2021-05-21 09:09:23 GMT2021-05-21 17:09:23(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Photo taken on June 20, 2020 shows crested ibises foraging in the paddy fields in Yangxian County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo by Xia Yongguang/Xinhua)
XI AN, May 20 (Xinhua) British conservationist Terry Townshend described his return to Yangxian County, dubbed the hometown of the crested ibis, as a great honor, not only because he got to see these majestic birds once again, but because he was able to drop in on a prominent figure whose name has become synonymous with this still endangered species.
Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of rediscovery of the crested ibis.
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Ibiza Island Wall Lizard Devastated By Invasive Snake
The researchers determined that the snake occupies 49.31 percent of the island, and 43.04 percent of the lizards entire range.
May 3, 2021
The population of the Ibiza wall lizard (
Podarcis pityusensis) the last remaining endemic vertebrate on the island of Ibiza in the western Mediterranean Sea, has become prey over the last 18 years by an invasive snake that was brought to the islands inside the trunks of olive trees. The horseshoe whip snake (
Hemorrhois hippocrepis) became widely established while two other stowaway snake species, the Montpellier snake (
Malpolon monspessulanus) and the ladder snake (
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IMAGE: Monk parakeets are gregarious colonial-nesting birds that live in a social hierarchy. They are invasive species in the United States. view more
Credit: Michael Miller
Biologists often study animal sociality by collecting observations about several types of behavioral interactions. These interactions can be things like severe fights, minor fights, cooperative food sharing, or grooming each other.
But to analyze animal behavior, researchers need to make decisions about how to categorize these interactions and how to code these behaviors during data collection. Turns out, this question can be complicated.
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati dug into this tricky question while studying monk parakeets. In new research, published in the journal