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Mass dying among fish in northern Poland and Germany – pollution, climate change or toxic algae?

August 18, 2022August 24, 20227 months ago Theresa Zett 472 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

While 2022 seems to be a good year for marine and coastal protection with a new UN ocean treaty on the

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International Wolf Day: Growing population in the Alps

August 13, 2022August 22, 20227 months ago Victoria Steckhan 536 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Happy International Wolf Day! Since their natural return to the Alps in the 1990s, wolf populations have grown exponentially. Swiss

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Great Barrier Reef survey 

August 6, 2022August 9, 20228 months ago Karolina Soliar 467 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

The Great Barrier Reef is a remarkable variety and beauty on the north-east coast of Australia. It contains the world’s

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Inconspicuous buzzers

August 1, 2022September 14, 20228 months ago Nathalie Harms 454 Views 0 Comments 9 min read

They are called Peppered moth (Biston betularia), Silver Y (Autographa gamma), or Crepuscular burnet (Zygaena carniolica). They are usually neither

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Shark Awareness Day 2022

July 12, 2022July 13, 20228 months ago Damiano Cilio 527 Views 1 Comment 4 min read

July 14th is Shark Awareness Day, a day meant to shift attitudes around sharks and boost awareness of these animals

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Hundreds of reptile species face extinction

May 9, 2022May 9, 202211 months ago Magdalena Meikl 613 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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Why birds are more colorful at the equator

April 12, 2022September 20, 202211 months ago Nathalie Harms 700 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

The great naturalists of the 19th century had already discovered the phenomenon: birds they saw during their journeys to the

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Beavers return to London after centuries of absence

April 7, 2022April 6, 202212 months ago Victoria Steckhan 851 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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Does climate change kill gray whales in the Pacific?

April 5, 2022April 27, 202212 months ago Elena Leonteva 768 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

Since the beginning of 2019 more and more gray whales along the west coast of North America from Mexico through

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Beavers in Chernobyl now live in trees

April 1, 2022January 31, 202312 months ago Victoria Steckhan 1008 Views 5 Comments 7 min read

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster left a huge area of Ukraine uninhabitable, but wildlife still found a way to thrive. However,

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A rare Eastern indigo snake was found in Alabama – only the second time in over 60 years

March 22, 2022January 23, 202312 months ago Karolina Soliar 715 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

The discovery of wild-born Eastern indigo snake definitively proves that protection policies in Alabama are actually work. On Thursday the Alabama

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World Rewilding Day: Rewild to Supercharge Climate Mitigation

March 20, 2022April 27, 20221 year ago Elena Leonteva 754 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

On March 20, people across the planet celebrate World Rewilding Day. It was launched in 2021 by the Global Rewilding

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Women in conservation: Wangari Maathai of Kenya

March 8, 2022April 27, 20221 year ago Elena Leonteva 724 Views 0 Comments 9 min read

This International Women’s Day is celebrated under the theme “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, recognizing the contribution of

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Will the tide finally turn on plastic pollution?

March 4, 2022January 19, 20231 year ago Victoria Steckhan 735 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

The plastic crisis threatens the largest ecosystems on the planet, but the international community has largely ignored it as waste

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Natural enemies are farmers’ friends

March 1, 2022March 2, 20221 year ago Victoria Steckhan 747 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

The rise of monocultures and shifting climate patterns has led to more pest outbreaks on our crops. These pose a

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The return of the Siberian Tiger?

February 21, 2022February 22, 20221 year ago Jonas Sommer 897 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

The tiger is simultaneously one of the most iconic, beloved and promoted but also one of the most threatened species

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The end of the whaling epoch in Iceland

February 19, 2022February 21, 20221 year ago Elena Leonteva 774 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

February 19 is World Marine Mammal Protection Day (World Whale Day), whose purpose is to draw attention to the problems

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Abandoned mines in Cornwall create wildlife havens

February 18, 2022November 29, 20221 year ago Victoria Steckhan 802 Views 0 Comments 8 min read

Much has already been written about the environmental damage caused by mining activity. In some cases however, it also has

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Take a photo and help protect endangered butterflies! 

February 15, 2022February 14, 20221 year ago Hanna Ollos 829 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Citizen Science, best translated as “community science”, has a long history in Europe and is now highly regarded and accepted.

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Chernobyl – an unlikely wildlife hotspot

February 8, 2022April 27, 20221 year ago Victoria Steckhan 876 Views 2 Comments 6 min read

When you think of havens for nature, Chernobyl might not be the first place that comes to mind. However, the

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