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Biodiversity - Butterflies

A collection of articles about biodiversity and butterfly species

Split of Biodiversity and Evolution

Biodiversity and Evolution

Evolution - science, history, Biodiversity, more

Evolution - science, history, Biodiversity, more

Animal Populations, Extinction Threats and Biodiversity

Animal Populations, Extinction Threats and Biodiversity

Sea Turtles - Oceans - Science

Sea Turtles - Oceans - Science

Origins of COVID19 and the Coronavirus epidemic, pandemic

Origins of COVID19 and the Coronavirus epidemic, pandemic

Pets - dogs, cats, more

Pets - dogs, cats, more

Octopus - Animals, Intelligence, Farming, Seafood - Agriculture, Business and Science

Octopus - Animals, Intelligence, Farming, Seafood - Agriculture, Business and Science

Global Warming, Carbon and Farming, Agriculture

Global Warming, Carbon and Farming, Agriculture

Pet business - dogs, cats, more

Pet business - dogs, cats, more

Intelligence - different types of intelligences

a brief look at Intelligence and the different types of intelligences

Bugs, Insects and Agriculture

A collection of articles about insects, bugs and biodiversity

Bees - and Agriculture, Farming

A collection of articles about Bees - and Agriculture, Farming

Aquaculture - Fish Farming Seafood - Agriculture, Business and Science

Aquaculture - Fish Farming Seafood - Agriculture, Business and Science

Sharks and whales- Oceans - Science

a collection of articles about Sharks and whales- Oceans - Science

Insects and Biodiversity

A collection of articles about insects, bugs and biodiversity

Biodiversity

A collection of articles about biodiversity

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Article

Inside the brains of aging dogs | Knowable Magazine

In a citizen science project, thousands of pet dogs are helping scientists to understand what happens to memory and cognition in old age (2025)


Article

Rhinonomics: The horn laws. Why there is a bear market in rhinos

It is too expensive to protect them from poachers | Middle East & Africa (2023)


Article

Where Have All the Snow Crabs Gone? - Nautilus

Eleven billion crabs vanished. Is climate change really to blame? (2022)


Article

How Dinosaurs Shrank and Became Birds - Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understandi... (2022)


Article

Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to conservation efforts - Our World in Data

Hunting and habitat loss drove many large mammals in Europe close to extinction. But, the continent’s mammal populations are flourishing again than... (2022)


Article

The meat dilemma: Eating lower-carbon meat means killing many more animals – Hannah Ritchie

"What's the biggest change I can make to reduce the carbon footprint of my diet?" It's a question I'm often asked, and my answer is pretty consiste... (2021)


Article

Loyal raises $27M, aims to give dog owners more time with their pets – TechCrunch

Loyal is building an animal pharmaceutical company that is developing therapeutics aimed at extending both lifespan and healthspan for dogs. (2021)


Article

To protect the world’s wildlife we must improve crop yields – especially across Africa - Our World in Data

Habitat loss is the biggest threat to the world’s animals. Without improvements in crop yields, thousands of species could see much of their habita... (2021)


Article

Your dog's nose knows no bounds – and neither does its love for you

Dogs process the sensory world very differently than humans, but love in a way that is entirely familiar. (2021)


Article

How much of the world’s food production is dependent on pollinators? - Our World in Data

Many of the world’s pollinator insects are in decline. What does this mean for global food production? (2021)


Article

Single bee has cloned itself millions of times over the past three decades

Single bee is making an immortal clone army thanks to a genetic fluke | Live Science (2021)


Article

Dengue Mosquitoes Can Be Tamed by a Common Microbe - The Atlantic

An extremely common microbe can stop the insects from spreading the virus that causes dengue fever. (2021)


Article

Peru ponders: whose fish are they anyway? | The Economist

A bid to protect part of the Pacific raises legal conundrums | The Americas (2021)


Article

In praise of America’s founding fish | The Economist

The Potomac river is a more vivid symbol of American history than any of the monuments along it | United States (2021)


Article

Wild mammals have declined by 85% since the rise of humans, but there is a possible future where they flourish

Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans. But we can turn things around by reducing the amount of land we use for agriculture. (2021)


Article

Million-year-old mammoth genomes shatter record for oldest ancient DNA

Permafrost-preserved teeth, up to 1.6 million years old, identify a new kind of mammoth in Siberia. (2021)


Article

Movie: My Octopus Teacher - Feld Thoughts

After my blog post Book: The Soul of an Octopus I received a flurry of emails telling me I needed to watch the movie My Octopus Teacher on Netflix.... (2021)


Article

Shark Populations Are Crashing, With a ‘Very Small Window’ to Avert Disaster - The New York Times

