“If we save the sea, we save our world” — Sir David Attenborough, Ocean with David Attenborough Almost every country in the world has signed on to safeguard a minimum of 30 percent of the world’s ocean by 2030, yet just eight percent is currently being protected. The rate of new marine protected area (MPA) […]
In a new study, researchers have confirmed that pharmaceutical pollutants are influencing how Atlantic salmon behave. The study, published in the journal Science, revealed that migrating salmon exposed to a type of psychoactive medicine under the benzodiazepine class caused the fish to be more bold and take more risks during migration. Although this led to […]
During the last weekend of January, participants in Britain’s Big Garden Birdwatch are asked to keep track of the number of each avian species they see at their location over a one-hour period. The counting and recording is usually done in gardens, but parks and other green spaces work too. Participants in this year’s Birdwatch […]
Dozens of gopher tortoises survived a harrowing sea crossing after last year’s deadly and destructive Hurricane Helene swept them two miles from their native home. The tortoises found themselves swimming — and possibly floating — for their lives from Egmont Key national wildlife refuge to Fort De Soto County Park on a remote part of […]
A research team from the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in Austria and India’s Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) have been working on the development of 3D-printed imitations of human skin that could potentially be used to replace animals in cosmetics testing. Directive 2010/63/EU, European legislation “on the protection of animals used for scientific […]
The European Commission has lifted a ban on hunting vulnerable turtle doves for sport. The commission announced that EU countries could reopen the European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) hunting season in areas of Western Europe. The reopening followed a pause on hunting the birds initiated in 2021. “The Turtle-dove did its part. Left alone, it […]
In a new study, researchers have found a wide range of pollutants in Western European hedgehogs, including heavy metals, plastic additives and more. The researchers from Lund University in Sweden were exploring the levels of heavy metals found in hedgehogs in southern Sweden, following previous research that revealed heavy metal pollution in hedgehogs in urban […]
The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing — the largest wildlife crossing of its kind in the world — has reached a new milestone, as workers laid the first layers of soil on the historic California overpass on Monday. The crossing stretches over California’s 101 freeway and is designed to help bobcats, mountain lions, deer and other […]
In a new review published in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change, scientists have issued an urgent warning that the fossil fuel industry and its products are driving intertwined crises threatening humans, wildlife and our shared future on this planet. The collaborative review by scientists from the Center for Biological Diversity and several universities synthesizes […]
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