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Bobo has been undergoing treatment for mange for a couple months now and is looking exceptional 💚 Bobo’s a local so it has been so great to have our littlegiantwines 4G camera on his burrow to be able to know his movements and where abouts to get direct doses on him.

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// "Defending" Small but Mighty Corals 💪🏼🪸🌊

Congratulations to Masters student Bauti Tobias, who just completed and defended his master's thesis research! Bauti's project focused on the role that coral fragment size and grow-out location at the time of …outplanting had on coral growth and fish predation rates.

Bauti's work was done via two sepereate experiments. First, various species of coral were grown in both our on-shore laboratory and offshore nursery for 18 weeks. Fragments were classified as small, medium, and large size classes. He saw a significant increase in growth rate of the small fragment size class in three different species: PCLI, PSTR, and MCAV.

But he wasn't done yet! These same corals were then outplanted onto Paradise Reef to study predation rates with regard to fragment size at the time of outplanting and where they were grown initially. The results indicated that smaller fragment sizes were more vulnerable to predation, and corals grown in the laboratory were less susceptible to predation mortality. There were also indications of species dependent susceptibility.

Great work, Bauti!💙

Rare bird ..! Yıllardır aradığım bu kuş türünü nihayet kendi şehrimde Birecik te görüp fotoğraflarını çektim 388 😍💙🇹🇷

Bu kuş türünü görüp fotoğraflarını çekmem için destek olan arkadaşlarım sayın Hacer Hanım ve Onurcan Traş beye çok teşekkür …ediyorum..😍🤲💙

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Any doctor who posts something like this has an Ego / Emotional Intelligence ratio of infinity ♾️. If someone cites a degree for THE reason they’re an authority… back away

P.S. This is no more or less true for the fact that it’s being posted by someone getting his second …doctoral degree from Harvard… but it does make it funny 😆

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Feliz día de la fauna nativa de Chile!!!

Moscas Florícolas de Chile lo celebra con esta lámina especial. Recordemos que hace muy poco se actualizó el número de familias, géneros y especies de moscas, tipulas y mosquitos presente en el país: 97 familias en sentido amplio (100 en …estricto rigor), 930 géneros y 4108 especies (aunque ya se han sumado unas pocas más y vienen más en camino!).

Esperamos que muchas personas reconozcan el valor de las moscas por medio de sus contribuciones naturales como la polinización, el control de plagas, la regulación poblacional, la descomposición y ciclado de nutrientes, entre otros tantos más. Este proyecto que pronto cumplirá 10 años de vida, se prepara para celebrar con todo este hito. También durante todo el próximo año habrán actividades a lo largo de todo Chile con el objeto de difundir más el porque debemos cuidar y estudiar las moscas.

Si quieres contribuir con registros de moscas, en la banda amarilla puedes seguir nuestras redes, donde nuestros proyectos de Facebook y iNaturalist recopilan los registros que suben las personas, mientras que Twitter (X ahora) e Instagram ayudar a ser la caja de resonancia de nuestras contribuciones académicas y muestran la diversidad de nuestra preciosa fauna de moscas nativas!

Únetenos y aprende con nosotros!

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Woodland Dor Beetle (Anoplotrupes stercorosus)

This species is one of the most common beetles I see in my local forest, and one that is incredibly difficult to photograph. I found this one a few weeks back and was happy to get a couple of stacks of it before it continued on its way through… the undergrowth.

The antennae were moving a bit so the stack is kind of messy, but I really love all the textures on the final image!

📸: Fujifilm X-H2, Laowa 65mm f/2.8, flash with #cygnustechdiffuser

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Last weekend, 22 citizen scientists paddled along Takayna's rivers, surveying for endangered species like the Tasmanian Azure Kingfisher, that rely on waterways flowing through forests threatened by mining 🚣🏽‍♂️

Unlike its cousin from the mainland, the Tasmanian Azure …Kingfisher is becoming alarmingly rare, with Takayna as one of its last strongholds 📉 The reason behind its population decline remains unknown, and the government is knowingly leaving this species in a blind spot.

By documenting and monitoring threatened species in at-risk areas, we are campaigning for their protection.

🦅 Many eagles were sighted over the weekend, and a new nest was found that will need to be protected.

Get involved! Stay tuned for the dates of our upcoming 'Summer of Swifties' citizen science project to find and record Swift Parrots in forests that are threatened by logging.

📸 2 – 4 by Rob Blakers

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Sailing closer to Cape Horn, with ever-changing weather and seabirds all around.

Every few days, no matter the conditions, a dedicated group heads out to count and identify seabirds for the Southern Ocean Seabird Survey. It's all part of turning Bark EUROPA into a platform for real …scientific data collection. We’re lucky to be able to gather this info from such a remote part of the world, following a route few ships take.

Today was special—up to 20 beautiful Light-mantled Albatrosses flew around the ship, along with Grey-headed and Black-browed Albatrosses, Southern Fulmars, Cape Petrels, and even Giant Petrels.

The last few days have been a mix of rough seas, rain, and rolling waves, but we’re getting closer to rounding Cape Horn with each mile we sail.

– Jordi Plana Morales 16/10/2024
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