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 From Earth Unreal,  Edited by Vinuri Randula Silva, The  Araripe manakin  ( Antilophia bokermanni ) is a  species  of  critically endangered   bird  from the  family  of  manakins  (Pipridae). It was discovered in 1996 and scientifically described in 1998. The species epithet commemorates Brazilian  zoologist  and wildlife filmmaker  Werner Bokermann As typical of most manakins, males and females have a strong  sexual dimorphism  in the colours of the  plumage . As in the helmeted manakin, it is a relatively large and long-tailed manakin, with a total length of c. 14.5 centimetres (5.7 in). The strikingly patterned males have predominantly white plumage. With the exception of the white little wings coverts, the wings are black as the tail. From the frontal tuft, over the crown, down to the middle back runs a  carmine  red patch. The  iris  is red. The females are mainly olive green and have pale green upperparts. They have a reduced olive green frontal tuft. This species is  endem

 From -Earth Unreal, Edited -by Vinuri Randula Silva, All geckos shed their skin at fairly regular intervals, with different species differing in timing and method. When shedding begins, geckos accelerate the process by detaching the loose skin from their body and eating it.   Geckos shed around every month in adulthood, and will often eat their shed skin. This is to gain back some of the nutrients they lose by shedding, and also to avoid being detected by predators in the wild.

From The Guardian, Patrick Barkham , Eddited by - Vinuri Randula Silva,   Endangered species enjoys best summer in 150 years thanks to habitat restoration scheme A large blue butterfly in one of two new colonies re-introduced to a National Trust Cotswold site.  Photograph: David Simcox/Royal Entomological Society The large blue butterfly has enjoyed its best summer for 150 years in Britain thanks to targeted restoration work, which is also benefiting other rare insects including the rugged oil beetle and the shrill carder bee. The butterfly, which  became extinct in Britain in 1979  but was reintroduced via caterpillars from Sweden four years later, flew in its greatest numbers in June this year since records began. South-west England now supports the world’s greatest known concentration of large blues,  which are listed as  one of Europe’s most endangered insect species. Up to a third of its British population is found on 12 new sites which a conservation partnership has restored to f

  By Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC News, Eited by Amal Udawatta, IMAGE SOURCE, FUNAI Image caption, In 1998, the man was caught on video during a chance encounter The last remaining member of an uncontacted indigenous group in Brazil has died, officials say. The man, whose name was not known, had lived in total isolation for the past 26 years. He was known as Man of the Hole because he dug deep holes, some of which he used to trap animals while others appear to be hiding spaces. His body was found on 23 August in a hammock outside his straw hut. There were no signs of violence. The man was the last of an indigenous group whose other remaining six members were killed in 1995. The group lived in the Tanaru indigenous area in the state of Rondônia, which borders Bolivia. The majority of his tribe were thought to have been killed as early as the 1970s by ranchers wanting to expand their land. The Man of the Hole is thought to have been about 60 years old and to have died of natural causes. Th

  From Earth Unreal & Wikipedia By – Vinuri Randula Silva Dactylotum bicolor , also known as the  rainbow grasshopper ,  painted grasshopper , or the  barber pole grasshopper , is a species of  grasshopper  in the  family   Acrididae . It is native to the United States, Canada and northern Mexico and exhibits  aposematism  (warning coloration). It was  first described  by the German entomologist  Toussaint de Charpentier  in 1843. Dactylotum bicolor  grows to an average length of about 20 mm (0.8 in) for males and 35 mm (1.4 in) for females. It is mainly black with distinctive reddish and yellowish markings, a pale green  prothorax  and pale green wing pads. The tibia of the hind leg bears six to eight spines. This species does not develop wings and is unable to fly. The adults feed on a wide variety of vegetation, often voraciously, but the nymphs often feed exclusively on a single species within the region.

  by  Abhishyant Kidangoor , Edited by Amal Udawatta, The use of audio to study, monitor, detect and conserve species has gained popularity in recent years. Passive acoustic monitoring has been found to be more efficient than traditional camera traps; however, the use of audio can be data-heavy and laborious to pore through. Technological developments such as artificial intelligence have made audio analysis easier, but conservationists say gaps still exist. Think Sonoma County, and the picturesque valley and vineyards come to mind. But the locale is also home to rich and incredible biodiversity. Soundscapes to Landscapes, a biodiversity monitoring initiative in the county, aims to document just that. Over the past five years, from mid-spring to late summer here in California wine country, the initiative collected a massive amount of sound data by placing acoustic recorders in 1,300 locations in the county. The project, run by Sonoma State University, conservation NGO Point Blue Conserv