Two new lizards discovered in South Island
A skink discovered in Southland's Mataura Range and a gecko from the Nelson Lakes are the newest additions to New Zealand's lizard lineup.
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A skink discovered in Southland's Mataura Range and a gecko from the Nelson Lakes are the newest additions to New Zealand's lizard lineup.
th of June. Bird watcher Joyce Le Mesurier unexpectedly spotted the extinct bird on the offshore isle of Pulau Ubin according to local news. According to the Singapore Birds Project, the green broadbill had populated Pulau Ubin years ago, but was 'hardly seen in Singapore' since 1941. Other local bird watchers said that it was their first time to see such bird species in the island, describing the sighting as a 'lifter'. Ecological Behavior of Green Broadbill Bird (Photo : Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) UNSPECIFIED - JUNE 15: Green Broadbill (Calyptomena viridis), Eurylaimidae, drawing. In...
Burg Gleiberg ist gut in Schuss Dank umfangreicher Sanierungsarbeiten ist die Burg-Gleiberg in gutem Zustand. Davon überzeugten sich Landrätin Anita Schneider und Charlotte Bairstow von der Unteren Denkmalbehörde. Von mav Schatzmeister Karlfried Philipp, Chronist und Schriftführer Dr. Jürgen Leib, Vorsitzender Andreas Kraft, Bürgermeister Thomas Brunner, Architekt Ulrich Homberger und 2. Vorsitzender Gerhard Schmidt (hinten v.l.), empfingen Charlotte Bairstow und Anita Schneider (v.l.), bei einer Stippvisite auf der Burg. Foto: Mattern ...
0shares Tales of huge numbers of wild boar are probably exaggerated and there is no reason why a UK population cannot be sustainable, says Jack Bell The history of wild boar in the UK During the reign of King William I, the enactment of the Forest Law (1087) laid down that those guilty of killing a stag, roebuck or wild boar were liable to the punishment of blinding, and the hunting of these “beasts of the forest” was reserved only for nobility. Forest Law was designed to protect game species and the habitat that sustained them, implemented for the sole purpose of protecting game s...
E-Mail IMAGE: The Golden Eagle is not under active conservation management in Great Britain and could be candidates for higher prioritisation. view more Credit: Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com) Scientists have shown where bird species would exist in the absence of human activity under research that could provide a new approach to setting conservation priorities. A study by Durham University, UK, in collaboration with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), investigated how human activities such as agriculture, deforestation, and the drainage of wetlands have shaped ...