Scientists say they have found the “missing link” in the debate over the risk of pesticides to bees. French researchers say neonicotinoid pesticides harm individual honeybees, but whole colonies are able to recover in the wild. This accounts for discrepancies between lab and field studies, they report in Royal Society journal Proceedings B. A Europe-wide […]
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Video: Flying fish hunted from sea and sky in spectacular chase
These truly spectacular chase scenes were filmed for “Hunger at Sea”, an episode of the BBC nature documentary series The Hunt. As the mahi-mahi (also known as dorado) race after the schools of fish, frigate birds circle above, waiting for their “winged” prey to break through the surface in a bid to escape. Thanks to […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 05 Dec 2015
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Week” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and browse through the slideshow. Then select the three images you like best of all and click the VOTE button at the bottom of the page. […]
POLL: Can legalised trade save Africa’s last rhinos from poaching?
Time is fast running out for the rhinoceros. In their final stronghold of South Africa, rampant poaching for horn threatens to wipe out the last 20,000 southern white rhinos in less than two decades. Among conservation scientists, there is deep uncertainty over how best to respond to the poaching crisis. Many express reserved support for the […]
Video: Drones playing a crucial part in helping Spanish Ibex goats
High above the forest of the Sierra de las Nieves there is a saviour in the sky. It is s drone on a medical mission. Below it roam the Iberian wild goats known as the Spanish Ibex. But the population is being ravaged by scabies – sarcoptes scabiei is the medical name. It is a […]
Climate change already forcing world’s birds towards poles, says report
The world’s birds have begun flocking towards the earth’s north and south poles and upwards to higher ground as climate change begins to transform their habitats, a new report has found. One quarter of 570 bird species studied globally have been affected negatively by climate change, while 13% have responded positively, says the study by […]
POLL: Should wolves be rewilded in other countries?
Wolves have returned to a large national park on the outskirts of Warsaw, decades after they were wiped out there under a hunt launched by the communist authorities. “We’re really happy,” said Magdalena Kamińska, spokeswoman for the 150sq mile (385sq km) Kampinos national park, Poland’s second largest. “The fact that wolves have returned to our […]
Twitcher shocked by rare eagle owl landing on the back of his head
A twitcher – that’s a bird-watcher to me and you – was looking out for a magnificent and rare eagle-owl in the Netherlands when he got a massive shock. The bird he was looking out for came really close to him! Too close, in fact – it landed on the back of his head, as […]