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Author LESLIE ANTHONY holds a PhD in Salamanderology, loves frisbee and skiing, makes films, writes musicals, and wins awards for his books and journalism.

[Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins]

Thought for today.Circumcision.
Is it a meme? No, it’s the phenotypic manifestation of a meme residing in brains but delayed a generation.
Only brains? No,in books too, in the same sense as DNA sequences can reside in books.
Exactly the same sense? No. Unlike DNA the code varies.

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

Industry Kills Nearly 40 Million Birds Per Year. The Trump Administration Doesn’t Think That’s Enough. https://t.co/e97PX7F7Dw

[Invasive Species BC @ISCBC]

On #EndangeredSpeciesDay DYK #invasivespecies are the second biggest threat to #biodiversity?
#BCinvasivesmonth
@IUCNRedList @NCC_CNC

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

How did squids lose their shells? https://t.co/UXOFV1iIEO

[Aaron Kylie @aaronkylie]

features @authorwadedavis @DavidSuzukiFDN @amitchelltweets @omar_aok @docleslie @BrianBanks @fateemasayani @pkstrk @neileverosborne + MORE! https://t.co/J4c6C0iNZs

[Discover Magazine @DiscoverMag]

We are getting close to resurrecting extinct species from preserved DNA. But should we? https://t.co/FMF6zBTjNY

[Dr. Katy Greenwald @amphibs]

@amphibs A lepospondyl dating from the Permian. Excellent write-up on the model (and critter) here: https://t.co/toSyR3EYpE 2/2

[Discover Magazine @DiscoverMag]

Be sure to say hello to the 500 species of bugs and insects you share your house with. https://t.co/rW2HyTbC1y

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

What climate change feels like: More toxic poison ivy https://t.co/SDsznWqeGj

[Dr. Katy Greenwald @amphibs]

@Blackmudpuppy Maybe the world is OK because there are still baby tuataras in it: https://t.co/nj6eEieiIY

[snakebitbook @snakebitbook]

https://t.co/H2FdKjn0Lu

[IUCN @IUCN]

"Marine & coastal ecosystems are the Earth’s first life insurance." Turn of the tide: https://t.co/hshk6PB2PS #COP21

[WWF_Australia @WWF_Australia]

#Potoroo sightings dubbed an environment levy success https://t.co/1kcaOpJMS7 via @the_daily

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

How did a Chinese industrial backwater end up with the largest dinosaur museum in the world? https://t.co/LfBs8JEeUM

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Freshwater salmon have ‘exceptional’ rebound in B.C.’s Okanagan lakes https://t.co/Pnh25N343p From @GlobeBC

[Aaron Kylie @aaronkylie]

Kudos @discoverfossils for making @GWR book https://t.co/709t3DpZlx; @docleslie wrote about #CFDC for @CanGeo Travel

[snakebitbook @snakebitbook]

RT @TEDTalks: #Gecko feet. They're fascinating. http://t.co/lV2QxUkNMD

[snakebitbook @snakebitbook]

MT @NOAAClimate: Survey photos reveal damage of this year’s global coral bleaching event. http://t.co/cw8YwSSPgW

[snakebitbook @snakebitbook]

RT @ConservationOrg: Can you smell #deforestation? Robots can — and they might halt illegal #logging in the #Amazon. http://t.co/jaKvkk61dW

[snakebitbook @snakebitbook]

RT @Reuters: Aerial view of #Amazon #rainforest, bordered by deforested land for planting. http://t.co/RjE7HA0Ep4