Tree Snipefly (Chrysopilus laetus) new to Yorkshire at garden centre in Shiptonthorpe VC61 . Seen 11 days ago but no pot with me...thankfully still on same apple tree today! Maybe garden centres explain the spread north? @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social
The Trump administration is planning to axe an ocean monitoring system that provides critical early warning signs of major storms and weather.
The entire globe is facing an historic El Nino year, with dangerous extreme weather expected.
Trump is putting us all at risk.
A few years ago, one of UT's field stations burned in an intense wildfire.
As there had been a moth survey of this same forest in 1992-94, we took the opportunity to do some moth science:
All the lekking and checking was eventually worth it. Male and female Melitta haemorrhoidalis mating in a peach-leaved bellflower head. @ianbeavis.bsky.social
Cockrow Bridge, spanning the A3 in near Cobham, opened in May. It has reconnected to rare heathland areas that were separated for 50 years.
The sand lizard has become increasingly scarce as the sandy heaths and dunes it depends on have been destroyed.
The great Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was born 190 years ago today! She received her medical degree in 1865 by utilizing an oversight in the Society of Apothecaries' charter, after which she was a driving force behind women's medical education in Great Britain.
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Moorland Association's amateurish attempt to analyse Hen Harrier tag data is full of holes (much like a shot Hen Harrier) raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/06/09/m...
Also from last Sunday, but at Daneway Banks, Glos, Wild Liquorice, Astragalus glycyphyllos just coming into flower. Pleased to catch up with is species in company with @jeremyjem.bsky.social @gloswildlife.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
The large, white, trumpet-shaped lilies, like this Lilium regale, are pollinated by hawkmoths. They have a heavy, sweet fragrance that is especially strong at night. #teammoth #Lilium #Pollination #Liliaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
He'll be fine, though. He's got about a year's worth of nuts, berries and seeds stored in those saddlebag cheeks of his. He looks like he's sucking on a manhole cover. His beard must have two postal codes. It's like Dizzy Gillespie blowing up an air mattress.
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There are cases where the towering homogeneity of Victorian culture is exaggerated. The era of Prince Albert and Lord Palmerston was, after all, also the age of George Eliot, Charles Darwin and Karl M...
Abstract. Moths are important environmental indicators and ecosystem service providers, yet they remain understudied and increasingly threatened by climate
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The illegal killing of Hen Harriers on British grouse moors has been known, for years, to be the main cause of the species’ desperately low population size in the UK. This male hen harrier di…
