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CBC Nova Scotia @cbcns_mirror@mastodon.hongkongers.net
· 1mo ago
What these salamanders could tell us about the health of Nova Scotian forests The eastern red-backed salamander may hold the key to better understanding the health of old hemlock forests in southwestern Nova Scotia. Researchers are looking at salamander populations and behaviour to study the impacts of an invasive bug and the insecticides we use to fight it. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/salamander-insecticide-hwa-impacts-9.7302030?cmp=rss
What these salamanders could tell us about the health of Nova Scotian forests | CBC News
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What these salamanders could tell us about the health of Nova Scotian forests | CBC News

The eastern red-backed salamander may hold the key to better understanding the health of old hemlock forests in southwestern Nova Scotia. Researchers are looking at salamander populations and behaviour to study the impacts of an invasive bug and the insecticides we use to fight it.

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 2mo ago
Tourism and infrastructure threaten habitat of India’s Himalayan salamanders https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/tourism-and-infrastructure-threaten-habitat-of-indias-himalayan-salamanders/ #India #Himalayan #environment #wildlife #salamanders #tourism #infrastructure
Tourism and infrastructure threaten habitat of India's Himalayan salamanders
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Tourism and infrastructure threaten habitat of India's Himalayan salamanders

Every monsoon season, in the misty hills of Darjeeling, in West Bengal, eastern India, the elusive Himalayan salamander emerges from beneath the forest floor. The ancient amphibians (Tylototriton himalayanus) engage in a delicate dance, a mating ritual that lasts up to 90 minutes before they attach their eggs to semi-submerged vegetation, such as denseflower knotweed […]

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Da_Gut @Da_Gut@dice.camp
· 3mo ago
RE: https://dice.camp/@Da_Gut/116842635266307459 This podcast episode is crackling good. That unisexual salamander complex is absolutely crazy. It uses the sperm of five different species of salamander to trigger its egg production. It’s a polyploidy complex - well, the majority are a tetraploidy. The unisex lineage has been around for over 2 million years. The bit on dragonfly migration is equally fascinating #Nature #Salamanders #Dragonflies #Podcast
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