Zimbabwe has shipped 24 elephant calves to China, in a move that has angered animal rights groups who described the export as “extremely cruel”. “Some 24 elephants are en route to China as we speak after they were taken from their families in Hwange national park,” Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of the animal rights group Conservation […]
Video: A future without puffins for south and west Iceland
Erpur Snær Hansen, director of ecological research at the South Iceland Nature Centre, has been investigating the puffin population of the Westman Islands since 2007. If surface sea temperatures remain at current levels or higher, Hansen says, the entire puffin population of south and west Iceland will disappear in the next 10 to 20 years. […]
Scientists discover lizard that changes sex in the sun
A lizard that changes sex in the sun has been discovered by scientists. It is the first time the phenomenon has been seen in reptiles in the wild and could have implications for other animal species because of climate change. The cold-blooded Australian Central Bearded Dragon is widespread on red sandy areas in the semi-arid […]
Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is one of my favorite plants for its globe of sweet florets and the bounty of butterflies, bees, and other creatures it attracts. Within a milkweed stand there is a large community being nourished along with any onlooker’s imagination. A weed of milk . . . common milkweed is abundant in beauty and […]
Kirikirí guazú (Aplomado falcon) Falco femoralis
Con estas fotos que publico hoy de una pareja de Halcón plomizo comienzo a compartir el material fotográfico que pudimos obtener durante el mes de Mayo pasado en nuestro Viaje a Colonia Carlos Pellegrini/Corrientes; el viaje soñado para el grupo por todo lo que significa para nosotros ese paraíso para la fauna. Se estarán imaginando […]
POLL: Should New Zealand fur seals be culled in South Australia?
A South Australian MP wants a fur seal cull along parts of the SA coast because they are causing problems for other wildlife and the fishing industry. Liberal MP Adrian Pederick moved a motion in state parliament on Thursday calling for a management plan and a sustainable harvesting of New Zealand fur seals. Seal numbers […]
Video: The golden poison dart frog: ‘Like holding a loaded gun’
Lucy Cooke, the ‘amphibian avenger’, really loves frogs. She travels to a remote region of Colombia’s wild west to look for one of the world’s most toxic animals: Phyllobates terribilis, the golden poison frog. Protecting it from extinction isn’t an easy job – it lives among gold mines, drug runners, guerrillas and local people sceptical […]
Controversial Export of Elephants to China Appears Under Way
Chinese crews in a Zimbabwe park are reportedly preparing young elephants and lions captured there for transport to China, triggering alarm among activists who fear that the animals are doomed to a life of suffering. Sources close to the scene have claimed that the facility in Hwange National Park, where elephants have been confined since […]