Kierán Suckling
@kieransuckling.bsky.social
Executive Director, Center for Biological Diversity. Philosopher, biocentrist, feminist, anti-racist. #SavingLifeOnEarth.
We stopped most of Trump's first term agenda and will fight like hell to stop it this term, too.
We stopped most of Trump's first term agenda and will fight like hell to stop it this term, too.
True Words don't have to be ancient or distant from science. Funga was also coined by scientists in 2000
It will become ancient though, maybe in 500 years, because it's a beneficial parasite, symbiotically nourishing itself on "flora" & "fauna". It's being drawn into their their symbolic ecosystem.
It will become ancient though, maybe in 500 years, because it's a beneficial parasite, symbiotically nourishing itself on "flora" & "fauna". It's being drawn into their their symbolic ecosystem.
August 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
True Words don't have to be ancient or distant from science. Funga was also coined by scientists in 2000
It will become ancient though, maybe in 500 years, because it's a beneficial parasite, symbiotically nourishing itself on "flora" & "fauna". It's being drawn into their their symbolic ecosystem.
It will become ancient though, maybe in 500 years, because it's a beneficial parasite, symbiotically nourishing itself on "flora" & "fauna". It's being drawn into their their symbolic ecosystem.
Scientists coined "mycobiota" about 2000. Never caught on. Clear, but ugly. A term, not a word.
Flora and fauna are Words. They have charm, mytho-mycorrhizal tendrils reaching back to Pan, Roman goddesses of flowers, blooming, fertility and Earth, the half-human forest spirits we call fauns. Fawns.
Flora and fauna are Words. They have charm, mytho-mycorrhizal tendrils reaching back to Pan, Roman goddesses of flowers, blooming, fertility and Earth, the half-human forest spirits we call fauns. Fawns.
August 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Scientists coined "mycobiota" about 2000. Never caught on. Clear, but ugly. A term, not a word.
Flora and fauna are Words. They have charm, mytho-mycorrhizal tendrils reaching back to Pan, Roman goddesses of flowers, blooming, fertility and Earth, the half-human forest spirits we call fauns. Fawns.
Flora and fauna are Words. They have charm, mytho-mycorrhizal tendrils reaching back to Pan, Roman goddesses of flowers, blooming, fertility and Earth, the half-human forest spirits we call fauns. Fawns.
Loving the new word "funga".
Flora and fauna name the plants and animals of a place or time: flora of Maine, Pleistocene fauna. They are lovely, evocative because rooted in poetry & myth.
Fungi had no such word, perhaps because they're hidden, mysterious, somehow deeply earthy and other-wordly.
Flora and fauna name the plants and animals of a place or time: flora of Maine, Pleistocene fauna. They are lovely, evocative because rooted in poetry & myth.
Fungi had no such word, perhaps because they're hidden, mysterious, somehow deeply earthy and other-wordly.
August 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Loving the new word "funga".
Flora and fauna name the plants and animals of a place or time: flora of Maine, Pleistocene fauna. They are lovely, evocative because rooted in poetry & myth.
Fungi had no such word, perhaps because they're hidden, mysterious, somehow deeply earthy and other-wordly.
Flora and fauna name the plants and animals of a place or time: flora of Maine, Pleistocene fauna. They are lovely, evocative because rooted in poetry & myth.
Fungi had no such word, perhaps because they're hidden, mysterious, somehow deeply earthy and other-wordly.
El Tecolote isn't happy with ICE.
At the Luchadores in Tucson
At the Luchadores in Tucson
February 7, 2026 at 3:19 AM
El Tecolote isn't happy with ICE.
At the Luchadores in Tucson
At the Luchadores in Tucson
3. Humans are also a domesticated species: most of us live in densely populated, highly controlled, Nature-limited environments. Of course, we also suffer high levels of anxiety, depression, fear, perceived lack of meaningful agency
We also need to be rewilded. Aims of urban planning need to change
We also need to be rewilded. Aims of urban planning need to change
January 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
3. Humans are also a domesticated species: most of us live in densely populated, highly controlled, Nature-limited environments. Of course, we also suffer high levels of anxiety, depression, fear, perceived lack of meaningful agency
We also need to be rewilded. Aims of urban planning need to change
We also need to be rewilded. Aims of urban planning need to change
2. The big psychological improvement of rewilded lab rats, while surprising to the researches, is not unique: we've long known spending time in Nature is good for human well-being. Nature-based therapy has been used for 100s of years.
We are as much mammal as human, as much animal as mammal.
We are as much mammal as human, as much animal as mammal.
