December 3, 2022 at 09:12, Reading time: 5 minutes Nature Animals Almost half (49 %) of bird species are declining worldwide – and one in eight species is threatened with extinction. Over the past 150 years, human activities have caused the loss of 83 % of wild animal biomass, and 41.5 % of that of … Read more
Do you see a bird now? Do you hear one sing? If so, it may well have positive effects on your mental health. A recent study published in the journal Nature demonstrates that being in the presence of birds would make us more positive. From an application installed on their phone, the participants of this … Read more
ALONG A CLIFF EDGE PATH How to observe a bird that no one has seen for more than a century? Upon their return to Fergusson Island, it was this problem that the ornithologists had to answer. “They are very elusive. […] You can’t find them by simply walking through the jungle,” explains the co-organizer of … Read more
In a world marked by global warming, we are increasingly vigilant about our environmental impacts. Thus, certain activities and behaviors are, rightly, increasingly singled out: air travel, use of combustion engine cars, hunting, etc. However, this vigilance suffers from blind spots: ecological impacts that are real, but that we never talk about, surely because we … Read more
By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ, Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — An international wildlife conference moved to enact some of the most significant protection for shark species targeted in the fin trade and scores of turtles, lizards and frogs whose numbers are being decimated by the pet trade. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of … Read more
H5N1 Avian Influenza virus: Implementation of a temporary control zone Updated on 23/11/2022 Following the discovery of a pink flamingo infected with the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus near the Scamandre pond in Vauvert in the Gard, the prefect of the Gard issued an order determining a temporary control zone ( ZCT) with a … Read more
Over 500,000 tons of pumpkins are grown in the United States each year. In France, around 140,000 tonnes of squash are harvested per year. It is made into pies, winter soups but also and above all decorations for the Halloween period, including the famous Jack-o’-Lanterns. Consequence: millions of them, whether large, small, orange, white, end … Read more
SHARM EL-SHEIKH – The decision Sunday by nations around the world to establish a fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet was one of the most significant since UN climate talks began 30 years ago. It was an unequivocal confirmation that poor countries, with limited resources, are being most impacted by … Read more
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Did you know that meat centric pet diets are creating a whopping 64 million tons of carbon dioxide, equivalent to driving 13.6 million cars a year?* The food your pets eat has a clear impact on the health of our planet. That’s why Instinct Pet Food … Read more
There is one point on which all energy scenarios agree: without offshore wind power, France will have difficulty achieving carbon neutrality in 2050, according to experts from the Electricity Transmission Network (TEN), Ademe and the Négawatt association. The deployment of blades at sea, however, faces an obstacle: the opposition of environmental protection associations, more and … Read more