Source: In Defense of Animals CREDIT: Carla Bowers ALTURAS, CA (November 12, 2018) – In Defense of Animals is urging the United States Forest Service to call off an adoption and sale of wild horses planned for Friday and Saturday. The event will risk spreading a highly contagious infection which is present in the mustang herd. One […]
This video from Georgia in the USA says about itself: 2 February 2017 An Osprey was busy adding nesting material to the vacant nest on the Savannah Great Horned Owl Cam for about an hour this morning. Watch the highlights of the bird’s multiple trips. This camera livestream is a partnership between the Cornell Lab […]
This video from Georgia in the USA says about itself: Savannah Osprey Cams Hosts Colorful Characters – Nov. 9, 2018 The Savannah Osprey cam is never one to disappoint when it comes to new visitors! Watch this colorful cast of characters stop by the nesting tree’s perching branch. Can you name these two common eastern […]
After years of effort, the invasive African big-headed ant (Pheidole megacephala) has successfully been eradicated from Lord Howe Island, an island off the coast of Australia, helping to protect this World Heritage site and its unique diversity of plants and animals.
via World heritage site saved from invasive ant species — The Invasives Blog
This 27 August 2018 video says about itself: How a New Generation Is Saving Zambia’s Lions | National Geographic Zambia is one of the last remaining strongholds for large African carnivores like lions, yet human conflict is impacting their populations. National Geographic Explorer Thandiwe Mweetwa and Fulbright Scholar Henry Mwape are conservationists working with the […]
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Richard Conniff, one of the science writers we most depend on for useful conservation news, shares this interview with one of our heroes from India’s big cat conservation network: Big Cat Comeback: How India Is Restoring Its Tiger Population Ullas Karanth has spent a half-century working to protect India’s endangered tigers. In an interview with Yale […]
