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The rocky road to catastrophe The greatest threat facing humanity is not oil prices or even regional war.

open.substack.com/pub/cribb/p/... The EpsteinTrump Putin Satanyahu Xi Kim II Jung class of #Billionaire #Psychopaths are rapidly creating an #Uninhabitable #Earth Over 8 BILLION PEOPLE alive today have a LARGE Part in the #Destruction of #Habitat for #Humanity Like a runaway virus we are😔

OPINION Lotz: Guam bears the burden of feds' failure on habitat protection The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a notice, 230 pages long, in the Federal Register on March 24, 2026, to designate critical habitat in the Mariana Islands. Islands affected include Guam, Rota, Tinian, Saipan and five of the northern Gani islands. On Guam, this proposal will affect 57 square miles of private and government of Guam land or 27% of the island’s land. Federal lands will conveniently not be affected as considered exempt by virtue of being a federal “protected area” or management by the military under an Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan. The proposal states that private and GovGuam lands are not affected unless there is a federal involvement. Considering the broad categories of federal involvements, the effect will be a cloud over Guam’s private and GovGuam lands. GovGuam conservation areas are proposed for critical habitat designation. However, the Sabanna Conservation Area on Rota is exempt. Why not for Guam? Currently, the military owns 30% of Guam and has plans to acquire or control additional lands. An estimated 3% of private lands are dedicated for military use consisting of quarries, worker housing, military-related industrial uses, and rentals to active-duty military. If this designation of critical habitat is implemented,...

OPINION Lotz: Guam bears the burden of feds' failure on habitat protection
->Pacific Daily News | More on "Guam critical habitat federal exemption" at BigEarthData.ai | #Ecosystem #Habitat

A blurry photo of Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in flight.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail yellow and blue with an orange dot on the bottom; resting on the Rhododendron leaves.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail yellow with blue bottom on spice bush.

A Few Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in our backyard.
#Nature #Butterfly #Backyard #Habitat #April5 #EastCoastKin

New study reveals New York Bight is a key spring habitat for endangered sei whales Images available for use with credit can be found here. New York (April 2, 2026) — A new study led by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) reveals that endangered sei whales regularly use the New York Bight as a key spring habitat, underscoring the importance of this heavily trafficked region for one of the world’s fastest and most elusive baleen whales. Using acoustic monitoring data collected with WHOI-developed technology from 2017 to 2020, researchers documented strong seasonal and daily patterns in sei whale presence and vocal activity. The findings suggest that the waters off New York and New Jersey may serve as an important migratory corridor—and potentially a feeding area—during early spring. The study, Seasonal and Diel Acoustic Activity of Sei Whales (Balaenoptera borealis) in the New York Bight, was conducted by researchers from WCS’s New York Bight Program and WHOI. “This is the first detailed analysis of daily and seasonal acoustic patterns for sei whales in the New York Bight,” explained Maria Papadopoulos, lead author of the study with WCS and graduate researcher at Columbia University. “We found that 95 percent of sei whale vocalizations were detected between March and May,...

New study reveals New York Bight is a key spring habitat for endangered sei whales
->Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | More on "Sei whale New York habitat" at BigEarthData.ai | #Ecosystem #Wildlife #Whale #Habitat

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Consider this #EarthMonth tip: skip the spring "clean up" in less visible areas of your yard. In places where you just can resist the urge, wait until mid to late May, when all of the overwintering #insects have emerged from #habitat like leaf litter or last season's stems.

“The scrub-jay is just a pretty endearing bird. It’s smart, curious and so friendly that it’ll sometimes eat from your hand or land on your head.”

It can only be found in Florida.

#habitat #birds

Clermontois de la chatte

Un Clermontois est un habitant de Clermont-Ferrand, une ville française située dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme. Cette ville est connue pour son riche patrimoine historique et culturel, ainsi que pour son université. #Clermontois #Habitat #Patrimoine #Culture #Universite

See the first #transcriptome and EST-SSR markers developed for 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘤𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, an #endangered golden #camellia from Vietnam threatened by #overharvesting and #habitat loss: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

Figure 3 Mu et al (2026): Schematic representation showing how stopover sites (and other sites) may be underutilized by migratory birds, and why, in some cases, local habitat changes may not affect either the local or flyway populations of these birds. In this simplified example, the entire population of a migratory bird species uses four sites sequentially (without other alternative sites) during its annual migration (left column), and habitat loss occurs first at stopover site 1 (middle column), and then at stopover site 2 (right column), with different consequences for both local (ie stopover sites) and flyway populations, depending on whether the current habitat-use intensity at each site is at or below the carrying capacity. Note that, in the real world, not all sites are necessarily at capacity at present, and the population may already be limited by a subset of the sites.

