Animals doing stuff

The California condor has made a comeback.

@[email protected] reports: "North America’s largest bird disappeared from the wild in the late 1980s. Reintroduction work in the United States and Mexico has brought this huge vulture back to the skies."

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#Birds #Endangered #Conservation #Animals #Science

The endangered Mexican long-nosed bats are no strangers to southeastern Arizona. The proof is in the saliva.

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/UPOws9

#Bats #Animals #Science #Endangered #Conservation

India doubles tiger population in a decade: Can other countries learn from its conservation efforts?

@euronews reports: https://flip.it/U3CBaa

#Tigers #Animals #Conservation #India

Scientists solve the mystery of sea turtles’ "lost years."

From @AssociatedPress: "For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens ... between when tiny hatchlings leave the beach and when they return to coastlines nearly grown — a span of about one to 10 years."

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#Turtles #Animals #Science #Ocean

In the U.S., a North Carolina wildlife crossing will save people. Can it save the last wild red wolves too?

@AssociatedPress reports: "Hunters were once the greatest human threat to the country’s only unique wolf species. Today, it’s motorists."

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#Wolf #Animals #Endangered #Wildlife #Conservation #NorthCarolina

Today is International Zebra Day 🦓

To celebrate, we are bringing back this Candid Animal Cam video so that you can find out a bit more about this animal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX0OiHGrxTw

#Zebras #InternationalZebraDay #Animals #Wildlife #Conservation

Once the epicenter for deadly human-elephant conflict, an eastern Nepal village along the Indian border has transformed into a model of coexistence.

Villagers, once fearful, have adopted elephant-resistant crops and beekeeping, and through a rapid response team, they safely guide elephants away.

By Deepak Adhikari
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/01/how-a-nepali-border-village-learned-to-live-with-migratory-wild-elephants/

#News #Conservation #Environment #Elephants #Animals

Many animals and plants are losing their genetic diversity, making them more vulnerable.

From @AssociatedPress: "Long before a species goes extinct, the population becomes smaller and more fragmented, shrinking the number of potential mates and therefore genetic mixing. This leaves a species more vulnerable to future threats such as disease."

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#Science #Animals #Endangered #Conservation #Genetics

Many animals and plants are losing their genetic diversity, making them more vulnerable.

From @AssociatedPress: "Long before a species goes extinct, the population becomes smaller and more fragmented, shrinking the number of potential mates and therefore genetic mixing. This leaves a species more vulnerable to future threats such as disease."

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#Science #Animals #Endangered #Conservation #Genetics

Like flyways for birds, we need to map swimways for fish.

From Science News: "Knowing the largely unseen migration routes of freshwater fish is key to protecting species."

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#Fish #Birds #Animals #Conservation #Science

How did the newt cross the road? With the help of the Chileno Valley Newt Brigade!

@npr reports on a grassroots group that has rescued more than 22,300 Pacific newts in California: https://flip.it/-jaFfg

#Newt #Animals #Conservation #Volunteer #Amphibian #Science

Even fish get lonely? A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in Japan lost its appetite after the facility closed for renovations. So staff put life-size photos of humans outside the tank. The fish seemed to improve!

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/-LuuZP

#Fish #Ocean #Aquarium #Animals #Science

Saber teeth in predators evolved many times. Did it lead to their extinction?

From @npr: "Behind the fearsome appearance of saber teeth lies a conundrum."

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#Animals #Evolution #Science #Biology

January 20th marks Penguin Awareness Day.

To learn more about these animals and the threats they face, check out Mongabay's articles about penguins here: https://news.mongabay.com/?s=penguin&formats=

You will find stories like this one: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/08/south-africa-seeks-to-settle-landmark-african-penguin-lawsuit/

#News #Conservation #Environment #Animals #Wildlife #Penguins

Evidence of an ancient sea monster with saw-like teeth that dominated the oceans around 100 million years ago, was found in a Moroccan mine in 2021. Now, scientists are raising red flags over the authenticity of the fossils on which the discovery was based. @LiveScience explains:

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#Science #Animals #Fossils #SeaCreatures #ExtinctSpecies

With so much emphasis on the numbers of land and sea species, the decline of biodiversity in our rivers and lakes has often been ignored. But the first comprehensive assessment of the risk of extinction of freshwater species is set to change this. @ScienceAlert has more:

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#Science #EndangeredSpecies #Animals #Rivers #Lakes

they don't make em like that anymore, i remember reading Durrell's books when i was young & feeling touched by his experiences with animals, which echoed my own experiences that animals had real feelings... something not really widely acknowledged until the 1980s, at least where i lived (US South)

#bookstodon #animals #wildlife #zoos #conservation

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/07/remembering-gerald-durrell-100-myself-and-other-animals

Velvet ants have the Swiss Army knife of venoms.

From Science News: "The venom acts on distinct molecular targets in mammals and insects."

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#Ants #Insects #Animals #Science