South China Tiger: critically endangered or already extinct?

02-01-2023
Today the estimated population of the southern Chinese subspecies is around 60-90 individuals living only in the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang

Siberian tiger: the situation at the beginning of 2023

02-01-2023
Currently, the first risk factor, which in any case regards all tiger subspecies in general, is the reduction and fragmentation of the diffusion habitat due to the increase in anthropic activity

Can pets be immunized against diseases?

01-01-2023
A recent study tries to answer this interesting question

Beluga whale: how many specimens are left?

29-12-2022
Beluga is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN despite uncertainty about actual numbers and the prediction that if current conservation efforts cease, particularly with regards to hunting management

The conservation status of the Bowhead whale

29-12-2022
Bowhead whales are the only whales that spend their entire lives in arctic waters

Are arctic foxes an endangered species?

28-12-2022
The IUCN red list classifies the arctic fox as least risk: the conservation status of the species is good, except in Fennoscandia

Arctic wolf: the situation at the end of 2022

28-12-2022
The arctic wolf and the wood wolf are the only subspecies of gray wolf that can still be found throughout their original range

How the snow leopard prey in different seasons

24-12-2022
The snow leopard lives in the plateaus and high valleys of the major mountains of Central Asia, within the borders of Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

Blue whale in danger: is there still a chance to reverse the trend?

22-12-2022
The IUCN Red List considers the blue whale an endangered species since its first edition

Why is the red panda endangered?

22-12-2022
It has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008 because the global population is estimated at 10,000 individuals

The state of the polar bear at the end of 2022

20-12-2022
Conservationists confirm that today the number of these animals is around 26,000 specimens, at the end of 2022

When a polar bear attacked walruses: years ago climate crisis was already on us

17-12-2022
A polar bear has swum to the open sea, with the ice melting in the Arctic due to the climate crisis and global warming, to look for food. The animal, desperate for hunger and without ice, dramatically attacked a colony of walruses to get food

The threats facing the Emperor Penguin

14-12-2022
The species is considered as Near Threatened by the IUCN

10% of marine life is at risk of extinction

14-12-2022
A report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature said that 10% of marine life is at risk of extinction

Whale hit by ship migrates for 5000km with broken back, but it's doomed to die

13-12-2022
The humpback whale Moon traveled from Canada to Hawaii, traveling for three months and covering 5,000 km in the Pacific Ocean, but unfortunately the story will not have a happy ending

Bear kept in cage for 20 years will be released

13-12-2022
A bear named Mark, who spent twenty years in a cage behind a restaurant in Tirana, Albania, will finally be released. The bear was used to attract tourists and visitors, who would then eat in the restaurant

Gigantic 30kg goldfish caught in a French lake

10-12-2022
The fish has been dubbed The Carrot, and was caught by British entrepreneur Andy Hackett who was at Bluewater Lakes in the Champagne-Ardenne region

Lost 43% of Adélie penguins in East Antarctica

10-12-2022
According to monitoring results published in Global Change Biology, the nesting population of Adélie penguins in Antarctica has shrunk by 43% in 10 years. In total, over 154,000 penguins have been lost

2500 Caspian seals die in mysterious circumstances off the Russian coast

09-12-2022
The causes of the mass death of these specimens are not known, which remains a mystery to experts, veterinarians and scientists

Jonathan: the world's oldest turtle turns 190

09-12-2022
This milestone makes it the oldest land animal in the world

Urban birds adaptive, between behavior and phenotypes

05-12-2022
Are behavior and stress-related phenotypes in urban birds adaptive? This question is the title of a study published in The Journal of animal ecology

Javan rhinoceros situation is now irreversible?

04-12-2022
Even the most optimistic estimates seem to indicate that fewer than 100 Javan rhinos remain in the wild

Australian Sea Snake envenoming: what you need to know

03-12-2022
Sea Snakles live both near the coast and in the open sea, but prefer the first habitat, which is richer in their prey, fish

Microplastics in commercially caught fish across Australia

03-12-2022
The presence of microplastics in the environment is one of the most serious ecological problems of our era

Utility of jellyfish as marine biomonitors

02-12-2022
On the Marine pollution bulletin, the researchers published an interesting study entitled: The utility of jellyfish as marine biomonitors