Oceanic sharks and rays have declined more than 70 percent since 1970, mainly because of overfishing, according to a new study. (2021)


Article

Incredible time-lapse shows a single cell transforming into a salamander

A filmmaker has captured mesmerizing and intimate details of an alpine newt's first days. (2019)


Article

A quarter of all known bee species haven't been seen since the 1990s | New Scientist

The number of bee species appears to have declined sharply in the past 30 years, which could mean many types of bee are extinct or so rare that no ... (2021)


Article

People in Scotland to be asked about reintroducing lynx to the country | New Scientist

Conservationists are taking the first step towards a potential reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx to Scotland, with the launch of a year-long stud... (2021)


Article

Why cats are crazy for catnip | Science | AAAS

Minty chemical in catniplike plant activates their opioid systems—and acts as a mosquito repellent (2021)


Article

Octopuses are ocean thugs that punch fish | News | The Times

Despite its extraordinary intelligence, the life of an octopus is a solitary one. So perhaps it is no wonder that the mighty brained cephalopod eng... (2020)


Article

Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia for first time in 3,000 years - National Geographic

Scientists hope the scrappy predators' reintroduction can balance ecosystems ravaged by invasive species. (2020)


Article

The Fungal Evangelist Who Would Save the Bees

How mushrooms could solve colony collapse disorder. If anyone knows about going fungal, it’s Paul Stamets. I have often wondered whether he ha... (2020)


Article

Did Pangolin Trafficking Cause the Coronavirus Pandemic?

The elusive animals’ possible involvement in the origins of COVID-19 gives them a weird ambivalence: threatened and, perhaps, dangerous. (2020)


Article

Why the U.S. government is allowing bears and wolves to be hunted in their dens - National Geographic

The rollback of a rule banning controversial hunting methods in Alaska's national preserves has some worried the National Park Service is ceding co... (2020)


Article

Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects

Germany is planning to ban floodlights from dusk for much of the year as part of its bid to fight a dramatic decline in insect populations, it emer... (2020)


Article

Mosquitoes: World’s Deadliest Animal

These tiny insects kill more than 700,000 people every year and account for 17% of the estimated global burden of infectious diseases (2020)


Article

Wait, So How Much of the Ocean Is Actually Fished?

One prominent study said 55 percent, its critics say 4 percent, and they both used the same data. (2018)


Video

Octopus vs Underwater Maze

I, for one, welcome our Octopus overlords. Ask for the CrunchLabs Build Box for Christmas and then let’s build some cool stuff together. Get the Ho... (2023)


Video

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris (2023)


Video

Whatever Happened to the Bee Apocalypse?

Do you remember the headlines screaming that the bees ... (2022)


Video

Marla Spivak: Why bees are disappearing - TED

Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago, did colo... (2019)


Video

How Wolves Change Rivers

Support the creation of more videos like this. This video is a gift to humanity by Chris and Dawn Agnos. "When we tr... (2018)


Video

How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change | Allan Savory | TED

"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's hap... (2018)


Video

How the Animal Kingdom Sleeps | The Atlantic

The Atlantic, Dec 28, 2017 "Sleep is universal in the animal kingdom, but each species slumbers in a different — and often mysterious — way. Som... (2018)


Podcast

Floods Leave Kenya’s Giraffes High And Dry—And Facing Extinction

Researchers don’t know enough about giraffes—and as populations dwindle, they’re running out of time. (2021)


Podcast

Sea Turtle Medicine - a16z Andreessen Horowitz

Sea turtles occupy a very special biological niche in our world. And we still know relatively little about these creatures, one of the very few mar... (2021)


Podcast

Everything Is Connected : TED Radio Hour : NPR

In this hour, TED speakers explain how everything in nature is connected, and how we can restore its delicate balance. (2019)


Podcast

On Beeing - 99% Invisible

Driving between Oakland and Los Angeles in February offers glimpses of a spectacular scene — neat, symmetrical rows of trees covered with pink and ... (2019)


Podcast

The Fragile, Invisible Connections Of The Natural World : NPR

From the TED Radio Hour, writer and environmentalist George Monbiot tells the story of what happened when wolves were re-introduced to Yellowstone ... (2018)


Podcast

Everything Is Connected : TED Radio Hour : NPR

In this hour, TED speakers explain how everything in nature is connected, and how we can restore its delicate balance. (2018)


Book

Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World by Paul Shapiro

Paul Shapiro gives you a front-row seat for the wild story of the race to create and commercialize cleaner, safer, sustainable meat—real meat—witho... (2018)


Website

Good Dog: Find the Dog of Your Dreams from Good Breeders and Shelters

Find your new best friend from Good Dog certified breeders and shelters. Screened for quality. Visit us today to find the right puppy or dog for you. (2021)


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