COVID-19 is eroding scientific field work – and our knowledge of how the world is changing
The COVID-19 pandemic is interrupting scientific field work across North America, leaving blank spots in important data sets and making it harder to track ecological change.
May 19, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: climate-change biology wildlife colorado ecology nature ducks phenology massachusetts thoreau migratory-birds field-research coronavirus-2020 covid-19
Stork chicks hatch in UK for first time in 600 years – why that's great news for British wildlife
Storks – those harbingers of new life – are breeding in Britain again.
May 15, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: birds ornithology wetlands rewilding bird-conservation species-reintroductions
You're not going far from home – and neither are the animals you spy out your window
With careful observation, you can start to recognize that one sassy squirrel or the cardinal pair who call your neighborhood home.
May 11, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: wildlife birds lizards habitat birdwatching squirrels rabbits wildlife-ecology urban-wildlife migratory-birds bird-watching
Lockdown isn’t good news for all wildlife – many animals rely on humans for survival
What a hungry Red kite tells us about human-animal relationships.
May 1, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: wildlife birds goats nature animals environment covid-19
Want to help rare birds? Dig a pond
Ponds create 'insect chimneys' which are a boon for hungry farmland birds.
April 28, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: agriculture biodiversity birds insects bird-conservation farmland ponds
How to discover the wildlife wonders of your own garden
Domestic gardens offer an oases for urban wildlife, and are a sight for sore eyes during lockdown.
April 7, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: birds gardens urban-ecology uk-wildlife covid-19 self-isolation
Coronavirus: what the lockdown could mean for urban wildlife
With wild boar in Barcelona and coyotes in San Francisco, the lockdown has transformed concrete jungles worldwide.
April 3, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: cities birds nature coronavirus hedgehogs urban-wildlife urban-ecology lockdown
Coronavirus: how the lockdown could affect urban wildlife
With wild boar in Barcelona and coyotes in San Francisco, the lockdown has transformed concrete jungles worldwide.
April 3, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: cities birds nature coronavirus hedgehogs urban-wildlife urban-ecology lockdown
Camera traps completed one of the most thorough surveys of African rainforest yet
A new method of using camera traps has brought good and bad news for conservationists.
March 31, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: conservation biodiversity birds mammals rainforest camera-traps african-wildlife wildlife-monitoring
Ancient bird skull found in amber was tiny predator in the time of giant dinosaurs
The skull of Oculudentavis, found encased in amber, provides new clues into the transition from dinosaurs to birds and may be smallest of either ever found.
March 11, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: evolution paleontology birds dinosaurs fossils myanmar amber feathered-dinosaurs bones fossil-record fossil-skulls phylogeny
Page 1 of 2