January 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
2. The big psychological improvement of rewilded lab rats, while surprising to the researches, is not unique: we've long known spending time in Nature is good for human well-being. Nature-based therapy has been used for 100s of years.
We are as much mammal as human, as much animal as mammal.
We are as much mammal as human, as much animal as mammal.
1. Human psych drugs are tested on lab rats for negative effects. But the rats are not healthy: they're anxious, afraid, depressed. It's like using the response of prisoners to measure health. The authors speculate this may be why 90% of drugs "successfully" tested on lab rats don't work on humans.
January 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
1. Human psych drugs are tested on lab rats for negative effects. But the rats are not healthy: they're anxious, afraid, depressed. It's like using the response of prisoners to measure health. The authors speculate this may be why 90% of drugs "successfully" tested on lab rats don't work on humans.
Here's the contest-winning photo legally required to be on the National Parks Annual Pass next to the pass Trump is forcing everyone to use instead.
You tell me, which best invokes the majesty and beauty of America's national parks?
You tell me, which best invokes the majesty and beauty of America's national parks?
December 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Here's the contest-winning photo legally required to be on the National Parks Annual Pass next to the pass Trump is forcing everyone to use instead.
You tell me, which best invokes the majesty and beauty of America's national parks?
You tell me, which best invokes the majesty and beauty of America's national parks?
Here as the majestic National Parks and #PublicLands featured on the last 14 America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands passes:
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Here as the majestic National Parks and #PublicLands featured on the last 14 America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands passes:
The 2014-2022 National Park passes.
Not a bloated ego in sight.
Every president but Trump, regardless of political party, agreed that National Parks are America's great treasure, above partisan politics & personal ego. That's why the law mandates the image reflect timeless Nature, not politicians
Not a bloated ego in sight.
Every president but Trump, regardless of political party, agreed that National Parks are America's great treasure, above partisan politics & personal ego. That's why the law mandates the image reflect timeless Nature, not politicians
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The 2014-2022 National Park passes.
Not a bloated ego in sight.
Every president but Trump, regardless of political party, agreed that National Parks are America's great treasure, above partisan politics & personal ego. That's why the law mandates the image reflect timeless Nature, not politicians
Not a bloated ego in sight.
Every president but Trump, regardless of political party, agreed that National Parks are America's great treasure, above partisan politics & personal ego. That's why the law mandates the image reflect timeless Nature, not politicians
Which of the 2023-2026 National Park passes do u think meet the legal standard of being "used as a means to educate the American people about Federal recreational lands and waters"?
Which pass screams: "Look at me! I'm not a failure. I'm not cringy sensitive to flattery. I'm extremely powerful"?
Which pass screams: "Look at me! I'm not a failure. I'm not cringy sensitive to flattery. I'm extremely powerful"?
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Which of the 2023-2026 National Park passes do u think meet the legal standard of being "used as a means to educate the American people about Federal recreational lands and waters"?
Which pass screams: "Look at me! I'm not a failure. I'm not cringy sensitive to flattery. I'm extremely powerful"?
Which pass screams: "Look at me! I'm not a failure. I'm not cringy sensitive to flattery. I'm extremely powerful"?
@biologicaldiversity.org is suing to wipe Trump's face off the America the Beautiful National Parks pass.
By law, the pass must display the winning photo of a federal #PublicLands picture contest. Instead, Trump plastered his own face on it.
Trump's vanity pass is not American, beautiful, or legal
By law, the pass must display the winning photo of a federal #PublicLands picture contest. Instead, Trump plastered his own face on it.
Trump's vanity pass is not American, beautiful, or legal
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
@biologicaldiversity.org is suing to wipe Trump's face off the America the Beautiful National Parks pass.
By law, the pass must display the winning photo of a federal #PublicLands picture contest. Instead, Trump plastered his own face on it.
Trump's vanity pass is not American, beautiful, or legal
By law, the pass must display the winning photo of a federal #PublicLands picture contest. Instead, Trump plastered his own face on it.
Trump's vanity pass is not American, beautiful, or legal
Donald Trump is extremely mad at @biologicaldiversity.org today for winning a last-minute TRO saving sacred Apache land at Oak Flat from being given to a foreign mining company to destroy.
He can choke on his own sickening allcaps bile for all I care. We'll never give up the fight for Oak Flat.
He can choke on his own sickening allcaps bile for all I care. We'll never give up the fight for Oak Flat.
August 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Donald Trump is extremely mad at @biologicaldiversity.org today for winning a last-minute TRO saving sacred Apache land at Oak Flat from being given to a foreign mining company to destroy.
He can choke on his own sickening allcaps bile for all I care. We'll never give up the fight for Oak Flat.
