What unique animal could be a cross between a rabbit, a pig, an opossum, and an anteater?
The aardvark!
Tag: biodiversity
Featured Creature: Northern Cardinal
What instantly recognizable songbird holds seven state titles and has the crown to prove it?
The Northern Cardinal!
Featured Creature: Northern Red Oak
What statuesque organism is a champion of beauty, hardiness, and capacity to nurture life around it?
The Northern Red Oak!
Featured Creature: Cat
What mammal makes a mysterious sound that scientists can’t figure out, can jump straight up to a height eight times their body length, and loves us when we love them?
Felis catus, the mostly tame, sometimes feral, house cat!
Featured Creature: Pigeon
What often-overlooked creature is an expert navigator, an impressive postman, and a natural mammographer?
A pigeon!
Featured Creature: Atlantic Puffin
What striking seabird is a master of adaptability in the ocean and the air?
The Atlantic Puffin!
Featured Creature: Flamingo
What long-legged creatures are known for their beauty, social habits, and fabulous flamboyance?
Flamingos!
Featured Creature: Humpback Whale
What species of tremendous size and grace undertakes the largest mammal migration on Earth?
The humpback whale!
Featured Creature: Groundhog
What cute creature is an underground architect and an amateur meteorologist?
The Groundhog!
Featured Creature: Crow
What common bird possesses an uncommon intelligence, including diversified communication, excellent memory, and a talent for mathematics?
The crow!
Featured Creature: Canada Lynx
What furry feline has stealthy skills, built-in snow gear, and a surprising screech?
The Canada lynx!
Featured Creature: Fishing Cat
What fascinating feline with unique adaptations roams the aquatic ecosystems of Southeast Asia?
The fishing cat!
Art for Nature
The first memories of my childhood that I can recall is that of me sitting on my bed with a blank sheet of paper and a box of crayons, making lines and circles and shapes of all kinds as the warm sunlight flooded in through the windows of the apartment. Painting was something I was…
Biodiversity Field Day at Gladney Farm
Bio4Climate friends Tim Jones and Chie Morizuka manage a regenerative farm called Gladney Farm in Hokkaido, Japan. As the name suggests, there’s a lot to be glad about on the newly restored land! Tim and Chie share the love by hosting groups eager to learn from the farm animals and plants. Students of all ages…
What are these tiny forests’ big benefits anyway?
What a thrilling week it has been! Since last Thursday’s New York Times article Tiny Forests with Big Benefits, my teammates and I at Bio4Climate have been buzzing with excitement at the recognition our forests and this type of restoration is getting. We are so thrilled by the enthusiasm of people’s responses, from interest in…
Our First Miyawaki Forest Turns Two
Our community grows alongside our first Miyawaki forest! In September of 2021, we planted our first Miyawaki forest – the first in the Northeastern U.S. – in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As the forest turns two, and demonstrates signs of resilient, abundant growth, the Bio4Climate team gathered with local forest enthusiasts to reflect and celebrate the ecosystem…
Saving Coral Reefs From Extinction
June 4, 2023 2pm EDT Coral reefs are vulnerable to rising global temperatures more than any other ecosystem. Marine and climate scientists are researching ways to protect coral reefs and the many ocean species that rely on them for food and shelter. Without coral reefs, ocean biodiversity remains at risk of decline and eventual extinction.…
Featured Creature: Nilgai
Which creature is the largest Asian antelope, considered sacred to some and pest to others?
The Nilgai!
Featured Creature: Luna Moths
What nocturnal creatures native to North America are known for their beauty and the fact that they don’t eat at all in their adult life?
Luna moths!
Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rewild our Communities
Bulu mini-forest in Cameroon after 19 months; Photo: Agborkang Godfred Hannah Lewis, Compendium Editor for Biodiversity for a Liveable Climate and freelance writer The Miyawaki Method The Miyawaki Method is a way to grow natural, mature forests in a couple of decades rather than a couple of centuries. You do this by observing what happens…
Featured Creature: Lichen
Which creature is a combination of two other organisms, comes in bright colors, and helps us measure air quality?
Lichen!