New Study Uncovers [Another Positive] Surprising Effect[s] Of Beavers' Dam-Building Behavior
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/study-uncovers-surprising-effect-beavers-193000239.html <-- shared technical / media article
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70136 <-- shared paper
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/beavers-are-dam-good-for-biodiversity-bringing-bats-butterflies-and-other-critters-to-their-neighborhoods-180987717/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70193 <-- shared paper
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#water #surfacewater #groundwater #hydrology #natural #beaver #wildlife #habitat #ecosystem #streamflow #beaverdams #geomorphology #montane #landscape #landforms #basin #watershed #drainage #spatial #reservoir #biodiversity #bat #butterfly #pollinators #pollination #insects #arthropods #food #feeding #predation #trees #vegetation #switzerland #night #day #nightandday #sampling #remotesensing #diversity #deadwood #spatialanalysis #LiDAR #ecology #aquatic #terrestrial #ecosystemengineering #model #modeling #structuralequationmodel #SEM #species #foodsecurity #biology #wetland #butterfly #bee #hoverfly #moth
#predation
January, 12 years ago, when a raptor discovered our chickens. Details in Alt.
#birds #predation
Mediapart/A l’air libre/accès libre
Venezuela, Groenland : « Trump est dans une pure logique de prédation »
https://mcinformactions.net/venezuela-groenland-trump-est-dans-une-pure-logique-de-predation
#Trump #predation
A few weeks ago, a Sparrowhawk turned our garden upside down in a storm of panic and wings. Yesterday, he returned. This time, there was no chaos — only anticipation. Every bird seemed to know what was coming. Long before I noticed him, the garden emptied itself. Not in panic, but with experience.
Only two House Sparrows (Passer domesticus — Huismus — House Sparrow) made a mistake. They chose low cover beneath the bird feeder house. When the Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus — Sperwer — Eurasian Sparrowhawk) landed on top of it, right above them, they froze. Perfectly still. Camouflage doing what evolution designed it to do.
The garden was silent. Too silent.
The sparrowhawk scanned the area, clearly disappointed. Then the two sparrows shifted… and briefly quarrelled. A fatal error. In a flash of muscle and feathers, the hawk launched himself downward. The sparrows reacted instantly — nimble, desperate, alive. They fled with the hawk right on their tail, vanishing beyond the garden.
I don’t know how it ended. That’s nature.
Predators like the Sparrowhawk don’t hunt for sport. They take what they need, removing weakness and maintaining balance. Without them, ecosystems collapse quietly and invisibly. Watching this unfold from my lunch table was a reminder that even the smallest garden is part of a much larger system.
Photographed handheld with my Canon 5D Mark IV and Sigma 100–400mm at f/6.3, 1/250 sec, ISO 3200 — overcast, calm, and deceptively peaceful.
Nature rarely announces itself loudly. Sometimes, it simply holds its breath.
#AccipiterNisus #Sperwer #EurasianSparrowhawk
#PasserDomesticus #Huismus #HouseSparrow
#BirdPhotography #GardenWildlife #UrbanNature
#NatureObservation #EcologicalBalance #Predation
#WildlifeBehavior #BirdsInTheGarden #NatureStory
#HandheldPhotography #Canon5DMarkIV #Sigma100400
#WinterWildlife #OvercastDays #NaturalSelection
#FoodChain #Ecosystem #BackyardNature
#PixelfedPhotography #WildlifeMoments
A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
A devout clergyman sought every opportunity to impress upon the mind of his son the fact, that God takes care of all his creatures; that the falling sparrow attracts his attention, and that his loving kindness is over all his works.
Happening, one day, to see a crane wading in quest of food, the good man pointed out to his son the perfect adaptation of the crane to get his living in that manner. “See,” said he, “how his legs are formed for wading! What a long slender bill he has! Observe how nicely he folds his feet when putting them in or drawing them out of the water! He does not cause the slightest ripple. He is thus enabled to approach the fish without giving them any notice of his arrival.”
“My son,” said he, “it is impossible to look at that bird without recognizing the design, as well as the goodness of God, in thus providing the means of subsistence.”
“Yes,” replied the boy, “I think I see the goodness of God, at least so far as the crane is concerned; but after all, father, don’t you think the arrangement a little tough on the fish?”
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1872-01-29), “The Gods,” Fairbury Hall, Fairbury, Illinois
More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #circleoflife #creation #divinefavor #divinegift #divinelove #divineplan #foodchain #God #God'slove #intelligentdesign #lovingkindness #predation #predator #providence
Can you spot'em all ?
#cameleon #chameleon #papillon #jungle #forest #plants #green #foodchain #camouflage #predation #predator #gecko #butterfly #snake #panther #flower #fauna #flora #wildlife #art #wildlifeartist #digitalart #digitalpainting #illustration #fediart #mastoart #procreate #drawing #painting #dessin #noai
The pond frog shows remarkable resilience as a predator of venomous hornet workers 🐸⚔️. Its high tolerance to stings enables it to consume these painful prey safely. Dive into this fascinating predator-prey evolution! 🐝🔬 #NatureScience #Predation #VenomResistance https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.70457
#Newz
Return Of Wolves To Yellowstone Has Led To A Surge In Aspen Trees Unseen For 80 Years
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/return-of-wolves-to-yellowstone-has-led-to-a-surge-in-aspen-trees-unseen-for-80-years <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122941 <-- shared paper
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https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/pwZObUXR <-- shared video
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https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/reintroducing-wolves-to-yellowstone-helped-entire-ecosystem-thrive-20-year-study-finds <-- shared related technical article
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"Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young trees, and it is finally paying off for quaking aspen...."
