💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🌳🪨 A large-scale field #experiment in #Wales shows that adding crushed volcanic #basalt rock dust to #soil accelerates native woodland growth.

The #nature-based method boosted #carbon capture by up to 27% in the first four years, providing an urgent tool for global #climate restoration efforts.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-does-magic…

#biology #calcium #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #ecology #forest #iron #magnesium #minerals #plants #research #rocks #science #silica #solutions #trees #uk #womeninstem #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧬🦗 A genomic study from the Institute of Evolutionary #Biology analyzed 745 ancient dental calculus samples and chitinase genes across #Eurasia.

Northern populations rarely ate #insects and carry mutations reducing their ability to digest insect exoskeletons, a trait persisting since the dawn of #agriculture. #Neanderthals and #tropical populations show more insect #DNA and better adapted #genes.

👉 scitechdaily.com/why-you-hate-…

#science #entomophagy #evolution #genetics #nutrition #archaeology #food #sustainability #bugs

#NewSpecies!
New snail from #china just crawled in:

Aenigmula sinensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/68EB9BE…
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1279.1…
#ZooKeys #AenigmulaSinensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #malacology #gastropods #snails

#NewSpecies!
New butterfly from #china just fluttered in:

Cricula qiongya

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/586CA24…
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5831.…
#Zootaxa #CriculaQiongya

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #entomology #insects #lepidoptera #butterfly

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐒👶 A new #study using #3D pelvic scans across 29 primate species overturns a decades-old assumption that #humans have the toughest births.

Researchers found that squirrel #monkeys and #tamarins give birth to #babies with heads roughly double the size of the maternal #birth canal. These species get around the problem with temporary pelvic bone dislocation or open pelvises held together by stretchable connective tissue.

👉 phys.org/news/2026-07-primates…

#primates #childbirth #evolution #biology #science #tamarins #obstetrics #adaptation #mammals #anthropology #nature #research

#NewSpecies!
A newly discovered fungus from #china for #FungiFriday:

Marasmius flavosulcatus

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/50F8274…
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.136.1…
#MycoKeys #MarasmiusFlavosulcatus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #fungi #mushrooms #mycology

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦭🦻 A #research team used #3D CT scans to solve how #seals hear in both #air and #water.

They found that cavernous tissue in seal #ears fills with blood during dives to conduct #underwater #sound with less than 1% signal loss. The #adaptation traces to early #marine seals 26 million years ago, though it initially came with a #hearing trade off.

👉 theconversation.com/seals-have…

#animals #evolution #marinebiology #paleontology #science #biology #zoology #ocean #nature #wildlife

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐭🧬 A #Rutgers University study found that 84% of house #mice and 35% of #Norway #rats in four northeastern cities carry mutations that may help them survive common poisons. The #research points to an evolutionary arms race driven by decades of #chemical pest control.

👉 scitechdaily.com/urban-rodents…

#evolution #naturalselection #rodents #urban #wildlife #genetics #science #biology #adaptation #wildlife #chemistry

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐻🚀 Scientists are studying how hibernating #animals survive months without food, hoping to replicate the process in #humans for #space travel.

Researchers funded by #NASA and #ESA are testing #brain stimulation techniques like #ultrasound to trigger torpor. The work could make #Mars missions feasible and help treat Parkinson’s and stroke on #Earth.

👉 theguardian.com/science/ng-int…

#hibernation #science #medicine #astronauts #biochemistry #neuroscience #biology #squirrel #humanbody

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🪸🧴 Coastal #invertebrates are colonizing #plastic debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, thousands of kilometers from shore.

Reproductive populations were found across 105 debris samples collected between 2018 and 2019. The study suggests plastics are creating a new kind of floating #habitat.

👉 zmescience.com/science/news-sc…

#garbagepatch #pacific #ocean #pollution #marinebiology #biology #neopelagic #ecosystem #ecology #nature #science

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦈👁️ #Greenland sharks can live for 400 years and scientists long thought they were functionally blind.

A new study shows these #sharks may retain useful vision thanks to a #DNA repair mechanism that protects their retinas from age-related damage. The work could inform #research on age-related vision loss in #humans.

👉 scitechdaily.com/this-400-year…

#greenlandshark #marinebiology #science #ucirvine #eyes #nature #arctic #deepsea #biology #study

I am happy to announce our latest paper! "Surprising cryptic cavefish diversity in a long-studied karst cave ecosystem of northern Alabama"

I absolutely love our name for it too, an entire new genus, not just species: Demogorgonichthys arcanus

rdcu.be/fsgWT

Why did it take so long to find, in a highly monitored cave? Well just take a look at the mud with water channels and low ceilings, and we cannot typically even get into the water because of other protected and highly endangered species. So visual surveying is difficult, and limited.

