In 1997, a chance encounter with a newly discovered species of Antpitta resulted in the launch of the Jocotoco Foundation, and the protection of thousands of hectares of habitat in the Ecuadorian Andes. The discovery was made by world-renowned ornithologist, … Continued
At last weekend’s Birdfair 2017, an annual event held in Rutland, UK, the events tent was packed to capacity as the winners of the BPOTY 2017 – Bird Photographer of the Year competition were announced. Now in its second year, … Continued
Fighting Kauri Dieback Disease Next week (9 February 2017) sees the launch of a new Citizen Science project which aims to protect one of New Zealand’s iconic, native trees from a plant disease which threatens to decimate their numbers. … Continued
Author: Rick Simpson, Wader Quest Waders are everywhere – aren’t they? I mean, go to any estuary and you can see any number of them can’t you? So what exactly is the problem? The fact is that waders are … Continued
A paper published last week in ‘Suiform Soundings’, a newsletter published by the IUCN’s Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos Specialist Group states that the hippopotamus (hippo/s) numbers in Virunga National Park and starting to recover. The paper follows recent research undertaken by … Continued
The extinction of the white-faced darter in Delamere, in 2003, meant that the forest lost both its flagship species and the forest’s emblem. So it was inevitable that a reintroduction would take place that not only assisted the species survival … Continued
In May last year an event, which should have shocked the world, went pretty much unnoticed outside a few conservation organisations. In just a few weeks 200,000 saiga antelope, over 60% of the global population, died! The incident quickly ramped … Continued
A study by Scientists from the Bishop Museum and NOAA published in the scientific journal ZooKeys on 6th September 2016 describes a brand new butterflyfish species. The discovery was made in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the remote North-western Hawaiian … Continued