NEWS AND COMMENT-LAKE TEFE, AMAZON RIVER, BRAZIL: It has been put down to global warming as the primary reason for the death of 120 river dolphins in the Amazon River together with thousands of fish of other species. The scientists are still working on the …
Well, what do you make of these photos? They are shocking and they are no doubt meant to shock. They are excellent quality and very clever because I believe that they are excellent examples of photo-editing. Their validity is helped by the fact that it …
Because conservationists have ensured that a river in Cumbria (in the north of England) is once again wriggly after it had been straightened out for about a kilometre 150 years ago, salmon have returned to the river to breed as the water now moves more …
According to the IUCN Red List of threatened species, the Yangtze sturgeon is extinct in the wild. They blandly state that the number of mature individuals in the wild is zero (yes, 0). It is not often you see that number and it is obviously …
There is a pretty shocking photograph on the Internet today of millions of small dead fish blanketing the Darling River in western New South Wales which has clearly become uninhabitable. The fish species are herring, perch and carp for example. One local person, Graeme McCrabb …
Nigeria is too poor to keep the Osun River pure. Nigeria’s Osun River has, for many years, attracted people from far away as America to drink its pure waters. Beyoncé used the river as inspiration for her 2016 album Lemonade. She became Osun, the Yoruba …
Here’s some great news for conservationists and animal lovers. Near Minehead, on the Holnicote estate, beavers have built their first dam on Exmoor in more than 400 years. The beavers were released by the National Trust 10 months ago. Wildlife cameras captured them gnawing on …
In the UK, rivers are becoming more polluted from farms and water company sewer overflows; 84% of rivers have failed to meet government targets concerning ecological standards. The Environment Agency has cut farm inspections by 66% since 2014-15. They failed to enforce rules introduced in …
