NPR reported on November 17 U.S. regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward. Read more at Dam demolitions set for Klamath River in […]
Dam demolitions set for Klamath River in Western U.S. will be biggest in history — Natural History Wanderings
Category: NOT by Sharon St Joan – reblogged
Bird and birdsong encounters improve mental health, study finds —
The Guardian reports Research suggests visits to places with birdlife could be prescribed by doctors to improve mental wellbeing One swallow may not make a summer but seeing or hearing birds does improve mental wellbeing, researchers have found. The study, led by academics from King’s College London, also found that everyday encounters with birds boosted […]
Bird and birdsong encounters improve mental health, study finds —
Ancient 15,000-Year-Old Viruses Found in Melting Tibetan Glaciers — The Extinction Chronicles
NATURE26 October 2022 https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-15000-year-old-viruses-found-in-melting-tibetan-glaciers ByTESSA KOUMOUNDOUROS Bacteriophages on a bacterium. (Graham Beards/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0) Ancient creatures are emerging from the cold storage of melting permafrost, almost like something out of a horror movie. From incredibly preserved extinct megafauna like the woolly rhino, to the 40,000-year-old remains of a giant wolf, and bacteria over 750,000 years old. https://52b9432666a140ff7d9b61ebaa773f51.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html Not […]
Ancient 15,000-Year-Old Viruses Found in Melting Tibetan Glaciers — The Extinction Chronicles
Wild horses can prevent out-of-control wildfires out west, researcher says. Here’s how — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
By Brooke Baitinger One man’s extensive research into wild horse behavior suggests their presence in the wilderness may help cut down on the size and intensity of wildfires in the western U.S. Roaming wild horses may help cut down on the size and intensity of wildfires out west, according to research from the Wild Horse […]
Wild horses can prevent out-of-control wildfires out west, researcher says. Here’s how — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
Call Of The Dappled Path — Leaf And Twig
traverse the shadows and the light go greet the unknown
Call Of The Dappled Path — Leaf And Twig
Kissing Cousins~ —
Beautiful Maui, has beautiful critters. (Red Crested Cardinal) Did you know? (Spotted Dove) Birds are close relatives, (Myna Bird) to turtles? I certainly didn’t know, and neither does this baby myna! Turtles seem to know everything, (Green Sea Turtle) so this friendly guy, who swam right up to me, probably wouldn’t be surprised. Green Sea […]
Kissing Cousins~ —
Bird of the Day: Curlew Sandpiper — Organikos
Almatti Backwaters, Bagalkot, Karnataka
Bird of the Day: Curlew Sandpiper — Organikos
Wordless Wednesday – Rain Drops touch Early Fall — antilandscaper
Conservationists hail scientists’ western rewilding blueprint as “a major call to action” to the Biden administration —
EarthJustice News Release Conservationists today hailed a new scientific study that identifies an ambitious network of protected areas, with wolf and beaver restoration as a centerpiece, as a sound strategy for restoring native ecosystems and wildlife diversity on western public lands. The benefits of this proposal would contribute significantly to stream restoration and help mitigate […]
Conservationists hail scientists’ western rewilding blueprint as “a major call to action” to the Biden administration —
