April 12, 2023

April Border BioBlitz!

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July 14, 2021

‘Moth-ers’ ‘shine a light on’ 10th observance of moths in their local habitats.

National Moth Week (NMW) is marking its 10th year July 17-25 with a call to young people around the world to learn about and observe moths in their local habitats.

https://centraljersey.com/2021/07/06/moth-ers-shine-a-light-on-10th-observance-of-moths-in-their-local-habitats/?amp

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June 20, 2021

Pollinator Week!

JUNE 21-27, 2021.
Pollinator Week is an annual event celebrated internationally in support of pollinator health. It's a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what we can do to protect them. The great thing about Pollinator Week is that you can celebrate and get involved any way you like! Popular events include planting for pollinators, hosting socially distant garden tours, participating in online bee and butterfly ID workshops, and so much more. However you choose to celebrate this year, be sure to register your event on the map below, and share your story with us by tagging us on social media using the hashtag #PollinatorWeek.

https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/pollinator-week-2021-pollinator-bioblitz

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June 18, 2021

The Odolympics!

Calling all Ode Enthusiastists.
The Odolympics starts in June (19 - 27 June 2021).

https://www.odonatacentral.org/odolympics/#/

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October 26, 2020

Pandas Filmed Mating In The Wild For The First Time.

Wild pandas have been caught on camera mating for the first time in the misty forests of the Qinling Mountains in China. Not only does the footage show pandas as we’ve never seen them before, but it also provides invaluable insights into why pandas are notoriously difficult to breed in captivity.

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/pandas-filmed-mating-in-the-wild-for-the-first-time/amp.html

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September 5, 2020

'Rolling and rolling and rolling': the first detailed account of great white shark sex.

Astonishing testimony by New Zealand fisherman Dick Ledgerwood sheds light on mysterious and elusive ritual.

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/04/rolling-and-rolling-and-rolling-the-first-detailed-account-of-great-white-shark-sex

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April 22, 2020

The City Nature Challenge, Modified, Returns.

It is not the time for a global outdoor gathering of thousands of people to see who can find the most wildlife. But spring goes on (in the Northern Hemisphere), and the wildlife abides, so the fifth annual City Nature Challenge, originally envisioned as a worldwide live community science event, will go on this week too, with all those tens of thousands of amateur nature observers looking for nature closer to home and looking for a nature community online.

https://baynature.org/2020/04/22/the-city-nature-challenge-modified-returns/

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February 14, 2020

Looking for Love at Año Nuevo.

Elephant seals battle each other, and also climate change.

https://voicesofmontereybay.org/2020/02/13/looking-for-love-at-ano-nuevo/

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February 5, 2020

How California Gray whales make love.

“Between 150-300 whales come past San Diego every day, relentlessly, regardless of the weather, from young juveniles doing their first trip by themselves, to single males — sometimes even a mother with an early-born calf.”

https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2020/feb/05/golden-how-california-gray-whales-make-love/?amp&page=all

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February 8, 2019

Bald eagles caught mating on camera in Big Bear, California.

A live webcam trained on a bald eagle nest in California's Big Bear Valley broadcast footage of two of the iconic American birds mating--or at least trying to mate--this week. It only lasted a few seconds.

https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2019/02/08/bald-eagles-mating-camera-sex-big-bear-california/2812853002/

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