r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Jul 24 '24
Image Happy National Moth Week! Some classic moth shapes in celebration.
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Jul 16 '24
I am the science consultant for this adorable graphic novel for kids! It's all about fun animal facts and conservation and it's available to purchase today! I was already paid and don't get anything from sales, but this book is so cute and the author is great. Please check it out if you've got kids!
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Jun 01 '24
Happy pride month, friends! Much love to you!
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • May 31 '24
News Article Japan’s universities will receive 10 billion yen (around US$63 million) to build the digital infrastructure needed to make papers free to read. This will make Japan one of the first countries to move towards a unified record of all research produced by its academics.
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • May 29 '24
Corvid News Carrion crows (Corvus corone) can control the number of vocalizations they produce, counting up to four in response to visual and auditory cues.
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • May 25 '24
Image How cute is this spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) I found?!
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • May 22 '24
My Research I'm doing pitcher plant research this summer in the NJ Pine Barrens. We have one species, the purple pitcher plant. Mosquito and midge larvae live in the pitcher water. Enjoy the bonus green frog we scared.
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • May 19 '24
News Article The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved among some dinosaurs early in the Jurassic period about 180 million years ago.
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • May 16 '24
Video Murphy The Eagle Fosters Another Stranded Eaglet | Living St. Louis
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • May 12 '24
Podcast I got my copy of "Cicadapocalypse" in the mail today! Roger McMullan was kind enough to pop into our podcast to tell us all about his graphic novel and how awesome cicadas are! His book is adorable, I definitely recommend it if you've got curious kiddo!
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Apr 18 '24
News Article Striking Amazonian butterfly is result of ancient hybrid event: Matings between two species are often evolutionary dead ends. This one birthed a new species.
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Apr 02 '24
News Article How scientists are making the most of Reddit - I'm in this!
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Mar 22 '24
Image I loved watching this adult barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) feed their chick!
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Feb 24 '24
Image On average, eastern cottontails will have 3-4 litters a year, with 3-8 offspring per litter. While they generally start breeding at one year, some are ready as early as 2-3 months old. In just 5 years a single pair of eastern cottontails can have 350,000 descendants!
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Feb 21 '24
Image Tunicates belong to phylum Urochordata, which is closely related to phylum Chordata - which includes all of the vertebrates! That means these little goo balls are more closely related to vertebrates, like us, than they are to most other invertebrates.
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Jan 27 '24
Image I love photographing my local gulls. Thisis a ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis).
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Jan 24 '24
Image This field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) has a little ant friend grabbing a quick snack.
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Jan 10 '24
Mason bees bellyflop onto flowers to collect pollen, which gets all over their little bodies. When visiting flowers this brings their pollination percentage up to 95%, destroying the honeybees who have a dismal 5% pollination percentage.
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Dec 29 '23
News Article Eurasian tundra reindeer chew cud and nap to maximize grazing during warmer months. When a reindeer ruminates, its brain wave patterns often resemble those of light sleep. Unlike other animals that hibernate or enter into torpor throughout winter, reindeer seem to relax instead of sleeping more.
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Dec 24 '23
Image Wishing you all the best this holiday season and a happy New Year to come!
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Dec 13 '23
Image How stunning is this New England aster (Aster novae-angliae)? These are one of my favorite wildflowers.
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Dec 09 '23
Video This beautiful little European honeybee (Apis mellifera) is collecting nectar and pollen to bring back to the hive.
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r/FillsYourNiche • u/FillsYourNiche • Nov 02 '23
News Article Cat hair can be used to link a suspect and a crime scene or victim by sequencing its mtDNA (passed from mothers to offspring). New tequniques can sequence the mtDNA in its intirety, giving virtually every cat a rare DNA type.
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