Tag: Species
Beluga in the Seine: “He was a representative and an ambassador of his species”, says Sea Sheperd
The president of the association considers the death of the cetacean as a “trigger that opens the awareness of the general public to the fate of the ocean”. The death…
London Zoo displays crocodile skin bag to raise awareness of endangered species
The shocking image was posted on Twitter and then widely shared by Internet users. It shows a handbag made of crocodile skin, displayed in place of the animal, which is…
Invasive species cost billions worldwide
Between 1986 and 2020, introduced amphibians and reptiles cost the global economy approximately €16.5 billion. As an international working group headed by Phillip Haubrock from the Senckenberg Research Institute and…
Penguins are not adapting quickly enough to climate change, and this is dramatic for their species
Penguins, a species of bird in the Spheniscidae family, are evolving too slowly and could soon suffer the disastrous consequences of climate change, a new study suggests. The penguin is…
An appeal for species protection: Everyone knows about it
»Everyone knew that this would happen?!« The protagonists Ben and Fini react in disbelief when they learn that the earth used to be populated by numerous animals and plants –…
A new species of giant water lily discovered in London
Experts from Kew Gardens, a famous botanic garden in west London, revealed on Monday that they had discovered a new species of giant water lily, the first recorded since the…
A new animal species discovered in the depths of Antarctica
DR 06/27/2022 at 1:00 PMUpdated 06/27/2022 at 12:49 New Zealand scientists have discovered a colony of small crabs of an unlisted species more than 500 meters deep under the ice…
Snippets of genetic material from dozens of insect species lie dormant in tea bags
Researchers at the University of Trier have developed a method for extracting and evaluating DNA traces of insects from dried plants. “We examined commercially available teas and herbs and found…
Iran: death of a second Asian cheetah cub, endangered species
A critically endangered Asian cheetah cub has died, Iran’s official Irna news agency reported on Wednesday (May 18th), making it the second cheetah to die from a litter of three…
Half of all bird species worldwide are declining
There are around 11,000 bird species on earth. And almost half of them suffer from sometimes very severe inventory losses. On the other hand, only six percent of all bird…
Barely discovered, this species of frog is already in danger
Laustralia has a new species of frog. Unfortunately, these amphibians in southeast Queensland are already listed as ‘endangered’. As reported by GuardianSaturday April 30, the “Philoria knowlesi” live in the…
A fifth of all known reptile species are threatened
More than 900 scientists have assessed the threat to reptiles around the world for the first time. Their conclusion: More than a fifth of all species of these terrestrial vertebrates…