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Month: April 2020

Ebo Forest: A Stronghold for Cameroon’s Wildlife

April 30, 2020May 11, 2020ecolightenment

In southwestern Cameroon, not far from the country’s two largest cities, lies the Ebo Forest — almost 1,500 square kilometers of mountain slopes and river valleys whose trees’ thick canopy shelters a fascinating array of species. While the forest has long been used by nearby villages for subsistence activities such as hunting, gathering, fishing and […]

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The urban wild: animals take to the streets amid lockdown – in pictures

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020ecolightenment

Animals have started taking advantage of cities as they enter lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic. From New Delhi, India to Buenos Aires, Argentina, groups of animals including deer and lemurs have started to come out to explore – in search of food or just to play Main image: Mountain goats roam the streets of Llandudno, […]

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Wild Bears ‘Having a Party’ in Coronavirus-Closed Yosemite National Park

April 16, 2020April 22, 2020ecolightenment

Wild bears in Yosemite National Park are coming out of the woodwork in what park officials are calling a “party” following the park’s March 20 closure in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The wildly popular park is visited by millions of people every year, and at the same time hundreds of bears call the Rhode Island-sized […]

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Coronavirus: lockdown’s effect on air pollution provides rare glimpse of low-carbon future

April 15, 2020April 22, 2020ecolightenment

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused industrial activity to shut down and cancelled flights and other journeys, slashing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution around the world. If there is something positive to take from this terrible crisis, it could be that it’s offered a taste of the air we might breathe in a low-carbon future. […]

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Animal carcasses — from a problem to a conservation opportunity

April 15, 2020April 22, 2020ecolightenment

One of the many conservation actions that the LIFE Under Griffon Wings carries out to conserve the Griffon Vulture in Sardinia is offering safe and enough food to the species through feeding stations by collaborating with farmers. Obtaining permission from the EU to dispose of carcasses safely The LIFE Under Griffon Vulture project aims to […]

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Snow Leopard Live Chat: Women in Conservation

April 15, 2020April 22, 2020ecolightenment

Checking in with our field teams Like many of you, in order to ensure the safety of ourselves and our communities, we are all finding ourselves adjusting to new recommendations and protocols of remaining home. Normally, many of our field staff are often in remote, mountainous, snow leopard habitat for long stretches of the year […]

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Flamingos form complex social ties that last over the years

April 14, 2020April 22, 2020ecolightenment

Flamingos show complex social lives, maintaining friendships through the years and even avoiding individuals they don’t get along with. The five-year study tracked flocks of Caribbean, Chilean, Andean and Lesser flamingos at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre between 2012 and 2016. These flocks varied in number from 20 to 140 individuals, and all showed complex webs […]

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Australian lizard is the first vertebrate seen to lay eggs and give birth in one pregnancy

April 13, 2020April 22, 2020ecolightenment

Researchers at the University of Sydney report observing a three-toed skink (Saiphos equalis) lay eggs and give birth to live babies in the same litter. This is the first time a vertebrate has been witnessed doing so. Three-toed skinks are one of the very few “bimodally reproductive” species we’ve ever found, animals in which some […]

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