Tag: biodiversity
Animal welfare: look for Huchen
The fish, also known as Danube salmon, is critically endangered. Now animal rights activists have climbed into the ice-cold Isar and collected his eggs – in order to breed a…
Global coral bleaching: humanity has lost control
In the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean: corals are dying everywhere. This shows that the talk of “It won’t be that bad” must finally stop. source site
What you need to know about bark beetles, these pest insects that the State wants to eradicate
It is not just fires that are ravaging our forests and especially our spruce trees. There is in fact another threat, silent and less spectacular but just as devastating: bark…
Nature conservation association looks for deadly threats to birds – Bavaria
Glass facades can pose a deadly danger to birds. The nature conservation association LBV has been recording which of these are particularly accident-prone since last autumn with the help of…
Cemeteries as oases for plants and animals – Bavaria
At the beginning of spring, the Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Conservation (ANL) and the church association “Preserve Creation Concretely” provide tips for a natural design of cemeteries.…
Forests in Bavaria: Serviceberries against the climate crisis – Bavaria
The serviceberry or Sorbus torminalis is an absolute exotic among the local tree species. “When it comes up, there will be a few hundred thousand specimens in the mixed deciduous…
Lapwings return from winter quarters to Bavaria – Bavaria
Juggler of the air, field peacock and meadow punk: the lapwing, bird of the year 2024, goes by many names. The animals are currently returning to Germany from their wintering…
Geologists reject “Anthropocene” as a new epoch – knowledge
Have humans changed the earth so profoundly that they have triggered their own geological era, the Anthropocene? Scientists have been arguing about this question for more than 20 years, after…
Bird of the Year 2024: Rescue for the sissy of the sky
Lapwings were common for a long time, but now the amazing bird is in danger of disappearing from Germany. On the road with a biologist who wants to prevent this…
Bavaria: The loss of species continues – black-tailed godwit in danger – Bavaria
It wasn’t that long ago that conservationists in Bavaria were very worried about the goldfinch. Until well into the 1900s, populations of this songbird, which is actually widespread, declined from…