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The international wildlife trade is causing more than a 60 per cent fall in species abundance, a new study reveals.   An international team of researchers, including experts from the University of Sheffield, performed a meta-analysis of the wildlife trade from 31 studies.  They found a 62 per cent fall in species abundance overall, as well as an 80 per cent decline in abundance specifically for endangered species, due to both legal and illegal trade.  There was also even declines as high...

Amazons new HQ takes design inspiration from DNA and the poop emoji Amazons new HQ takes design i... Amazon appears to have taken inspiration both from the double-helix structure of DNA and the poop emoji in the design of its latest headquarters facility in Arlington, Virginia Amazon 1/5 Amazon appears to have taken inspiration both from the double-helix structure of DNA and the poop emoji in the design of its latest headquarters facility in Arlington, Virginia Amazon Am...

Share If you can run a mile, then one day in the future, you will be able to run two. The same can be said for when you finish a 5k race, the signs all point towards you doubling that number a few months down the line. After this stage comes the milestones of any runner – the captivating high of finishing a half marathon, a high which can only be emulated upon the completion of a full one. When the time comes for you to finish your very first 26.2 miler, you’ll feel it both emotionally and ...

Copy According to Pliny, Roman Emperor Tiberius’s doctors instructed their charge to consume a fruit of the Cucurbits family each day. To grow these melon and cucumber fruits year-round on his home island of Capri, Tiberius directed construction of specularia: “[He] had raised beds made in frames upon wheels, by means of which the Cucumis were moved and exposed to the full heat of the sun; while, in winter, they were withdrawn, and placed under the protection of frames glazed with mirror-st...

Tallinn Zoo to build rainforest exhibition building for EUR 3.7 mln 2020-12-30 BNS/TBT Staff TALLINN – Tallinn Zoo signed a contract with Ehitus5ECO OU for the construction of a Southeast Asia tropical rainforest exhibition building; the cost of the construction contract is over 3.7 million euros. The construction of the exhibition building, which will be built within the framework of the Pilvemets (Cloud Forest) project, will start in the beginning of 2021. The deadline for completion of t...

Adventurers across the globe have had time to pause and reflect on how they want to travel in the future, and might be looking for a cleaner, greener trip in 2021. With health in mind, travellers would be wise to invest in ways to Covid-proof their trip (comprehensive insurance, for a start), and may plump for off-grid destinations to escape the crowds. Throughout 2021, Rough Guides will be helping people make the most of their time on Earth with a selection of great experiences, deals and how ...

18 December 2020 Inkaterra has resumed operations across its portfolio of hotels in Peru just in time for the new year. The brand, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary, has begun welcoming guests back to its seven properties throughout Peru after temporarily suspending service during a months-long, nationwide lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. All the international hygiene, mask-wearing and social distancing protocols are being followed. On November 1st, Peru began allowing ...

By Grace Mitchell Tada, Associate ASLA According to Pliny, Roman Emperor Tiberius’s doctors instructed their charge to consume a fruit of the Cucurbits family each day. To grow these melon and cucumber fruits year-round on his home island of Capri, Tiberius directed construction of specularia: “[He] had raised beds made in frames upon wheels, by means of which the Cucumis were moved and exposed to the full heat of the sun; while, in winter, they were withdrawn, and placed under the protecti...

Last Updated: Biologists Discover 20 New Extinct Species Of Wildlife In Bolivia’s ‘cloud Forest’ Biologists took an expedition into Bolivian Andes near the Bolivian capital of La Paz, Zongo Valley, and spotted 20 new species of animals and plants. Biologists have rediscovered scores of species that are rare, endangered, or extinct in the Bolivian ‘Cloud Forests’ including the Andes’ smallest frog and the venomous pit viper. An ecological SWAT team at the Conservation Internati...

To be at most ten thousand adult animals but the figures are uncertain. that it. would like to have more precise numbers for her study area the spectacle bears tend to settle in the cloud forest at medium elevations so she set up a scent in front of a camera trap home. from her. even researchers like her rarely get to see the bears face to face. i have. twice face encounters in four years of work here. that makes the camera traps all the more important the devices are the researchers hidden kniv...