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Hydrangea Orchid And Ivy Bouquet 4 by Sarah Loft

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Catherine Sherman

fineartamerica.com - I photographed this lovely arrangement that I used in a number of digital paintings in the entrance lobby of the main building (Millstein) of New York Presbyterian Hospital. ------------ Per Wikipedi…

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IUCN red list reveals wildlife destruction from treetop to ocean floor

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Jordi Canal-Soler

www.theguardian.com - From the tops of trees to the depths of the oceans, humanity’s destruction of wildlife is continuing to drive many species towards extinction, with the latest “red list” showing a third of all specie…

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Pokémon-like card game can help teach ecology: UBC research

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Alejandra Echeverri

news.ubc.ca - Playing a Pokémon-like card game about ecology and biodiversity can result in broader knowledge of species and a better understanding of ecosystems than traditional teaching methods, like slideshows,…

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Robotic fish helps protect native species from invasive pests

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Evan Kirstel

phys.org - Researchers at the University of Western Australia have developed a robotic fish that behaves like a bodyguard for native species and safeguards them against the aggressive attitudes of invasive pest…

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A new case of kleptoplasty in animals: Marine flatworms steal functional plastids from diatoms

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Fabrice Leclerc

advances.sciencemag.org - Before this study, known examples of kleptoplasty in animals were restricted only to sacoglossan sea slugs. Symbiotic interactions of meiofaunal animals with other organisms are poorly understood, an…

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What is a species? The most important concept in all of biology is a complete mystery

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Shawn Heflick

theconversation.com - A koala bear isn’t actually a bear, it’s a marsupial. Whales aren’t fish, they’re mammals. Tomatoes aren’t vegetables, they’re fruit. Almost nothing is actually a nut. Peanuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, …

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5 Most Rat Infested Cities In America

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Louise/IFB🇺🇸BuildTheWall

www.automatictrap.com - Dubbed the “rat capital” of America, the abundance of garbage makes Chicago an ideal location for rats. The many buildings provide shelter for rats while they dine on excessive trash. Chicago’s prima…

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Is It Okay to Remove Cowbird Eggs From Host Nests?

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Meeu Rotaru

www.audubon.org - Let us send you the latest in bird and conservation news. No parent appreciates another meddling in their child-rearing efforts. Unfortunately for many songbirds in North America, meddling is the Bro…

BUSINESS

Hong Kong imports up to 90 percent of the world’s hippo ivory

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AWF

www.awf.org - The hippo has two habitat requirements: waters deep enough to cover them entirely — their thin epidermis and lack of sweat glands expose them to rapid dehydration out of water — and nearby grasslands…

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Native wallaby brought back from brink of extinction

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Wetherby2019

www.abc.net.au - An ambitious conservation project is bringing native animals back from the brink of extinction. The rufous hare-wallaby, known commonly as mala, hasn't been seen in the wilds of central Australia sin…

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Undervalued potential of crassulacean acid metabolism for current and future agricultural production

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JXB

academic.oup.com - The potential for crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) to support resilient crops that meet demands for food, fiber, fuel, and pharmaceutical products far exceeds current production levels. This review…

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The Next Steve Irwin Brings Species Back From the Dead

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Philip Shook

www.ozy.com - Few people have more fun hiking than Forrest Galante. It’s been only a few minutes since the 31-year-old conservationist-biologist–TV star ventured into Toro Canyon Park in Santa Barbara, California,…

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Urban Greening Can Save Species, Cool Warming Cities, And Make Us Happy - dotlah!

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dotlah

dotlah.com - The current climate and ecological crisis demands a radical redesign of how we live and organise our societies. Yet these urgent changes, though complex, are far from impossible. Some of them are sim…

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Extinction threat to overlooked species

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Ricardo Arraiano Castilho

www.bbc.co.uk - A deep-sea snail, many of Europe's fungi and half the freshwater fish in Japan are just some obscure additions to a list of threatened species. The Red List, a conservation status catalogue of more t…

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Hunting License No Longer Required to Hunt Wild Pigs in Texas

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AgriLife Extension

nri.tamu.edu - No hunting license? No problem…at least when it comes to wild pigs (Sus scrofa). These exotic invaders continue to be a growing detriment to water quality, native species, habitat and agricultural pr…

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Endangered water beetle found only Up North in Michigan

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James G. Hill

www.freep.com - As endangered species go, it's not the most glamorous: a brownish, ladybug-sized water beetle with lines of black dots along its back. But the endangered Hungerford's crawling water beetle is unique …