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There Is a Fungus Among Us! Killer Fungi in the Flesh at the Academy

Academy of Natural Sciences

This type of fungus is ubiquitous; it is found all over the world, usually in the forest understories of warm tropical climates. These supremely fungus-infected insect larvae (just check out the length of that left one!) It’s horrible venom, however, is no match for the fungus’s deadly and invasive mycelium.

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Anna Savage – The canary in the coal mine

Frontiers

Photo credit: Erin Brosnan Could you start by running us through your expertise and your main areas of research interest? “My Most of us know that they’re facing massive global declines and it’s been a conservation issue that was first in the news when I was a kid in the 1990s.

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Termite mounds reveal secret to creating ‘living and breathing’ buildings that use less energy

Frontiers

Among the approximately 2,000 known species of termites, some are ecosystem engineers. In a new study in Frontiers in Materials , researchers showed how termite mounds can teach us to create comfortable interior climates for our buildings that don’t have the carbon footprint of air conditioning.

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Get Outdoors with Philly’s Nature!

Academy of Natural Sciences

Plenty of our animal neighbors become more active during the day, and easier for us to observe, as the heat fades and the lean months of winter approach. You’ll be surprised at how many creatures ignore or don’t manage to spot us when we’re quiet and still. Use your ears as well. Jack Bulmer/Unsplash. Departures and Arrivals.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- US, PA Dept. 15 Online Discussion - Rethinking Our Connection To Fossil Fuels [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council To Host Free Statewide Recycling Webinar Nov. Degrees C Of Global Warming?

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Guide to Parasitology

Environmental Science

Zombie Ant Fungus. Some go against this such as the zombie ant fungus, or to give it the scientific name Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. Then it releases chemicals to infect the brain so that the ant will transport the fungus for the next stage of its life. Most fungi are not parasitical, feeding off dead organic material.

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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

British elites used Malthus’ ideas to justify letting one million people starve to death during the Great Irish Famine. To this day, when people think of the Great Famine, they tend to focus on the fungus that killed potatoes and overlook the fact that, between 1845 and 1849, Ireland exported food, including beef, to England.