#nativewildlife — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #nativewildlife, aggregated by home.social.
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Gardeners use UV lights to spot glowing tomato hornworms at night, then relocate them https://www.allforgardening.com/1868150/gardeners-use-uv-lights-to-spot-glowing-tomato-hornworms-at-night-then-relocate-them/ #caterpillars #garden #gardening #NativeWildlife #PhotoCredit #reddit #TomatoHornworms #TomatoPlants #UVFlashlight #UvLight
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‘It’s our kinship’: can #Australia learn to coexist with #dingoes?
As dingoes vanish from parts of Australia, a new documentary is calling on governments to move away from #eradication and towards solutions that benefit both #farmers and #animals
By Rosamund Brennan, 11 May 2026
Excerpt: "As Takau began looking into dingo laws, she says she found that policy was shaped largely by livestock interests, with little regard for #FirstNations cultural authority. 'There were no Aboriginal people having a say in this animal,' she says.
"In many parts of Australia, dingoes are grouped with 'wild dogs' under biosecurity laws and treated as pests or invasive animals, allowing – and in some places requiring – landholders to kill or exclude them to protect livestock.
"But Takau argues that framing ignores both their cultural significance and their ecological role. 'Dingoes keep Country healthy,' she says; they can control #overgrazing by animals like goats and #kangaroos, and reduce pressure from feral cats and foxes, which prey on #NativeWildlife.
"Through her advocacy, Takau met #AlixLivingstone, founder of #DefendTheWild, and the two began working to centre #Aboriginal voices in #DingoConservation. That work led west, through a #CulturalExchange that brought rangers from #Queensland and northern #NSW together with Aboriginal corporations on WA’s south coast to share dingo monitoring knowledge and cultural stories.
"The film and campaign grew out of that exchange. In February, Moort was screened at WA parliament, where custodians called on the state government to remove dingoes from pest classifications in biosecurity law and phase out 1080 baiting and #strychnine-laced foothold traps, which can cause prolonged, painful deaths.
"Livingstone says the campaign is not about pitting Aboriginal people against farmers but shifting support from killing programs to coexistence measures such as #BetterFencing, #GuardianAnimals and practical help for landholders. 'It’s about finding solutions for farmers that protect their interests but also maintain dingoes in the environment,' she says."
#SolarPunkSunday #IndigenousAustralians #SonyaTakau #Rewilding #EndangeredSpecies #Coexistence #Nature
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Cat numbers spark bounty push
"...Feral cats kill 3.2 million mammals and 1.2 million birds across Australia each year and carry infectious diseases that affect humans and livestock."
"Recreational hunting could play a role in reducing cat impacts under the right circumstances."
"I've never seen tourists come to look at feral cats, but I've seen plenty who come … to look at native wildlife." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/feral-cat-numbers-spark-bounty-in-outback-queensland/106551912
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The Invasive Fish Threatening the Everglades — and the New Tool That Can Stop Them
The post The Invasive Fish Threatening the Everglades — and the New Tool That Can Stop Them appeared…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Asianswampeel #Asianswampeels #bullseyesnakehead #Everglades #Evergladesrestoration #Florida #invasivespecies #nativewildlife #Science #UniversityofFlorida #wildlifemanagers
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#HoldenME - #Ecological #GardenDesign Workshop
Saturday, February 21, 9 am-12:30 pm
Fields Pond Audubon Center"Join #MaineAudubon for a hands-on workshop exploring how to design beautiful, functional gardens that support #Maine #NativeWildlife. Led by #NativePlant expert Andrew Tufts, this half-day session will introduce ecological design principles, guide you through site analysis, and help you sketch a habitat-friendly garden plan for your own space. Perfect for beginners and seasoned gardeners alike!
Maine Audubon strives to provide inclusive and accessible programs for all members of the community. If you require accommodations to participate in this program, please email [email protected]. Maine Audubon can best meet the needs of requests submitted at least seven days before the event start date."
$45 member, $55 nonmember
Space is limited; pre-registration required.FMI and to register:
https://maineaudubon.org/events/ecological-garden-design-feb21/#SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #HabitatFriendlyGardens #Gardening #GardeningWorkshops #GardenPlanning #EcologicalGardens
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Poisoning native Australian predators in the name of rodent control
"Secondary poisoning is not an accidental or a misuse scenario. It is a highly predictable outcome of allowing the use of poisons in our ecosystems that accumulate in the body."
"Australia will continue using rodenticides that cause the greatest harm, Many native animals will continue to die slow and painful deaths." >>
https://theconversation.com/household-rat-poisons-found-to-be-unacceptable-risk-to-native-animals-so-why-arent-they-banned-272346
#Anticoagulant #rodenticides #SGARs #NativeWildlife #CompanionSpecies #biodiversity #poison #regulation #harm -
Halloween trick-or-treating - a drive-through neighbourhood:
Spoiler: Driving and idling (fossil fuel combustion), plastic decoration, sugar 'treats' and traps for native wildlife.
Haunted by the spectre of climate disruption and the prospect of an uninhabitable biosphere they drive to event spaces turning neighbourhoods into drive-through (commercial) amusement parks for Halloween and Christmas.
* "People drive from miles and miles to participate in destination neighborhood festivities. The same kind of dynamic has long happened with Christmas.Halloween has gone from a primarily walking holiday to a driving holiday."
