A sea anemone, a lobster and an underwater woodlouse have earned Marco Reijnen (51) a gold medal. The Tilburger has won the Dutch Underwater Photography Championship with his photos of the underwater world. Written by Danique Pals Marco has been diving since he was seventeen and has also been taking underwater photographs since 2008. “I … Read more
Par Murielle Bouchard Published on 25 Nov 23 at 17:43 See my news Follow 76actu The second was good ! At the beginning of November 2023, Isabelle Le Gars tried once again the French grooming championship near Lyon. In the hair removal category, this time, she managed to get on the podium. Vice-champion of France … Read more
Density stress also moves beavers – now up to the railway embankment in Zurich-Oerlikon After the Limmat, the Sihl, the Glatt and the Leutschenbach, beavers have now also colonized the Binzmühlebach on the railway embankment in Zurich-Oerlikon. Their population has recently declined slightly across the canton. Beavers have settled in the Binzmühlebach on the railway … Read more
A male leopard from Ukraine arrived at the AAP Foundation on Friday. The animal was discovered by Ukrainian soldiers last year. The leopard had been left without food and water and showed “signs of severe post-traumatic stress”, according to the foundation. The AAP Foundation suspects that the leopard was kept as a pet, which is … Read more
By Robbert van der Linde Nov 24, 2023 at 9:44 PM Update: 2 hours ago The humpback whale known as ‘Dutchy’ has recently been spotted again off the coast of Norway. Sixteen years ago the whale appeared off the Dutch coast, but the animal has been missing since then. Dutchy was spotted last January in … Read more
Nov 23, 2023 at 10:14 p.m The northern US states of Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking measures to prevent an invasion of so-called ‘super pigs’ from Canada. There, crosses have arisen between wild boars from Europe, which have good survival skills, and large local boars. Ryan Brook, professor at Canada’s University of Saskatchewan, … Read more
The poisonous green mamba that escaped in Tilburg at the beginning of this week is most likely hiding behind a plaster wall in his owner’s house. A snake expert who searched for the animal said this on Thursday Broadcasting Brabant. Snake expert Walter Getreuer from Reptielenzoo SERPO searches for the snake with a sniffer dog. … Read more
Freiburg (dpa/lsw) – More and more specimens of the strictly protected European wildcat are sneaking through the forests in the southwest. “The development has been going upwards for years,” said Andrea Lehning, consultant for wildcat protection and forests at the Federal Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany (BUND). According to experts, it is … Read more
Freiburg (dpa) – It is estimated that several hundred of the strictly protected wild cats live in Baden-Württemberg and their number is increasing. “They now populate the entire Rhine plain, and from there this wild animal species is increasingly spreading towards the east,” said a spokeswoman for the Baden-Württemberg Forestry Experimental and Research Institute (FVA). … Read more
A cargo plane, which left New York for Liège, had to turn around and return to John F. Kennedy International Airport because a horse escaped from its stall, American media reported this Tuesday. Citing an air traffic control recording, ABC News reported that the horse managed to get loose last Thursday evening, within half an … Read more