Endangered Vaquita Still Genetically Healthy
The vaquita is the world's rarest marine mammal. Gillnet fisheries have caused them to become entangled in the nets, and has resulted in their numbers dropping to fewer than 20 individuals. However, there is still hope as one new study has proven that they exhibit few signs of inbreeding or other problems of small populations.
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Logging Threatens Leatherbacks
Debris from logging activities in tropical forests is threatening the survival of hatchling leatherback turtles and the success of their mothers at one of the world's most important nesting sites.
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Bivalves as a Way to Improve Water Quality
The areas are kept safe from predators by nets, but these nets do not stop the bivalves from spawning.
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O is for Orthops
Whilst they aren’t the most spectacular insects in Britain, I’m glad to have gotten to know them, just one of the common insect groups I’ve stumbled on this year which were hitherto unknown to me.
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Natural Disasters Pose Threat to Rare Rhinos
The world's only population of critically endangered Javan rhinos could go extinct in the future due to natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. Scientists are urging the establishment of secure populations and increasing the existing population in Ujung Kulan National Park.
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Introducing: An A-Z of British Insects
23,661 reasons to be interested in Chris Foster's A to Z of British insects
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