New publication: A “demand and supply” approach to #monitoring #habitat and #population changes of #migratory #birds.
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Big Bear organizations need $10M to save beloved eagles, Jackie and Shadow’s home BIG BEAR, Calif. (KESQ) - Friends of Big Bear Valley and the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust are calling on the community to help save the land that’s home to beloved bald eagles, Jackie and Shado...

Please share this - Everyone's help is needed to save #bald #eagle #habitat in #bigbear #california #land #birds #conserve

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A delicate shorebird is depicted - a piping plover which has light black bands around its neck and forehead. The bird has multiple bandings on its legs, from conservation groups that work towards protecting this endangered species. Behind the bird is a pattern of map fragments creating a circle.

At Risk: Piping Plover
Acrylic on map collage, 12" x 12"
Carto/Topo/Geo/Graphic
Show opens Thursday, April 2, 4 - 6, QAC Gallery

This series features local species supported by conservation efforts, such as the Piping Plover.

#pipingplover #sciart #biodiversity #conservation #nature #habitat

Wichtig anzumerken ist, dass die #Konsummeilen in das #Habitat von #Wölfen gebaut wurden und der junge #Wolf in #Hamburg #Altona nicht schuld am #Kapitalismus ist.

A plantation woodland of young trees, with slanting sunlight casting long shadows.

A bearded, hooded man in a grey shirt, with slender, forest-grown trees and a log pile in the background.

An excavated cavity in Lowestoft Till boulder clay showing grey chalky till. It is roofed with hazel poles and compressed clay.

A wood planted 30 years ago is on its way to becoming biodiverse ancient woodland in 500 years' time - presently cared for by Steve Adams (naturalist, woodsman, flint hunter) who knows his stuff and lives lightly on the land.
#Suffolk #boulderclay #woodland #habitat

A lush garden bed with a variety of flowers and greenery in front of a building with a window.

Grow Your Own #Habitat

#SouthsideLibrary Community Room
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
6:00pm–7:30pm

Transform your yard into an #oasis! Join Catherine Wygant as she provides an overview of ways to support the health of habitats by considering soil, water, artificial light, wildlife shelter, and plants.

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The #Biden admin had sought to restrict #oil & #gas activity in the gulf by seeking to declare nearly 30k square miles as critical #habitat for the #RicesWhale species, at the urging of marine scientists. The 2023 proposal was never finalized.
The exemption will nevertheless have outsize impact […]

Protected grassland showcases rare birding habitat on Eastern Shore ...

Protected grassland showcases rare birding habitat on Eastern Shore
->Bay Journal | More on "Eastern Shore grassland rare bird habitat" at BigEarthData.ai | #Grassland #Birding #Habitat #Ecosystem

Love Fireflies? Here's How You Can Help Scientists Save Them. Despite their luminescent glow, lightning bugs have remained a conservation mystery until relatively recently. Now researchers are relying on community science to track the beloved beetles.

Love #Fireflies? Here’s How You Can Help Scientists Save Them.

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#firefly #habitat #conservation #science

A group of zebras stand together in a grassy field.

By: NIR HIMI

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🌎 Etosha National Park, Namibia
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#animal #wildlife #safari #zebra #nationalPark #ecosystem #savanna #habitat

Firefly on a flower stalk. CREDIT: TESS RENUSCH, NWF

Firefly-Friendly Gardening

It's estimated that one in three firefly species may be at risk of extinction, but you can help them in your garden!

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#firefly #fireflies #habitat #gardening

Geospatial assessment of habitat degradation and climate impacts on migratory crane habitat in Pakistan's Wetland ecosystems The study was carried out in the Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan’s province (Fig. 1). Both are located in a hot, semi-arid temperature zone and are connected to the Indus Flyway, which is a key crane migration path28. The 1,227 km² Bannu District is roughly 190 km south of Peshawar and is situated between latitudes 32°16′N and 33°5′N and longitudes 70°23′E and 71°16′E29. The Kurram and Gambila (Tochi) Rivers drain it, creating a basin that sustains seasonal wetlands that are essential to migratory birds28. With altitudes between 200 and 300 m, it is located close to 32.161°N, 70.191°E and is bounded by Isakhel (Punjab), Waziristan, Bannu, and Karak. With the Kurram and Tochi Rivers flowing through it and joining the Indus River, the district is made up of flat plains and outlying hills. Hot, dry summers (35–48 °C), mild winters (4–27 °C), little precipitation (290–350 mm), and frequent dust storms in May–June are characteristics of the climate. Because of their wetlands, croplands, and riverine ecosystems, both districts are important migratory crane stopping and wintering habitats, particularly for the Demoiselle Crane and Eurasian Crane18. Data types and source Landsat satellite images with a spatial resolution of...

