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www.scientificamerican.com
6 months ago
Digital life

What's Missing from the Emoji Animal Kingdom?

Emoji representations of the natural world are incomplete and biased, lacking certain branches of the tree of life and favoring vertebrate animals over other life-forms.
The limited representation of biodiversity in emojis hinders communication about conservation and biology, especially across language barriers. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
6 months ago
Women

Taking flight: why the sky's the limit for a women's birding club in Uganda

Uganda Women Birders Club aims to break male dominance in the field of birding.
Uganda has the highest concentration of birds in Africa and aims to generate $700m in tourist revenue by 2030. [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com
6 months ago
Digital life

What's Missing from the Emoji Animal Kingdom?

Emoji representations of the natural world are incomplete and biased, lacking certain branches of the tree of life and favoring vertebrate animals over other life-forms.
The limited representation of biodiversity in emojis hinders communication about conservation and biology, especially across language barriers. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
6 months ago
Women

Taking flight: why the sky's the limit for a women's birding club in Uganda

Uganda Women Birders Club aims to break male dominance in the field of birding.
Uganda has the highest concentration of birds in Africa and aims to generate $700m in tourist revenue by 2030. [ more ]
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www.theguardian.com
6 months ago
OMG science

Polar bear dies from bird flu as H5N1 spreads across globe

A polar bear has been killed by bird flu as the highly contagious H5N1 virus spreads into the most remote parts of the planet.
WIRED
6 months ago
OMG science

20 Things That Made the World a Better Place in 2023

Scientists have made progress in finding solutions to societal challenges despite ongoing wars and crises.
Some uplifting news from 2023 includes redirecting lightning strikes, collecting asteroid samples, growing mouse embryos in space, and rediscovering a rare egg-laying mammal. [ more ]
euronews
6 months ago
OMG science

From wasps to penguins: 5 new species discovered in 2023

619 new species of wasp were described in 2023
Natural History Museum described a record 815 new species this year [ more ]
ensia.com
6 months ago
OMG science

Coming Soon: The Biggest Biodiversity Issues of 2024

From Ensia (find the original story here); reprinted with permission.
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