Baby, it’s cold outside. Like really, really cold. So what’s up with this crazy weather? The polar vortex has dominated headlines, sparking intense speculation about how such weather phenomena relate to global Climate change. In today’s day, misinformation spreads faster than ever, and Climate change deniers often point to cold snaps as evidence against Global […]
Everyone loves to watch hummingbirds—tiny, brightly colored blurs that dart about, hovering at flowers and pugnaciously defending their ownership of a feeder. But to the scientists who study them, hummingbirds offer much more than an entertaining spectacle. Their small size and blazing metabolism mean they live life on a knife-edge, sometimes needing to shut down […]
An endangered bird famous for its elaborate leaping courtship displays is being reared in a special facility where the animals are able to develop their wild instincts. With less than 600 individuals left in the wilds of Cambodia, conservationists have shown that the Bengal florican can successfully grow up in semi-captivity, raising hope that a […]
Over the past decade, the population of the critically endangered Siberian crane has increased by nearly 50%, according to the International Crane Foundation. The foundation said the boost in the snowy-white Siberian crane‘s (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) numbers is the result of efforts to secure the migratory bird‘s stopover sites along its eastern flyway, or migratory route, […]
Two Eurasian lynx were spotted just after 4pm on Wednesday 8 January in the Drumguish area of the Highlands in Scotland. Wildlife conservationists from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) worked overnight with the police to capture the big cats, and condemned the illegal release “in the strongest possible terms”. “We set live trail […]
In a shocking and unprecedented event, an Arizona woman lost her life after being attacked by an elk she was suspected of feeding. This tragic incident, the first of its kind in the state’s history, occurred in Pine Lake, nestled in the scenic Hualapai Mountains. The repercussions of this unfortunate event have prompted local wildlife […]
A 5-year-old boy was nearly dragged into woods by a coyote until his mom stepped in, Washington officials said. The incident happened at about 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, in the Maplewood Heights neighborhood in Renton, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife said in a news release. A coyote bit the boy “in the […]
There are signs of hope for the turtle dove, one of the most endangered birds that has been plummeting towards extinction in Britain. After a temporary ban on the annual shoot of the migratory birds as they pass through France, Spain and Portugal, which began in 2021, there has been a remarkable 25% increase in […]