#elk #cervuscanadensis #bison #bisonbison #wolf #wolves #canislupus #quakingaspen #populustremuloides #herd #browsing #predation #aspen #vegetation #forest #rophiccascade #yellowstone #YellowstoneNationalPark #ecosystem #restoration #natural #balance #canopy #graywolves #habitatloss #predator #saplings #growth #mature #ecology #reintroduction #survey #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #herbaceous #browsing
Yuan et al. discover why female frogs grow larger: male competition drives size when mates are scarce. Monogamous species show the strongest link, and both temperature and predation shape this dance.
Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/738328
https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/08/faecebook/#too-big-to-care
This is why I never ever ever recommend Facebook to senior citizens, let alone the general populace. Great topic @pluralistic.
La régulation des renards n'a aucun effet sur le nombre d'attaques sur les poulaillers, c'est la protection correcte de ceux-ci et des parcours de plein air qui est la meilleure façon de se garantir contre l'appétit de maître goupil. Et c'est pas moi qui le dit c'est la science.
L'info : https://academie-veterinaire.fr/actualites/actualites/un-article-publie-dans-scientific-reports-presente-les-premiers-resultats-obtenus-par-le-programme-careli-etude-des-effets-de-la-gestion-du-renard-roux-sur-les-poulaillers-au-dela-de-la-controverse-massif-du-jura-france.html
Le projet : https://chrono-environnement.univ-fcomte.fr/project/careli/
La publi scientifique : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-08500-6
#chasse #renard #poule #élevage #poulailler #volaille #prédation #nuisible #ESOD #CARELI #étude #science
How much power do you have in your own live to make your own decisions? Who else has power over your decisions? Whose decisions do you transgress into?
#freedom #choice #authenticity #predation #government
A quotation from Josh Billings
Thare may cum a time, when the Lion, and the Lam will lie down together, — i shall be az glad to see it az enny boddy, — but i am still betting on the Lion.
[There may come a time, when the Lion and the Lamb will like down together — I shall be as glad to see it as anybody — but I am still betting on the Lion.]
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1875-09 (1875 ed.)
More info about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/79454/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #coexistence #lamb #lion #paradise #peace #predation #predator #prey
Arte TV
Main basse sur les terres - Pillage alimentaire
Comment de puissants acteurs (Chine, Russie, pays du Golfe, multinationales américaines…) s’approprient l’eau et les terres arables, notamment en Afrique
https://mcinformactions.net/main-basse-sur-les-terres-pillage-alimentaire
#agriculture #alimentation #changementclimatique #pillage #inegalites #predation
_Perpétuation familiale_
"Si je comprends quelque chose, ça va apaiser les angoisses ; ça va m'apporter une certaine distance."
Regardez Hélène Merlin : https://lagenerationquiparle.com/2025/04/21/interview-en-video-dhelene-merlin-a-propos-de-son-film-cassandre/
#filiation #reproduction #continuation #dissociation #traumatisme #casting #film #Cassandre #parentalité #adultes #adultisme #famille #dominationAdulte #inceste #pédocriminalité #VSS #cultureDuViol #intimé #patriarcat #santéPublique #santéMentale #santé #violenceFamiliale #violencesFamiliales #emprise #prédation #cultureDeLInceste #mère #mères #maternité #maltraitance #abus #psy #patriarcat #casseroles
Here in New Zealand we have the hura, NZ giant centipede, Cormalocephalus rubriceps. It can grow to over 25 cm long and is known to eat small reptiles and amphibians as well as invertebrates. The largest individuals of hura are now only on offshore islands, as those on the mainland tend to get eaten by rats before they can reach gigantic size.
The related Phillip Island centipedes (Cormocephalus coynei), from the Norfolk Island group, have been calculated to eat up to 3,700 seabird chicks each year. (!!)
The journal Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution has an article out reviewing cases of centipede predation of vertebrates, "documenting centipede predation on amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and occasionally fish".
"Our synthesis highlights the underappreciated role of scolopendrid centipedes as mid-level predators capable of influencing small vertebrate populations"
A quotation from Bill Watterson
CALVIN: (walking through snowy field) You know, Hobbes, it seems the only time most people go outside is to walk to their cars. We have houses, electricity, plumbing, heat …. Maybe we’re so sheltered and comfortable that we’ve lost touch with the natural world and forgotten our place in it. Maybe we’ve lost our awe of nature. That’s why I want to ask you, as a tiger, a wild animal close to Nature, what you think we’re put on Earth to do. What’s our purpose in life? Why are we here?
HOBBES: (stating the obvious) We’re here to devour each other alive.
CALVIN: (back in the house, yelling) Turn on the lights! Turn up the heat!
Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1991-01-06)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/watterson-bill/4075/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #circleoflife, #meaningoflife #naturalorder #nature #predation #purpose