#cave #caves #biology #fish #nature #speleology #science #animals

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦴👶 #Neanderthal #babies grew much faster than modern #humans, reaching toddler size by just 6 months old.

Researchers studying Amud 7, a 50,000 year old infant found in #Israel, found its limb #bones matched a 12 to 14 month old child. Researchers confirmed this across multiple Neanderthal #infants.

👉 zmescience.com/science/news-sc…

#evolution #archaeology #paleontology #science #children #homosapiens #iceage #biology #anthropology #evolution

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Asa Barber’s team at the University of #Portsmouth found that common #limpet #teeth are five times stronger than #spider #silk, making them the strongest known natural material.

Their goethite nanofiber #protein composite can withstand pressures comparable to turning #carbon into #diamond and could inspire synthetic materials.

👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…

#snails #science #biomimicry #nature #spiders #nanotechnology #goethite #biology #engineering #royalsociety #animals #wildlife #mollusks

There is No (scientific) Consensus on Biological Sex. The title and summary of a new paper on how scientists define sex, the lack of unanimity on the topic, and how some of the existing definitions just don't work for all organisms.

Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10…

#Biology #Sexuality

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.

Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-g…

#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.

Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-g…

#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video

Guten Morgen und einen entspannten Samstag! 😀 👋

Zum #Insektensamstag heute eine Schnepfenfliege (Familie der Rhagionidae) auf der violetten Blüte einer Kratzdistel (Cirsium vulgare).

#insekten #insectphotography #insects #tiere #animals #pflanzen #plants #fotografie #photography #Photographie #foto #animalphotography #biology #natur #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌾🔬 Japanese researchers developed a low power #plasma device that converts habitat #air into nitrate fertilizer for lunar #farming.

#Rice grown in simulated #moon soil treated with this process reached grain forming stages with healthier soil #chemistry. The #innovation may also offer a cleaner alternative for making fertilizer on #Earth.

👉 universetoday.com/articles/cou…

#space #science #nitrogen #regolith #tohokuuniversity #jaxa #sustainability #plants #biology #renewables

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.

Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-g…

#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video

#NewSpecies!
A newly discovered fungus from #china for #FungiFriday:

Inocybe subtropicocinnamomea

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/A3E9135…
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.133.1…
#MycoKeys #InocybeSubtropicocinnamomea

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #fungi #mushrooms #mycology

New crab from #china just pinched us:

Eucrate liui

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/6EB85DC…
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1284.1…
#ZooKeys #EucrateLiui

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #crab

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌵🔪 #Biomechanics researcher Philip Anderson shows how #vipers evolved smooth fangs for quick withdrawal while #cactus barbs and #porcupine quills converged on hooks to stay put.

Even snail love darts and shark #teeth share triangular shapes designed for the same purpose of creating deep, wide openings. In all there are over 140 species of puncture tools found in #nature.

👉 theconversation.com/cacti-spin…

#biology #evolution #science #snakes #sharks #snails #physics #animals #plants #adaptation

💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🕷️🦉 According to entomologist George McGavin, the massive whip #spider in #Guyana's #tropical #rainforest is the ultimate animal for hunting in the dark.

Flattened, fast, and equipped with spiky palps and incredibly long sensory #legs, there is no escape for #prey trapped in its spines.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/whip-spiders-g…

#animals #arachnids #biology #ecology #ecosystem #entomology #wildlife #biodiversity #predators #expedition #exploration #forest #habitat #insects #nature #nocturnal #science #scientists #southamerica #wood #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐦💞 Most #birds practice social #monogamy, but only a few species actually mate for life.

Ornithologist Bart Kempenaers from the #MaxPlanck Institute explains that longevity, predation risk, and site fidelity all influence whether #animals stay partnered. Even lifelong animal pairs don’t always mate exclusively, with “cheating” and “divorce” playing a role.

👉 popsci.com/science/do-animals-…

#mating #wolves #science #biology #evolution #ornithology #nature #wildlife #swans #eagles #albatrosses #love

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 💩🌀 A #physics study explains the #poop #emoji’s spiral shape using elastic rope coiling #theory.

#Gravity determines the tapered mound shape in most #animals, while upward extruding #worms produce uniform coils. The #research has potential applications in #food #science and spring manufacturing.

👉 newatlas.com/physics/poop-emoj…

#biology #nature

Auch auf Balkonen lassen sich Biotope gestalten - und wenn es sein muss, auch im 5. Stock 🥰

naturadb.de/newsletter/webansi…

#nature #balkon #garten #biology

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐦🪺 Near the front lines in #Ukraine, common #songbirds are repurposing unspooled #fiberoptic drone cables to weave their #nests.

