Wir @umwelthilfe.bsky.social hatten es kommen sehen: statt Stärkung leider Verzögerung und Deregulierung bei der wichtigsten Gesetzgebung der EU zum Schutz unserer Gewässer. 😔😡 #WRRL Doch was genau wurde in Brüssel beschlossen? 1/x

All over Europe & beyond, drinking water is increasingly polluted with #TFA, the small, mobile, toxic & persistent #PFAS. To highlight the danger & problems, EurEau is organising an expert meeting. Our Policy Officer, Salomé Roynel, is one of the speakers. www.pan-europe.info/blog/keep-us...

The woods are growing quieter. On 23 Oct, join us in partnership with @britornitholclub.bsky.social for an evening lecture at our building with @richardkbroughton.bsky.social, exploring the dramatic decline of Marsh and Willow Tits - key voices in Britain's woodland soundscape: buff.ly/k6h5bit

Pyrethroid insecticides implicated in mass mortality of monarch #butterflies at an overwintering site in California They found evidence of 15 different #pesticides within the bodies of the monarchs, with individuals containing several on average academic.oup.com/etc/advance-...

Market-driven yak herding in Gatlang, Nepal, is threatening traditional sustainable grazing practices. Policies must recognize and integrate these traditional practices to sustain mountain ecosystems. Read the article by Indra Mani Rai and coauthors: doi.org/10.1659/mrd.... #MountainsMatter

Leadership and knowledge: what do elephant elders pass on? Join Dr Lucy Bates, Oct 15, as she presents an overview of what we know (so far) about the intelligence of African savannah elephants, derived mostly from studies of wild populations. Free tickets at the link below: buff.ly/I2TYJzL

We're hiring! Could you help us support & grow the community of botanists across Northern Ireland? Manage our @daera-ni.gov.uk-funded Botanical Skills Training Project? Help boost participation in @npms.bsky.social across NI? Please apply by midnight this Sunday, 21 Sept: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...

Today is Khulan Day! A day to celebrate this majestic and essential species and the other subspecies of the #AsiaticWildAss. Join us by sharing your photo, quote or story or by just reposting our post along with #KhulanDay2025 and/or #KhulanDay. More on our Facebook (link in comment)

Sure signs of autumn on our place. If you farm livestock in a very low impact way you get all kinds of good stuff* All I need now is the waxcaps!! (Which are slow to show this year here) *you may need to wait a few decades for the results but it’s worth it!

Since when did herbivores run around telling predators not to eat meat? The only example I can think of is of vegans, with their pushy and often highly predatory behaviour.

"I don't see browsing on trees as such a negative thing. Of course, browsing is bad for closed forests as we know them—but our forests used to be more open and bright. :) Large animals belong in the forest too; we're just not used to them."

You are invited for our annual Celebration of the Prairie! Come join us at this special event on November 15th in Denver! A great evening to meet like-minded people, dance, have a drink, enjoy the food, and listen to inspiring speeches. All proceeds go to the Lesser Prairie-Chicken!

This!! 'The land still remembers'

Similar consequences in lack of seed dispersal and ubiquitous ecological decline are still playing out globally from the loss of elephant species and other mega-herbivores. Their role may be FAR more important than we collectively have yet to realize.

Huge thanks to @palaeopercs.bsky.social for inviting and hosting me! If you missed my talk on Tuesday, you can now catch up via their YouTube channel 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=x19X...

A military megaproject led to Mexico’s biggest paleontological discovery—and is now reshaping what we know about mammoths. Learn more: https://scim.ag/45PD8M0

This is why livestock and all wild herbivore populations need to dramatically increase and why giving them access to all forests and other vegetated landscapes should be at the top of everyone's agenda.

Ungulate migrations are now so rare, they're not on most people's radars Thankfully those nice people at GUIM are on the case and who knows, within a decade or two, with enough support, the maps might be crammed full of new migrations everywhere.

And if some people have their way the last remaining herbivores, aka 'the livestock' with be confined to the tiny reserve too. Question - Will humanity ever wake up to the real long term herbivore issue, or just continue to double-down on stupid?????????? Answer- rhinophallus (f*ck nose)

Peek-a-moo, I see you! 😆🐮 📍Tap mun, HK

So apparently the APVMA is supposed to release the recommendations of their review into rodenticides in Australia this month (only a few days left). It is over a year late and we still have no indication if they will do anything. Rat poison is a disaster for our wildlife. @davidpocock.bsky.social

"A wonderfully lush scene from the Stille Kern in Zeewolde. This part of the Horsterwold is managed by nature itself. And large grazers are doing what they've always done in Europe. Creating varied, semi-open landscapes. With flowers"

Based on the field assessment of 110 Transylvanian wood-pastures and semi-structured interviews with over 50 locals knowing these systems, we identified five distinct biocultural profiles. These reflect diverse management regimes, historical trajectories, and socio-institutional dynamics.

