Ecosmith 🇺🇦🇺🇦

Wildlife/Fisheries Biologist throughout the Americas; Scientist; Progressive; US Army Ranger LRRP Combat Vet; Armor Officer; gPa to 6 STRONG girls, DogDad!

[Ecosmith 🇺🇦🇺🇦 @ecosmiths]

@SusanlLawson @NiallHarbison Wow! Your Dad’s mission accomplished! Beautifully done Jimbo portrait.

[Free World Remedy @FreeWorldRemedy]

his negotiating skills aparently come down to bluffing and not much else...but now everyone knows it, so he is going to be unable to negotiate any more until he actually follows through and destroys an entire country....then they will be back to guessing what he is going to do but for now Iran and the middle East muslims are mocking him and the US by proxy....

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Picture reaching for something on a high shelf and coming up short. You don’t give up; instead, you find a stool, carry it over, and climb up. Buried in that action is something remarkable: You held the goal in your mind, identified what you needed, and executed a plan. No training required.

A study suggests bumble bees can do the same—the first demonstration of this kind of goal-directed problem-solving in an insect.

Learn more: https://t.co/JjRYOd5hXu @NewsfromScience

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

Today’s feel good story thanks to the wonderful and caring @NiallHarbison. 🙏

Mr Buster ‘lived’ on a chain on the cold concrete for years. He was completely neglected because he was “vicious and dangerous” according to his owners.

But he was far from that….

Just look at this big gentle baby boy now! ❤️

Thank you Niall and everyone at @WeAreHappyDoggo 🙏.

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

One of the craziest days in a long time.

We saved 9 lives directly against the odds. If you want to see what dog rescue is like up close and raw this is it.

Slightly longer watch but lots of wins to enjoy ❤️

[Am Soc Mammalogists @Mammalogists]

We modeled global and local extinction probability as a function of body mass and diet. Larger species with high-protein diets and smaller species of low-protein diets had an increased extinction probability.

[Am Soc Mammalogists @Mammalogists]

The role of body size and diet in recent extinctions of southern hemisphere small mammals https://t.co/KyOci3pk7N
Small mammals represent 75% of mammalian extinctions in the last 500 years.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

You see this kind of thing in struggling lower-income Southern households, and it tells a very specific story.
When life hasn't delivered much.... no wealth, no power, no real social standing.... some folks discover that white supremacy is basically a free membership card to a club that makes them feel superior without requiring any actual achievement.
It's the world's laziest status symbol.
The starter kit is always the same:
*A Confederate flag honoring a war their ancestors lost badly 160 years ago.
*A gun they'll never actually need.
*A Bible they've never actually read.
*And Fox News running 24/7 telling them they're REAL Americans.... unlike those fancy elitist Democrats who are secretly importing an army of replacement voters to steal their....
Their what exactly? Their Dollar General? Their 1987 Camaro on cinder blocks in the yard?
FOX found the formula, and they never let go of it: Take a man who has nothing, tell him the reason he has nothing is because those people are taking it.... and suddenly he's not a struggling nobody.
He's a soldier in a cultural war. He matters. He's relevant. He becomes a MAGA Warrior!
And THAT.... ladies and gentlemen.... is precisely how a twice-impeached, four-times-indicted, 34-time felon, bankrupt New York con man who golfs at his own resorts became the hero of the working man.
You genuinely cannot make this stuff up.
And I write this so that hopefully they will recognize what they have done and what they are doing and snap out of it.....
I was born and raised in Appalachia ... These very people could be my relatives ..... but ... I .... got common sense from my granny ----- "question everything". VIA~Lee Murphy

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

🚨BREAKING: IRAN JUST POSTED THIS

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

Republicans have pulled their dangerous, egregious bill gutting the Endangered Species Act (ESA) from the House Floor🎉

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

This is resurfaced secret footage of the 9 missing minutes during the Kristen Welker interview and not only did it sink Trump’s defense,but it’s obvious he was in cognitive decline way back then!

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

Hiding behind religion, it’s disgusting, and disgraceful‼️

[American Association of Owner Operators @AAofOO]

"I’m starting to regret that I stopped at this rest stop…” said a trucker who captured eerie howling sounds that may just be Bigfoot. You’ve gotta hear it to believe it!

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

Meet the Opossum.

Opossums have been getting the butt end of the rumour mill for years. Often regarded as dangerous and disease filled they are nothing if not the opposite.

They are seemingly immune to many things that ail humans and other wildlife including pathogens from dead or decaying animals, snake venom and Lyme disease that can be contracted from tick bites. They actually eat ticks that land on them and a single opossum can eliminate up to 4,000 ticks per week from our landscapes!

An opossum, when confronted with a threat, will often hiss or bare its teeth. Or more likely, run. But if it is surprised by a predator, it will enter a catatonic state. It basically faints and is in a state of unconsciousness. The opossum has no control over this; it’s involuntary. This state can last for hours.

As you can see, Opossums carry their young in their back.

#WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Opossum

🎦 Credit: Unknown (DM for credit).

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In the 1990s, Canadian ecologist Suzanne Simard made a groundbreaking discovery that challenged everything we thought we knew about how forests work. While studying managed forests in British Columbia, she noticed something puzzling: when birch trees were removed to promote the growth of valuable Douglas firs, the firs did not flourish as expected — they actually struggled and grew more slowly.

Determined to understand why, Simard traced the movement of nutrients using radioactive carbon isotopes. What she found was astonishing. Trees were actively sharing resources through vast underground fungal networks known as mycorrhizae. These delicate, thread-like fungi connect the roots of different trees across the forest floor, forming a complex web that allows the exchange of carbon, water, nutrients, and even chemical signals — sometimes between entirely different species.

She discovered that older, larger trees often serve as central "hubs" or "mother trees," supporting younger saplings by redistributing vital resources and helping the entire ecosystem remain resilient. When these key trees are removed, the underground network weakens, and the health of the remaining forest declines.

Simard’s research overturned the traditional Darwinian view of forests as battlegrounds of ruthless competition. Instead, she revealed a far more sophisticated reality: forests operate as highly cooperative systems where trees communicate, support one another, and even warn neighboring trees about threats like drought, disease, or insect attacks.

What appears to the human eye as a silent, still forest is, in truth, a vibrant, interconnected living network — built not on isolation and rivalry, but on deep connection and mutual aid.

[Pacificnorthwestkate🇨🇦 @pnwkate]

Bald eagles and migratory sandpipers at boundary bay Delta BC 🇨🇦 more in my blog and YouTube channel 🥰❤️🇨🇦

[dannica @dannarebb]

i would also like to play the 11 million dollar Jerry Garcia guitar, please