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From SciTechDaily: Scientists Stunned as Hawaiian Monk Seals Reveal Hidden Underwater Language.

"We were surprised by the sheer diversity and complexity of monk seal vocalizations,” notes Parnell. “The discovery of combinational calls, where seals link multiple call types together, suggests a previously unknown level of complexity in pinniped acoustic communication. Finding a new call type—the Whine—associated with foraging behavior was also unexpected and suggests that monk seals may use sound not only for mating or socializing, but possibly for foraging purposes as well.”

That'd be a fun language to learn.

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From resilience.org: Charting a course through bears' eyes.

In British Columbia, stewards from the Heiltsuk First Nation are using computational models and Indigenous knowledge to protect bears’ access to salmon.

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I am so fond of beavers, so this Guardian article delighted me: First wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years.

A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.

It was filmed dragging logs and establishing a lodge in a “perfect beaver habitat” on the River Wensum at Pensthorpe, a nature reserve near Fakenham in Norfolk.

It is the first time a free-living beaver has been recorded in the county since the species began to re-establish itself in the English countryside in 2015, when a litter of wild kits was born in Devon.

How cool is that?

I hope this beaver will thrive and reproduce. I hope the same for the beavers in my neighbourhood, too!