#biodiversity — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://mastodon.green/@plazi_species/117132658704169285

#Skinks are no very tiny #lizards (#Squamata). The #ongoing #discoveries of even larger #new animal and plant #species like this new species from China indicate that #biodiversityresearch is indeed internationally on its good way to counteract the motto " too #manyspecies too #littletime". The ongoing #awareness of #biodiversity research as important part of understanding and counteractung the effects of the increasing human made #globalwarming is a crucial step.

© #StefanFWirth August 2026

More pretty mushrooms from the Pierce Road, Harvard Forest. As my fungal identification skills are minimal, they must remain nameless.

#fungus #forest #fungi #mushrooms #saprophytes #ecology #biology #biodiversity #nature #naturephotography #forests

und jetzt wieder zurück zu den wirklich wichtigen sachen: #krabbeltierchen :3

Gewöhnliche Strauchschrecke
Pholidoptera griseoaptera
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeine_Strauchschrecke

#insekten #insects #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro

hier in dieser (qualitativ sehr mäßigen) seitenansicht ist sehr schön zu sehen, woher diese

Skorpionfliege ♂ der
Gattung Panorpa
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Skorpionsfliege (stellvertretend)

ihren namen hat und warum sie zu den schnabelfliegen gehört.

#insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology

Going with the grain: how restoring biodiversity led one farmer back to heritage wheat
By Tomé Morrissy-Swan

Henry Astor looked back to his grandfather’s time for the inspiration to find older varieties that could help nature on his Cotswold farm

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/25/farmer-cut-out-middleman-restore-biodiversity-henry-astor-heritage-wheat-aoe

#Farming #Food #Biodiversity #UKnews #Environment #Birds #Animals #Wildlife #Conservation #Food #Fooddrinkindustry #Business #Bread #Worldnews #TheGuardian #TomMorrissySwan

Apparently nature has not lost its resilience when man is not interfering.
#biodiversity #nature #farming

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260822015208.htm

'Thinning' native forest and wildlife: 'Logging by another name'

"Scrutiny over WA government's decision to 'eco-thin' landmark South West forests."

"These forests, globally recognised biodiversity hotspots, were clear-felled by loggers for almost 200 years, until native logging was banned entirely in 2024."

"A South West landowner says contractors are ripping up trees without thought, and an independent scientist argues there is no scientific basis for the practice...It does not seem like much has changed from the preceding years of native logging.They don't care about the environment; [the contractors] are just ripping up trees for money."

"Almost 146,000 hectares of state forests and timber reserves have been earmarked as potentially suitable for ecological thinning."

A globally acknowledged expert in conservation biology and landscape ecology, Professor Lindenmayer said there was limited scientific evidence to support ecological thinning. The reality is that forests have been in Australia for about 180 million years and that means that people haven't been messing with them for 179,930 years, and they've survived very well … without those kinds of interventions." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/ecological-thinning-experiment-wa-native-logging/107071374
#LoggingIndustry #NativeForests #biodiversity #glyphosate #pollution #deforestation #extractivism #thinning #wildlife #Australia

"#NayakrishiAndolon, literally means New Agricultural Movement led by #farmingcommunities, is an innovative practice of #biodiversity -based #ecological #agriculture. The immediate goal is to resist the economic and technological processes that is turning the earth into barren fields and industrial deserts. At the community level the goal is to innovate strategies of survival by attaining seed and #foodsovereignty co-creating with nature life-affirming environment, ecology and the rich genetic base of #Bangladesh. Understanding farming as engaging sensuously with nature and submission of our faculties to the joyful metabolic process between human beings and external world is known in Nayakrishi as 'Shohoj' ways to 'Ananda'. Nayakrishi dissolves the barrier between abstract knolwedge and actual living and highlights the joy of life."

https://ubinig.org/index.php/network/userNayakrishi/english

"The issue is not that #space infrastructure has already caused demonstrated biodiversity loss but that plausible vertical pressure pathways are emerging faster than #biodiversity monitoring and responsibility systems"

https://www.cell.com/nexus/fulltext/S2950-1601(26)00042-2

#Environment

Yu Liu et al. conducted a cutting experiment to simulate livestock feeding, and studied the effects of livestock feeding on #grassland #biodiversity and #productivity in China.

#defoliation | #grasslandmanagement | #simulatedgrazing

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf231

ein drama! in drei akten!
(ich hab aber nur 2 bilder die was geworden sind)
in einer blüte des drüsigen springkrauts taten sich sowohl eine biene als auch eine wespe gütlich. die biene kam zuerst raus, die wespe direkt danach. als sie zusammenstießen dachte sich die wespe "oh lecker biene!" und biss der ins bein. beide stürzten ab und durch den aufschlag konnte die biene sich befreien. ich hoffe ihr bein ist ok.

#insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology

22 insektenbeobachtungen habe ich heute zu iNat hochgeschoben, und nur 2 davon waren schmetterlinge für den #SchmetterlingsMontag , und beide die selbe art, nämlich

Traubenkirschen-Gespinstmotten
Yponomeuta evonymella
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traubenkirschen-Gespinstmotte

welches bild nehm ich denn? hmm ... das hier, wegen der anderen perspektive :3

#insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro

\o/ hab heute wieder eine balkenschröterin gesehen :3

Balkenschröter ♀
Dorcus parallelipipedus
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkenschr%C3%B6ter

#insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro

Da es in Deutschland keine ausreichende #Klimapolitik gibt, sorgt der #Klimawandel dafür, dass mehr gebetet wird. 🤪

Die #Gottesanbeterin breitet sich in Deutschland zunehmend aus. Seit Anfang Juli wurden mehr als 17.000 Sichtungen gemeldet, doppelt so viele wie im gesamten Vorjahr.

Besonders häufig kommt das Insekt inzwischen entlang des Rheins sowie zwischen Berlin und Thüringen vor.

https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gottesanbeterin-ausbreitung-erderwaermung-100.html

#Insekten #Artenvielfalt #environment #biodiversity #climatechange

“According to the U.N., an estimated 40 percent of the world’s lands are degraded, largely from neglect, drought and over-grazing, meaning they’re less able to hold water and sequester carbon.

Restoring these lands could yield enormous benefits for food production, drought mitigation and carbon storage.”

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22082026/convention-to-combat-desertification-highlights-soil-crisis/

#Environment #soil #LandUse #Climate #Water #Biodiversity #UN #Desertification

Comparison of 4,454 animal species reveals how chromosomes travelled on "evolutionary Highways" over past 600 million years. A roadmap of current biodiversity.

#evolution #biodiversity #genome-comparison

https://www.newswise.com/articles/roadmap-of-animal-biodiversity-largest-ever-comparison-of-chromosome-scale-genomes/?sc=c39

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

26.

Solitary Bees:
Account for over 90% of bee species.
Don’t live in colonies.
Don’t have a queen.
Don’t make honey/wax.
Aren’t aggressive.
Don’t swarm.
Rarely sting.
Vary in size but are usually smaller than #bumblebees.
#bees #pollinators
#nature #environment
#science #education
#wild #wildlife #biodiversity
#worldbeesanctuary #vegan
#summer #August #dandelion

Publication ce jour de 2 fiches de #rorquals Les voici :

1. le rorqual boréal, à distribution mondiale, d'une longueur moyenne entre 12 et 16 m.

FEY Laurent, FONTAINE Pierre-Henry, HUET Sylvie in : #DORIS, 24/08/2026 :
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828, https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/2412

et

2. le rorqual de Bryde, espèce tropicale et subtropicale, mesurant jusqu'à 15 et 16,50 m selon le sexe.

FEY Laurent, FONTAINE Pierre-Henry, HUET Sylvie in : #DORIS, 24/08/2026 :
Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878, https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/2845

#biodiversite #mammiferes #Mysticètes #baleines #biodiversity #Vertebrata #cétacés #Balaenopteridae

Bearded Scrub Robin
#birdsphotography #birds #socialmedia #nature #photography #biodiversity

Banded Mongoose eating out of my pot.
#nature #wildlife #biodiversity

I have no idea what these mushrooms are, but they are cute. They're about half an inch across. Pierce Road, Harvard Forest.

#fungus #forest #fungi #mushrooms #saprophytes #ecology #biology #biodiversity #nature #naturephotography #forests

Hoverfly on Cosmos flower by the way!

Not a #bee!
How can you tell?

Large eyes like 90’s rock star shades.
Only two wings.
Very small antennae.

Vital to a healthy ecosystem.
Pollinators.

Oh…and can be noisy and inquisitive but they do not, repeat, do not, sting!

#nature #hoverflies #education
#biodiversity #bees #science #environment #monday #summer
#flowers #pollinators

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🎸🐍 Scientists named a newly described #NewGuinea groundsnake, "Lielaphis slashi", after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, for his love of #reptiles.

Herpetologist Chris Austin first spotted the 71 cm (28 in) snake during nighttime fieldwork in 2006. Genetic and ecological analysis confirmed it as a distinct #species, supporting #conservation in New Guinea’s threatened #forests.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/snake-species-named-after-guns-n-roses-guitarist-slash/

#snakes #gunsnroses #herpetology #science #biodiversity #zoology #fieldmuseum #nature #wildlife #reptiles #discovery #genetics