#bioDiversity hashtag - Bluesky

Bottom trawling is catching thousands of fish species, including many at risk Bottom trawling has a reputation as one of the ocean’s bluntest tools: a heavy net dragged across the seafloor, scooping up whatever lives there and often leaving damaged habitat behind. But for all the attention it gets, there’s been a surprisingly basic gap in the conversation: exactly how many fish species are being caught. A new study from researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) tries to answer that question – and the number is bigger than most people would guess. Thousands of species caught Using more than 9,000 records of fish species reported in bottom trawls from 1895 to 2021, the team found over 3,000 fish species have been recorded in bottom trawl catches worldwide. And that’s likely an undercount: their estimates suggest the true number could be nearly double. Study first author Sarah Foster is a senior researcher and program leader at UBC’s Project Seahorse. “This is the clearest picture we’ve had of the breadth of bottom trawling. It reveals just how many species are being caught, and how much we have been missing,” said Foster. Bottom trawling is hard on biodiversity Bottom trawling isn’t like hooking a few target species on a line. It’s closer to...

6 hours ago

Bottom trawling is catching thousands of fish species, including many at risk
->Earth.com | More on "Bottom trawling fish species impact" at BigEarthData.ai | #Biodiversity #Species #Fish

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Abilu Tangwa.

@abilutangwa.bsky.social

7 hours ago

One in five of Earth's living species is in the Congo Basin. 10% of all known species are in the Amazon. We are in the middle of the greatest extinction event since the dinosaurs, and we are the cause. We can also be the solution. #Biodiversity #ExtinctionCrisis

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Marianne Elfving 🌳 🌱 🌻

@casamarianne.bsky.social

7 hours ago

Research from Chile on alerce trees:
Scientists have observed a link between tree size and fungal communities in various species worldwide, but no research on this topic had been conducted in the Southern Hemisphere until now. #biodiversity

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Climate, Ecology, War & More - Dr Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai

Giant Otter Gives Birth to Triplets at Chester Zoo - A Rare Success for the Endangered Species Inside a den at Chester Zoo, three giant otter pups have spent their first weeks of life out of sight — a quiet beginning for a species with fewer than 5,000 individuals left in the wild. Now, they’re starting to emerge. The three pups, two males and one female, were born on February 9, 2026, to first-time parents Bonita and Manu, marking the first giant otter birth at the zoo in seven years. The arrival is part of a conservation breeding program aimed at supporting a species that is becoming increasingly rare across South America. “The arrival of these three giant otter pups is a hugely special moment,” said Rachael Boatwright, Assistant Team Manager of carnivores at the zoo, in a press release. Giant Otter Pups at Chester Zoo Spend First Weeks Hidden in Den For their first weeks, the pups remained inside the holt, where Bonita fed them as they grew. By the time keepers were able to examine them at two months old, the pups had already more than tripled in size — a reflection of how quickly they grow during this early stage. During that first check, each pup was weighed and assessed, with vets examining their...

12 hours ago

Giant Otter Gives Birth to Triplets at Chester Zoo - A Rare Success for the Endangered Species
->Discover | More on "Giant otter triplets conservation breeding" at BigEarthData.ai | #Extinction #EndangeredSpecies #Biodiversity

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Climate, Ecology, War & More - Dr Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai

Save This Species: Bull Kelp Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) Conservation status: The IUCN Red List has not yet assessed this species, but state agencies, NOAA, nongovernmental organizations, and underwater survey groups such as ReefCheck consider bull kelp to be highly vulnerable, particularly in Northern California, Oregon, and the Salish Sea in Washington State and Canada. Description: Bull kelp is an annual species of marine algae that resides in temperate (cold) ocean waters and can grow up to 60 feet in one season, accumulating biomass via photosynthesis faster than most other organisms on Earth. It has a small holdfast attaching it to a rocky bottom, and a long, singular stipe (stem) that ends in a gas-filled bladder holding a profusion of golden blades up toward the surface. It tends to live in nearshore waters up to 60 feet deep, where sunlight penetrates to the ocean floor and there is a ready supply of ocean nutrients, resupplied either by wave action, or current flowing through channels. A tiny bull kelp starts its growth in early spring on the ocean floor, and by mid-summer a massive, surface-topping bull kelp produces spores in specialized patches called sori, which eventually drop away to the ocean floor to start the process...

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Save This Species: Bull Kelp
->The Revelator | More on "Bull kelp conservation marine ecosystem" at BigEarthData.ai | #Biodiversity #Species

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For a Better World

@zarcode.bsky.social

14 hours ago

The #problems of the #world are being caused by a few #men with either vast #resources, or ability to use "other #peoples" vast resources to pursue #historic #slights, & totally ignoring the #current/#future #disasters, and act surprised when the #devastation arrives. #climatechange #biodiversity

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Climate, Ecology, War & More - Dr Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai

16 hours ago

Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis) #birds on the South Downs near Queensdown #QUNSDN #LWS in #Brighton

#Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife

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Legal Victory to Protect the Endangered Species Act

16 hours ago

Legal Victory to Protect the Endangered Species Act
->Sierra Club | More on "Endangered Species Act legal protection" at BigEarthData.ai | #Extinction #EndangeredSpeciesAct #Biodiversity

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Alberto Navarro

@navarroalb.bsky.social

17 hours ago

Nature Positive: restoring Earth system stability A global strategy to halt and reverse biodiversity loss across three levels of human impact

Nature Positive: why protecting intact nature cames first - and what success could look like

www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci... #biodiversity #climatechange #planetaryboundaries #SDGs #sustainability

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20 hours ago

Brighton & Hove Council promised it would stop using #Glyphosate
Mechanical cutting in late Summer is much more appropriate for #Nature
#Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #brightonwildlife

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20 hours ago

The bird disease #Trichomonosis has caused significant declines in garden bird species, especially greenfinches and chaffinches!
Click the link for RSPB advice on cleaning bird feeders and providing small amounts of mealworms/fat balls.

#Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife

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20 hours ago

A Trachyzelotes pedestris #spider, found by @pkster101.bsky.social in #Brighton
It is included on the IUCN #Red #List 2001.
#Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife

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20 hours ago

Flat-bodied moth Early Diviner (Semioscopis avellanella) found by @pkster101.bsky.social in #Brighton
Never recorded here before, the nearest sighting is from birch and lime woodland in Surrey!

#Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife

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