Life-sized camel carvings

Pic Source life-sized-camel-northern-arabia “the data indicates that the sculptures were made with stone tools during the 6th millennium BCE.”     The camel thing is interesting as is this superb giraffe rock art. From facebook but I forget the context . West african? Ancient?  

DNA Advances

DNA Advance This technique is about a hundred times faster than current state-of-the-art approaches and uses one-fifth the resources. Scientists are vacuuming eDNA from the air Analyzing DNA in soil could be an effective way of tracking animals ​I quess, you could see these coming but it is still remarkable. It reminds me of Gattaca, …

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Ranch Land Eco Innovations

Pic for attention. Ranch Land Eco Innovations A really good update on it. Despite the title, not much to do with bison.

FLAMINGO ART

Source FLAMINGO ART Giant flamingo sculpture coming to Tampa International Airport in the Spring of 2022 based on an actual underwater picture of a foraging flamingo. A lot of public art leaves me unimpressed but this is a cool idea. I love the water dappled light on the floor.

some serious protein

Alaskan sockeye 10 million more than expected. That is some serious protein. Compared to our empty rivers here it is a miracle. “Just because the habitat doesn’t have fish in it now doesn’t mean it’s not holding the potential for fish in the future.” The big take away and hope. A good piece.

Some good news.

Lake Erie Trout Recovery Some good news. Not something I ever expected to see.

An Interesting Display

  Source facebook Lots of unexpected things here. The harpy holds its own with griz. The raven was a surprise.  

Tree Height Map

Tree Height Map Source The accuracy is not perfect but it may be interesting. At some point, this tech is going to be able to monitor every tree in the world. Roughly 3 trillion trees.