#Kyiv's War Museum is now preserving two of these unique specimens. Biologists plan to run #DNA testing to identify the exact bird species building with the discarded modern #warfare #technology.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/ukraine-birds-…

#animals #wildlife #biology #birds #communication #drones #information #info #nature #networks #pollution #science #tech #war #museums #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 👃💬 #English speakers often struggle to describe smells without naming their source.

#Languages like #Jahai and Cha'palaa have dedicated vocabularies for scent instead. Sociolinguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky discusses why we rely on shortcuts and associations rather than specific descriptors for all the #fragrances we notice.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/why-is-it-hard…

#activities #biology #color #communication #community #culture #indigenouspeoples #nose #science #senses #smell #sound #writing #linguistics #vocabulary #speech #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐦🪺 Near the front lines in #Ukraine, common #songbirds are repurposing unspooled #fiberoptic drone cables to weave their #nests.

#Kyiv's War Museum is now preserving two of these unique specimens. Biologists plan to run #DNA testing to identify the exact bird species building with the discarded modern #warfare #technology.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/ukraine-birds-…

#animals #wildlife #biology #birds #communication #drones #information #info #nature #networks #pollution #science #tech #war #museums #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 👃💬 #English speakers often struggle to describe smells without naming their source.

#Languages like #Jahai and Cha'palaa have dedicated vocabularies for scent instead. Sociolinguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky discusses why we rely on shortcuts and associations rather than specific descriptors for all the #fragrances we notice.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/why-is-it-hard…

#activities #biology #color #communication #community #culture #indigenouspeoples #nose #science #senses #smell #sound #writing #linguistics #vocabulary #speech #tksst #video

#NewSpecies!
New deep-sea octocoral from #costarica just came in:

Laurinque elenya

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/B977A77…
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.1…
#ZooKeys #LaurinqueElenya

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #animals #fauna #corals #octocorals #deepsea

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦎🧠 Scientists at the University of #Würzburg designed a #Mars #rover wheel that mimics the sandfish #lizard, a #desert #reptile that swims through loose #sand. The team tested their bio inspired #wheels on sand and open terrain showing steady movement and identifying areas for improvement.

👉 scitechdaily.com/scientists-bu…

#mars #rover #biomimicry #sandfish #lizard #robotics #space #engineering #nasa #biology #design #locomotion #terrain #sand #wheels

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🪸💨 University of #Chicago researchers watched dime-sized Clytia hemisphaerica #jellyfish close wounds in minutes.

Lamellipodia crawl across tissue, then an actomyosin cable cinches like a purse string. The simplified model could eventually inform mammalian regenerative #medicine.

👉 zmescience.com/science/news-sc…

#jellyfish #health #cells #biology #biology #science #universityofchicago #marinebiology #research #nature

#NewSpecies!
A newly discovered fungus from #china for #FungiFriday:

Hygrophorus aurantiophyllus

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/569FF1A…
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.134.1…
#MycoKeys #HygrophorusAurantiophyllus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #fungi #mushrooms #mycology

Einen schönen Guten Morgen! 😀 👋

Zum #FlowerFriday heute eine Margerite (Leucanthemum vulgare), die von mehreren Insekten besucht wird. In der Mitte auf dem gelben Blütenstand sitzt ein Käfer der Gattung Gefleckter Blütenbock (Pachytodes cerambyciformis).

#blumen #flowers #flora #flower #flowersofmastodon #flowerphotography #pflanzen #plants #fotografie #photography #Photographie #foto #botany #biology #natur #nature #naturephotography #insekten #insectphotography #insects #tiere #animals

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐦🪺 Near the front lines in #Ukraine, common #songbirds are repurposing unspooled #fiberoptic drone cables to weave their #nests.

#Kyiv's War Museum is now preserving two of these unique specimens. Biologists plan to run #DNA testing to identify the exact bird species building with the discarded modern #warfare #technology.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/ukraine-birds-…

#animals #wildlife #biology #birds #communication #drones #information #info #nature #networks #pollution #science #tech #war #museums #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🐦🪺 Near the front lines in #Ukraine, common #songbirds are repurposing unspooled #fiberoptic drone cables to weave their #nests.

#Kyiv's War Museum is now preserving two of these unique specimens. Biologists plan to run #DNA testing to identify the exact bird species building with the discarded modern #warfare #technology.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/ukraine-birds-…

#animals #wildlife #biology #birds #communication #drones #information #info #nature #networks #pollution #science #tech #war #museums #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 👃💬 #English speakers often struggle to describe smells without naming their source.

