The title is no understatement. For conservationists it is sickening. How much cocaine is being snorted by humans across the planet daily? We don’t know but we do know that the number of people dying from cocaine poisoning in the United States has been steadily …
The UK is suffering from a catastrophic decline in insect numbers and it is believed that this is due to farming and climate change. Research has been conducted by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. The researchers found that from 1970 to the end of …
The UK is going through a bit of an economic malaise. Productivity is too low. Too many people who should be economically active are not and have decided to take health welfare payments instead and watch television which is why during the current general election, …
The beauty of Geat Britain is in its landscape and in its nature; the wildlife. This green and pleasant land is so often no longer green and pleasant. And the UK government has done far too little to protect the UK’s wildlife. We are in …
In Sussex, UK, a nice bit of successful bird conservation is taking place. It concerns the butcher bird (or butcherbird) – the red-backed shrike – which was abundant across England and Wales in the 19th century. Pressure from egg collectors and intensified agricultural practices caused …
This is a conservation roundup; a double whammy in conservation of two entirely different species found in entirely different areas. I would like to update readers on the successful conservation of the Iberian lynx which lives in southern Spain and Portugal followed by a project …
A heat dome has settled above Mexico according to reports resulting in temperatures which have surpassed 45°C (113°F) in some places. There has been underinvestment in infrastructure which includes the generation of power with demand potentially exceeding supply. On May 27, The Christian Science Monitor …
Years ago, Sir David Attenborough highlighted the plight of the African wild dog. It is now critically endangered. It is believed sperm banks might be the key to saving the species. Conservationists are freezing sperm and researching artificial insemination. They are also looking at breeding …
This is a very cute conservation effort (if there is such a thing 😎🙄). I also have to add that the image created by an artificial intelligence computer is magnificent. I instructed the computer to create this image and the result is exactly as I …
