Late June 2001, while writing my final work for my B.Sc and before leaving Israel and going to start my life in East Africa, I was standing on North Beach in Eilat together with Barak Granit and admiring my first ever Red-billed Tropicbirdwhich came in from nowhere and gave me my farewell present from Israel. […]
Mammals of China – book review
China is home to greater than 10% of the Earth’s mammals. In the Mammals of China, Andrew T. Smith, PhD and Yan Xie, PhD have produced a comprehensive easy-to-read pocket guide to this outstanding biodiversity. Mammals of China is the first time that the natural history of all the mammals of China are included in […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 13 Jul 2013
We are delighted to announce the RESULTS of our most recent “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize goes toMarco Ritter for his outstanding image “Coracias caudatus in Namibia”. Joachim Ruhstein wins Second Prize with “Red-breasted Merganser” andLew Scharpf wins Third Prize with “Red-eyed Tree Frog” (see images below). The voting for all entries […]
Greenish Warbler
The friendliest bird i have ‘EVER’ worked with. So friendly was this specimen, that as time went by, foot after foot it hopped and came closer till it was sitting on my shoe. Never have I experienced something like this before. Here is one of the images of this Greenish Warbler that I liked. Hope […]
Puffin numbers show encouraging recovery
Puffin numbers in one of Britain’s best-known habitats have risen after the population fell under difficult conditions in previous years. A team of 11 National Trust rangers has carried out a full census of the puffins on the Farne Islands, something that happens only once every five years. There are now just under 40,000 pairs […]
Massive Bird Slaughter Around the Mediterranean – Shocking Photos
Each year, millions of songbirds are killed for food, for profit or just for the joy of shooting something, as they move from their winter grounds in Africa to their summer breeding territories in Europe. In Egypt, hundreds of miles of nets cover the entire coastline, catching almost every bird that makes its way to […]
Butterfly obsessives go on the trail of the elusive purple emperor
“It’s like a living stained-glass window,” enthused the broadcaster Nick Baker, as a group of naturalists bowed down before a purple emperor swooping through the oak trees. Two teams of butterfly obsessives on Friday took to battered Land Rovers in a hair-raising race to woods, meadows, chalk downland and an industrial park to find as […]