To save the northern spotted owl, the U.S. government is planning to… kill nearly 500,000 other owls? If you’re reading this headline and thinking to yourself, ‘that doesn’t make much sense to me,’ you’re right. It makes no sense at all. Sign now to tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: invest in humane owl […]
Category: Wildlife
Birds Start to Show Signs of Recovery After Bee-Harming Pesticide Ban in the EU
The first large-scale study to investigate the impact on bird populations from the 2018 European Union ban on a universal insecticide has determined that birds have recovered as much as 3% since 2018. Given that 57 species of birds were included in the survey, the 3% rise suddenly seems a lot more meaningful, and the […]
Tiger experts hide camera traps in Sumatran jungle. What they capture is “critically important”
Camera traps installed in a jungle in northern Sumatra have recorded nearly three times more images of critically endangered Sumatran tigers than previous surveys. The work, which took place in the Leuser Ecosystem – a huge area of forest located in the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra – shows that sustained conservation on the […]
‘Taking back the desert’: can Australia’s small marsupials learn how to live alongside their predator, the feral cat?
In the middle of the Australian outback’s arid deserts, many of the country’s distinctive small marsupials – the bilbies, bandicoots and quolls – have been missing for a century or more, wiped out by land clearing and the hunting prowess of feral cats. Felis catus – introduced by European invaders and settlers – was too […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month January 2026
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Month” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. By popular request the number of images to be selected has been increased to six. First click an image and the slideshow will start automatically. Select the SIX images you like best […]
Why don’t birds have weapons, like many other animals? Apart from lethal beaks and claws that is…
Birds lack arms in more ways than one. Avian equivalents of antlers, horns, tusks and canine teeth are few and far between. Only about two per cent of our feathered friends possess specialised weapons in the form of spurs on their legs and wings. If push comes to shove, claws and beaks are capable of […]
A Quest for the Elusive and the Common: Birding in Wild Florida
Birding is indeed a fascinating endeavor. One can simply observe birds in their backyard… or they can search to the ends of the Earth. Birders can range from almost deity-like in their ability, omnipotent observers of sights and sounds most of us would miss, and at the other end of the spectrum, they can be…me. […]
Crocodile snatches wild dog from riverbank in Zambia. Then its pack turns up to try and save it
In the heart of Zambia, in an area of South Luangwa National Park known as Nsefu, top predators clash over territory – with its last remaining watering holes attracting all kinds of animals. And in footage captured for BBC’s Kingdom, an African wild dog family show just how far they’ll go to protect their own. […]