Meet the newest (and cutest) addition to the snailfish family 🐟 MBARI collaborators @sunygeneseo.bsky.social have described three new deep-sea snailfishes, including one first discovered using MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts. Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbaris-...

good news from India

" Conservationists say social media has made matters worse, with photos of rare orchids triggering some people to rush in to harvest them, proving social media to be a double-edged sword that can be used both for positive and negative purposes. "

Die zunehmende Nachfrage nach den Schwimmblasen von Fischen sorgt nun zunehmend für Raubbau an den Tieren im Meer vor Neuguinea.

a likely human-animal partnership to survive in an extreme environment

thanks to control of invasives

A rare sight from Kabobo Wildlife Reserve in DRC. This footage shows the Foa’s red colobus—the first ever of this Endangered species. They used to be widespread in Kahuzi-Biega National Park and across the Itombwe Mountains all the way down to Kabobo, but now maybe only in Kabobo. 🌍

" There has never been perfect agreement on what counts as de-extinction — such as whether it means cloning exact replicas of extinct species, creating proxies that fulfil their roles in ecosystems, or something in between. "

The kākāpō - on one of conservation's most carefully managed comebacks

A toxic algal bloom in South Australia has caused mass deaths of many species since March this year – now researchers warn that leafy and weedy seadragons may be facing the threat of extinction.

46% of trees in Mesoamerica are at risk of extinction. Researchers hope a new regional study will inform targeted conservation strategies.

Mennonites in Belize own thousands of hectares of rainforest that make up part of a “biological corridor” for wildlife moving between protected areas. Critics say they started clearing the forest in 2022 without carrying out an environmental impact assessment, which destroyed wildlife habitats.

Wetlands are in global decline! Since 1970, an estimated 411 million hectares of wetlands, approximately 22% of the global total have been lost, with an ongoing annual decline of 0.52%. Read more: www.global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 #GWO2025

noteworthy for travelers to the far north or south ecosystems..

Nearly half of #tree species in Mexico and Central America threatened with extinction 🌳🌴🌲🌿🪓🐄 news.mongabay.com/2025/07/near... #trees

" The unexpected discovery of the Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern in Malaysia has stunned researchers and highlighted the urgency of protecting Sarawak’s coastal wetlands. "

It’s World Albatross Day! 🗺️ Albatrosses are iconic, long-lived birds that travel huge distances across oceans! 🌊 From chicks to migrating adults, we can tackle the threats facing these birds.🌏 Read more in our article here 👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/06...

Captive-bred loggerhead shrikes from Ontario, intended to boost the vulnerable wild population, have developed bigger bodies and shorter, thicker legs than their wild-born cousins—but the culprit seems to be random genetic drift. #ornithology

finally, we have a unified global checklist of the world's bird species 🙏

Ancient Trees, Dwindling in the Wild, Thrive on Sacred Ground in China

There are only 242 #kakapo today, but they were once one of #NZ's most common birds and lived in all mainland forests. Lessons from fossils in a new study by @manaakiwhenua.bsky.social can help us find new habitat. #conservation www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379125001076 📸 S.Latimer

" The rhino census in Nepal has evolved over the decades, with conservationists developing a homegrown methodology. "

Erstes Foto einer fast ausgestorbenen Art www.spektrum.de/news/wasserb...

Tiny bone fragments from Alaska are revealing how and when birds first reached the highest latitudes on Earth.

ages-old cicada

A new dataset and analysis released by World Resources Institute finds global tropical forest loss jumped to a record high in 2024, with 6.7 million hectares (16.6 million acres) worldwide. For the first time, fire, not agriculture, was the primary driver of the loss, with Latin America badly hit.

“This marks one of the largest vulture poisoning events in Southern Africa.” In South Africa’s Kruger National Park, a mass poisoning attack this week has left 123 threatened vultures dead and another 83 recovering with the aid of a veterinary team.

Hope for endangered axolotls as captive-bred group survives in wild @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

🐢 Turtles vs. Tractors on the Med 🏖️ Beach grooming for Instagram tourism flattens nesting sites, harms coastal ecosystems & limits local access.🌍 A sober look at overtourism’s effects via The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Overtourism #SeaTurtles #Mediterranean #Conservation🧪

For #FlyWeek a little contribution of mine, some local tinies of this amazing group of insects

Some counterintuitive and alarming results here from a vast bird population study using eBird data www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Interessantes aus der Vergangenheit: Europäische Waldelefanten waren einst hierzulande Ökosystemingenieure, die für offenere Landschaften sorgten und grossen Einfluss auf das Artengefüge hatten, ähnlich wie die heutigen Afrikanischen Elefanten.

Insect populations are declining globally due to a complex network of factors, with agricultural intensification as a key driver, but many other interconnected threats remain understudied. doi.org/g9f9pb

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation allowing commercial fishing in Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument (PIH), a massive marine protected area home to threatened fish, sea turtles and marine mammals.

a very interesting article on today's major ecological challenge

This is a lovely video about a project that supports Mexican wolf populations in the US: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/video/go-ins...

Europe’s smallest bird of prey, the Eurasian pygmy owl, has now been confirmed in Spain for the first time, marking a westward expansion from the bird’s usual range. Read more about this:

ein ganz besonderer Tarneffekt für winzige Kolibrikücken

The International Seabed Authority has expressed concern following reports that the U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Company is seeking deep-sea mining permits from the U.S. instead of waiting for the global regulator’s finalization of a mining code. Read more:

" when noise prevents efficient communication, experienced birds may engage in physical aggression to resolve conflict "

When nature collapses, it takes decades to act. But as soon as it's showing any signs of recovery, we're very fast at killing it again #DoubleStandars www.theguardian.com/environment/...

unknown worlds - it seems fish are surprisingly talkative “virtually all animals underwater, whether it’s freshwater, brackish or marine, use sound as their main sensory modality”

Today's update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species includes the first 1,000 fungi on the list, revealing growing threats from deforestation, agricultural expansion and urban development. You can read the news release here. 🌍🧪🍄 iucn.org/press-releas...