The gray whale is the focus of research projects anticipating its eventual return to European waters after an absence of a half-millennium. Youri van den Hurk is preparing for a possible big welcome-home event—the return of the gray whale to European waters after an absence of about 500 years. The gray whale disappeared from the […]
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How birds of prey are exposing a toxic time bomb
Rui Lourenço first started collecting eagle-owl feathers because they were beautiful. Below the birds’ cliff-side nests in rural Portugal, he would find their shed feathers and bring them back to his ecology lab at the University of Évora. “It was just the typical curiosity of a naturalist,” he says. “Especially the flight feathers, they’re large, […]
‘Generally ignored’ species face twice the extinction threat, warns study
Plants and animals that do not have enough data to be properly assessed appear to be at twice the risk of extinction as those that have been evaluated, meaning more species may face being wiped off the planet than previously thought, a study has warned. Researchers looked at the extinction risk of species assessed on […]
African elephants prefer Serengeti National Park
Wild African elephants prefer to live in safer, protected areas and become stressed when they leave them. Scientists have found African elephants living outside Serengeti National Park are more stressed than those within the protected area. More elephants also choose to live inside the park, suggesting they “know” which areas are safer to live in, […]