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What time will snow start Saturday? Asking for someone who has dinner reservations Saturday night. Me. 😅

Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants

"What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet."

More than one in three tree species worldwide faces extinction - IUCN Red List Cali, Colombia, 28 October 2024 (IUCN) – Thirty-eight per cent of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment, published in today’s update of the IUCN Red...

From October, but new to me as I write about biodiversity tonight:

38% of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment

More than 20% of Earth’s plants grow only on islands, global study finds More than a fifth of the Earth’s plant species are found only on islands, making them one of the largest biodiversity hotspots, a breakthrough global study has found. This conclusion has pushed the sc...

Our paper on global endemism in island plants is highlighted by @mongabay.bsky.social - many thanks for featuring this story!

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Mother orca Tahlequah once again carrying her dead calf Tahlequah is once again carrying a dead calf, researchers said, as she did in 2018 in a 17-day, 1,000-mile tour that shocked the region and world.

I'm overwhelmed with sadness for Tahlequah Orca. That this is happening again, after her 2018 famous grief swim for her dead calf, is too devastating. #animalgrief #orca #Tahlequah 🌿🌊

Gene behind orange fur in cats found at last After 60 years, scientists know why gingers, calicos, and tortoiseshells look the way they do

This is cool!!

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Endangered Species Act protection for monarch butterfly | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protection for one of the nation’s most beloved species - the monarch butterfly - and is encouraging the public to be part of its recovery. The Service ...

Fish and Wildlife Service seeks to list monarchs as threatened under the endangered species act:

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Great must-read review paper on species redistribution ecology under anthropogenic climate change by Jake Lawlor et al. from the awesome #CESAB #BIOSHIFTS working group !

Out this week in NatRevEarthEnv

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These transparent fish turn rainbow with white light. Now, we know why Repeated structures in the ghost catfish’s muscles separate white light that passes through their bodies into different wavelengths.

“The collective diffraction of light produces an array of colors. When the fish contracts and relaxes its muscles to swim, the sarcomeres slightly change in length, causing a shifting rainbow effect.”

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#iridescence
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"Vineyards account for just 2% of Europe’s cultivated area but use 41% of its fungicides" - Excited to see how genome editing could enable more sustainable viticulture by reducing its reliance on chemical treatments.

#CRISPR #genediting

After decades, lake trout restored to sustainable levels in Lake Superior After the population of Lake Superior's top predator fish fell by 95%, the lake trout restoration effort has returned it to sustainable levels, researchers say.

After decades, lake trout restored to sustainable levels in Lake Superior

#GreatLakes

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Opinion | Ecology Lessons From the Cold War (Published 2013) Biodiversity was a survival strategy for the next global conflict.

During the 1960s, NATO scientists considered biodiversity to be a strategic asset. Inspired by ecologist Charles Elton, they recognized that complex ecosystems (which are resilient to the loss of a few links) are less vulnerable to disruption by environmental warfare. www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/o...

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