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Wildlife 

Karpathos frog is Europe’s rarest

March 7, 2023March 6, 20233 months ago Victoria Steckhan 214 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Did you know that Europe’s most endangered frog lives on just one island in the Mediterranean? The Karpathos frog (Pelophylax

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Wildlife 

Saiga – the unusual antelope back from the brink

February 21, 2023February 21, 20233 months ago Victoria Steckhan 259 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

The saiga (Saiga tatarica) is a rather bizarre-looking creature, but is remarkably resilient. It inhabits one of Earth’s least protected

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UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15)

December 13, 2022December 12, 20226 months ago Emma Rubin 372 Views 0 Comments 15 min read

From the 7th of December until the 19th, the UN Biodiversity Conference is finally taking place. All of the Parties

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World Wildlife Conference – New protections from international trade

November 28, 2022November 30, 20226 months ago Victoria Steckhan 569 Views 0 Comments 10 min read

The 19th World Wildlife Conference concluded last week in Panama, with some groundbreaking decisions for helping prevent the exploitation of

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Wildlife 

Did you know about this extremely rare European mammal?

November 16, 2022December 1, 20227 months ago Victoria Steckhan 626 Views 0 Comments 9 min read

From black rhinos in southern Africa to orang-utans in southeast Asia, rare mammals have become iconic symbols for wildlife conservation.

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Research 

Instagram – opportunity or threat to conservation?

November 9, 2022December 19, 20227 months ago Victoria Steckhan 633 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Using social media can sometimes seem like shutting yourself off from the outside world. But what if it could have

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Training 

International butterfly workshops

October 20, 2022October 18, 20228 months ago Magdalena Meikl 464 Views 2 Comments 3 min read

In September there was a lot going on in our project “Schmetterlingsreich – butterfly kingdom“. After school started, the workshop

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Wildlife 

The man who stood up for the wolf in Spain

September 14, 2022September 14, 20229 months ago Victoria Steckhan 654 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente (often referred to simply as Félix) was the David Attenborough of Spain. Between 1971 and

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Wildlife 

EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy – is it forward-thinking enough?

August 22, 2022January 31, 202310 months ago Victoria Steckhan 566 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

The EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy is the European Union’s plan of action for conservation this decade. However, given rapid environmental

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Big Butterfly Count in UK

July 19, 2022September 20, 202211 months ago Karolina Soliar 642 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

After an unusually cold and wet spring Butterfly Conservation announced the next Big Butterfly Count, the camping will last till

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The minimum land area requiring conservation efforts to stop the biodiversity crisis

June 21, 2022September 20, 202212 months ago Damiano Cilio 708 Views 2 Comments 4 min read

More than 44% of Earth’s land area requires conservation efforts to safeguard biodiversity. This is what a new study, published

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Schoolworkshops on owls and predators in Lower Austria

June 17, 2022June 20, 202212 months ago Magdalena Meikl 641 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

We were on the road again with our school workshops, this time in Lower Austria. In Waidhofen an der Thaya,

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Hundreds of reptile species face extinction

May 9, 2022May 9, 20221 year ago Magdalena Meikl 753 Views 0 Comments 9 min read

A study was published in Nature recently reviewing the status of over 10,000 reptile species worldwide. Things are not looking

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Research 

New species of world’s largest amphibian discovered

May 5, 2022November 29, 20221 year ago Victoria Steckhan 778 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

Chinese giant salamanders (Andrias sp.) are extraordinary creatures which are sadly at risk of extinction. However, the recent discovery of

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Beavers return to London after centuries of absence

April 7, 2022April 6, 20221 year ago Victoria Steckhan 1012 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

Today is International Beaver Day! To celebrate, here’s some good news for the European species. After almost 500 years gone

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Wildlife 

Master of camouflage: the green toad is the amphibian of the year 2022

February 4, 2022September 20, 20221 year ago Magdalena Meikl 1011 Views 1 Comment 9 min read

Isn´t the outfit of the green toad reminding someone of a camouflage suit? Actually, they can change their beige green

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Research 

Bird biodiversity declining in the EU

December 16, 2021January 19, 20231 year ago Victoria Steckhan 1069 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

The current biodiversity crisis is affecting countless species, whether common or rare. Even areas with stricter conservation laws are seeing

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Wildlife 

Domestic cats as a serious threat to local wildlife

December 14, 2021September 20, 20221 year ago Magdalena Meikl 1441 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

It has been thousands of years since the first cats Felis catus were domesticated. But we still don’t seem to

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Wildlife 

Plastic packaging in France: Adieu pour toujours, almost

November 11, 2021November 11, 20212 years ago Nathalie Harms 1116 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

To reduce plastic waste, from January 2022 on, France will ban plastic packaging for a large number of fruits and

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Wildlife 

Reptile Awareness Day – Europe’s rarest venomous snake

October 21, 2021October 21, 20212 years ago Victoria Steckhan 1173 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

21st of October is Reptile Awareness Day! Although reptiles might not come to mind when thinking of wildlife in Europe,

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