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• EcologyandConservation Trends on Bluesky: Top 5 Posts for [2024-12-26]

  

  Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social

  Old rainforest trees like this oak, covered in ivy, epiphytic polypody fern, navelwort + mosses, and with an abundance of nooks and crannies, are virtual ecosystems in their own right. There are far too few left: release them from artificial grazing pressure, and that would change. 🌎

  
  

  Dr Michelle LaRue @drmichellelarue.bsky.social

  The #penguinpicoftheday #PPOTD is a couple of emperor penguins standing in the evening sun at Cape Crozier earlier this (austral) spring. Crozier is beautiful but harsh and unforgiving. It’s an amazing place. 🧪🌎🦑🦉

  
  

  becca | they/them @weneedtogooutside.bsky.social

  robins are so underappreciated. they're my favorite "everywhere, all the time" bird here in the midwest. #photography #nature #wildlife 🧪 🌎 🌿🦉

  
  

  David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social

  Yikes! The world's largest musk ox populations have declined by more than 50% since the early 2000s. They are such interesting animals and I hope we can make a future where they can exist. 🧪🦊🌎
  

  Botanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social

  🌾🌱🌍🌳🌺#12DaysXmas (aka Twelvetide), festive time between Nativity and Epiphany for centuries. Each day, #BUC2025 celebrates in plants. First day, pears in a tree. Delicious when perfectly ripe. (Pyrus sp., Rosaceae). Thousands of varieties, some with round not pear-shaped fruit.

  

• EcologyandConservation Trends on Bluesky: Top 5 Posts for [2024-12-25]

  

  David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social

  How Scientists’ Tender Loving Care Could Save This Endangered Penguin Species | Smithsonian https://buff.ly/4fgKIAS 🦑🌎🧪
  

  Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social

  Merry Christmas. If the presents you got were not that great, be glad you're not a female scorpionfly. #wildlife 🧪🌍 www.bbc.com/future/artic...
  

  GardeningWell @gardeningwell.ie

  Zack harvests the Christmas po-tay-toes on Xmas morning! #Spéirgorm 🌱🌎🦋 #Ireland youtube.com/shorts/TYtkR...
  

  David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social

  Plastic Pollution Sounds Just Like Food to Deep-Diving Whales | Duke Today https://buff.ly/3Yjhquv 🌎🦑🧪
  

  Kristina Muise, MSc 🦇👩‍🔬 @kristinamuise.bsky.social

  Day 24 of #BatMas: Trefoil horseshow bat (Rhinolophus trifoliatus) 🦇🌎🧪 Similar to the Hondouran white bat (Day 7 of #BatMas), the pale fur colour may help in camouflaging the bats when they roost, as sunlight filtering though the leaves make them appear green. 📸: Daverbennett (Wikipedia)

  

• EcologyandConservation Trends on Bluesky: Top 5 Posts for [2024-12-24]

  

  Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social

  Gang gangs wear their Santa hats year-round ❤️🪶🌏🌿

  
  

  Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social

  Reminder that when opening the nest box of an orange-bellied parrot, one must brace for mum stink eye 👁️ At Christmas all the OBPs begin hatching🪶👀🦜🌿🌏

  
  

  David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social

  Go water voles go! Some good news here showing how reintroductions, habitat restoration, and removals of non-native predators can bring back declining species. 🦊🌎🧪
  

  becca | they/them @weneedtogooutside.bsky.social

  sandhill crane flyover just before sunset ☁☀ #photography #nature #wildlife 🧪 🌎 🌿🦉

  
  

  becca | they/them @weneedtogooutside.bsky.social

  🎶 these are a few of my favorite things 🎶 quick warbler paintings. #artadventcalendar #art #birds #nature #wildlife #illustration #sciart 🧪 🌎 🌿🦉

  

• EcologyandConservation Trends on Bluesky: Top 5 Posts for [2024-12-23]

  

