“They call them beasts of burden, we call them our beloved mules,” the company wrote on Facebook Monday. “They are capable and willing to work in many conditions most won't. They are not stubborn… they are wise, and require respect.” RESPECT MULES!!!

Mules Navigating North Carolina's Impassable Roads To Bring Supplies To Communities Cut Off By Hurricane Helene

With hundreds of roads still impassable due to storm damage and flood debris, Mount Ulla-based Mountain Mule Packer Ranch is using their “beloved” pack mules to bring supplies to areas not accessible ...

Zombie fiction is, at its core, about the fear of seeing your own body age and decay. Ghost stories are about the impossibility of grappling with the past. Vampires are about what if you got so horny you died

Scientists: who are the people who you think have made the biggest impact in making STEM more inclusive? My (not exhaustive) list below.

I read somewhere that mainstream media stopped valorizing Greta Thunberg the minute she started connecting climate change to imperialism. Honestly, I thought she had just opted for a more private way of life or something. But nah, they want her to shut up.

Greta Thunberg arrested at Gaza war protest in Copenhagen

Climate activist one of six detained by police after students block university building in Danish capital

Hey, Nonbinary peeps! There's an Associate Prof. of Sociology seeking out experiences of nonbinary gender for their class on sexuality FROM NONBINARY PEOPLE. If you'd like to make sure nonbinary people have a voice in how academia teaches gender, here's your chance: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Non-Binary Sexual Orientations Survey

Hello - As student in my sexuality course asked a great question about non-binary people and sexual orientation. Please take a moment to complete this survey. Data will be used to facilitate class dis...

I've been trying to plant one tree for every citation to my work (well, OK, to fund one planting). I started just over 3 years ago, and today reached the 1500 tree mark. I know the trees aren't in one place, but I like imagining they are.

Inquiries welcome for MRes project through the University of South Wales on habitat use by patas monkeys housed at Folly Farm (Pembrokeshire). Self-funded project w/ Jan 2025 start. For informal discussions, get in touch before 10 Sept to allow time to develop research proposal.

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Farmers reveal what they really think about reintroducing lynx and wolves to Britain and Ireland

The only howl I heard on a recent walk across the Garron plateau in the Glens of Antrim, Northern Ireland, was from a bitter, biting wind. But 300 years ago, the howls would most definitely have been ...

Applications welcome for postgraduate researchers in any area of primate ecology or conservation, ethnoprimatology, or human-animal relationships more broadly. To work with me, apply for a PhD or MRes in Applied Science before Oct 1 for a January start: gradschool.southwales.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Just chiming in to say how beautifully this new discovery- an orangutan carefully and intentionally salving his cheek wound with plant medicine- underscores that fieldwork (led here by biologist Dr Isabella Laumer) reveals new wonders even about well-studied animals! #primates#mammals 🌿

Wounded orangutan seen using plant as medicine

It is the first time a creature in the wild has been seen using a medicinal plant to treat a wound.