Where Have All the Trick-or-Treaters Gone on Halloween? Destination Neighborhoods >>
https://www.collegetowns.org/p/where-have-all-the-trick-or-treaters* "Research suggests about 30 percent of birds' nests may include human-made materials, posing a risk to nestlings. Halloween in Australia coincides with bird nesting season and birds are often looking for nesting material at this time of year, so there is the potential for these types of decorations to have a bigger impact here than in North America and Europe." >>
https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/10/21/halloween-in-australia-how-an-irish-tradition-became-a-uniquely-local-celebration.html* Halloween on one Sydney street has grown so big it’s now sponsored
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/30/halloween-renwick-street-sydney-trick-or-treat-sponsored* Australians will spend a record $500 million on Halloween this year despite the so called cost-of-living crisis
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-31/halloween-australia-growth-displays-community-connection/105954120#Halloween #plastic #decorations #pollution #sugar #cars #driving #CarBrain #DriveThrough #traffic #suburbia #neighbourhoods #BigBoxStores #walking #SocialMedia #commercialisation #festivities #Christmas #NativeWildlife #birds #entanglements #pollution #spectacle #culture #ClimateDisruption #NSW
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It took just 60 years for red foxes to colonise Australia from Victoria to the Pilbara
"European red foxes and domestic cats brought to Australia kill about 300 million native animals in Australia every year and remain the major driver of past and current extinctions."
"The first red foxes, (Vulpes vulpes), to arrive in Australia were deliberately released by European colonialists in 1870 in three Victorian locations – Werribee, Corio (near Geelong) and Ballarat. They were introduced for the “noble” sport of fox hunting."
"Unfortunately, the suppression of dingoes across Australia following European colonisation is at least partly to blame for the explosion in fox numbers because there are not sufficient densities of dingoes control foxes. Foxes flourish in areas modified by humans. We show that their populations are densest around urban centres, and they do well after land is cleared for agriculture."
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https://theconversation.com/it-took-just-60-years-for-red-foxes-to-colonise-australia-from-victoria-to-the-pilbara-267322
#biodiversity #NativeWildlife #conservation #dingo #extinction #hunting #SettlerSociety #synanthropes #InvasiveSpecies #cats #foxes #BellingenShire -
Gardener captures delightful video of tiny visitors enjoying backyard flower: ‘This made me cry’ https://www.allforgardening.com/1475503/gardener-captures-delightful-video-of-tiny-visitors-enjoying-backyard-flower-this-made-me-cry-2/ #flowers #FlowersGardening #garden #gardening #NativeGardens #NativePlants #NativeWildlife #SupportWildlife #TinyFrogs #video #ViralVideo
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Hearst Foundation awards Ventana Wildlife Society with $125,000 grant for conservation
The Ventana Wildlife Society, known for bringing bald eagles and California condors back to th…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #baldeagle #californiacondor #conservation #Education #Funding #Grant #hearstfoundationinc. #hearstfoundations #ksbw #mission #nativewildlife #Nonprofit #parentcompany #Science #williamrandolphhearstfoundation
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In a practice known as guerilla rewilding some environmentally-minded landowners are reintroducing native animals to their properties, without approval. They want the rules changed so more private sanctuaries can be established. But scientists say this could have serious animal welfare consequences.
#rewilding #guerillarewilding #wildlifeconservation #animalwelfare #biodiversity #ecology #environmentalpolicy #nativewildlife #privatesanctuaries #australianwildlife #conservationethics
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From June 2024, citizen scientists/naturalists field work day.
This is a juvenile long toed #salamander #LiveSpecimen. They're native to Vancouver Island / PNW regions.
These native salamanders are an #IndicatorSpecies & extremely sensitive to any changes in their #ecological #habitats. We capture some to study their health because they help us to obtain more protection for their habitats - which are at ongoing risks for human caused pollution & degradation.#nature #Wsanec #Saanich #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #NatureGuardians #WorldInMyEyes #NaturePhotos #wildlife #amphibians #NativeWildlife #NativeSalamanders #NatureDefenders
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A two striped #grasshopper.
Found in many areas of North America.#VancouverIsland #nature #Wsanec #Saanich #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #BackyardNature #insects #entomology #WorldInMyEyes #NaturePhotos #BackyardWildlife #Caelifera #NativeWildlife
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Anna's #hummingbird perched atop branch.
It was pretty far away from me. It took a rest break here, after flitting around & feeding off many flowers.#wildlife #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #NativeWildlife #pollinator #ornithology #birdwatching #birds #nature #ProtectNature #WildFirst #pollinator
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Wee Pacific chorus #frog seen hiding, deep in the brambles 🐸
#nature #amphibian #wildlife #Sooke #JuanDeFucaDistrict #TsoukeTerritory #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #CuteFrogs #NativeFrogs #NativeWildlife #Westcoast #BritishColumbia #Canada
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Well this makes my blood boil 😡
The very point of a National Park is to reduce human impact on the flora & fauna in the area. They are deliberately low-traffic areas! Way to miss the point Mark Latham!
#savetheplanet #savetheenvironment #climatechange #protectourwildlife #saveourwildlife #wildlife #savetheanimals #nativewildlife #protectourparks #nationalparks #landcareaustralia
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Will you stand up for our precious native kangaroos tomorrow?
Full details here 👇
https://fb.me/e/2nnZldLh4Why? Watch the video here:
https://www.tiktok.com/@vickangaalliance/video/7205452945360456961?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7205723936507086338#Kangaroos #kangaroo #savethekangaroos #protectkangaroos #saveourwildlife #protectourwildlife #nativewildlife #australianwildlife