I've read and loved both! Honestly I should have put Dan Flores on my initial list too, I've spent a lot of time thinking about both American Serengeti and his Wild New World. No one puts America's wildness, past and present, in perspective like he does

Fish in Michigan are getting smaller. Warming water, agriculture runoff, microplastics, and chemical toxins now flow through every tributary, every gill, every egg. Climate change heats the surface. Pollution poisons the depths. Between them, the lakes are starving. apple.news/AhaipZbCLT5G...

“Planet is greening” has data behind it, but without context, it misleads. It’s become a lifeline for climate deniers who mistake leafier maps for recovery. That’s the illusion of green. open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...

The greening is kinda like an Indian Summer… Or hiking towards a false summit! Life clings to life! Springing forth anywhere it can get a foothold.

We’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden. Dan Flores’ Wild New World: the Epic Story of Animals & People in America is a fresh re-visioning of this mammoth continent, its shrouded natural history, and man’s impact here. Wolves and beavers and bears, oh my!

“The creation of corporations was one of the biggest self-annihilation moves of civilisation.These entities exploit humans and the Earth and are governed not by humans or ethics, but by profit. Humanity is now owned by something abstract and inhuman, and this should be of grave concern to all of us”

Grieving another missed chance to protect our planet. They meet in luxury, fly private jets, & gather in the Amazon, yet choose inaction over real climate solutions! A lot of empty words, full pockets, and plenty of #greenwashing! #COP30

National Parks are a mirror of democracy — owned by the people, protected for all. Which is why, in an age of privatization and neglect, they’ve never been more imperiled.

Brazil’s agribusiness industry is contributing to the climate crisis, hunger, and food insecurity. The contradiction is striking: the nation’s most celebrated economic sector continues to thrive, while millions of Brazilians go hungry. www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Agribusiness exercises a tight grip over the Brazilian state, whether governed by the left or right, Lula or Bolsonaro. So it’s no surprise that this year’s COP is shaping up to be a monumental exercise in agro-greenwashing. www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/11/03/a...

Pleased to share my contribution to the latest issue of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, a publication that continues to inspire thoughtful conversations on environment, justice, and the arts. @resutrust.bsky.social @theecologist.org

This is one example of what’s wrong with the mainstream media, their inability to ask key questions, ignoring the real issues! #greenwashing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A $125 billion fund (TFFF) will use profits from global markets to invest in forest protection. Can we trust the same financiers driving deforestation to save the world’s forests? globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

🦇ICYMI: a great video on our work developing a "probiotic" to help bats survive white-nose syndrome infections. This beautifully shot video also gives a good primer on what the probiotic is all about. This was 2yrs ago -good news...our studies show the probiotic is working! youtu.be/VOtuiB6aiLE?...

The complete annihilation of entire ecosystems was not a side effect of civilisation. It was a deliberate crime perpetrated by the greatest minds, leaders and technologies humanity produced

Did you know that more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the US every year? And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied. Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz

🦇Artificial bat roosts can overheat during heatwaves, forcing bats to lose dangerous amounts of water to stay cool. Some bat box designs could cause lethal dehydration - even in northern regions. Roost design must consider both bat physiology & microclimate. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...

Bravo to our friend, Roland, of @calgaryrasc.bsky.social . He's done such a beautiful job with the local radar images of birds migrating in Alberta. Thank you, Roland for this effort and for sharing it!

"93,546 ha of forest, or ~4.7% of forest area, were damaged in w OR & WA by extreme heat event in June 2021. Western redcedar, western hemlock & Sitka spruce were most sensitive to heat damage, including in old-growth stands where they are canopy dominants." 🌏 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Meet our newest patient here at the Alaska Raptor Center, a Northern Pygmy Owl named King Owlbert by his rescuers. Owlbert arrived with a drooping wing, making flight difficult. We’ve given him a supportive wing wrap, plenty of tasty mice, and time to heal. #small #owls #adorable

Monday was another day when many flocks of migratory birds flew by the wind farm south of East Coulee. #abstorm #birds #ornithology

Fun/inspiring @motherjones.com interview with journalism hero @elizkolbert.bsky.social How to make people want to read about climate change www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The planet isn’t “greening.” It’s photosynthetically busier but biologically poorer—more leaves, fewer living systems. New mini-essay with images: The Illusion of Greening ⤵︎ open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...

