When it comes to presenting wildlife documentaries, we all know you can’t outdo David Attenborough – but this rowdy bird of paradise has a pretty good go at it. Thanks to all of its squawking and melodramatic tail-flouncing, it took several takes for Sir David to get the sequence just right for his latest project ‘Birds of […]
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Myanmar’s bird species count jumps to 1114
Myanmar is home to at least 1,114 bird species after researchers identified 20 previously undocumented species during recent surveys, reports The Myanmar Times. The discoveries were made between 2010 and 2014 by bird watchers from Myeik University, Myanmar Bird and Nature Society (MBNS), the Wildlife Conservation Society, Bird Tour Asia, Wildlife Sanctuary (Putao), and Flora […]
Video: Golden Eagle at Norway Nature, Flatanger, Norway
Collection of the best recordings from a 4 days trip to this amazing place in Norway. Strong wind, snow and temperatures well below zero degrees celsius made it possible to get some real amazing scenes of the Golden Eagle struggle in the strong wind and freezing temperatures. This video was first published […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 31 Jan 2015
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. First Prize is awarded to Robert Strickland for his outstanding flight shot “Great Horned Owl”. Swarnendu Biswas wins Second Prize for his image entitled “First Flight at Dawn”. Third Prize is shared by Kath Langbridge with “The Circle of Life” and Glenn Perrigo with […]
Desert Tawny Owl: New Species of Bird Discovered
A group of ornithologists led by Dr Manuel Schweizer from the Natural History Museum of Bern in Switzerland has described a new cryptic species of owl that inhabits the desert areas of Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman and Yemen. The newly-discovered species, named the Desert Tawny Owl, belongs to the earless owl genus, Strix. […]
Poll: Should the Nicaraguan interoceanic canal go ahead?
A Chinese company has launched work on a $50bn canal across Nicaragua, an ambitious rival to the Panama canal that sceptics dismiss as a pipe dream and environmentalists say will wreck the country’s ecosystem. The Chinese telecoms magnate behind the canal, Wang Jing, inaugurated the project at a ceremony in the southern town of Rivas […]
New photos offer rare glimpse of the mysterious Saharan Cheetah
The Saharan cheetah is one of the world’s rarest big cats. At face value, that isn’t all that surprising. Deserts are harsh environments that support few large herbivores, which means there are even fewer carnivores around. But if we’ve learned anything about ecology, it’s that healthy ecosystems require the survival of apex predators; they keep […]
Video: Extraordinary journey to photograph the rarest rhino on Earth
Wildlife photographer Stephen Belcher embarks on a precarious journey through the vast, almost impenetrable jungles of Indonesia to capture the first high-definition images of the critically endangered Javan rhino. With only around 35 of the iconic animals left in the world, his photographs could be our last glimpse of these elusive creatures. This video was […]