Tag: Species extinction
Natural History Museums: On the History of Ornithology
“I was there, and then the mainstream came my way” She is radical, wild, and actually always at the forefront: the singer Peaches about fans whose fingers she wanted to…
Climate change: big ears, long tails – knowledge
Show me your ears and I’ll tell you where you live. More precisely: which climatic conditions prevail in your home country. Because there is a principle known among biologists as…
Almost every third bird of prey species threatened worldwide – knowledge
Around 30 percent of all birds of prey worldwide are threatened – 166 of the total of 557 species. Most of the bird of prey species can only be found…
Biodiversity: melting peaks
In the Alps, temperatures rise twice as fast as the global average due to climate change. How does that change the animal and plant world? A mountain tour with two…
Climate change: New climate in the world’s oceans puts species to the test – knowledge
By the end of this century, large parts of the oceans could have climatic conditions that many species can no longer tolerate, researchers warn. The consequences would be dramatic. from…
Comment: Man versus animal – knowledge
Man penetrates into every corner of the earth. The furthest corners of the jungle are just as unsafe from it as the deepest depths of the oceans. There is already…
Australia’s Toxic Fight Against Cats – Knowledge
To protect Australia’s wildlife, ecologists are poisoning foxes, feral cats and other introduced species. But the toxin used kills slowly and painfully. Why is this allowed? Australia is famous for…
Bird extinction: Red List is getting longer – Knowledge
Then he’ll be gone, the turnstone. Probably forever. The pretty beach bird no longer exists in Germany. The sucker falcon is also history: in the new Red List of breeding…
More than 80 percent of the streams exceed limits for pesticides – knowledge
Of Tina Baier Almost three kilograms of pesticides are distributed annually per hectare in the fields in Germany. Much more of it than previously thought ends up in bodies of…