Petra van Cronenburg8h ago

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@chiroptera/116298795666901623

A lot of #animals are real #gardeners or #farmers. We know about squirrels storing and forgetting nuts, elephants shaping forests, or birds dispersing seeds. But all too often we overlook less popular species and the vital role they play.

We can learn a great deal from our animal colleagues about #ecosystems and how to preserve them. More gardening bats and #sea gardeners: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-gardeners-run-wild-ii/id1630784381?i=1000643836080

#bats #conservation #gardening #trees #forests #forestFriday #NatureMatchcuts #ecology

Palm Oil Detectives11h ago
The largest #bat 🦇🌎 in the world has a 1.7m wingspan, hangs out in S.E. #Asia’s #forests, the Malayan Flying Fox is #endangered by #palmoil 🌴🔥#deforestation #Boycottpalmoil 🌴💩🧐 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9Zm?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
NomadGoat1d ago
#hiking #forests
Geoffrey Giebelhaus1d ago

Honey Mushrooms (2023)

Maybe a slightly uncomfortable image, but I see these #Mushrooms everywhere in our local #Forests and so I really wanted to try capturing the way they stack in these closely packed bunches. Due to the recent rains this bunch didn't have the usual dirt and leaf debris leaving them relatively pristine. The added moisture from the recent rainfall also gave them a special moistness.

#photography #throwbackthursday #macrophotography #RealPhotosofRealPlaces

michael1d ago
My review of the very lovely book The Genius of #Trees by Harriet Rix is out in this month's issue of C&I, just in time for the paperback release https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/03/how-trees-rule-world.html #science #bookreview #ecology #forests
how trees rule the world

I keep writing about trees, all the wonderful things they do for us, and why we stop forestation. I never joined the dots quite like Harriet...

Gustavo Meneses1d ago

A reason to #resistwar and other forms of violence

John #Muir
https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/life/muir_biography.aspx

Large map of National Parks in the #USA from NPMaps
https://npmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/national-park-service-map.jpg

Yandex translation of website from #Iran about #forests
https://translated.turbopages.org/proxy_u/fa-en.en.d9ada69b-69c48ca7-1c3ca5b7-74722d776562/https/deyako.com/%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%84-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/

John Muir Biography - John Muir Exhibit

John Muir: A Brief Biography, A part of the John Muir Exhibit, by Sierra Club John Muir Education Project

Geoffrey Giebelhaus2d ago

Apricity (2022): the warmth of the sun.

Although some definitions suggest it is specific to the warmth of the sun in the Winter, I've always just know it as the warmth of the sun on a cold day.

Despite the summer look, I took this photo on a cool October day. The cool air of the coastal #PNW warmed slightly by the afternoon light that barely cutting through the #Forests canopy as I walked down the trails.

#lpw #landscapephotography #RealPhotosofRealPlaces #Canada #Vancouver

ABC Feeds2d ago

NSW forestry industry fighting to avoid the chopping block
By Lauren Bohane and David Claughton

The NSW forestry industry is calling for secure access to timber as the proposed Great Koala National Park locks up resources and recent closures of Victorian and Western Australian sectors raise fears for the future of native logging.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-26/nsw-forestry-industry-calls-for-secure-future-national-shutdowns/106471438

#ForestryLoggingandTimberIndustry #Forests #EnvironmentalImpacts #EnvironmentalPolicy #Rainforests #Agriculture #LaurenBohane #DavidClaughton

NSW forestry industry fighting to avoid the chopping block

The NSW forestry industry is calling for secure access to timber as the proposed Great Koala National Park locks up resources and recent closures of Victorian and Western Australian sectors raise fears for the future of native logging.

Omilen2d ago
Some puddles in the forest hold these strange, transparent spheres, as if the forest itself had dropped a handful of stars into the water. They say that in the forests of Stuttgart, when winter begins to recede and the water is still cold, the frogs return to the very pond where they themselves were born. No one knows how they remember. They have no map, no compass, no one to show them the way. But every year, without fail, they lay their eggs in the exact same spot. The villagers call it "das Gedächtnis des Waldes"—the memory of the forest. As if the water itself held the secret of every creature that ever lived in it.
#NaturePhotography #Frogs #Nature #Wildlife #Forests #FrogEggs #Spring
Paul Houle2d ago

💧 Forest loss can make watersheds 'leakier,' global study suggests

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-forest-loss-watersheds-leakier-global.html

#forests #deforestation #ecology #water #environment #research #trees #hydrology

Forest loss can make watersheds 'leakier,' global study suggests

Forest loss does more than reduce tree cover. A new global study involving UBC Okanagan researchers shows it can fundamentally change how watersheds hold and release water. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, analyzed data from 657 watersheds across six continents.

Phys.org