Henricus Peters

Henricus Peters

@learnfromnature.bsky.social

Helping people reconnect with Nature - custodians, not always customers | Some humour & comments, too || I am lead editor of NAEE Journal www.naee.org.uk & Wildlife Australia magazine

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Henricus Peters
@learnfromnature.bsky.social

Yes friends I too have joined BlueSky POSITIVE social networking platform~ to support nature conservation through media; together we can make a difference… please follow for #Nature #geography #environment #education #soils #photography

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Adam Rutherford
@adamrutherford.bsky.social

Michael Atiyah 🇪🇬: Fields Medal 1966 (also Abel Prize 2004), for K-theory. Ahmed Zewail 🇪🇬: Nobel for Chemistry 1999, for his work on femtochemistry. Omar M. Yaghi 🇯🇴: Wolf Prize 2018, Nobel for Chemistry 2025, for his work on reticular chemistry Naguib Mahfouz 🇪🇬: Nobel for literature 1988

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁
@stevewaycott.bsky.social

I'm not follower of trends. Fashion trends, music trends, hashtag trends; I tend to ignore these & do my own thing. An emerging trend that I'm 100% behind, however, is where folks who admire @glengrambo.bsky.social and his work repost one of his & wish him well as he recovers from a serious illness.

Glen Grambo 🇨🇦@glengrambo.bsky.social

One of the amazing things about birds is how they seem to fly and manoeuvre in flight so effortlessly. But it’s hard work, and this little chipping sparrow shows us the fundamental key to flight … you may need to zoom in to see it, but it’s ALL in the way they hold their tongue! #Birds 🪶

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iNaturalist
@inaturalist.bsky.social

Scientific name = Phrynarachne rugosa. Common name = Wrinkled Birddung Crabspider (probably the easier name to remember, if we're being honest). There are currently less than 130 iNaturalist observations of this species!

Henricus Peters
@learnfromnature.bsky.social

Oh Musk 😭#Ukraine

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

There it is. Elon Musk admits it. “That loophole was closed last week.” In a deranged post on X, Musk openly acknowledges that SpaceX recently restricted Ukraine’s ability to use Starlink.

Henricus Peters
@learnfromnature.bsky.social

Congratulations people & welcome to #Bat Week 🦇

Bat Conservation Trust@batconservation.bsky.social

🦇 Today is the start of #BatWeek, an international celebration of bats and why they matter! Find out more about bats here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats

bats.org.ukAbout Bats - Bat Conservation TrustBats are fascinating animals – the only true flying mammal. There are 1,500 species of bats in the world (as of September 2025), and more are still bein...
Henricus Peters
@learnfromnature.bsky.social

Wow , did you know? ~ Bayeux

Reading Museum@readingmuseum.bsky.social

Haven’t got tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum? Don’t worry you can visit Reading's full-size copy, faithfully embroidered by 35 women in 1885-86 (plus extra pants!) Or latest blog compares the two tapestries www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/comparing-bayeux-and-reading-tapestries

readingmuseum.org.ukComparing the Bayeux and Reading tapestriesReading’s Bayeux Tapestry is a full-size copy of the original 11th century tapestry. It was created in 1885-1886 by 35 women of the Leek Embroidery Society 'so that England should have a copy of its o...
Henricus Peters
@learnfromnature.bsky.social

Well folks, when you mess with #nature , ecology happens ( sh** happens ) @naee-uk.bsky.social

Nick Young@nickofnz.bsky.social

Wolves are now roaming into Finnish villages after Google cleared over 56 million square feet of forest habitat to build AI data centers. "We had wolves coming into the village because all the wild animals moved out of the forest." futurism.com/future-socie...

futurism.comWolves Descend on Finnish Villages After Google Hacked Down 1,300 Acres of Habitat to Make Room for AI Data CentersGoogle's cut-first pay-later approach to Finland's boreal forests is leaving wild fauna without a place to call home.
Henricus Peters
@learnfromnature.bsky.social

Oh Finland , oh Google #trees

/Never Again@montrose.bsky.social

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre | Environment | The Guardian share.google/9wWA8hJJuWwY... Legislate now Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Data Centres are pure evil 🙈

share.google‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentreCompany ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push

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David Henig
@davidheniguk.bsky.social

Most things have got better in my lifetime. People were poorer in the 80s, our school sports field was next to a rendering plant, there was more violence and racism in society, the roads were more dangerous, the food was worse. Sorry to the online world dealing in faux nostalgia.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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Wildlife
@worldwildlife.bsky.social

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes): This 90cm (35in) species of fox is present across the entire northern hemisphere, from the Arctic north to Eurasia, North Africa and North America, invasive sp. in Australia. They are omnivorous. Fabulous Fox photo taken by Keith Willis in California, USA #foxoftheday #fox

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Interesting and noteworthy re #animals

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com

In 1990, about 20 million animals a year were euthanized in kill shelters. Today, over half the shelters in the US are designated no-kill and less than 500,000 animals are euthanized.

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Wildlife
@worldwildlife.bsky.social

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) This European, North African & Asian species of Kingfisher has a wingspan of 25cm (9.8in). They nest in burrows close to lake edges or in riverbanks & defend their feeding territories from other kingfishers. Photo taken by Johan van der Louw in the Netherlands #bsky

Henricus Peters
@learnfromnature.bsky.social

Crossings ..... where people work 'with' nature to celebrate both @westenglandbylines.co.uk @bengoldfarb.bsky.social @naee-uk.bsky.social

West England Bylines@westenglandbylines.co.uk

Crossings by Ben Goldfarb: a review of his remarkable account of road ecology We received a gracious response from Ben Goldfarb to Jon Hill's review. Thank you, @bengoldfarb.bsky.social! westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

westenglandbylines.co.ukCrossings by Ben Goldfarb: a review of his remarkable account of road ecologyThe environmental impact of roads is far-reaching and has spawned the science of 'road ecology'
Henricus Peters
@learnfromnature.bsky.social

Great stuff, thanks for the reminder as these mammals are definitely something else!! They make super great mums too! @jackdashby.bsky.social you always inspire us to learn! #WorldWombatDay

Jack Ashby@jackdashby.bsky.social

If there were any justice in the world, every day would be #WorldWombatDay, but today is the official day to celebrate these glorious creatures that crush their enemies with their buttocks, dig burrows tens of metres long, constantly regrow their teeth, have babies called wombatlets, and poop cubes.

Henricus Peters
@learnfromnature.bsky.social

Yes folks, it's not 'good' news for our migratory #birds @whysharksmatter.bsky.social

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social

More than half of Earth’s migratory bird species are declining – here’s how we can still save them theconversation.com/more-than-ha...

theconversation.comMore than half of Earth’s migratory bird species are declining – here’s how we can still save themA new global assessment of the world’s migratory species finds reason for alarm, but also hope – and a road map for helping them survive.

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NOAA Fisheries
@fisheries.noaa.gov

We forgot to post about #WorldMenopauseDay (brain fog, what can we say!). Fun fact: Aside from humans, toothed whales are the only animals that go through menopause. Scientists aren’t sure why. One theory is they help with child rearing—their presence can increase survival of their offspring.

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Sarah DeWeerdt
@sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social

Solar farms dampen dust pollution, improving air quality for cities downwind -- I report on this surprising fringe benefit of renewable energy development for @anthropocenemag.bsky.social: www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/10/sola...

anthropocenemagazine.orgSolar panels have (another) surprising side effect: Stopping dust storms in their tracksIn a first, researchers realistically calculated how solar farms in the Gobi Desert improve air quality in northern Chinese cities