Gotta watch ‘em all? Pokémon-style app for birdwatching launches Users of Birdex get points for each bird they see and can compete with friends, with 200,000 sightings logged so far A new app has launched that aims to gamify birdwatching by allowing people to collect digital cards of UK bird species whenever they record seeing one. Users of Birdex accumulate points for each bird they see, with less common and rare species yielding the greatest rewards. It is possible to add friends and compete over bird sightings. The app has got birdwatchers talking online – though it has raised hackles among some for its use of AI-generated artwork. Continue reading...

Gotta watch ‘em all? Pokémon-style app for birdwatching launches

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

Shark Whisperer is lying to you: a look into the harmful effects of Ocean Ramsey and shark influencers — Dr. Jack A. Cooper Ocean Ramsey is undoubtedly one of the most well-known “shark influencers”, whose videos show her free diving and touching wild great white and tiger sharks as she swims right up alongside them. Those...

A well articulated and utterly thorough examination of the influencer savior-centered film. No science here.

www.drjackacooper.com/writing/shar...

It must be fought tooth and snail.

Have you ever been looking closely at a bumblebee and seen her lift one leg up in the air?

This is called the "disturbance leg-lift response", and is a "go away" warning signal from a bee who feels threatened!
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#bumblebee #animals #beehaviour

First male white-tailed eagle to breed in Ireland in over a century found dead in Co Clare While white-tailed eagles don’t often die from poisoning, a ‘disturbing’ increase in poisonings has been observed over the last three to five years.

1. All eagle deaths, esp in a small population, are a loss but some are harder to take than most. Sadly, our 1st breeding male, released in 2008, was recently picked up dead. This bird deserves a proper obituary to put his life (and death) in context

www.thejournal.ie/investigatio...

As ‘Bot’ Students Continue to Flood In, Community Colleges Struggle to Respond Community colleges have been dealing with an unprecedented phenomenon: fake students bent on stealing financial aid funds. While it has caused chaos at many colleges, some Southwestern faculty feel th...

Students may not be real any more and AI is a complete disaster for community colleges voiceofsandiego.org/2025/04/14/a...

Me: Discussing meerkat enclosure design and describing the Kalahari desert.

Them: "Isn't that some sort of squid dish?"

My soul.