Regresando del Club Refugio Ombú el 5 de Julio pasado como es habitual nos demoramos unas dos o tres horas en ocasiones para recorrer los kilómetros del camino de tierra hacia la Ruta 12. Siempre aparece algo interesante o como en este caso alguna especie en particular se queda perchando en alguno de los tantos […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 26 Sep 2015
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Week” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and browse through the slideshow. Then select the three images you like best of all and click the VOTE button at the bottom of the page. After […]
Video: Siberian Tiger Release
By rescuing Zolushka from poachers as a cub, and returning her to the wild, IFAW works to replenish the dwindling number of Siberian Tigers left in the wild. For more information on IFAW and their mission to rescue animals around the world, please visit: http://www.ifaw.org
POLL: Should the Spanish bullfighting tradition be banned?
As scores of young men march out of the medieval Castilian town of Tordesillas on 15 September, their iron-tipped lances glinting in the late summer sunshine before they do battle with a 640kg (100st) prize bull, you would be forgiven for thinking it was 1520 and not 2015. Even for Spain, where the man-against-beast concept […]
Just Chillin’ in Africa
Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in deep thought. Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. With Linkwasha Camp.
WIN a birdwatcher’s kit with Australia’s Natural North & South
For an amazing variety of birdwatching experiences, South Australia and the Northern Territory offer a wide range of habitats and thus an incredible diversity of species, from the Great Australian Bight in the temperate south to the Timor Sea in the tropical north. Whether you are a couple or single traveler with a specific target […]
Picaflor copetón (Black breasted-Plovercrest) Stephanoxis loddigesii
Durante nuestra última recorrida por caminos vecinales del Sur de nuestra provincia, en cercanías de Fachinal nuevamente encontramos actividad del Picaflor copetón en el mismo lek que habíamos encontrado el año pasado. Nos turnamos entre Javier, Luis yo para sacar las fotos para que nuestra presencia no afecte el movimiento de estas aves en su […]
Global marine populations slashed by half since 1970
Populations of marine mammals, birds, reptiles and fish have dropped by about half in the past four decades, with fish critical to human food suffering some of the greatest declines, the WWF warned on Wednesday. In a new report, the conservation group cautioned that over-fishing, pollution and climate change had significantly shrunk the size of […]