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Some good news for Earth Month.
Biodiversity recovers faster than we thought when we stop messing with natural habitats. Rainforest lands converted to pasture for cattle or orchard for coco production may return to their previous form in just 25 years.
As long as they are connected to untouched rainforest, or populated by indigenous species by researchers.

Rainforests Can Bounce Back Much Faster Than Thought, Researchers Say (Gift Article) Scientists long believed it would take more than a century for animals to return to deforested land. New research shows that’s not always the case.

Moved this potted plant out of my house this afternoon and discovered this tree frog on it this evening. Looks like a good fit.

I love watching birds ride the wind without flapping their wings in what appears to be effortless flight. Pelicans are masters at this. These gannets are too. Check them out.

Gannet life in Newfoundland, Canada Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Cape St Mary's Ecological Reserve is home to one of only six gannet colonies in North America. This video...

Some wonders of the wolf: not all bad ...

The hidden way the big, bad wolf protects us A new line of research has revealed a surprising finding about how the presence of wolves helps keep people safe.

Check out this Kestrel family expansion!

Top 5 Highlights From The 2025 American Kestrel Cam https://youtu.be/XZk1yHqMKPg Watch the Top 5 highlights from the 2025 American Kestrel Cam. Missing those fun little falcons from the 2025 American Kestrel Cam? Join us as we count down the Top 5 moments from the nest box in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Special thanks to our partners at the Rapt

Friday night in the woods:
Campfire
Aged rum on ice
Santana, Abraxas on soundbox
Peace

Plastic graduated cylinders, 10 mL and 25 mL, filled to 8 mL and 20 mL, respectively, prior to freezing. Both expanded by ~ 10% on solidification as predicted (the actual value is closer to 9%).

Science is not political. Climate science shows how quickly humans have impacted global temperature over the past 150 years via GHG emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. Clearly, we need to transition away from these energy sources to Clean energy generation from the sun and wind (now the least expensive sources of electricity).

Video: Three Charts To Set the Record Straight On Climate Change In his United Nations address, President Trump lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the world while dismissing the dangers of climate change. Somini Sengupta explains the facts on climate change with three charts.

If the EPA eliminates the requirement for industry to report greenhouse gas emissions, we won't be able to tell if they are going up or down over time. This would make managing these emissions impossible for the USA, much like a 3rd world country. Let's not go there!
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-the-epa-to-keep-the-greenhouse-gas-reporting-program?source=direct_link&

Blue Jay + Green Jay = hybird Jay

Rare colorful hybrid jay could be result of climate change, study finds A backyard sighting has led to what researchers say may be the first hybrid offspring of a blue jay mating with a green jay.