Geospatial assessment of habitat degradation and climate impacts on migratory crane habitat in Pakistan's Wetland ecosystems
->Nature | More on "Crane habitat loss in Pakistan" at BigEarthData.ai | #Habitat #Ecosystem #Water #Wetland #Climate

Also helpful #habitat up here in #ontario #biodiversity

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Secretive jungle cats need habitats outside protected areas: study Jungle cats (Felis chaus) are found across diverse habitats, from grasslands and wetlands to deserts. They’re present across Asia, with large populations in India and Nepal, among others. The IUCN Red List lists the species as being of ‘least concern’. This has led to a “misconception that they are doing fine”, Kathan Bandyopadhyay, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said. Jungle cats’ populations are in fact considered to be shrinking. In India, they are protected under Schedule II of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, which means hunting or trading them is illegal. Despite being the most widespread of India’s small cats, jungle cats are understudied and have received little conservation attention relative to larger carnivores such as tigers and leopards. Conservation baseline This animal — with a white muzzle, yellow irises, large ears ending in black tufts, and the sometimes faint striping on its long legs — avoids dense forests and heavily-modified landscapes, preferring agro-pastoral and open habitats, according to a new study based on the largest dataset on the species in India. The study was published in Scientific Reports, and provides a baseline for future conservation planning. “Until now, we didn’t know about their...

Secretive jungle cats need habitats outside protected areas: study
->The Hindu | More on "Jungle cats habitat conservation study" at BigEarthData.ai | #ProtectedArea #Habitat #Ecosystem

#Habitat loss is:
a machine entering a forest before dawn
a nest shaking in a branch while the tree is cut from below
babies who don't know how to fly
a mother flushed from cover in March
a nest that has stopped shaking
the crew moving to the next tree
constant, mostly because we aren't looking

The Habits and Habitats of 'Living Fossils' Nautilus and Allonautilus Newswise — Nautilus and Allonautilus cephalopods and their extinct ancestors have been drifting through the mesophotic zone of the ocean for more than 500 million years. Researchers have spent the last 40 years trying to understand how these mysterious "living fossils" thrive in areas with limited nutrients. In a recent paper published in Scientific Reports, a UW-led team documented new habits and habitats for current Nautilus and Allonautilus species. These creatures appear to live in deeper water than their extinct cousins did, and the younger ones live twice as deep as the fully mature adults. Nautilus and Allonautilus species scavenge their food and never stop moving. While a few species migrate hundreds of meters down at dawn and then back up at dusk every day, the team found that most species aren't quite as intrepid. The researchers also describe a new population of Allonautilus in waters off the island New Britain, one of several populations thriving due to hunting restrictions inspired in part by research efforts from this team. For more information, contact senior author Peter Ward, UW professor of both biology and Earth and space sciences, at argo@uw.edu...

The Habits and Habitats of 'Living Fossils' Nautilus and Allonautilus
->Newswise | More on "Nautilus living fossils ocean habitats" at BigEarthData.ai | #Ecosystem #Habitat

Over a million citizen scientists map "invisible highways of the sky", revealing critical habitats spanning 56 countries Citizen scientists have conceived an online tool to map entire annual journeys of migratory bird species across the Americas. The new tool unveiled at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), mapped 89 highly vulnerable migratory bird species to provide governments, scientists and conservationists a perspective for focusing on taking urgently needed action to protect them. The tool — Americas Flyway Atlas, also known as ‘Invisible highways of the sky’ — developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology identifies critical breeding locations and stopovers of these migratory birds that are facing growing pressure owing to habitat loss, expanding infrastructure and climate change. The Americas flyway stretches from the Canadian Arctic to Chile’s Patagonia. At least 622 migratory bird species depend on a fragile chain of habitats that encompasses 56 countries and experiencing rapid decline. They include 437 landbirds, 183 waterbirds and 62 seabirds. The tool maps some of the most iconic and ecologically important migrant bird species classified as Vulnerable or Near Threatened under the ICUN Red List including Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis), Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla), Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea), Andean Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) and Hudsonian Godwit...

Over a million citizen scientists map "invisible highways of the sky", revealing critical habitats spanning 56 countries
->Down To Earth | More on "Migratory bird habitat mapping tool" at BigEarthData.ai | #Habitat #Ecosystem #Science