by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Recapturing ancestral responsibility and restoring endangered orchids are the themes coming out of Australia’s scorched grasslands. Burned by the cataclysmic bushfires of 2019, a national park called the Barrington Tops exploded in rare veined doubletail orchids, and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
A unique and beautiful mountain-dwelling frog has been bred in captivity and released in the wild—the culmination of years of work by scientists and conservationists. Dwelling in rainforests at higher elevation in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Two minerals, known almost exclusively to be linked with microbial metabolism, have been found in a recent drill sample by the Perseverance rover. They sparked a flurry of excitement, and NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy was quick to point out that gold-standard...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
GNN has reported before that conservation works, almost wherever, and with whatever method it’s undertaken—though to be honest, hammers aren’t usually involved. They are, however, very much the tool of choice for the Bay Foundation, an extraordinary, dedicated outfit...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
At a zoo in Kansas, keepers were having trouble with a slippery, recalcitrant, baby pygmy hippopotamus who didn’t want to get out of the pool. It’s something they deal with every day, but in a viral video shared by the zoo, they demonstrate the best way to resolve the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Sep 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the late 20-teens, a sort of DoorDash service for good began rescuing donated food in Pittsburgh that was nearing its expiration and diverting to other recipients who could use it. Connecting with hundreds of local businesses, and with the help of an app they...
