#Insects

Steve Stewart-Williams

SteveStuWill

An all-time classic: According to biologists, the function of zebras' stripes is to ward off insects. Based on that idea, a team of scientists painted zebra stripes on cows. This

Paraic O'Donnell

paraicodonnell

You’ve probably read this week’s stories about threats to insect populations and why they’re alarming (scroll down for spoilers*). Here are some things you can do to help.*We could all

Dr. Jeff Cohen (he/him)

DrJeffCohen

“Do I have an anxiety disorder or am I anxious because… you know… 2020?” It is SO normal to be anxious these days, so I want to dive in and

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

A story of inappropriate technology: in the 1970s it was decided to modernize the rice farming of Sri Lanka, whose system that had not changed much for 3000 years. The

Warrior29

Warrior2913

Solar Wind Farms. The Frequency emitted is dangerous to humans/animals. Government gives tax credits/loans, to "Big corporations". Costs taxpayers hundreds of "BILLIONS" Warren Buffet said " We get a tax

Joanna Poole 💙

Jopo_dr

Oh medtwitter I have found one of my coolest evolutionary facts ever! I was looking at evolution of innate immune system. It's very old, below vertebrates. We didn't get adaptive

Jen 📷🦉🐝🐍

7StellarJays

Moths are boring? Check these out.Praeamastus minerva, Bernathonomus sp., Aemilia rubriplaga, Hyperthaema sp.Ecuadorian cloud forest Here are a couple of beautiful sphinx moths.Xylophanes meridanus, Xylophanes pyrrhusCloud forest near Naneg

Arjun Sampath 4 HR&CE Ministry

Indumakalktchi

Ever wondered why Saffron is associated with Sanatana Dharma. Ancient Indians were masters in cultivation of Cotton, and Dyeing and supplied the World it's textile needs. Indigo dyeing tech was

Camellia Tea Ceremony

camelliakyoto

the day is shortas is the lifeof the dragonfly日短かは蜻蛉の身にも有にけり-小林一茶, 1806.Tr. David G. Lanoue.The neighbourhood has been filled with dragonflies (トンボ 'Tonbo') this morning, many disturbed by t

An Taisce

AnTaisce

Fossil fuel emissions are driving up Earth’s temperature, the warming has set in motion nature's own #FeedbackLoops which are raising temperatures even higher. Are we approaching a point of no

Gene Wu

GeneforTexas

I've been slowly converting our front yard from a barren wasteland into a mini sanctuary for local wildlife.We're trying to stick with native or native friendly plants that can withstand

ロコちゃん - hereticalupdate.substack.com

RokoMijicUK

Animal welfare #EA is motivated by virtue signalling but pretends to base itself in some objective measure of total +/- qualia. It is usually better to ground something in those

নিখিলেশ দেবশর্মণ্

From_Himalaya

All jivas who are constantly moving through cycle of life & death have to pay back five dharmic debts. These debts are,1) Deva Ṛṇa - We depend on devas for

Philip Amies

AmiesPhilip

Grassland, hated by some vegans and rewilders, meat and not ‘natural’. Ancient grasslands are loved by botanists, entomologists, naturalists, conservations, hardy native cattle. Not by many farmers or government policy,

The Aman Project

theamanproject

India and Pakistan are both currently facing a huge locust incursion that is severely harming agriculture and farmer’s livelihood. So, we have prepared a thread discussing why such locust attacks

Frédéric Leroy

fleroy1974

Forget insects, eat #rat to save the planet? h/t @Kenn_FFCI/statushttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5341521/ If one likes it, that's fine of course. After all, it is not uncommon in some parts of the world,

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