#Languages like #Jahai and Cha'palaa have dedicated vocabularies for scent instead. Sociolinguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky discusses why we rely on shortcuts and associations rather than specific descriptors for all the #fragrances we notice.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/why-is-it-hard…

#activities #biology #color #communication #community #culture #indigenouspeoples #nose #science #senses #smell #sound #writing #linguistics #vocabulary #speech #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕷️💨 The jungle #huntsman #spider from #Queensland reached 3.59 meters per second, doubling the previous #arachnid speed record.

Researchers at #Imperial College #London measured 162 #species across four #continents to study spider #locomotion. They found that longer legs relative to body size predict greater speed.

👉 newscientist.com/article/25320…

#biomechanics #arachnids #animals #science #biology #evolution #australia #wildlife #invertebrates #nature

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🪳🤿 Scientists in #Singapore and #Japan built flexible #3D printed #diving suits that deliver #oxygen to #cockroaches through their breathing pores.

A #chemical reaction between #hydrogen peroxide and manganese dioxide generates the oxygen, allowing the #insects to walk #underwater for up to three hours. The team envisions using these #cyborg cockroaches for search and rescue in flooded #disaster zones and eventually on #Mars.

👉 zmescience.com/science/news-sc…

#robotics #science #engineering #biology #chemistry #ntu #waseda #nature #communication #biomimicry #technology #tech

💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 👃💬 #English speakers often struggle to describe smells without naming their source.

#Languages like #Jahai and Cha'palaa have dedicated vocabularies for scent instead. Sociolinguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky discusses why we rely on shortcuts and associations rather than specific descriptors for all the #fragrances we notice.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/why-is-it-hard…

#activities #biology #color #communication #community #culture #indigenouspeoples #nose #science #senses #smell #sound #writing #linguistics #vocabulary #speech #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🪲✨ #Fireflies are actually bioluminescent #beetles, not #flies.

Entomologist Clyde Sorenson from #NorthCarolina State University explains that #larvae glow to warn #predators of their #toxic taste, while #adults use species-specific flash patterns as a #mating ritual, with some predatory “femme fatale” fireflies mimicking other species’ signals to lure and eat males.

👉 popsci.com/environment/why-fir…

#bioluminescence #insects #lightningbugs #nature #science #entomology #wildlife #animals #biology #luciferin #summer

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐦🔬 Dr. Julie Elie at UC #Berkeley won the 2026 Coller-Dolittle prize and $100,000 for decoding the 11 core calls of zebra #finches after more than a decade of observation and #machinelearning analysis.

She confirmed that finches understand the meaning of their own vocalizations by letting #birds tap buttons to select calls. Her work is a step toward two way human animal #communication backed by #AI driven #research.

👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/j…

#zebrafinch #animals #wildlife #birdsong #science #biology #ornithology #ucberkeley #collerdolittle #nature

Hi fedi. Are there any microbiologists, mycologists, botanists, or other scientists or science enjoyers #OnHere who would have some reading recommendations for me in understanding the succession of life in forefields and other sterile environments?

I am a filthy scifi writer so I am actually interested in this process in the setting of exoplanet regolith but I feel like understanding the research we have on similar environments on Earth is the only real place to start.

Please boost 💜 Thank you!

#AskFedi #ScienceSideOfFedi #AskMastodon #Microbiology #Mycology #Botany #Biology #Scifi #FediPaperClub

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐾🌳 Silky #anteaters are tiny tree-dwelling #animals roughly the size of a teacup.

When a team in #CostaRica found a male silky anteater dangerously close to a busy road they brought him in for a quick health check before a safe release.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/silky-anteater…

#cute #nocturnal #rescue #wildlife #mammals #rainforest #conservation #nature #biology #veterinarian #science #learning #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐋❄️ In #Antarctica, a #research team spent an hour floating with three #humpback #whales that swam directly under and around their small inflatable boat.

The curious #animals stayed less than a meter away to look closely at the crew.

👉 Learn more at seethis.tv/post/humpback-whale…

#adventure #biology #boats #calm #marinebiology #ocean #science #scientists #womeninstem #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐾🌳 Silky #anteaters are tiny tree-dwelling #animals roughly the size of a teacup.

When a team in #CostaRica found a male silky anteater dangerously close to a busy road they brought him in for a quick health check before a safe release.

👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/silky-anteater…

#cute #nocturnal #rescue #wildlife #mammals #rainforest #conservation #nature #biology #veterinarian #science #learning #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐋❄️ In #Antarctica, a #research team spent an hour floating with three #humpback #whales that swam directly under and around their small inflatable boat.

The curious #animals stayed less than a meter away to look closely at the crew.

👉 Learn more at seethis.tv/post/humpback-whale…

#adventure #biology #boats #calm #marinebiology #ocean #science #scientists #womeninstem #tksst #video