A drone douche vogues at a drone, ignoring the view

For every beauty spot, its Drone Douche

#vista #vanity #tech

Foliage sprouts from roof, blue sky in background

Shout out to this proud foliage growing on the roof of a condemned building in Sheffield.
#plantsky #urbanbotany #inspiration

Editor’s Pick:
"Here, far from the tables of distant cities, the desert truffle is not a delicacy but a lifeline — the difference between going hungry and putting food on the table." @AubinEymard reports on the truffle hunters of Syria’s eastern desert.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

68, final offer

Astonished by Leeds fans acting like we're not going to lose 1-0 to Wolves on Saturday, with 75% possession. #lufc

Sex Arm, pretty good band name.

Lonely Pursuit In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the task of filling a century-plus data gap on solitary bees rests on one young couple.

Wild bees have been in steep decline since the 1990s. Despite the odds stacked against them, a husband-wife research team in Bosnia is on a quest to bridge a century-plus data gap on solitary pollinators.

@garybugsyou.bsky.social traces the often lonely task of hunting for elusive species.

Remote butterfly monitoring hits a snag — insects can remove their tags Research shows some butterflies actively try to remove radio tags, raising questions about impacts on behaviour and tracking accuracy

Just when you think you've got butterflies all worked out, they throw you a curve ball

medium.com/insectsandth...

#bugsky #scicomm #nature #biology

Putting Bosnia’s Wild Pollinator Diversity on the Map In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the task of filling a century-plus data gap on solitary bees rests on one young couple.

I'm really proud of this epic about Bosnian #bees and their indefatigable hunters I put together for @earthislandjournal.bsky.social

www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

#bugsky #nature #Bosnia #conservation

Inside Deal - josimarfootball.com Ahead of the World Cup, Fifa has signed a prediction market partner. But the company, ADI Predictstreet, which is backed by the Abu Dhabi royal family, has no working product yet, is unlicensed in alm...

🚨 Exclusive 🚨
Fifa's new prediction markets partner has no working product, is unlicensed everywhere except Gibraltar and its CEO paid a six-figure sum to Indian regulators last year to settle allegations of serious insider trading.
josimarfootball.com/2026/04/06/i...

Field guide photo showing Least shieldbug

You're not the least shieldbug to me, friend.
#bugsky #wildlife #bugshaming

Given it's Marsch, it was guaranteed to be a very narrow path

I guess it's a question of where can you go from him, when the whole 'industry' just flows with the corrupt tide now. He stands pretty much alone, sadly

Based on Uruguay teams past, I imagine there must have been considerable resistance to Marcelo #Bielsa introducing his steadfast philosophy of fair play to the squad.

#lufc #EngUru

Very nice, Seagull, very nice

Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, in a glass

First indoor bumblebee rescue of the year, always a big moment

#bugsky #wildlife #spring

Japan’s Sendai Bay can be seen from a small island inhabited by only a few dozen fishers and shellfish farmers. Thousands of jellyfish bob in the water below. These jellies keep time in a way unlike most other creatures in the animal kingdom.
www.quantamagazine.org/the-jellies-...

Yeah. The prospect of a few new decent tools is promising, but the practicalities still daunting

A Blast of Charcoal Dust Could Stop Invasive Asian Hornets in Their Tracks Researchers test activated charcoal dust as a non-toxic alternative to insecticides for controlling yellow-legged hornet nests

Invasive yellow-legged hornets are giving European beekeepers sleepless nights.

Could giving their nests a good dusting be a relatively humane response?

medium.com/science-spec...

#bugsky #beesky #beekeeping #scicomm

Why Some Birds Seem to Be Developing a Cigarette Habit

Birds have taken up cigarettes. No joke! They’re getting their butts in (to their nests). My story for @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/s...

A block of text that says "Scientists at the University of Miami are carrying out a research study on trends in the field of science communication. For this survey we are defining science communication as work that is done: • by a technical subject area expert in some field related to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, • outside of classroom settings • aimed at the public If you are 18 years of age or older and work or recently worked in this field (full-time, part-time, or as a side project), please click the link below to complete a short survey. If you are interested in learning more about this research study, please e-mail us at Julia.wester@miami.edu. In the body of your email please provide your full name, and if you would prefer to be contacted by phone, your phone number and the best time to reach you. Contacting us for more information does not commit you to participating, and should you decide to participate you may terminate your participation at any time."

Attention Science Communicators!

We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences.

Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can.

umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The circular economy comes for chocolate. . . and honey Brazilian researchers used ultrasound to infuse stingless-bee honey with compounds from discarded cocoa shells, creating a sustainable sweetener with hints of chocolate.

The circular economy comes for chocolate. . . and honey.


Brazilian researchers used ultrasound to infuse stingless-bee honey with compounds from discarded cocoa shells, creating a sustainable sweetener with hints of chocolate.
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=240663

🇨🇳 The 2026 Chinese Super League kicks off today - and it looks firmly set to be one of the strangest seasons across the entire football world this year.

More than half (9/16) teams are starting the campaign with minus points due to historic offences related to match-fixing, gambling & corruption.

Everyone's a queen: The ant species with no males or workers Temnothorax kinomurai, a parasitic ant species found in Japan, reproduces asexually and all of its young develop into queens that try to take over other ants’ colonies

Temnothorax kinomurai, a parasitic ant species found in Japan, reproduces asexually and all of its young develop into queens that try to take over other ants’ colonies

Next-generation crop breeding aims to combine yield and carbon storage - Farming Future Food A team of agri-scientists in China have outlined a framework for breeding crops that enhance soil carbon storage while maintaining — or even improving — productivity.

Crop breeding doesn't have to make compromises between yield and #sustainability aims.

Chinese researchers say high productivity and locking in #carbon can be considered together.

farmingfuturefood.com/next-generat...

#farming #genetics #agritech #climate

Hoverflies show potential as dual pollinators and disease-control agents - Farming Future Food Swedish researchers show hoverflies can vector beneficial yeast to flowers, reducing grey mould and improving fruit quality.

Hoverflies are already famed #pollinators and pest-controllers, but scientists in #Sweden reckon they can do even more for farmers.

Their study highlights the insects' potential for ferrying biopesticides to where they're needed.

farmingfuturefood.com/hoverflies-s...

#research #bugsky #scicomm

I will never not adore "and allies" in a fieldguide title. Don't mess with the grasshoppers or the earwigs and crickets and cockroaches will fuck you up

A previously unknown species of butterfly which had been discovered in Peru in 2024 is now officially named "Vanewrightia borussiadortmund" after a BvB fan called Peter Klausmeier, struck by its colouring, spent 2,800 euros sponsoring its scientific naming.

Manchester's endemic two-winged honeybee painted on a wall

If the Mancunians are sticking with this self-identification as hard workers, can they at least start putting the right number of wings on their emblematic honey bees?

#bugsky #UKPolitics