During the last week our members have again entered some outstanding top-ranking wildlife images for the “Best Photo of the Week” competition. Click on the first image and then page through the slideshow. Please select the three images you like best of all and VOTE for them at the bottom of this page. Voting will […]
Category: Wildlife
Biguá (Neotropic Cormorant) Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Con la última creciente del Rió Paraná se modificó un poco el paisaje de la reserva del Arroyo Itá, gran cantidad de plantas acuáticas fueron arrastradas por la corriente del río al igual que troncos de gran tamaño. Al llegar los mismos a la desembocadura del arroyo fueron recibidos por el viento norte que se […]
Mexican Stingrays: Stranded or Discarded?
The news is buzzing with stories about more than 250 stingrays that have stranded on beaches in the Mexican state of Veracruz three days ago. Mass strandings of any animal are analyzed carefully to determine if the strandings are indicators of environmental health. However, in the case of the stingrays, foul play is suspected by […]
Guide to the Econ River Wilderness Area
The Econ River Wilderness Area is another of my favorite places ot visit in Seminole County. It’s only about 10 minutes from my home, so I can visit there on a whim, which is nice. The wilderness area covers about 240 acres that extends from Old Lockwood Rd to the Econ River just north of […]
New to nature no 109: Anochetus hohenbergiae
At any given moment, it is estimated that there are about 10,000 trillion living individual ants. Myrmecologists Bert Hölldobler and Edward O Wilson noted that their combined weight would roughly equal that of all living humans combined. Beyond numbers, ants are critically important components of terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. But their evolutionary success is no less […]
Help Document the World’s 389 “Endangered” Bird Species
Of the 9,934 extant bird species in the world 2,193 (22%) are threatened with extinction and are priorities for urgent conservation (Reference: 2012 IUCN Red List). In the “Endangered” category 389 species face a very high risk of extinction in the wild. Loss of habitat is one of the biggest causes, but there is also […]
Pato capuchino (Silver Teal) Anas versicolor
Momentos de alegría hoy por la mañana y de profunda desazón también durante una pequeña recorrida al Arroyo Mártires, pese a la masacre ambiental del tratamiento costero, el cual también se está encargando de destruir este lugar de Posadas la naturaleza resiste a duras penas al embate de las máquinas. Hoy luego de 3 años […]
Madrid declares war on plague of raccoon and parrot invaders
Madrid has declared war on invaders that threaten the peace of mind of the Spanish capital’s human residents and the survival of native species of birds and animals. The city is to begin a cull of the American raccoons and Argentinian green parrots whose populations are reaching plague proportions. Both creatures were introduced to Europe […]