Nature Challenge You Can Do with a Snap and an App
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Today marks the start of a statewide nature challenge for everyone in Texas to participate in! All you need is a smartphone and the iNaturalist app!
I can t tell you the number of amazing snakes, birds, rabbits, badgers, mice, and frogs I see daily on the ranch. I have so many photos on my iPhone and I had no idea there was even such a thing as the iNaturalist app. I am betting you didn t either, but I m also betting if you re in my neck of the woods, you see plenty of wildlife throughout our part of the state as well.
Nature Challenge You Can Do with a Snap and an App
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Australia s unique and highly endemic flora and fauna are threatened by rapid losses in biodiversity and ecosystem health, caused by human influence and environmental challenges. To monitor and respond to these trends, scientists and policy-makers need reliable data.
Biodiversity researchers and managers often don t have the necessary information, or access to it, to tackle some of the greatest environmental challenges facing society, such as biodiversity loss or climate change. Data can be a powerful tool for the development of science and decision-making, which is where the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) comes in.
ALA - Australia s national biodiversity database - uses cutting-edge digital tools which enable people to share, access and analyse data about local plants, animals and fungi. It brings together millions of sightings as well as environmental data like rainfall and temperature in one place to be searched and analysed. All data are made publicly available
30 animals thriving in extreme environments
By Martin Williams of Stacker |
30 animals thriving in extreme environments
Life on Earth is amazingly adaptable and includes some animals that survive and thrive even in the harshest conditions. These animals are masters of the extreme, almost shrugging off the notion that life requires a planet in the Goldilocks Zone , where it s not too hot, not too cold.
Stacker consulted a variety of scientific publications and science communication sites, such as National Geographic and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), to compile a list of 30 animals that live in extreme environments around the world, and searched articles and scientific papers to find ways these animals are adapted to a wide range of challenging conditions.