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an Ecology Florida Feature The UK's guardian published an opinion piece this week on the severe decline that they call a "Freefall" of the Swift, a migratory bird that summers in England and winters in Africa. The author laments that this Spring has...
by jtietz
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on Sat Apr 13, 2024 at 01:11 PM PDT
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Vox posted an important story yesterday about the high rate of species extinction in Hawaii. Hawaii is off-limits for me now, but I have fond memories. Please, whenever you read something about the ongoing mass extinction crisis, write a story on...
by CorpFlunky
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on Fri Dec 15, 2023 at 09:05 AM PST
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Population: The Core Issue I have been talking about the root cause of climate change since 1995: population growth. We just reached 8 billion people and we increase by 80 million people a year. Anyone who is serious about talking about climate change...
by spicey
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on Mon Nov 28, 2022 at 07:35 PM PST
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An Ecology Florida Feature by Monica Starr Did you enjoy this article? Please consider supporting and donating at EcologyFlorida.org It was confirmed on June 23rd that a Giant African land snail was present in Pasco County. The recent snail sighting...
by jtietz
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on Wed Jul 13, 2022 at 07:09 AM PDT
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Our forests are under existential threat from climate change, and the federal response is confused, misinformed and disorganized. There’s not enough time to waste making more mistakes. We need to wake up, listen to the right scientists, change our...
by CorpFlunky
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on Mon Jun 13, 2022 at 12:05 PM PDT
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This was passed along by a friend. To this I would add: R. magadon A sub species of homo sapien, commonly known as republicans, that steals and hoards the resources of others and destroys the environment oblivious to the fact that it is bringing about...
by chuicuito
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on Tue Jun 09, 2020 at 03:49 AM PDT
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I loved these two videos. I have a cat and not a dog but no matter the species, sometimes one just has to get things in hand. Enjoy for this Sunday. Good Lord, I needed this break from reality. It’s like...ENOUGH !!!!! Sit down and behave and don’t...
by Vetwife
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on Sun Mar 22, 2020 at 01:55 PM PDT
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Before humans began hunting whales, scientists believe that there were around 250,000 blue whales in the Southern Hemisphere. By 1967, when a ban on hunting the blue whale was introduced, that number was down to around 1,500. This ban followed similar...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Mar 12, 2020 at 11:21 AM PDT
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Despite being on the brink of extinction, species who are protected under the Endangered Species Act now face a different threat. Recent proposals from the Trump Administration regarding the enforcement of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) aim to limit...
by pmiller132
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on Sat Dec 08, 2018 at 01:41 PM PST
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Humans often make great friends with animals...generally with dogs, cats and birds...and the occasional horse or ferret. But animals make friends outside of their own species too…
RULES OF ...
by Gwennedd
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on Sun Nov 18, 2018 at 07:00 PM PST
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By Jack Payne
A snake so voracious it can swallow a fully-grown deer prowls the Everglades.
An insect’s arrival in Florida seemed innocuous enough until the discovery that it carries a fungus that kills avocado trees.
A spiny newcomer to...
by jtietz
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on Tue Mar 27, 2018 at 11:05 AM PDT
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Humans are evolving. It is not something we can see by physical attributes, nor is it in any particular part of the Globe. We have done this before as a species over the thousands of years and in many senses are NOT like our ancestors. We can look at...
by Rhosebard
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on Sat Dec 02, 2017 at 03:04 PM PST
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March, 2060
To my grandchildren,
(sent by paid courier to each of you)
As I write this, I am gazing at early photos of the three of you, the joys of my life! You wonderful young men, Samuel and Rob, make me proud, and my granddaughter...
by BastetQueen
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on Wed Mar 08, 2017 at 10:06 AM PST
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Last week, very quietly, the Australian government added 49 new species of flora and fauna to their Department of the Environment’s threatened and endangered list. The reserve the government showed in not publicizing this event is not a good sign.
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by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed May 11, 2016 at 11:02 AM PDT
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With a band of white terrorists occupying a federal USFWS building, it’s as good a time as ever to talk about what this tyrannical, overbearing, useless government appendage actually does. Besides man
by Kortadler
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on Tue Jan 05, 2016 at 12:10 AM PST
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I've always found it fascinating that species differentiation is a problematic science. It’s called the “species problem.” While it's common to define the line between species as the split between gr
by immodest mouse
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on Fri Dec 18, 2015 at 05:20 PM PST
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All through Obama’s first run for the presidency and ever since then he has been accused of being a Muslim. You notice my language? Accused, I say. And ever since that charge was first leveled at ...
by Gaius Septimus
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on Sun Sep 20, 2015 at 04:09 PM PDT
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You know, if Americans had customarily driven M1 battle tanks to work, school, and shopping we could have melted the ice-caps years ago, and the argument over climate change would be over. (That's a ...
by Raging Pencils
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on Thu Sep 10, 2015 at 12:43 PM PDT
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You didn't know there were this many types of flies, did you?
On April 15, 2015, researchers from the first-ever urban biodiversity survey will publish ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Thu Mar 26, 2015 at 10:12 AM PDT
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NBC News brings us a story about the most recent devastating report from the World Wildlife Fund in their article,
by HoundDog
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on Tue Sep 30, 2014 at 08:44 AM PDT
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