Why do salmon eaters don’t care about Australian threatened species?

“Australia has the highest rate of mammalian extinctions in the world … The only way to protect the hundreds of threatened Australian forest species is to end native forest logging....The Maugean skate is very much at the forefront of the zero extinction target."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/29/why-does-leonardo-dicaprio-care-so-much-about-australian-wildlife
#Conservation #extinctions #Biodiversity #laws #Skate #MaugeanSkate #salmon #food #NSWLogging #koalas #OpenNetPens #SeaBased #Fish #farms #pollution

Sarracenia rubra ssp. Wherryi is now putting out not three, but five flower buds.

Targeted Conservation Efforts Help Restore Crashing Biodiversity | review out of Cambridge University, IUCN Red List, BirdLife International, Durham University, Oxford University, pub'd by PLOS Biology

by @GrrlScientist

#endangered #animals #biodiversity #conservation #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/03/27/targeted-conservation-efforts-help-restore-crashing-biodiversity/

#NewSpecies!
New frog from #ecuador just got in:

Hyloscirtus dispersus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/43A76F83-26E6-5F84-81D2-F77878FB4876
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1231.124926
#ZooKeys #HyloscirtusDispersus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs

Monochrome chic : The male pied triller (Lalage nigra) proves that black-and-white never goes out of style—sleek, simple, and always in season. Photo: Edd Bautista. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Big shiny eyes, statement frames : Diard’s trogon (Harpactes diardii) pairs its sleek plumage with a bold pop of iridescent violet—jungle chic at its finest. Photo: Edd Bautista. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

#NewSpecies!
Primulina nanlingensis
A newly discovered gesneriaceae from #china!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D9AE6CC0-7575-5C1A-B2E7-5B2890B0BAFA
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.254.145138
#Phytokeys #PrimulinaNanlingensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #gesneriaceae

Life in the vertical: Rufous woodpecker defying gravity on a tree trunk with ease thanks to its zygodactyl feet and stiff tail feathers . Photo: Edd Bautista. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Berry stylish : The Bornean bulbul (Rubigula montis) is a dedicated frugivore, proving that a fruit-based diet keeps you looking fresh in the montane forests of Borneo. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

At this time of the year, Frilly, our Weeping prunus 'Frilly Frock', is the star of the show. He had a good trim in the autumn and now that he has burst into flower, looks fantastic. Yesterday morning he brightened up a grey day.
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#NewSpecies!
New leafhopper from #vietnam just hopped in:

Multinervis phongdienensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5F42735-8A78-5A7A-8274-1CD7B2E87B1E
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1233.136519
#ZooKeys #MultinervisPhongdienensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera #leafhopper

This book generally explains, from a ministerial perspective, the lessons learnt of how to enshrine sustainable development at the heart of government.

#futuregen: Lessons from a small country — Jane Davidson

https://janedavidson.wales/book

> In #futuregen, Jane Davidson explains how, as Minister for #Environment, #Sustainability and Housing in #Wales, she proposed what became the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015

#NewSpecies
A newly discovered fungus from #brazil for #FungiFriday:

Chlorophyllum tenue

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC87D9-FF84-E512-FA45-F957FDF3967C
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2787
#ejtaxonomy #ChlorophyllumTenue

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #fungi #mushrooms #mycology

The five-lined skink carefully warms her eggs, just like a mother robin #wildlife #Nature #ecology #biodiversity #environment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCpZjwHvL6Y

#NewSpecies!
New cavefish from #china just swam in:

Claea scet

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DD63F2B6-96CD-5C12-BA14-55760FACDCB5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.146469
#Zoosyst_Evo #ClaeaScet

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishofmastodon #fishfriday #ichthyology #caves #cavefish #loach

A major new carbon and #biodiversity project in Ethiopia has 'established a new benchmark for the voluntary carbon market', Berlin-based startup goodcarbon has said.

Read more: https://sustainabilityonline.net/?p=10076

#NewSpecies!
New marine flatworm from #japan just crept in:

Prostheceraeus fragum

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F8378799-B22F-FF82-2C0E-FC27F930FA15
Publication: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2439032
#JournalOfNaturalHistory #ProstheceraeusFragum

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #worms #flatworm

#NewSpecies!
Camellia shuangbaiensis
A newly discovered theaceae from #china!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9C3538D1-E281-5ACB-8FA8-EFDF9F8F78C4
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.254.144891
#Phytokeys #CamelliaShuangbaiensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #wildplants #plants #wildlife #theaceae

#NewSpecies!
New darklingbeetle from #indonesia just snuck in:

Strongylium bidens

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D6274B0C-AB77-FF92-FDB9-A1BF2C7FFBD5
Publication: https://doi.org/10.59893/bjc.24(1).002
#BalticJournalOfColeopterology #StrongyliumBidens

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #darklingbeetles