#Sharks are often misunderstood. But dive deeper, and their vital roles in ocean health & the urgent need to protect them become clear. The decline of sharks & rays mirrors the wider decline in ocean health - to save our oceans, we must save its sharks. #SharkAwarenessDay

Mitochondrial age-classes expand the heterogeneity of tissue-resident stem cells go.nature.com/3Im0gsb

🌱🦠 Soil biodiversity is important as plant biodiversity in determining multifunctionality and its stability with increasing number of global change factors. 👉 buff.ly/PS2Gers

The #SDGReport - that monitors global progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - launched yesterday and showed that with urgent action the SDGs are still within reach. The report includes input from IUCN, specifically related to SDG goals 14 and 15.

If threatened, a common lizard can drop its still-wiggling tail to escape predators! It grows back, but usually a bit shorter than the original 🦎 Learn more about this species 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explo…

A Global Meta‐Analysis of Passive Experimental Warming Effects on Plant Traits and Community Properties 🔗 buff.ly/Xsgk5EI

Rare species are thriving on Indigenous lands, not merely surviving, thanks to Indigenous Peoples' deep-rooted connections to their land and cultural knowledge. 🦜 conservation.org/blog/why-rare-…

Funding for amphibian conservation research projects. Join our next Webinar on July 25, featuring Tobias Kohl, E.D of Stiftung Artenschutz, as he shares how the Amphibian Conservation Fund supports projects globally. Register to join here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1q5T1N… #ASGwebinars

Online now: Defining biodiversity data dlvr.it/TM2976

What progress are conservation actions making towards global goals for #nature? The IUCN Contributions for Nature platform provides IUCN constituents with a simple way to measure specific contributions to global biodiversity & #climate goals.   Learn more bit.ly/3FfvrBU

Afrixalus dorsalis, found across Africa, is known for its harsh rattling, often likened to a machine gun. Males reach ~28 mm, females ~30 mm. Though listed as Least Concern, local threats highlight the need for targeted conservation. #FrogDay #Herpetology #negeclab #study

New bent-toed gecko (#Squamata: #Gekkonidae) from Simeulue Island, #Indonesia #taxonomy #newspecies doi.org/10.11646/zoota…

Dasyatis margarita is a stingray species with a flat disc-shaped body and long tail, found in coastal waters of Eastern Atlantic. #Africa #Fish #Biodiversity #fish #aqua #negeclab

Scientific Name: Hepsetus Odoe Hepsetus odoe is a predatory African freshwater fish, known as African pike, with an elongated body and sharp teeth for hunting smaller fish. #Africa #Fish #Biodiversity #fish #aqua #negeclab

Essential habitats in the middle of the ocean! Nursery areas of threatened tope and smooth hammerhead sharks in the mid-Atlantic Azores archipelago. bit.ly/meps_766_73

A genome is not a one-dimensional object. It is dynamic and quickly-changing, not only in TIME but also in SPACE. A new paper, published in Nature, reports the 3D structure of the E. coli genome. The whole thing was mapped with a resolution of 10 base pairs; enough to clearly

Museum Resource 🐟 Fishes in the Fresh Waters of Florida This gallery includes 220 species Florida freshwater fishes, each with a live image, characteristics for field identification, habitat description, and links to collection records, photos and maps. floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/…

Scientific Name: Gymnarchus niloticus Gymnarchus niloticus is an eel-like African knifefish that uses electric fields to navigate and communicate in murky freshwater habitats. #Africa #Fish #Biodiversity #fish #aqua #negeclab