Fishing is more than just luck—it’s a skill that requires patience, precision, and the right techniques. Whether a beginner or an experienced angler, improving your cast and maximizing your catch rate can make your fishing trips more rewarding, this guide will cover essential casting techniques, tips for accuracy and distance, and strategies to catch more […]
NAIROBI ― Introduced to East Africa in 1891, in Zanzibar, to deal with domestic food waste, Indian house crows are now wreaking havoc in Kenya: killing native small birds, likely spreading disease, damaging food crops, and generally being a nuisance at tourist spots, open-space parties and businesses. The country is now battling millions of invasive […]
Adorable footage has shown a faithful owl making nightly visits to the man who saved its life and nursed it back to health. Tiberius, a Tawny owl, was found starving on a military barracks parade ground in Plymouth by animal lover Mark Foden in June 2024. The retired 63-year-old formed a special bond with the […]
“I remember my grandfather telling me about the macaws in this region. So, it’s impossible not to smile seeing them back. We know where they sleep and feed, so every time we want to find them, we know where they are,” says biologist Humberto Mendes, a professor at the Federal University of Alfenas in Brazil‘s […]
Genetic diversity in animals and plants has declined globally over the past three decades, an analysis of more than 600 species has found. The research, published in the journal Nature, found declines in two-thirds of the populations studied, but noted that urgent conservation efforts could halt or even reverse genetic diversity losses. Dozens of scientists […]
Among the spate of executive orders issued by the Trump Administration in the last two weeks was a key directive about Alaska‘s public lands and natural resources. The Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential executive order is resurrecting controversial development projects like the Ambler Road and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. That same mandate […]
Shocking footage has surfaced showing a man lifting a swan from the water and raising it over his head in a disturbing Australia Day act in Western Australia. The video, shared on social media, showed the man diving into the Mandurah Estuary from a boat, before he grabbed the black swan by the legs. The […]
Something was happening to the birds at Tiputini. The biodiversity research centre, buried deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, has always been special. It is astonishingly remote: a tiny scattering of research cabins in 1.7m hectares (4.2m acres) of virgin forest. For scientists, it comes about as close as you can to observing rainforest wildlife in […]