There are only about 25,000 polar bears remaining on this planet, and we lost another one late last month. This time it wasn’t because of the lack of ice due to global warming, but it was due to yet another threat created by humans: Arctic tourism. Tragically, the polar bear lost his life for doing […]
Category: Wildlife
Philby’s Partridge – Abha area
Whilst birding recently in the Abha area I came across a good number of Philby’s PartridgeAlectoris philbyi.This is a scarce resident of the south-west highlands and is related to the Chukar & Red-legged Partridge and is native to south-western Saudi Arabia and Yemen. It can be easily identified from other partridges by the black cheeks […]
World’s Largest King Penguin Colony Has Declined by Almost 90 Percent
Scientists haven’t visited the Île aux Cochons, an island in the southern Indian Ocean, since 1982 when it had the distinction of being home to the world’s largest colony of king penguins, and the second largest colony of all penguins. At the time, there were estimate to be 500,000 breeding pairs, and over two million […]
Malabar Pied Hornbills in Kabini
We have often heard the vociferous Malabar Pied Hornbills in many national parks in India and then followed their noisy calls to spot them. However, Pied Hornbills are very shy birds and rarely sit quietly, especially on lower branches, making it a big challenge to photograph this species. On this trip to Kabini, all that […]
POLL: Should Trump’s administration be allowed to lift the ban on pesticides?
The Trump administration has rescinded an Obama-era ban on the use of pesticides linked to declining bee populations and the cultivation of genetically modified crops in dozens of national wildlife refuges where farming is permitted. Environmentalists, who had sued to bring about the two-year-old ban, said on Friday that lifting the restriction poses a grave […]
Tucán pico verde (Red-breasted Toucan) Ramphastos dicolorus
Pasaron cuatro años sin compartir fotografías del tucán mas lindo en el blog, tuvimos que irnos hasta san Pedro para tener la oportunidad de encontrarnos con una bandada de estos espectaculares bichos durante la ventosa mañana del Domingo 10 de Junio de 2018 mientras recorrían las Araucarias del parquizado en el Complejo Der Wald; se […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Month July 2018
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Alan Murphy wins First Prize for his brilliant image “Bald Eagle Birdscape”. Dave DesRochers wins Second Prize for his outstanding image “Aerial Conflict”. Third Prize goes to Candy McManiman for her inspiring photo “What Were You Eating”. See detailed results below: (click on […]
POLL: Should there be an all-out ban on fur imports?
A new report from the UK government calls on retailers to do a better job at identifying what they’re selling. The debate over fur is heating up in the UK. Just a few weeks ago, Parliament argued about whether or not to ban fur imports, a discussion that was triggered by a petition with nearly […]