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Nature in the News - June 2022

July is upon us so here is a roundup of some of the nature related topics we covered on the Earth Times social media throughout June 2022. If you would...

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Bowhead whales rock- all winter long.

There are few photographs of this whale that are well-lit enough to make out that unique mouth, built for dredging through the Arctic silt. Here it is near the surface.Surface...

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Sneeze to leave, and wild dogs vote for a hunt!

The incredible care of the group and efficient hunting methods of this dog species have been long-admired, despite the killing-machine aspect of the pack’s activities. Here we learn more about...

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Stream insects live well in Yorkshire

We think this is the stone-cased caddis, Odontocerum albicorne, which is an ideal indicator of optimal conditions in these streams caddis and case image - credit to Sam Jones/York University...

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Bees that buzz and those that help the economy!

Carpenter bees are those big black bees that look more fearsome than they really are. This is the southern carpenter, Xylocopa micans, which is struggling in the US as its...

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Bees succeed against the odds, even when solitary.

The ashy mining bee is quite common, and benefits from global warming as the species moves north, but how often do we notice these intrepid, quiet pollinators? Andrena cineraria image;...

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