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Different technologies help address Lake Tahoe clarity
Sergio Valbuena’s model of upwelling events in Lake Tahoe.Provided A boat was outfitted with UV light panels that can be raised or lowered into the water.Provided Show CaptionsHide Captions Groups in the Tahoe Basin are using new technology to fight invasive species and decreasing lake clarity. Researchers at University of Nevada, Reno and Tahoe Regional …
Lake Titicaca giant frog: Scientists join forces to save species
Image copyright D. Alarcon Five scientific institutions are joining forces in a cross-border effort to preserve the Lake Titicaca giant frog (Telmatobius culeus). The frog is one of the world’s largest exclusively aquatic frogs and lives in the waters of Lake Titicaca, which straddles the border between Peru and Bolivia. The aim of the project …
Northern white rhinos: The audacious plan that could save a species
Image copyright Getty Images The future of the northern white rhino is looking bleak. Only two are left in the world – both are female. But scientists have an outlandish plan to save them from extinction. When I went to meet the rhinos in Kenya, they began circling the car. So I was alarmed when …
Three human-like species lived side-by-side in ancient Africa
Image copyright Science Image caption The remains recovered from the cave complex include the earliest example of Homo erectus – a direct human ancestor Two million years ago, three different human-like species were living side-by-side in South Africa, a study shows. The findings underline a growing understanding that the present-day situation, where one human species …
Extinction: A million species at risk, so what is saved?
Image copyright WWT A decade-long project to save one of the world’s most endangered birds has finally found success, with the birth of two chicks. But with an estimated one million species at risk across the world, and nothing like the money and resources to save them all, how do conservationists choose the few they …
Climate change: Migrant species do well in warm and wet UK in 2019
Image copyright NT Images & Derek Hatton Image caption Warm and wet weather in 2019 saw the biggest influx of painted lady butterflies in a decade in the UK It’s been a good year for migrant butterflies, moths and dragonflies in the UK, according to a review of 2019 by the National Trust. The charity …
Invasive species: MPs call for a million people’s help
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Asian hornet is one of the invasive species in the UK More than a million volunteers are needed to tackle the spread of invasive non-native species in the UK, MPs say. It is estimated that between 36 and 48 new such species will become established in the next …
‘Giant bird table’ at Rhossili, Gower helps save species
With a warning hundreds of wildlife species are at risk in Wales, one Gower farm is helping conservationists turn things around. The National Trust has transformed fields at Rhossili into more bee and bird-friendly habitats. The number of bumble bees has already jumped from 2,000 to 250,000 in two years. It comes as the State …
One of world’s oldest bird species found at same Canterbury site as monster penguin
supplied Paul Scofield and amateur palaeontologist Leigh Love examine a section of river bank on the Waipara River, near where the Protodontopteryx fossil was found. One of the world’s oldest bird species has been discovered at the same North Canterbury site a monster penguin fossil was found. Bony-toothed birds (Pelagornithids), an ancient family of huge seafaring birds, …
Big Butterfly Count: Fine weather boosts species in UK
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPainted lady butterflies have been seen across the country A once-in-a-decade mass emergence of painted lady butterflies saw nearly half a million recorded across the UK. Results from the Big Butterfly Count, which took place over three weeks this summer, showed 30 times more painted ladies arrived …
