NEWS AND COMMENT-BOTSWANA: In an event which belies the so-called security of Botswana as a safe haven for the persecuted rhino, it has been reported that poachers bought tickets to one of the country’s top animal sanctuaries, Khama Rhino Sanctuary, and boldly killed and dehorned …
New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that nearly all of Australia’s 200 million rabbits come from one group of foundation rabbits introduced into Australia in 1859 by a man called Thomas Austin. At the time he was in …
After a 15-year study from 2005-2019 scientists from UPV/EHU and the Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive in Montpellier (CEFE-CNRS) Decided that global warming is making the plumage of blue tits less colourful. They call this a “plastic change” as opposed to a genetic change in …
Anton Mzimba was a hero. He was a warrior and he was doing fantastic work in “running one of the most effective units in the area. The rhinos on the Timbavati were well protected by his team. He had become a major obstacle to the …
Citizens of New York and marine biologists, and I expect conservationists, are excited to see bottlenose dolphins showing up in the city’s harbour. They have been drawn to the city by cleaner water and good stocks of Atlantic menhaden (a forage fish described as ‘the …
Like many others, I’ve just watched that match between Nick Kyrgios and Stephan Tsitsipas (number 4 seed) at Wimbledon (2022) which Kyrgios won with an amazing drop shot. Kyrgios was incredibly badly behaved in between playing sublime tennis. He plays shots that nobody else can …
NEWS AND COMMENT-BANGKOK, THAILAND: Two Indian women have been arrested in Thailand after they tried to smuggle 109 live animals in their luggage. The animals included armadillos and lizards. Their names are: Nithya Raja, 38, and Zakia Sulthana Ebrahim, 24. They are being held at …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Putin, his cronies and the oligarchs of Russia, alpha males all of them, love trophy hunting. Although we’ve seen Putin professing to be involved in conservation of the Siberian tiger and Amur leopard, it appears to be a front because The Times …
This is an impressive view of an army of Portuguese trying to push a beached sperm whale near Lisbon Portugal back into deep water. The suggestion is that the whale’s inability to make deep dives caused by barotrauma (exploded ear drums) might have caused this …