Forests, Fires, and Falsehoods: Exposing the Timber Industry’s Greenwashing Playbook This is for those who prefer citations/data over talking points. Evan Frost and I unpack how “sustainable forestry” has become a shield for carbon loss & habitat destruction. The full paper: 🔗 bit.ly/4qEjz1m

"As young, post-harvest stands (25–60 yrs old) transition to conditions characterized by high canopy cover, our results point towards declining [understory plant] species richness and diversity across a significant portion of the Pacific Northwest landscape." 🌏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Another night nugget with a bulbous bouffant*. 🦇 *Are The Vestibules fans out there? #bats #arizona #wildanimals #cuteanimals #wildlife

🦇Our YouTube channel has lots of bat content! Check out this great short reel discussing the hazards bats face and how we can fix things to reduce harm. #BatsNeedFriends #Subscribe! youtu.be/m5mA3lyTl8I?...

A new study warns that the international trade in African #hornbills is “terrifying”, with thousands of birds or their parts exported, entirely unregulated. Scientists are calling for increased protection for these key seed dispersers.

The timber industry has not factored climate change impacts into their business models, and increased large disturbances are wiping out their long-range harvest plans -- “It seems like we are seeing more and more of these catastrophic events.” 🌏 www.interlochenpublicradio.org/2025-10-27/i...

"Global tree cover loss due to fires has surged by 370%." 🌏 www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/glob...

"Extreme weather fueled by climate change Is adding to bird declines -- Scientists have typically pointed to habitat loss as the key factor behind the worldwide drop in bird populations, but climate change poses a second, closely linked threat." 🌏 therevelator.org/climate-chan...

I appreciate you all so much for the support. My small channel is growing because of your kind support. @race2extinct.bsky.social @climatecasino.net @ecowarriorss.bsky.social @jeffgoodell.bsky.social @danmiller999.bsky.social @drpauldorfman.bsky.social youtu.be/SWVZc1coiNQ?...

'...there is another, hidden extinction happening at a microscopic level. At the same time we are losing species from our planet, we are also losing them from within our own bodies – with huge implications for human health.'

✅ Cool: I found a Baltimore Oriole nest on the ground. ❌ Not cool: it's almost entirely composed of fishing line. I wonder if the parents a) used it and b) lost any offspring to entanglement. Please clean up discarded fishing line. 🪶 #birds #ornithology #HamOnt

Oh, the irony! NASA’s building an Earth shield to protect us from space rocks. Forests, oceans, and the atmosphere are the real shields…protecting us from more immediate threats and we’re wrecking them. www.eldiario24.com/en/nasa-eart...

Hi people of #BlueSky, I took my first stab at a #Substack post. Please consider taking a look. #MessyEcology #Ecology #Wildlife #Coexistence #Conservation #Management #Science #Ethics #Biology open.substack.com/pub/messyeco...

This beautiful #Porcupine crossed between parked cars, grass, a bike path, & eventually a road this morning in front of me. Thankfully, s/he has street smarts, & turned away from the road a few times at the lights of oncoming traffic. Plz watch for #urbanwildlife, especially as days get shorter!

Especially dangerous because many people believe that what they haven’t seen just doesn’t exist, & never has. Shifting baselines erases not only more abundant past, but one with larger specimens-think of declining numbers and size over fish over centuries

Quirks and Quarks takes on the curious story of the European Serotine bat and its mating behaviour. Proof, once again, that bats are often "extraordinary"! www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

Counting only the stumps misses the roads, rigs, lines, and lost wildlife. The boreal is heavily fragmented, which is exactly what those intactness studies measure.

The loss of #trees to rapid #industrial clear-cutting is causing #butterflies to lose their colors as they struggle to adapt to the changing #environment.

substack.com/@ourpublicla... This is going to get far, far worse

Beef is a huge CO2 footprint, only dwarfed by humans.

That 3% is generous. Atmospheric deposition of nutrients and other stuff affects all land, climate change likewise, alien species reach most places, and the individuals that should come from elsewhere might not come anymore. The baseline has shifted.

Happy Halloween from a forest cemetery! 🎃👻😖

The Amazon Rain Forest, the largest forest in the world, has lost about 17 % in the last 50 years. It covers 2.3 million square miles, and things can worse as we develop new technology to cut down the trees faster. Some people don't realize that one of the prime source of oxygen comes from trees