  Dr Michelle LaRue @drmichellelarue.bsky.social

  Changing it up a bit for the #penguinpicoftheday #PPOTD, with a brushtail penguin (in genus Pygoscelis), specifically a chinstrap penguin who is asking "look at me, love me, won't you?!" Also. Look at that chick. Need I say more. 🧪🌍🦑🦉

  
  

  Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

  📖Published📖 Our latest review article presents 10 practical guidelines for ground-based research of terrestrial microclimates, covering methods and best practices from initial conceptualisation of the study to data analyses 🌎 🧪 Read more here 👇 https://buff.ly/41BKn8o

  
  

  The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com

  Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows https://buff.ly/4gseFPC 🌎
  

  becca | they/them @weneedtogooutside.bsky.social

  semipalmated plover scanning the sky for predators while hunting for food of its own in the sand. #photography #nature #wildlife 🧪 🌎 🌿🦉

  
  

  Botanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social

  🌾🌱🌏🌿🌺🌳The Ginger family includes several ornamental plants. One is Curcuma alismatifolia (Siam tulip, Summer tulip). Originates sunny subtropical grasslands in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, so adapted to dryness and dormancy during the year. Perennial, now in white, pink & mauve shades #BUC2025

  

• EcologyandConservation Trends on Bluesky: Top 5 Posts for [2024-12-22]

  

  Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social

  For a #conservation journalist, this is an excellent case study to show to people who ask you: "Why spend all that money to save one species? Shouldn't we help people instead?" #wildlife 🧪🌍 epic.uchicago.edu/news/when-in...
  

  Stelios Katsanevakis @skatsanevakis.bsky.social

  Amidst the flood of bad news in global conservation, there are inspiring success stories that shine through, reminding us that hope is not lost. 🌍✨🌐🧪 #ConservationSuccess #HopeForNature #optimism bbc.com/future/artic...
  

  Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social

  Ireland could be SO amazing if nature was given a chance, as I've witnessed in my own place over the last 15 years. The multiple benefits for climate, against flooding, for tourism, etc, for ALL our lives, would be beyond imagination. Let's do this. #Rewilding 🌎

  
  

  Dax Kellie @daxkellie.bsky.social

  I’ve never really thought about it, but when it’s windy, leaf cutter ants get blown away! 💨🍃🐜 To mitigate, the ants choose to carry things that are smaller, lighter or thinner, but they don’t necessarily walk a different route 🧪🌏
  

  The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social

  Bee. Everybody quiet down now and get some sleep. Dream bigger. Dream better. Dream braver. But dream people, dream. #bee #goodnight #dream 🌍

• EcologyandConservation Trends on Bluesky: Top 5 Posts for [2024-12-21]

  

  Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social

  Some of the wildest, most primaeval feeling, rainforest is the swampy, constantly wet kind, like this patch in my place. 🌏

  
  

  Dr Andrew Mahon @andyantarctica.bsky.social

  Happy #seaspidersaturday all! A Pallanopsis sp. here! Collected in 2020 on NBP20-10. 🦑🧪🐧🇦🇶🌍

  
  

  Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social

  New research about the life expectancy of #whales. 🧪🌍 #wildlife ...that is if they are not being killed by humans first. theconversation.com/whales-can-l...
  

  Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social

  Did u know?When gardening nxt season,think about this - you won't get b'flies/moths in yr outside space if you aren't happy to let their teenagers (caterpillars)munch on a few of yr plants. There's always enough to go round. Munch marks of Angle Shades larvae on my Pelargoniums. 🌱🌿🌍🪲🐙🦋🐛

  
  

  Bryan White, MS Bio, MPH 🧬 @crvscience.substack.com

  Engineered living materials (ELMs) AKA 3D printed living structures made from ceramics and different microorganisms can provide genetically programmed carbon capture (photosynthetic cyanobacteria) or gas-sensing, detecting toxic formaldehyde & converting to banana scent (E. coli). 🧪🌎🦠🔬 #CO2 #Carbon