The population of white-backed, slender-billed and red-headed vultures, essential to maintaining the health of the ecosystems in India Feeding on carrion, they have decreased by more than 95% in the last twenty years, taking with them the lives of thousands of people due to the continued degradation of the country’s ecosystem. “More than 95% Of […]
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When the first warm-blooded dinosaurs roamed the Earth
Scientists once thought that dinosaurs They were cold-blooded, lethargic creatures. Subsequent research suggested that some of them were capable of controlling their body temperature, but when and how this change occurred remained a mystery. Now, a new study estimates that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs were able to roam the face of the Earth about 180 […]
Curiosity in animals promotes biodiversity
Exploratory behavior, one of the fundamental personality traits of animalsacts as a driving force for the formation of new species and, therefore, biodiversity, as suggested by a study with cichlid fish published by Science. The research led by the University of Basel (Switzerland) also indicates that the curiosity of these animals is influenced by specific […]
Chickens blush based on their emotions, study suggests
The chickens They also blush with the emotions, a team of French researchers has confirmed, in a finding that may open new clues to estimate the well-being of animals. These birds feel “more or less important blushes depending on your emotional state”, indicates the French Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE) in a […]
New York is going to protect its bees with hotels and bunkers in streets and public squares
The city of NY inaugurated this Thursday, during Earth Week, a series of Hotels and bunkers for native bees at risk in public squares and streets, where they will have vegetation for their food and other pollinators. Ydanis Rodríguez, secretary of the city’s Department of Transportation, the agency in charge of the Puerto Pollinator Project, […]
“Attention, tapir on the road”: saving animals with AI on the roads of Brazil
”Attention, tapir on the near perimeter of the road”. An application project for drivers aims to reduce through technology of Artificial Intelligence (AI) the crashes of fauna wild in Brazil, the main threat to several vulnerable species. In Brazil, 475 million animals die each year crushed or rammed on roads, according to calculations by the […]
Stuffed dogs, cats and hummingbirds, the art of preserving pets opens in Colombia
Dogs, cats, hummingbirds and even a small hammerhead shark are some of the animals that, stuffed, decorate the walls of the studio of Miguel Vargas, who claims to be the only taxidermist who practices this profession in Bogota. At only 33 years old, with a self-taught education and a Biology diploma from the National University […]
Endangered macaws return to Bolivia to save their species
Five macaws of a seriously endangered species are already in a custody center in Bolivia after being repatriated from a Zoo from London, authorities and experts reported. The exotic birds known as blue-bearded macaws—Ara glaucogularis—are the offspring of specimens that were trafficked to Europe in the 1980s and will now be used in reproduction to […]
This happened to a man who broke a panda’s strict dietary rules
Do not give food to the pandas. That was the rule that seemed to have been broken by a man banned for life from one of the main panda centers in Chinaafter throwing “objects” unidentified persons to a compound on Monday. The statement from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding did not identify […]
Slow but suspenseful, the horse races that survive in Japan
Speed is not everything in a horse race held north of Japan. The animals pull heavy sleds, but far from galloping, they trot and even slower, creating an unexpected suspense that hooks viewers. These races, known as ‘Banei Keiba’, They are celebrated throughout the year in Obihiro, a small city on the large island of […]