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APHA Science Blog
News and updates from the Animal and Plant Health Agency on science.
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Filling gaps in our understanding of antimicrobial resistance to safeguard animal and human health
World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week falls 18 to 24 November each year Acquiring an infection when eating contaminated food is an unpleasant experience that unfortunately happens to many of us. If it is a severe …
By Francesca Martelli, 1,162 words
The Apiarist - Blog
Weekly posts on the science and practice of beekeeping. Bees, honey, swarms, bad backs, stings and just about everything else as well.
By David Evans.
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November interlude
November is one of those 'in between' months as far as my beekeeping goes. The season is essentially over, with just a few tasks to complete, but it's too early to work up much enthusiasm …
By David (The Apiarist), 2,458 words
The Birdist
Birds and Birding.
By Nick Lund.
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New Book! Dinosaurs to Chickens: How Evolution Works is out now!
I'm really proud to announce that my new book, Dinosaurs to Chickens: How Evolution Works, is out now. This is a book that I would have devoured as a kid, as it makes critical connections …
Carnivorous Plants - Botanical Photography - aldrovanda.com
Field reports about carnivorous plants and botanical oddities in their native habitats. Photos of wild specimines of Drosera, Pinguicula, and Darlingtonia.
By Forbes Conrad.
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Stylidium debile in Cultivation
Léelo en español Years ago, I grew Stylidium debile in California. After a long period of not growing any carnivorous plants, a friend gave me this division, which just began to flower. Yes, yes, this …
By Forbes Conrad, 209 words
David Bradley
Science Communication since 1989.
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By David Bradley, 18 words
Fossil Huntress
Musings in natural history meant to captivate, educate & inspire. Deepen your world.
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FOSSIL SITES OF THE OKANAGAN HIGHLANDS
Fossils from the Okanagan Highlands, an area centred in the Interior of British Columbia, provide important clues to our ancient climate. Okanagan Highlands refers to an arc of Eocene lakebed sites that extend from Smithers …
By FossilHuntress, 63 words
Goat-O-Rama
Put some color in your herd!
By Nan Hassey, Phil Hassey.
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The Hazel Tree
by Jo Woolf.
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Ardvreck Castle
This gaunt Macleod stronghold stands on the shore of Loch Assynt in Sutherland
Julian Hoffman
Notes from Near and Far.
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The Theory and Practice of Rivers
This past spring, I was asked by the Society for the Protection of Prespa if I would be interested in photographing the rivers, streams and waterside forests of Prespa as part of a project called …
By julianhoffman, 69 words
Natural History Journal
Notes from a California Naturalist.
By Siera Nystrom.
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South Texas Birding: Coastal Prairie and Thornscrub
After moving down the Rio Grande River toward the Gulf of Mexico, we left the woodlands behind us and ventured out onto the coastal prairie of South Texas. Here, we spent an incredibly windy April …
By Siera Nystrom, 639 words
The Panda’s Thumb
By Matt Young.
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Every Living Thing: book report
The cover is kind of "busy," but I shall try not to judge the book by its cover. The book is Every Living Thing, The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life, by Jason …
By Matt Young, 1,169 words
Ramblings of a Naturalist
As an ecologist and biodiversity researcher and recorder, the author visits a wide range of rural and urban habitats mainly close to his home in Sedlescombe near Hastings, East Sussex, UK.
By Patrick Roper.
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A trip to Glen More, 1954
My first trip to Scotland was when I was sixteen. At the end of the summer term I was asked not to return to Lancing College, my boarding school, as I was deemed ineducable. My …
By Patrick Roper, 1,563 words
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week | SV-POW!
All sauropod vertebrae, except when we're talking about Open Access.
By Michael P. Taylor, Mathew J. Wedel, Darren Naish.
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Behold! The glory of the Lego Giraffatitan
For our wedding anniversary last year (30 years!), Fiona gave me the very wonderful Lego 21320 kit, Dinosaur Fossils, which builds into impressive skeletons of Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Pteranodon. This is a truly great kit …
By Mike Taylor, 264 words
Scientist Sees Squirrel
Seldom original. Often wrong. Occasionally interesting.
By Stephen Heard.
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There’s no best way to write something
What’s the best way to write your next paper – or, to ask a simpler question, the best way to construct your title, write the opening sentence of your Introduction, or plot the pivotal data …
By ScientistSeesSquirrel, 63 words
Southern Rockies Nature Blog
Where Nature Meets Culture—Plus Wildfire, Dogs, Environmental News, and Writing with a Southern Rockies Perspective.
By Chas S. Clifton.
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How the Swiss Army Knife Will Hypnotise You
A few months ago, a veteran upland bird-hunter on Facebook asked people to list their favorite pocket knives. I have owned a few since I started carrying one at age 11 or whenever. Most popular …
By Chas S. Clifton, 297 words
Springwatch - BBC Blogs
Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch Blog. A place to talk UK Nature.
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Discover toads and how you can help them
Written by Cathy Robinson, nature and travel writer, for Naturehood at Earthwatch Europe Have you been lucky enough to spot a pair of copper-coloured eyes peeping out from a hidey hole this spring? If you …
By Earthwatch Europe, 833 words
Stephen Bodio
Notes from Tiger Country.
By Stephen Bodio, Libby Frishman-Bodio, John Burchard, Reid Farmer, Sea Run.
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High-res lidar exposes large, high-elevation cities along Asia’s Silk Roads
The first-ever use of cutting-edge drone-based lidar in Central Asia allowed archaeologists to capture stunning details of two newly documented trade cities high in the mountains of Uzbekistan. A team of researchers led by Michael …
Tetrapod Zoology
Discussion of all things tetrapod and vertebrate palaeontology, and many things not.
By Darren Naish.
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Leiosaurid Lizards: South America, Land of Iguanians
I like iguanian lizards…. who doesn’t? But among this enormous group are a great many lineages and species that you hardly ever hear anything about. In my continuing efforts to rescue material from the Tet …
By Darren Naish, 1,841 words