Category: Zoology Blogs

Juvenile Cinereous Vultures are wimps, or to make use of a German phrase, “Warmduscher”. Whereas the breeding adults keep close to their nest all yr, the juveniles migrate south and…

  In Lewis Carroll’s Wanting-Glass Land, mome raths are small inexperienced pigs with lengthy snouts (© Dr Karl Shuker) Down by way of the years, I’ve documented right here on…

Probably the most annoying qualities of sustainability-conscious individuals – lovingly referred to as “unwashed, long-haired greenies” by right-wing politicians – is the tendency to inform individuals not to do issues.…

Fairly a bit late this yr, however I’ve lastly put collectively the 2023 conservation / ecology / sustainability journal ranks based mostly on my (revealed) journal-ranking technique (as I’ve finished…

So I haven’t had a lot birding pleasure to put in writing about previously couple of weeks. However I’ve been in a position to take pleasure in going via images…

Final month we noticed this American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) within the decrease reaches of the Rio Cuero, Honduras, nearly within the centre of its geographical vary. The American Crocodile prefers…

A number of years in the past, after touring for a pair weeks on a birding journey, I returned to my native Trinidad and Tobago completely confused. A chook darting…

The Black Summer time bushfires of 2019–2020 that razed greater than half of the panorama on Kangaroo Island in South Australia left an indelible mark on the island’s distinctive native biodiversity, which…

Mira-Jover, A., Rodríguez-Caro, R.C., Noguera, J.C., Fritz, U., Kehlmaier, C., García de la Fuente, M.I., Giménez, A. and Graciá, E. (2024). Shorter telomeres are related to shell anomalies in a…

What’s your favourite chicken species?  My favourite household of birds are the Shrikes and I haven’t seen one I don’t like however Pink-backed Shrike is an actual stunner and was…