de%20Janeiro%20Redbelly%20Toad%20imported%20from%20iNaturalist%20photo%201290172%20on%2012%20April%202022.jpg

Today is #WorldWaterDay2025, let's celebrate it with our paper #monitoring marine waters and #biodiversity, to take #management actions and revert degraded water systems @azti.bsky.social #WaterDay #MarineEcology #GES4SEAS www.frontiersin.org/journals/oce...

Frontiers | Marine biodiversit...

A "Leptocephalus" - this is a larval stage in the life cycle of an eel.
I'm not sure what species of eel this is - European freshwater eel (Anguilla anguilla) or a Conger (Conger conger). It's the first time I've seen one and for some reason had assumed they were much smaller.
County Clare, Ireland.

Cormacscoast.com walking tours

#sicilia #sicily #happyisland #isolafelice #italy
#Animale #Simbolo #Primavera #Africa #Upupa #CanaleDiSicilia #Lipu #Onomatopeico #Wildlife #BirdsofSicily #Spring #NatureLovers #TravelSicily #Conservation #Biodiversity #Symbol #Spring #Hoopoeic #Onomatopoeic
https://www.balarm.it/news/se-lo-vedi-passare-in-sicilia-e-un-buon-segno-qual-e-l-animale-simbolo-della-primavera-153462

(20 Mar) We Can Stop Glass Windows From Killing Birds

Each year, countless birds die after colliding with buildings. But simple solutions exist, from tiny dots on glass to turning out the lights.

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/apbha
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/2qCoD ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/120tg

#architecture #biodiversity #birds #cities-+-towns #conservation #urban #wildlife

São Tomé Fiscal Shrike, Sao Tomé Fiscal Shrike, Sao Tome Fiscal Shrike, São Tomé Fiscal, Sao Tome Fiscal, Newton's Fiscal
(Lanius newtoni)

Status: Critically Endangered

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22705080/176427891
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_fiscal
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lanius%20newtoni%202.jpg

I got to see a Painted Bunting (a new bird for me!) in a small urban park here in Tucson, AZ. It was so colorful it HAD to be my Perpetual Journal art that week!

From water pollution to blue gold

Water "“blighted by mats of algae, mountains of foam, scum, and dead fish floating on the surface. Pollution from water companies and agricultural runoff are driving the contamination, which affects all parts of the country, causing toxic algal blooms, mass die-offs of fish, and risks to human health."

"A country that once let raw sewage and industrial wastewater flow directly into its water. Today, it is 98%, and the country has a reputation for pristine swimming waters, sometimes referred to as its “blue gold” – and it’s all thanks to a complex network of sewage plants."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/17/from-sewage-and-scum-to-swimming-in-blue-gold-how-switzerland-transformed-its-waterways-aoe
#water #pollution #micropollutants #ecosystem #health #swimming #Australia #sewage #floods #runoff #ImperviousSurfaces #roads #MassMortalities #SepticTanks #sprawl #biodiversity #rivers #civilisation

The study of Ravi Mohan Tiwari et al. suggested that the relationship between #Biodiversity and #EcosystemFunctioning of trees in #SubtropicalForests depended on the selection of #DiversityIndex, #EnvironmentaConditions and #StandDevelopmentalStage.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtac040

Beauty of forest chaos. Photo taken last Sunday.

@FotoVorschlag 'Im Wald'