If you love a book, tell someone. Recommend it. Loan your copy. Send a link. Ask for it at your library.
Word of mouth goes further than you think.
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New research compares pollination by bees and wasps in a diverse native plant community. doi.org/10.1111/een....
TL;DR Contrary to popular belief, both groups appear to be equally effective at pollination (tho each prefers to visit a different assortment of flowers)! ๐๐ธ๐งช
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My first Pokemon game as a kid was Sapphire, and I chose Torchic as my starter. The game said Torchic was male, but I ignored that, gave her a girl's name, and thought of her as a girl for the rest of the game.
I didn't know what "trans" meant until like ten years later. There were no signs
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The Ornithocheirus felt round, bright and soft, a golden silhouette surrounded by cotton candy clouds. So I decided to do a mirror opposite under the same theme, a pointy Pteranodon under a dark, gloomy sky with unsettling colors and an almost mirrored composition.
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Thank you for standing up for our rights!
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Tiny little ant-like wasps that form little societies! ๐ฅบ
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Oh no! ๐
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Nope! In an old dead apple tree.
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I FOUND A SCLERODERMUS OMG
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I will do my best
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"Gestalt" is not a valid diagnostic character.
"Gestalt" is not a valid diagnostic character.
"Gestalt" is not a valid diagnostic character.
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Keeping Trump out of the White House isnโt the only thing that needs doing and it isnโt enough to solve all problems facing the country & world but if it isnโt done then all those problems get exponentially worse in ways I donโt even know how to express and it scares me when people pretend otherwise
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Pointing again at my US Blue State Challenge. If you live in a "blue state", pick the red state you hate the most and the issue you care about the most and find a group in that state working on that issue and support them.
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N. lyricen also has white pruinosity on the underside of its abdomen. The difference is the presence of absence of a stripe on the ventral sterna, which is not visible from these photos.
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This is either Neotibicen tibicen or N. lyricen. An unusual color form either way!
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I caught myself doomscrolling all morning so I just signed up to volunteer to try to help more young people register to vote.
I figure since I live in a congressional swing district I might be able to make some small difference for my community. At least I can try! โบ๏ธ
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Holy wow. When carpenter ants get injured in a turf war, their sisters perform life-saving amputations--the first known in the Animal Kingdom! ๐งช
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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THIS.
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"look for the helpers" is for children.
"be a helper" is for adults.
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Scaphinotus angusticollis & passengers. this is a big snail-eating ground beetle, lovely resident of the PNW
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There is... a lot going on here...
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Hmmmm
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This is pretty amazing. I love soft tissue preservation in fossils.
phys.org/news/2024-06...
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if your representative is a democrat, please call or email about KOSA. i know we all hate them, but calls are better & you can use this script. it's timed to 1:00 & works for congress or senate.
you'll get an intern. be polite.
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Probably in the tribe Psenini
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Pemphredonidae!
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attn scholarly organizations, this is now considered best practice
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Any time someone casts doubt on the existence of trans kids or argues against trans kids having access to care and support, itโs an insult to all of us. In the NYT or across the dinner table, itโs obscene.
Itโs an insult to those of us who are here. Itโs an insult to those of who should still be.
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Every time I get electrolysis, Iโm reminded how vital it is to keep fighting for trans kids so they can get the care and medicine they need, so they donโt have to wade through years of dysphoria and then pay thousands to undo the consequences of puberty they didnโt want.
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No one warned me this would happen
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Tiny Strumigenys queen off to start another nest of tiny tweezer-faced nuggets in my yard โค๏ธ
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My deadline is fast approaching. I have to stop doing this.
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I just made a breakthrough in obscure cicada taxonomy. Oh no. Oh god.
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Not sure I've ever posted this pair together: Urodus parvula moths make this gorgeous cocoon, and are handsome black creatures themselves. I found the unopened cocoon early last year, and the moth emerged some time later. It's such a cool creation. ๐ค
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#makeaterriblecomicday
Wellโฆ that wasnโt so bad.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Homosexual behavior among cicadas is very common in the wild!
Intersex conditions like gynandromorphism have also been documented in cicadas, though they are exceedingly rare.
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Cicadas are puppy ๐ฅบ
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If you're looking to support LGBT+ authors on the last week of Pride Month, allow me to suggest a BEAUTIFUL book that's sure to revolutionize the way you see the bugs in your backyard!
All profits go directly to helping queer people do cool science (since all of our current employees are LGBT+)! ๐
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i really like being a girl.
like, a lot.
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