Invasive pythons decimating Florida's native mammals, finds PNAS study

avery51 · 3 months

One commenter suggested that the yeti's electromagnetic field could disrupt the camera trap.

rhett-butler · 6 months

The closest competition is probably the male Electric Blue Gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi) from Tanzania.

rhett-butler · 6 months

That is awesome

gecko1974 · 7 months

Gibson was raided by the Feds in 2009 for allegedly trafficking in ebony from Madagascar. At the time Madagascar's rainforest parks were being plundered by criminal gangs.

spoop · 8 months

It has been used to identify non-native plants in Hawaii: http://carnegieinstitution.org/news_releases/news_050307.html

Roat35 · 8 months

In a 2005 study, Scott Pitnick, professor of biology at Syracuse University, found that testis size is inversely related to brain size. In other words, the bigger the balls of a bat species, the smaller its brain.

twolf1 · 8 months

The push to change the forest code comes from the agribusiness lobby. Basically the recent crackdown down on municipalities with high deforestation rates was so successful, farming and ranching interests want to get the laws changes.

Not direct carbon market impact, although perversely, if the forest requirement is reduced, it may create new opportunities for farmers to earn money for forest protection above and beyond whatever is required under the new law. Previously the requirement was 80% making it difficult for farmers and ranchers to qualify for carbon payments. If the new code pushes the bar to 50%, then anything above that might qualify for carbon payments.

twolf1 · 8 months

An area of Amazon rainforest 10 times the size of Manhattan was cleared in the past 2 months.

rhett-butler · 10 months

Sarawak's Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud says 70 percent of Sarawak's forest cover is intact. Google Earth shows otherwise.

Designthing · 10 months

I wonder if this stance will come back to hurt Republicans if there is another major event that the public associates (fairly or unfairly) with climate change, like a heatwave or hurricane? Or will voters have forgotten by then?

rhett-butler · 12 months

I don't think my girlfriend would be too into this

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