Ground-Nesting Bee Populations Don’t Get Publicity But They’re Everywhere
Honeybees get attention in environmental fundraising campaigns because people don't understand pollination.(1)read more
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The Cranberry Scare Of 2025 Is Not New, It’s Been A Thanksgiving Tradition Since 1959
People are concerned about cranberries again this November, but it isn't a new phenomenon.Cranberries were actually the first modern chemophobia scare, when anti-science activists got government to first do what they have since done to weedkillers, trans fats, ultraprocessed foods, BPA, you name it - terrify the public about a product using bad epidemiology despite there being no science basis...
read moreYellowstone Wolves: Good For Urban Environmentalists, Bad For Everyone Else
A new analysis claims that crown volume of stream-side shrubs is a key metric for evaluating trophic cascade strength and they attribute the 1,500% increase in a small number of sites to increased numbers of wolves.The data they used were collected from 20 streams during the years 2001 to 2020 and they note the aboveground biomass increase is due to a lot fewer elk, which was caused by a lot...
read moreIn Finland, Farmers Are Now Forced To Yell At Geese To Try And Keep Crops From Being Ruined
While talking to farmers in Illinois on September 25th, 1956 who were concerned about increased government encroachment and regulations brought on by the descendants of eugenicists who had founded "environmental" groups like Sierra Club to promote their beliefs(1), President Dwight D. Eisenhower told them, “Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles...
read moreStrawberries: Two Science Reasons They’re Bigger And Better This Year
Environmental Working Group, the Extinction Rebellion of affordable produce, is always in a war on strawberries - unless they only contain pesticides their organic industry corporate donors use or sell.For the scientifically literate, those with at least the intellect of 17th century peasants who understood 'the dose makes the poison', strawberries are healthy and safe. as is the rest of the EWG...
read moreGiraffes In East Africa Are Geographically Isolated – That Doesn’t Mean They Are Endangered
One way to keep a healthy genetic population is a diverse enough group that there can be a random exchange of material. If that is a big factor, then geographically isolated giraffes on preserves may be at future risk.read more
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