He can choke on his own sickening allcaps bile for all I care. We'll never give up the fight for Oak Flat.
Is the FBI going to investigate Chilkoot Charlie's for threatening to assassinate this poor fellow's mother?
Who knew Anchorage's most iconic bar keeps a kill list!
Who knew Anchorage's most iconic bar keeps a kill list!
May 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Is the FBI going to investigate Chilkoot Charlie's for threatening to assassinate this poor fellow's mother?
Who knew Anchorage's most iconic bar keeps a kill list!
Who knew Anchorage's most iconic bar keeps a kill list!
Sometimes autocorrect is perfect.
April 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Sometimes autocorrect is perfect.
BREAKING: Trump today issued his most unhinged, illegal Executive Order yet. It orders federal agencies to "sunset" nearly all U.S. enviromental regulations implementing everything from the Endangered Species Act to the Safe Drinking Water Act.
@biologicaldiversity.org will sue the second he tries.
@biologicaldiversity.org will sue the second he tries.
April 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
BREAKING: Trump today issued his most unhinged, illegal Executive Order yet. It orders federal agencies to "sunset" nearly all U.S. enviromental regulations implementing everything from the Endangered Species Act to the Safe Drinking Water Act.
@biologicaldiversity.org will sue the second he tries.
@biologicaldiversity.org will sue the second he tries.
Here in the U.S. we drag massive chains across public lands destroying the pinyon and juniper trees in a vain attempt to produce more cattle feed.
April 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Here in the U.S. we drag massive chains across public lands destroying the pinyon and juniper trees in a vain attempt to produce more cattle feed.
The dire wolf has NOT been brought back from extinction
Colossal Biosciences just edited a few genes in a gray wolf to make it superficially look like a dire wolf
It has repeatedly made fraudulent deextinction claims about other species to raise investor money and the media falls for it EVERY TIME
Colossal Biosciences just edited a few genes in a gray wolf to make it superficially look like a dire wolf
It has repeatedly made fraudulent deextinction claims about other species to raise investor money and the media falls for it EVERY TIME
April 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The dire wolf has NOT been brought back from extinction
Colossal Biosciences just edited a few genes in a gray wolf to make it superficially look like a dire wolf
It has repeatedly made fraudulent deextinction claims about other species to raise investor money and the media falls for it EVERY TIME
Colossal Biosciences just edited a few genes in a gray wolf to make it superficially look like a dire wolf
It has repeatedly made fraudulent deextinction claims about other species to raise investor money and the media falls for it EVERY TIME
Viva Macho G.
Raul Grijalva (1948-2025)
Raul Grijalva (1948-2025)
March 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Viva Macho G.
Raul Grijalva (1948-2025)
Raul Grijalva (1948-2025)
Congressman Raul Grijalva has died. There's never been a truer, stronger, more visionary, more dedicated environmentalist in Congress.
We called him Macho G after Arizona's most famous jaguar, Macho B. He loved it.
Here's the last text I sent him. From @biologicaldiversity.org's staff retreat.
We called him Macho G after Arizona's most famous jaguar, Macho B. He loved it.
Here's the last text I sent him. From @biologicaldiversity.org's staff retreat.
March 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Congressman Raul Grijalva has died. There's never been a truer, stronger, more visionary, more dedicated environmentalist in Congress.
We called him Macho G after Arizona's most famous jaguar, Macho B. He loved it.
Here's the last text I sent him. From @biologicaldiversity.org's staff retreat.
We called him Macho G after Arizona's most famous jaguar, Macho B. He loved it.
Here's the last text I sent him. From @biologicaldiversity.org's staff retreat.
Had this enforcement-refusal been in place during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon, BP would not have been forced to pay the $100 million in fines that it did to clean up the Gulf of Mexico and save birds.
March 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Had this enforcement-refusal been in place during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon, BP would not have been forced to pay the $100 million in fines that it did to clean up the Gulf of Mexico and save birds.
BREAKING: @biologicaldiversity.org has intervened in lawsuit by State of Texas on behalf of oil & gas industry to strip #EndangeredSpeciesAct protection from the dunes sagebrush lizard, endemic to oil drilling country on the TX/NM border.
Trump's DOJ won't fight the suit against USFWS, so we will.
Trump's DOJ won't fight the suit against USFWS, so we will.
March 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
BREAKING: @biologicaldiversity.org has intervened in lawsuit by State of Texas on behalf of oil & gas industry to strip #EndangeredSpeciesAct protection from the dunes sagebrush lizard, endemic to oil drilling country on the TX/NM border.
Trump's DOJ won't fight the suit against USFWS, so we will.
Trump's DOJ won't fight the suit against USFWS, so we will.
