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Please post any relevant, useful links you would like to add to the resource collection on the sidebar! :) Eventually I will go through my bookmarks too!

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Mods wanted!

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If anyone would like to help me set up these communities and/or mod, please get in touch. This place is what we make it and I’d love some fresh ideas. I mod a number of smaller science subreddits and would like to help make this place just as nice, if not better!

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Endangered condor dies of lead poisoning months after being freed

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The Long Flight to Teach an Endangered Ibis Species to Migrate

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Ambitious effort to document marine life reveals 866 new species and counting

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First national analysis finds America's butterflies are disappearing at 'catastrophic' rate

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After 120 years of conservation efforts, Yellowstone bison are a single breeding population, researchers discover

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THE WOOLY DEVIL: A Thread

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Countries strike deal on finance for biodiversity, monitoring at COP16

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Perce-neiges dans la vallée de Neerpede Bruxelles, Belgiquebiodiversity

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Perce-neiges dans la vallée de NeerpedeBruxelles, Belgique@biodiversity

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Flashy exotic birds can actually glow in the dark

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Does planetary evolution favor human-like life? Study ups odds we're not alone

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Restoring wildlife habitats in wealthy nations could drive extinctions in species-rich regions

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Africa struggles to balance economic growth & biodiversity conservation: UNCTAD

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Humpback whale song shown to be structurally similar to human language

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The return of the buffalo is reviving portions of the ecosystem

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An elusive California mammal has just been photographed alive for the first time

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Facts: The Red Sun Star

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Scientists discover rare venom-spraying scorpion in Colombia

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Vaquitas may disappear before most people know they exist

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Let’s talk about bird tongues

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New supergiant 'Darth Vader' sea bug discovered in South China Sea — and it's absolutely massive

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Tiger-cats, sea squirts and beetles, oh my! Meet some species identified in 2024

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Researchers discover new ocean predator in the Atacama Trench

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Cross-posted from "Researchers discover new ocean predator in the Atacama Trench" by @[email protected] in [email protected]

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Huge and rare Mekong catfish spotted in Cambodia, raising conservation hopes

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Life Helps Make Almost Half of All Minerals | Quanta Magazine

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I know this sub is about biodiversity but that is the mindblowing thing, the incredible diversity of minerals on earth (and my oh my the diversity is overwhelming) is a consequence of the incredible biodiversity of life, and it is not unlikely that it worked the other way too, a diversity of minerals may have been a formative part of the development of life.

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Wisdom: World's oldest known wild bird lays egg at '74'

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Hawaiian crow that went extinct in the wild decades ago released on Maui

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Five Hawaiian crows on Wednesday were released on Maui for the first time as part of an ongoing effort to return the species to its home, conservationists said.

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For Killer Whales, Saddle Patches are Like Fingerprints | Hakai Magazine

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These Wolves Like a Little Treat: Flower Nectar

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The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?

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The Island Where Environmentalism Implodes: New Caledonia is home to thousands of species found nowhere else—and to nickel that companies like Tesla desperately need.

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Forests With More Diverse Trees Capture More Carbon, Study Finds - EcoWatch

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California researchers discover mysterious, gelatinous new sea slug

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World's largest coral found in Solomon Islands

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The inspiring scientists who saved the world’s first seed bank

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Birds, bees and bats working together means more macadamia nuts

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With plan to revive extinct passenger pigeon species, researchers are testing Wisconsin trees

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The monarch butterfly may not be endangered, but research suggests its migration is

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West Africa’s forgotten felines endangered by conflict and research gaps

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In the border region between Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso lies a network of protected areas that form one of the largest intact wildernesses in West Africa. The W-Arly-Pendjari (WAP) Complex is a mosaic of gallery forests, savannas and riparian habitats, and the last refuge for many of the region’s most iconic species, including West African lions (Panthera leo leo), savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) and cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus).

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US cave system’s bats and insects face existential threat: discarded Cheetos

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A full bag of Cheetos, discarded by a subterranean visitor to the Big Room in Carlsbad Caverns national park in New Mexico, has led the US National Park Service to issue a warning that discarded food could have a “huge impact” on the cave’s delicate and at-risk ecosystem.

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The most important event you’ve never heard of, explained

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Pine martens return to Dartmoor after 150-year absence

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Have you considered the Canada Goose? | The Narwhal

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Giant Canada geese, so ubiquitous today in cities across the country, were once considered extinct. What can we learn from watching them up close?

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US man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for hunting

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Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants

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Siphonophores: The clonal colonies that can grow longer than a blue whale

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The largest animal on Earth is thought to be the blue whale, but these strange sea creatures can grow even longer — reaching up to 150 feet (46 meters) in length.

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[SciShow] Where Scientists Keep the World's Most Endangered Animals

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Some successful reintroductions of endangered species from insurance populations.

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How a butterfly invasion minimizes genetic diversity

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Visit at Meise Plantentuin

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[SciShow] How Leeches Are Helping to Save Endangered Species

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TL;DW: Blood extracted from leeches can be used to track population distribution of some species.

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Fall of the wild: why pristine wilderness is a human-made myth

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Winter crabbing strained Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population. It may soon resume

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Full Article from NPR

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The controversial plan to turn a desert green | CNN

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A photographer captures life in America’s last remaining old-growth forests

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Even desert plants known for their resilience are burning and dying in the heat

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Who wins from nature’s genetic bounty? The billions at stake in a global ‘biopiracy’ battle

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'Rare species' not seen in the area for 50 years spotted on Arizona trail camera

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Ealing: First baby beavers born in urban London for 400 years

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Bringing Back the World’s Most Endangered Cat

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Great news for the endangered tiger: A 250% increase in tiger numbers recorded in Thailand

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Air pollution makes it harder for bees to smell flowers

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How decline of Indian vultures led to 500,000 human deaths

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I see this was talked about a few months back in a different article here, but it looks paywalled.

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Stick-nest rats are being re-introduced to mainland areas after thriving on an Australian island

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A tiny native rodent that was on the brink of extinction on the mainland has bounced back in the most unlikely of places — an island infested with death adders and tiger snakes.

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World’s rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach, possibly shedding clues on species

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Island restoration to rebuild seabird populations and amplify coral reef functioning

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The Mysterious, Deep-Dwelling Microbes That Sculpt Our Planet

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Scientists find desert moss ‘that can survive on Mars’

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Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare birds from extinction

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Meet Sauron: New Piranha-Like Species Named After Ultimate Villain

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Sounds of the Forest: Audio from Forests Around the World

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Sleep deprivation disrupts memory: here’s why

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The Oldest Ecosystems on Earth: What they teach us about resilience.

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This tiny fern has the largest genome of any organism on Earth

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Most Life on Earth is Dormant, After Pulling an ‘Emergency Brake’ | Quanta Magazine

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The Dual Nature of Japanese Knotweed

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How worms shaped Earth's biodiversity explosion

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Spots, stripes and more: Working out the logic of animal patterns

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The War On Weeds | NOEMA

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The Iberian lynx doubles its population in just three years and reaches 2,000 individuals

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The Trees That Miss The Mammoths - American Forests

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Enough With Saving the Honeybees/The Truth About the Bees

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Without paywall: https://archive.ph/SJGvM

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Sumatran Orangutan Spotted Treating Wound with Medicinal Plant | Sci.News

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Haunting Sounds From The World's Largest Living Thing Recorded

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Barley plants fine-tune their root microbial communities through sugary secretions

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First-of-its-kind study shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss

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