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A lioness left to watch over a dozen or more cubs gazes expectantly into the distance, at another lioness returning through the tall grass. This one was sensing that the hunt failed and that she and the we’ens wouldn’t be getting lunch yet. Her hopeful look became a very grumpy and very dangerous-looking snarl when it became clear there would not be food yet. From southern Serengeti, where there is an astonishing super pride.

Little bit of feline togetherness as a watchful mum, with a pride’s entire batch of cubs to mind, gazes intently at a returning adult female. Everyone was hoping for lunch, but the returning female carried bad news about an unsuccessful hunt. #cats #nikon #wildlife #photography #nature #safari

Orchid Mantis (Latin: Hymenopus coronatus) The Malaysian flower mantis, or orchid mantis, is a very rare insect. These mantises come in a variety of colors, ranging from pink to yellow to white.

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Native Americans were making dice, gambling, exploring probability millennia before their Old World counterparts A new study in American Antiquity presents evidence that the earliest known dice in human history were made and used by Native American hunter-gatherers on the western Great Plains more than 12,000 ye...

Fascinating discovery - humans have been interested in random numbers for a long time

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Witness the elegance of the swimming Feather Star, a crinoid that dates back to the Ordovician era, over 480 million years ago. A true marvel of evolution in our oceans.

She had me at “we believe in science” 🇨🇦

Perched near its mate, these birds are almost always found in pairs. Little bee eaters are wildly colourful, like all other bee eater species, making them a wonderful splash of colour amid the baked-dry savanna vegetation of the peak dry season in Serengeti.

Little bee eater, hanging out just after dawn in Serengeti. These little gems are determined insect predators, as their name implies, but they aren’t limited to bees. Saw a pair take out a lovely butterfly. 🦋 😵
#birds #nature #photography #nikon #wildlife #safari #africa #tanzania

Researchers present first fossilized 'emperor' butterfly Butterfly fossils are rare, and finds that preserve fine anatomical details and wing patterns are an absolute exception. An international research team from Sweden, the U.S., and Germany, led by Dr. H...

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A pair of D’Arnaud’s barbets in the honey dry scrub of western Tarangire National Park, which had just been burned to enable grass growth when the rains return. Quite a ghost town at the time except for these beauties.

#birds #wildlife #photography #nature #nikon #safari #science

Screenshot of an article from the website of The Winnipeg Sun. The headline reads: Carney rolls out new $3.8 billion nature strategy, new conservation areas.

Canada’s natural beauty is central to our history, our identity, and our way of life — and we’re going to protect it.

It's #MacroMonday. The fine detail of this spectacularly beautiful luna moth was found with a 105mm Micro Nikkor lens on a #Nikon D750. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #macrophotography #macro #MacroLovers #lepidoptera #moth

Hiroyuki Arakawa: A timeless bond: Japanese diver regularly meets and feeds the same fish he saved 30 years ago | - The Times of India Trending News: A Japanese diver’s long-running interaction with a wild fish has drawn global attention, offering a rare, well-documented example of repeated recognit.

Source: The Times of India
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La Chambre des communes a adopté la Loi visant à lutter contre la haine cette semaine.
 
C’est un pas de géant dans notre mission visant à bâtir un pays plus fort et sûr où tout le monde – sans égard à l’identité ou la foi – peut vivre à l’abri de la violence et de l’intimidation.

Here's some new dirt on an unusual source of antibiotic resistance New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria — and that can have an impact on humans.

Drought, it turns out, can drive higher antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria, Newman and her colleagues report in Nature Microbiology. That resistance may be working its way into human infections too, the researchers found.

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Asian wild dog spotted in Vietnam for the first time in 20 years Recent research has confirmed the first sighting of a dhole in more than two decades, a wild dog native to Asia. Before the sighting, the predator was believed to be extinct in Vietnam.

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Male ostrich in Serengeti. Some lions nearby but they were having a sleep.

Today’s #birdOfTheDay theme is #grounded, so here is the largest bird on Earth, the decidedly earth-bound ostrich. This male was in Serengeti, hoping to find a food, females, and safety from predators. #birds don’t have it easy out there. #wildlife #nature #photography #nikon

Looks like the Crescent was brand new too. Perfect shot.

As we head into another wildfire season:
"We find that the observed increase in extreme fire weather bears a clear externally forced signal, detectable at 99% confidence above natural variability and attributable to human-induced climate change."
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Weather forecast for the next couple of days in Ottawa. Lot of variation!

We have entered the spring chaos period of annual #weather up where I live. Tough week for the #birds but also for #insects that overwinter aboveground as adults, of which there are a few.

A perched member of the family enjoying the security and view from a cupboard. Brilliantly coloured male parrot!

There is a Senegal Parrot in my cupboard. Meet Tango the Rescue birb, who has become an extremely cheerful and super social little flirt. Not a talker but very communicative. Like parrots in general, he is not domesticated.

#pets #photography #animals

I enjoyed that. One great big dad joke :)

Lovely little band of goslings. Nice work, mate.

I think of Ansel Adams and the wonders he captured generations ago when I think I need better tech to be a better photographer.

Still, amazing tech these days gives me a leg up that my relatively limited talents and limited time for practice cannot replace.

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

Amazing capture. Well done!

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

ICE Agent Injured After Repeatedly Trying To Detain People In Neighborhood Mural MINNEAPOLIS—Bleeding profusely as he radioed for backup against the uncooperative crowd, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Ken Fischer was reportedly injured Tuesday after making repeated atte...

“I’ve got a couple dozen hostile and extremely large individuals impeding an officer—I need as many agents as you can send me, now!” said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Ken Fischer

My parrot would like nothing better than a gentle foot tap but I’d have some serious toe punctures to remember the incident by. He is a tiny, lethal velociraptor when feet are around.

We are fortunate to have an amazing panel with diverse experiences and deep expertise. I think we will be able to craft an exciting contribution on citizen/participatory science potentials for Canada.
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The Expert Panel on the State of Citizen Science in Canada Jeremy Kerr (Chair), Professor, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa Myrle Ballard, Associate Professor, Department of Earth, Energy and Environment, and Canada Research Chair Tier II in Weaving Indigenous Science and Sustainability Science, University of Calgary Jasmin Bhawra, Assistant Professor, School of Occupational and Public Health; Director, CHANGE Research Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University Margaret Gold, Senior Researcher and Coordinator External Collaborations, Citizen Science Lab, Leiden University Katarina Hartwig, Executive Director and Founder, Living Lakes Canada Tarun Katapally, Canada Research Chair in Digital Health for Equity; Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences; Cross-Appointed Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Director, DEPtH Lab, Western University Jean-Noé Landry, Director, Data Collaborative Hub, Institute on Resilience and Urban Innovation Tracey P. Lauriault, Associate Professor, Critical Media and Big Data, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University Marie-Jean Meurs, Full Professor, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie and Faculty of Science, Department of Computer Science, Université du Québec à Montréal Shirley Tagalik, Director, Aqqiumavvik Society Jérôme Waldispühl, Professor, Computer Science, and Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Citizen Science, McGill University

🔎 We're pleased to announce our Expert Panel on the State of Citizen Science in Canada, chaired by Jeremy Kerr (@jetkerr.bsky.social ).
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