In a letter @science.org we—9 scientists in 7 countries—warn against deployment of explosive indiscriminate weapons as countries that border Russia withdraw from conventions that restrict them, imperiling civilians as well as wildlife & ecosystems #landmines #UXO #ERW www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🌍 Member spotlight - At the recent Women Transform Rangelands #Hackathon, Nigerian women used Namibian rangeland data to craft bold livestock policy solutions! 📊🌱 Team HEDA's grazing policy took 1st 🏆 Discover the innovations 👇 #WomenTransformRangelands #DataInnovation #WomenInTech

The truth about shit.

How does collective complexity in an organism emerge from individual cells? How does cognition arise in brains, tissues or ant colonies? How does the self persist despite constant regeneration? Check this discussion between @davideagleman.bsky.social & Mike Levin www.youtube.com/watch?v=-isM...

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🌿 Exciting Announcement! 🌱 Join us for the Movement and Rewilding Ecology (MoRE) Workshop on September 22, 2025, at BES, 42 Wharf Rd, London! 🌍 Powered by the #BES-rewilding @besmovesig.bsky.social SIGs. Link to Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-movem... #BritishEcologicalSociety

A great thread that shows the value of boots on the ground, a keen eye and being pro-active.

🌱🌸 We’re trying to create a wildflower meadow using green hay 🌼🍀 In our nearby village, there’s a Nature Monument with a species-rich dry grassland that needs mowing for habitat care. The hay often gets burned because there’s no use for it, even though it’s full of seeds of rare plants.

Herbivores in action. Extremely rare footage of tree foliage actually being browsed. This simple activity is what's now absent in the vast majority of the world's forests and it's one of the major drivers of ecological decline.

CREAF- "Did you know that torrential rains after a major fire can increase soil erosion by up to three times?" 💥🔥🌧️ We explain why ⤵️

How camera tech is speeding up dung beetle ID on-farm www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/gr...

The biggest ecological issue is that while all throughout history it was herbivores who managed vegetation with herbivore motives and herbivore actions, this has now been replaced by man as super-predator, managing the vegetaton with super-predator motives and super-predator actions.

Hi Everyone. This is my first post on Bluesky as I seek to spread excitement about paleontology, animation, anatomy, and (as the current president of) the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology! #StuartSumida #SocietyofVertebratePaleontology #SVP #Paleontology #VertebratePaleontology

Grace Hickling MBE (1906-1986) was the first woman to act a Chair of the NHSN and a towering figure in the North East. In this guest blog, Anne Wilson explores her life and times: www.nhsn.org.uk/amazing-grace/

‪ Our new Policy Brief addresses forest resilience and disturbance and the role of biodiversity. Read why biodiversity matters and what policymakers and forest managers can do to enhance biodiversity. Download here: doi.org/10.36333/pb12

Summer is well underway and the calves are growing up so fast here at WRTBI headquarters. We've welcomed 34 calves this year to the Eastern Shoshone herd. Thanks to Nell Davis for the photos! #summer #windriver #buffalosummer

How's this for nature friendly farming? This is WelshDeeTrust site on the Cheshire plains. The 3D buffer will help protect the watercourse from any pollutants in the field and also provide valuable habitat for 🐛🦋🪶🐦‍⬛🐀.

Someone kindly sent details of a beechwood with masses on bird-nest orchid in Surrey? near M25. But somehow lost details before replying. Any thoughts anyone - or kind initial responder? Will they still be in flower? Thanks.

This urban Japanese style garden is almost entirely maintained by deer. The groundcover of wild strawberries and Pacific blackberry is nibbled, tips of the ferns are nipped back, and the trees are pruned by a browse line. Landscaping in heavy deer pressure is challenging, but possible.

We are the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Our goal is to restore traditional connections with Buffalo by putting them back on the land as wildlife. 🦬 #rematriation #wildlife #windriverreservation

True characters ... And apparantly largely withstanding Dutch Elm Disease.

If you did not see the leaves you could not imagine that this is incredible tree is a white elm (Ulmus laevis). Apparently shaped by centuries of extensive cattle grazing plus perhaps coppicing. The whole thing is about 1 meter wide. Seen in the Oder floodplains of Brandenburg. 1/

Settling into this new work. Finding a way to show here, how it can be, how I’ve felt it. The bones of the place and how the light moves. The scent. The coolness. How it sounds. Dawn. Dartmoor. Jackdaws call. Ink and pencil 20x13.5cm (birds tiny… the largest is 0.6cm long)