A polar bear in rapid motion, a poetic image of a dragonfly, brilliant photographs of insects and the world below the surface. The student and junior part of the Czech Nature Photo photography competition produced beautiful images. “Every year, more and more young photographers apply, often with exceptionally high-quality works,” says competition manager Michal Krause. … Read more
26 mrt 2023 om 13:48Update: 20 minuten geleden No badgers have yet been spotted during work on the railway embankment in Esch in Brabant. ProRail sees this as a good sign. The manager will continue the work around the badger sett under the railway, so that trains can run again soon. No trains have been … Read more
A new species of trapdoor spider has been discovered in Australia, it is five times the size of its relatives and can live up to 20 years. Researchers have discovered a new and rare species of trapdoor spider in Australia, like this Queensland Museum Network communicated. The scientists found the giant spider in Queensland’s Brigalow … Read more
Duisburg (AP) – His name is “Goethe”, is just four months old, has brown button eyes, big ears, is still quite playful – and he is the youngest police candidate in Duisburg. Dog handler Silke Lichtner at the police dog squadron in the city in North Rhine-Westphalia has been training the black shepherd puppy for … Read more
21 mrt 2023 om 08:22Update: een uur geleden Inbreeding is currently the biggest threat to killer whales off the North American west coast. The dolphins are sometimes so closely related that they die at a younger age. The already endangered species cannot recover in this way. Female killer whales are most fertile at age 20. … Read more
Few creatures have pushed anatomy to its limits as much as sauropods. These giant dinosaurs moved on column-like legs that supported their massive bodies, wagging whip-like tails to ward off predators and using their long necks to devour foliage. This entire group of dinosaurs is commonly known as the long-necked dinosaurs, but the Mamenchisaurus, which … Read more
Hamburg (dpa / lno) – After more and more people in Hamburg had discovered beekeeping as a hobby for themselves, the numbers are now declining again for the first time. “In Hamburg, for the first time in years, we are seeing a slight decline in the number of members,” said Edda Gebel, chairwoman of the … Read more
Freiburg / Strasbourg (dpa / lsw) – According to scientists, the capercaillie is as good as extinct in the Vosges. Only five to six animals of this endangered species were counted last year in the mountainous region of eastern France, not far from the border with Germany. This emerges from a report by a scientific … Read more
17 mrt 2023 om 11:13Update: 20 uur geleden Two new vaccines against bird flu are effective, according to an initial trial by Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR). The injections not only work against symptoms of disease, but also against the spread of the virus. As far as we know, the vaccines only work for chickens. The … Read more
Door Robbert van der Linde 17 mrt 2023 om 20:16Update: 2 uur geleden Greek vets pull out all the stops to save the life of a rare white tiger cub. The young tiger was found severely neglected in a rubbish bin in the parking lot of an Athens zoo three weeks ago. The tiger cub … Read more