BarbChamberlainSep 13, 2025

Break your heart with "The Animals Are Leaving" by Charles Harper https://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/columns/detail/203.

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #conservation #animals #extinction #Nature #biodiversity #BiodiversityDecline

The Animals are Leaving by Charles Harper Webb

To read in the news that a platoon of soldiers has been killed is a terrible thing, but to learn the name of just one of them makes the news even more vivid and sad. To hold the name of someone or something on our lips is a powerful thing. It is the badge of individuality and separateness. Charles…

American Life in Poetry
ReallyCanadianFlySep 10, 2025

Yes, I worry a lot about this.

#insects #BiodiversityDecline #InsectDecline #arthropods #environment

Even untouched ecosystems are losing insects at alarming rates, new study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-09-untouched-ecosystems-insects-alarming.html

NIOO-KNAWAug 29, 2025
New publication: Library of Identification Resources: a FAIR overview of taxonomic keys. #biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #taxonomicidentification
https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e161726
NIOO-KNAWMay 1, 2025
New publication: Networks in Aquatic Communities Collapse Upon Neonicotinoid-Induced Stress. #biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #anthropogenicstressors #insecticides
https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70121
MikeFMar 18, 2025

A Sweeping New Report Shows U.S. Birds Declining Sharply Across a Range of Habitats

Scientists checked in on species all over the country for the latest State of the Birds report. Nearly everywhere they looked, birds were struggling—including some that have been resilient in the past.

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/sweeping-new-report-shows-us-birds-declining-sharply-across-range-habitats

#biodiversity #extinction #biodiversitydecline #birds #wildlife #aviandecline

A Sweeping New Report Shows U.S. Birds Declining Sharply Across a Range of Habitats

Scientists checked in on species all over the country for the latest State of the Birds report. Nearly everywhere they looked, birds were struggling—including some that have been resilient in the...

Audubon
coucouOct 28, 2024

#BiodiversityDecline reversal??? Even only stopping it appears a remote possibility.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241024-5-proven-ways-to-reverse-biodiversity-loss

Industrial wastelands to wildlife oases: Five nature wins that have actually worked

Nature is in rapid decline but here are five ways to make positive change.

BBC
MikeFOct 27, 2024

Some more yard-birds, today. I WAS going to go with my local Audubon crew on a walk at Jones Beach, where I MIGHT have observed a Dickcissel, American Pipit, Vesper Sparrow and Red-headed Woodpecker. Instead, I turned the alarm off...

Oh, well... I caught some nice views of some of the most common seasonal visitors to my yard and feeders. Except the Nuthatch. Not so common and a temporary resident.

#nature #naturephotography #naturecommunity #biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #testudines #turtle #reptile #wildlife #wildlifephotography

MikeFAug 30, 2024
A couple living in an area not far (in a vehicle) from the Marine Nature Study Area (Oceanside, NY) has a waterfront home near a Diamondback Terrapin nesting site. The estuarine Terrapins are now hatching, and the hatchlings manage to find a way into their garage. So, they release them in MNSA, which they consider safer than their waterfront. This speaks well of MNSA's reputation as a haven for wildlife and public awareness of the endangered status of these turtles, but may not be the best approach, as Diamondbacks, like other turtles, show strong territorial fidelity, and may seek to return to their hatching site when they are mature.
8/29/24
#nature #naturephotography #birders #naturecommunity #biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #testudines #turtle #reptile #wildlife #wildlifephotography
MikeFAug 5, 2024

Streetlights running all night makes leaves so tough that insects can't eat them, threatening the food chain

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-streetlights-night-tough-insects-threatening.html

#biodiversity #biodiversitydecline #plants #photosynthesis #lightpollution #anthropocene #urban #insects #insectextinction #evolution

Streetlights running all night makes leaves so tough that insects can't eat them, threatening the food chain

Light pollution disrupts circadian rhythms and ecosystems worldwide—but for plants, dependent on light for photosynthesis, its effects could be profound. Now scientists writing in Frontiers in Plant Science have found that exposure to high levels of artificial light at night makes tree leaves grow tougher and harder for insects to eat, threatening urban food chains.

Phys.org
MikeFMar 8, 2024

Climate change: Mass coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef sparks fear of global event

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/mass-coral-bleaching-on-great-barrier-reef-sparks-fear-of-global-event-20240308-p5fauh.html

#coralbleaching #climatechange #biodiversitydecline #marinelife

Mass coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef sparks fear of global event

The latest event in Australia follows mass bleaching in the northern hemisphere, sparking fears of a destructive global event.

The Sydney Morning Herald