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Learn and understand how an #ecosystem works
Ecosystem Ecology: Links in the Chain - Crash Course Ecology #7 https://youtube.com/watch?v=v6ubvEJ3KGM&si=IfQFoH9YDcVa0sZ7
Supporting conservation efforts, and raising public awareness about endangered species via education are issues where contemporary zoological parks can make a worthwhile contribution to nature conservation and biological diversity from a pragmatic and a scientific perspective.
Nonetheless this vital role that zoos can play in our society requires a further rethinking of their current existence and purpose.
Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why? A recent meta-analysis of over 175 studies on this topic shows that there is a complex netwerk of driving factors with agricultural intensification at the top of the list of proposed drivers.
#biodiversity #ecosystems #insect #ClimateChange #extinction
A recent study takes a closer look at two groups who care deeply about food, for different reasons. It exposes a paradox: people who prioritise healthy eating waste less food, while those focused on sustainability do not necessarily follow through with waste reduction.
This suggests encouraging healthier eating habits might be a better way to cut household food waste than sustainability messaging alone.
#sustainability #foodwaste #ClimateChange #healthyfood
When you think you're doing good for nature, it could be counterproductive. Wildflowers growing on land previously used for buildings and factories can accumulate lead, arsenic and other metal contaminants from the soil, which are consumed by pollinators as they feed, a new study has found. The metals have previously been shown to damage the health of these pollinators.
#nature #biodiversity #ecosystems #pollinator
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250415211241.htm
The internet of things already exists for millions of years. It's NATURE! Communication and interaction between and within ecosystems is just that! And this one we really need.
#ecosystems #nature
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250411110032.htm
A novel paper is widening understanding of how species interact within ecosystems via the so-called 'Internet of Nature.' The paper reveals that species not only exchange matter and energy but also share vital information that influences behavior, interactions, and ecosystem dynamics -- revealing previously hidden characteristics of natural ecosystems.
Who has this on their end of the world bingo card...
Scientists Revive Organism Found Buried at Bottom of Ocean
https://futurism.com/scientists-revive-organism-buried-ocean
#science #biology #microbiology #phycology #oceanography #ecology #geology
Are Partula snails evolutionary wonders?
#evolution #ecosystems #biodiversity #snail
The snail everyone is talking about https://youtube.com/shorts/GM55-vL6mUM?si=EZKgendAonmwdjUE
Baby Siamese crocodiles rest in the water at the Siamese crocodile breeding facility in Phnom Tamao zoo, Cambodia. The endangered reptile has been brought back from the brink of extinction, with 10 recently being released into the wild in Virachey national park, north-eastern #Cambodia
Photograph: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images
African penguins exchange a glance at their colony on Robben Island, near Cape Town, South Africa. Efforts to stop the critically endangered African penguin from going extinct took a step forward after South African conservationists and fishing industry groups reached a legal settlement on no-fishing zones around six of the penguins’ major breeding colonies.
Photograph: Awie Badenhorst/Alamy
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