Alaska
2025-04-18 @ 13.59.35 ∈ In English
What the Caribou Remember - bioGraphic
The caribou, researchers concluded, remembered the deaths of their kin or the conditions that led to them. Using that information, many chose a different location [for their winter range], where the survival rate ended up being slightly better and a lot more consistent.
2024-07-05 @ 10.15.23 ∈ In English
Identifier Profile: @k8thegr8 · iNaturalist
If you’re photographing a caterpillar, Kate recommends getting at least three photos: one the top of the caterpillar, one of the side showing all the sets of legs, and a photo of the face (aka head capsule). It’s also really important to note the host plant (or make an observation of the host plant and get it identified on iNat). Even then, she reminds us that not all caterpillars (or adults) can be identified to the species level from photos alone.
2024-05-20 @ 18.43.15 ∈ Suomeksi
2024-05-03 @ 17.11.30 ∈ In English
Researchers determine large numbers of wild mountain goats are killed every year by avalanches
The research team found that death by avalanche was common for the goats—in one region, it was responsible for 65% of deaths. They found that overall, approximately 8% of all wild mountain goat deaths in Alaska were due to avalanches—a percentage they describe as significant.
2024-05-02 @ 19.39.17 ∈ In English
2023-10-24 @ 12.26.11 ∈ In English
(Lots of rambling about experiments, but the description in the quote I picked does feel familiar, tee-he.)
Déjà vu – a window on the past and a key to human survival | Aeon Essays
Déjà vu occurs when there is a hiccup in the system, and we notice the pull on our attention; it grabs hold of our focus, allowing us to catch a quick glimpse of our memory’s operation occurring in slow motion. What would ordinarily take place quickly beneath the surface […] suddenly has a light shining on the spot where the halt occurred, where the retrieval piece was not successful, and we find ourselves in a heightened state of searching our memory, trying to find out why the situation feels so familiar.
2023-10-08 @ 20.11.11 ∈ In English
‘Like butter for bears’: the grizzlies who dine on 40,000 moths a day
Full of fat – some biologists call them “bear butter” – they’ve proved to be an important source of food for the region’s grizzlies. Biologists estimate about 200 bears each year feast on moths in the eastern portion of the carnivores’ range. Each gram of moth offers bears about eight calories, which means some bears will eat up to 40,000 a day.
