Red squirrels are thriving on the Isle of Wight where they have enough food and a suitable habitat to support a population that could almost double, a study has found. Using climate models, the researchers mapped how the red squirrel population would fare under different climate breakdown scenarios such as temperature changes and low levels […]
More than 160,000 apply for Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade, wildlife officials say
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for a far more limited number of permits, including from opponents who are trying to reduce the number of bears killed. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will award 172 bear hunt permits by random lottery for […]
Declining Marbled Murrelet Population Highlights Urgency to Protect US Forests
Nesting high in the canopy of towering redwoods, the marbled murrelet is one of the most elusive wildlife species in North America. According to The New York Times, researchers are using artificial intelligence to help locate the threatened seabird, whose numbers have sharply declined in California, Oregon, and Washington. The murrelet is unique: it is […]
Country diary: It doesn’t pay to be a brightly coloured pigeon
From my bed, I have an uninterrupted view of the roof opposite. Every morning, just after sunrise, a small colony of feral pigeons stirs, emerging from behind the solar panels. All but one are pure white, stark against the slate. The outlier, a single male with mottled black-and-white plumage, struts along the ridge tiles with […]
Guga hunt tradition returns after licence granted. 500 gannets were killed for their meat during an annual hunt on Sula Sgeir
A licence for Scotland’s last surviving hunt of young seabirds has been granted for the first time since 2021. For centuries, thousands of gannets were killed for their meat during an annual hunt on Sula Sgeir, a small rocky island 40 miles (64km) north of Ness on the Isle of Lewis. The tradition, called a […]
Kansas Poaching Ring Exposed After Mass Killing of Trophy Deer
A sprawling multi-state investigation has exposed a brazen poaching scheme that targeted Kansas’s famed whitetail deer, underscoring why strong protections for wildlife and habitat still matter. According to AGWeb’s Chris Bennett, “Operation Cimarron” unraveled an outlaw network that illegally killed at least 119 trophy bucks, trafficked antlers across state lines, and used sham permits to […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month September 2025
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 […]
Mountain gorillas are back from the brink. But what happens if they run out of room?
It is sunrise on mount Muhabura, an inactive volcano on the Ugandan-Rwandan border, and Dr Benard Ssebide is in a rush to find a family of mountain gorillas before the tourists arrive. A mass of ferns, vines and thistles encroaches on the path, and the guides hack through brambles with machetes. Above, the forest whistles […]