In 2002, three researchers set out to conduct a large-scale experiment — both in terms of area and time. Their goal: to explore the role of tree diversity in the restoration of lowland rainforest. Now, 21 years later, early results are coming in and are described in a new study published in Science Advances. The […]
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What’s in store for Colombia’s forests? New modeling tries to predict.
Colombia has nearly 60 million hectares (147.5 million acres) of natural forest covering over half its territory, much of it in the Amazon basin. As a “megadiverse” country, possessing around 10% of the world’s biodiversity, the stakes are high for the deforestation policies it’s employing to combat climate change. Between 2000 and 2020, the country […]
Homeowner Uses Security Camera To Talk To Deer In Her Yard
A homeowner in Pennsylvania surprised a deer when she began speaking to it on her Ring doorbell camera. The woman was away from her home in Indiana, Pennsylvania when she got a motion alert on her Ring doorbell camera that something was moving in her yard. According to Inside Edition, the woman feared that a […]
Shade-grown coffee won’t support all birds, but adding a forest helps: Study
Organic, shade-grown, bird-friendly: coffee comes with a lot of labels these days, certifications that tell the consumer their beans were farmed in a way that supports the people who grow them and the ecosystems that sustain them. And with coffee now growing on more than 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) of agricultural land […]
Man Finds Baby Hummingbird and Nurses her Back to Health Until She’s Strong Enough to Fly
This man spotted a tiny lump on the sidewalk and found out that it was a baby hummingbird. The baby was too young to fly and appeared malnourished, so Sammy took her home and nursed the bird back to health. Sammy didn’t have any birds, so all the tools he used were makeshift. He made […]
70 yrs after extinction in India, 1st batch of cheetahs set to arrive from Africa in August
Declared extinct 70 years ago, the first batch of five-six Cheetahs will be translocated from South Africa to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. This is the first time that a trans-continental shifting of a large carnivore will take place. In a first, a batch of cheetahs will be translocated from South Africa to India […]
Fruit bats: the winged ‘conservationists’ reforesting parts of Africa
Straw-coloured fruit bats exist throughout most of the African continent. This large fruit bat is one of, if not the most numerous fruit-eating animal (called frugivores) in Africa. They live in colonies of thousands to millions of individuals. Fruit bats sleep during the day, hanging upside down in the crowns of old trees, and become […]
Speedboat owner fined for disturbing dolphins
A speedboat owner who ‘corralled’ a pod of dolphins has been convicted in what is thought to be the first prosecution under a new clampdown in wildlife disturbances. Witnesses saw Christopher Barker, 45, intentionally circling the cetaceans off the coast of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, at excessive speed, causing the animals to split up. One witness […]