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A hotter Acadia isn’t directly harmful to most forest songbirds, Audier said. But that kind of heat creep can trigger insects and plants to hatch and bud too early for migratory birds or hatchlings to eat. When that kind of mismatch occurs, a population can eventually flicker out

https://www.pressherald.com/2026/05/17/where-are-the-songbirds-as-climate-shifts-acadias-forests-are-getting-quieter/

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🐟🧪 Biologists from #Acadia University and the University of #BritishColumbia studied how #psilocybin affects the behavior of the aggressive mangrove rivulus #fish.

#Data indicated that the compound reduces territorial displays while allowing normal social interactions to continue. The findings suggest that the psychoactive ingredient in magic #mushrooms can dampen social conflict in #vertebrates.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/magic-mushrooms-fish/

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Echo Lake, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine. April 1981.

#hiking #photography #landscapephotography #nature #Maine #Acadia #forest #lake #mountains #spring #springtime