Give A Shit About Nature
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An otter has been spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in over 100 years. Wildlife officials say it could be a sign that New York's polluted waterways are beginning to recover some of their ecological health and biodiversity.
August 26, 2026 at 9:21 AM
An otter has been spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in over 100 years. Wildlife officials say it could be a sign that New York's polluted waterways are beginning to recover some of their ecological health and biodiversity.
The ko’ko’ /Guam rail once numbered in the tens of thousands. An invasive brown tree snake,likely a WWII-era stowaway,wiped it out in the wild down to 21 birds by 1987. Biologists captured them all.Captive breeding worked:in 2019, it became only the 2nd bird ever to recover from extinct-in-the-wild.
August 26, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The ko’ko’ /Guam rail once numbered in the tens of thousands. An invasive brown tree snake,likely a WWII-era stowaway,wiped it out in the wild down to 21 birds by 1987. Biologists captured them all.Captive breeding worked:in 2019, it became only the 2nd bird ever to recover from extinct-in-the-wild.
The monarchs in your yard now are the “super generation” — born in reproductive diapause, bound for Mexico, 3,000 miles away. Help them through October: leave goldenrod & native asters, stop pesticide/herbicide use, leave milkweed until frost, and skip tropical milkweed in the South. 🦋
August 26, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The monarchs in your yard now are the “super generation” — born in reproductive diapause, bound for Mexico, 3,000 miles away. Help them through October: leave goldenrod & native asters, stop pesticide/herbicide use, leave milkweed until frost, and skip tropical milkweed in the South. 🦋
In 2022, Taipei pharmacist Eric Cho photographed a 1mm blue mushroom on iNaturalist. Mycologists later described it as *Mycena subcyanocephala*, one of the smallest mushrooms known. It grows on decaying wood in Taiwan. Its discovery is a reminder: even familiar forests may hold unnamed species.
July 15, 2026 at 10:29 AM
In 2022, Taipei pharmacist Eric Cho photographed a 1mm blue mushroom on iNaturalist. Mycologists later described it as *Mycena subcyanocephala*, one of the smallest mushrooms known. It grows on decaying wood in Taiwan. Its discovery is a reminder: even familiar forests may hold unnamed species.
Wildlife–vehicle collisions cost the US $8–10B a year,kill ~200 people and over 1M large animals. Crossings with fencing cost $5–15M, but Banff’s 44 crossings cut collisions by 80% and paid for themselves through avoided damage and injuries. They save lives,protect wildlife and can repay their cost.
July 15, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Wildlife–vehicle collisions cost the US $8–10B a year,kill ~200 people and over 1M large animals. Crossings with fencing cost $5–15M, but Banff’s 44 crossings cut collisions by 80% and paid for themselves through avoided damage and injuries. They save lives,protect wildlife and can repay their cost.
In 1975, there were 13 Puerto Rican parrots left on Earth. Every one of them lived in a single patch of rainforest on a 35-mile-long island.
The species had fallen from an estimated million birds when Columbus arrived in 1493. Five centuries of deforestation, hunting, and habitat loss
The species had fallen from an estimated million birds when Columbus arrived in 1493. Five centuries of deforestation, hunting, and habitat loss
July 14, 2026 at 8:47 AM
In 1975, there were 13 Puerto Rican parrots left on Earth. Every one of them lived in a single patch of rainforest on a 35-mile-long island.
The species had fallen from an estimated million birds when Columbus arrived in 1493. Five centuries of deforestation, hunting, and habitat loss
The species had fallen from an estimated million birds when Columbus arrived in 1493. Five centuries of deforestation, hunting, and habitat loss
Pokeweed is one of our most productive wildlife plants. Dozens of bird species eat the berries, including cardinals, mockingbirds, catbirds, cedar waxwings, robins, bluebirds, mourning doves, flickers, and thrushes.
July 14, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Pokeweed is one of our most productive wildlife plants. Dozens of bird species eat the berries, including cardinals, mockingbirds, catbirds, cedar waxwings, robins, bluebirds, mourning doves, flickers, and thrushes.
House wrens and Carolina wrens are among the most fearless, resourceful, and ecologically useful birds you can have in a yard.They eat beetles, caterpillars, grasshoppers, ants, flies, and spiders, feeding their chicks almost entirely on insects from the moment they hatch.
June 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
House wrens and Carolina wrens are among the most fearless, resourceful, and ecologically useful birds you can have in a yard.They eat beetles, caterpillars, grasshoppers, ants, flies, and spiders, feeding their chicks almost entirely on insects from the moment they hatch.