NEWS AND VIEWS: Sir David Attenborough is supporting a campaign by more than 100 conservation groups to get countries to commit, in total, £390 billion ($500 billion) annually to protect wildlife. Today there is a virtual UN biodiversity summit meeting. … Continue reading →
Corporations in Europe are failing to do the right thing in respect of conservation and it is time for governments to force them to behave ethically in protecting nature. A non-profit group that investigates environmental crime, Earthsight, have linked the … Continue reading →
Bees are animals! I just wanted to get that out of the way because this website is about the animal-to-human relationship. People want to help bees because they have read many stories about bees struggling in the modern world because … Continue reading →
In America, there is a genuine surge in the retreat from meat as it is called. People are becoming more interested in eating plant-based meat products which look and taste just like the real thing. For example, Leonardo DiCaprio and … Continue reading →
NEWS AND OPINION: To be accurate, many shark species are already endangered in part because of shark fin soup. However, the news today is that a vaccine against coronavirus may result in the slaughter of 500,000 sharks in order to … Continue reading →
In a stark indictment of Britain’s responsibilities towards protecting nature, researchers at the Natural History Museum Newton used an index that measures biodiversity to give Britain a score of 50.3 which makes it the most nature-depleted country in the group … Continue reading →
NEWS AND OPINION: The law regarding the importation of animal fur into the UK is highly complicated. I know that the European Union banned cat and dog fur in around 2009. But I also know that animals are bred in … Continue reading →
This is another brilliant video from Martin of the South West Wildlife Foundation of Utah (and thanks to his wife for the filming). Martin has almost 50 years experience in rescuing birds of prey and therefore he knows the illnesses, … Continue reading →
The list of 20 UN targets set 10 years ago to protect wildlife are largely unmet. The targets included reducing habitat loss, preventing harmful pollution, preventing wildlife extinctions, protecting land and sea and managing sustainable fish stocks. The UN has … Continue reading →
NEWS AND ANALYSIS: The RSPB in the UK has criticised the British government for missing wildlife conservation targets and misleading the public in their efforts concerning conservation. They argue that Britain has lost a decade in terms of wildlife conservation. … Continue reading →
Grey squirrels were introduced into the UK from the US in the 1870s and they are blamed for the decline in the native reds. It has been known for some time, but a recent study led by Joshua Twining, of … Continue reading →
There has been a spate of scientific studies in recent years about the impact of human activity on the extinction of the species. In this study, recently published on the Science Advances website, a group of scientists have come to … Continue reading →
The Karpaz Peninsula that juts out north-east of the island of Cyprus is an important breeding ground for green sea turtles and loggerhead turtles. It is an area which is being developed for residential housing which will make things worse … Continue reading →
Did you know that songbirds need to warm up like an opera singer before the dawn chorus and birds sing jazz for pleasure? It’s true. Researchers have now discovered that highly sociable house sparrows learn from each other and they … Continue reading →
The turtle dove population has declined by 78 percent between 1980 and 2015 due to sport hunting, shrinking habitat and disease (src: The Times). They spend two thirds of the year in sub-Saharan West Africa and the remainder of the … Continue reading →
Uganda’s mountain gorilla population is doing well because during the peace and quiet brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down tourism, and because of better protection there has been a baby boom in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park … Continue reading →
Australian’s flying foxes were thought to set up home and stay put but research indicates that they are a nomadic species and like to find new places to live on a regular basis. In Australian cities they hang from trees … Continue reading →
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, AFRICA: a serial poacher and ivory trafficker has been convicted and jailed for 30 years in a major landmark case in the Republic of Congo. It is the first sentence of its kind because previously environmental … Continue reading →
I get the impression that climate change causing hotter summers is having a devastating effect upon the hedgehog population in Europe. I think that you will find that the 10 hottest years on the planet have occurred in the last … Continue reading →
One of the great challenges of the modern era is to drag humankind away from powering the world with fossil fuels. Fossil fuels creates carbon dioxide which causes global warming which in turn damages the planet making life harder for … Continue reading →
