Who does not feel like taking a bath in a waterfall in the Cañón de Añisclo in the middle of the summer? Well, it is prohibited throughout the National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido, but thankfully for our benefit, Bearded Vultures do not follow those rules. Lucky Nature Protection Agents who monitor the species […]
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Heavy industries such as cement, glass and steel manufacturing could soon be saying goodbye to their reliance on fossil fuels and welcoming renewable energy – all thanks to a breakthrough in solar technology by a startup supported by Bill Gates. The company, called Heliogen, announced it found a way to use mirrors and artificial intelligence […]
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Scientists have discovered a genetic basis to resistance against ash tree dieback, a devastating fungal infection that is predicted to kill over half of the ash trees in the region, and it could open up new possibilities to save the species. The invasive fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus has spread throughout Europe’s ash populations but is especially dire in […]
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Three families of beavers are to be introduced on land managed by the National Trust as part of plans to ease flooding and improve biodiversity. Two Eurasian beaver families will be released next spring into enclosures at Holnicote estate on Exmoor, in Somerset, and another group will arrive at Valewood on the Black Down estate, […]
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By Clay Bolt On Oct. 11 people around the world celebrated the release of four plains bison onto a snow-covered butte in Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Their large, chocolate brown bodies were in beautiful contrast against the park’s snow-covered sagebrush, hills, and canyons. This was the first time that the species had set hoof in this […]
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Mozambique has recorded a measure of success recently against wildlife poachers and illegal loggers, thanks to stronger enforcement. Nearly a quarter of the country’s area has been designated as conservation space, helping wildlife numbers recover after a 15-year civil war that decimated animal populations. One of the remaining threats to the country’s protected areas is […]
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The silver-backed chevrotain is about the size of a rabbit and was first described to science in 1910 based on four specimens. A joint Vietnamese-Russian expedition to central Vietnam undertaken in 1990 collected a fifth specimen, which had been killed by a hunter. That was the last any scientist saw of the species. However, local […]
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By Nanticha Ocharoenchai In the Czech Republic, horses have become the knights in shining armor. A study published in the Journal for Nature Conservation suggests that returning feral horses to grasslands in Podyjí National Park could help boost the numbers of several threatened butterfly species. In 2017, wildlife organizations laid out their plan to introduce Exmoor ponies (Equus ferus caballus) to […]
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Protecting the park for its Mountain Gorillas, Biodiversity and Local Communities In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on the slopes of an active volcano traversed by armed groups with shifting territories and alliances, a remarkable conservation success story is underway. Last year, the Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) was “downlisted” from Critically Endangered to […]
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An antisocial penguin that communicates by screaming has won New Zealand’s hotly contested bird of the year poll. But the victory of the hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, has served to underscore the threat to its existence: it received more votes than there are hoiho remaining on the planet. New Zealand’s bird of the year: the […]
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