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☆ Remote Island near Antarctica overrun with a million mice that eat rare seabirds
  + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Mouse-Free Marion project plans to eradicate the rodents with rodenticide. They've got to all sorts of places," Anton Wolfaardt, the Mouse-Free Marion project manager, told The AP. Conservationists on Marion Island photographed a mouse sitting on the bloodied head of a wandering albatross chick feeding. "Marion Island's seabirds are members of a regional seabird community innately connected to the functioning and health of the sub-Antarctic region," he said. There are estimated to be over a million mice on Marion Island, The AP report said.
Persons: —, Prince Edward Islands, They've, Anton Wolfaardt, Marion, Wolfaardt, Keith Springer Organizations: Marion, Service, Associated Press, AP, BirdLife International, Guardian Locations: Marion Island, Antarctica, Cape Town , South Africa, Marion, South Africa
☆ Vultures, on the verge of extinction, receive a lifeline in South Africa
  + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Gertrude Kitongo | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to four critically endangered species of vulture, and in South Africa, a non-profit conservation and rehabilitation group called VulPro is working to protect these fascinating birds. The operation involved over 50 people, logistics company DHL and WeWild Africa, an NGO specializing in animal rewilding and translocation. It was at that very moment that I actually understood how fragile and misunderstood the species were.”An African White-backed vulture (closest to camera) at the VulPro rehabilitation center near Pretoria, South Africa. Recent efforts have concentrated on the white-headed vulture, with a population of only 3,685 adults continent-wide, according to BirdLife International, and only a small percentage of that figure in South Africa. Poisoning is the most common reason for vultures to require treatment in South Africa, often from ingesting lead in discarded batteries, or bullets in animal carcasses, says Joubert.
Persons: VulPro, ”, Kerri Wolter, Gertrude Kitongo, “, Johan Joubert, Joubert, Wolter, – Organizations: CNN, Reserve, DHL, WeWild, BirdLife International, Shamari Locations: Saharan Africa, South Africa, Eastern Cape, WeWild Africa, African, Pretoria, Africa, West Africa, KwaZulu, Natal, South
☆ Bird Photographer of the Year 2023: Winners announced
  + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
CNN —A breathtaking image of a peregrine falcon attacking an enormous pelican with its bright orange talons won top prize in this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year competition. The contest, in its eighth edition, celebrates the beauty of birds while also raising awareness of the mounting pressures they face. Photographers from all over the world entered more than 20,000 images into the competition, all vying for the £5,000 ($6,280) grand prize. Other photographers were recognized for artistic and atmospheric shots, such as an image of a blackbird silhouetted against the moon taken by 17-year-old Anton Trexler, which won Young Bird Photographer of the Year. A Eurasian blackbird silhouetted against a red moon, taken by German photographer Anton Trexler at sunrise.
Persons: Jack Zhi, ”, “, Anton Trexler, Antonio Aguti, Will Nicholl Organizations: CNN, Young, BirdLife International, Bird Locations: California
☆ Explainer: What the world's nature-rich nations want out of a global conservation deal
  + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Gloria Dickie | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File PhotoMONTREAL, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Tangled expanses of Amazon rainforest, high mountains of the Himalayas, and cloud-shrouded forests are just some of the unique landscapes contained within the world's most nature-rich nations. Governments are trying to work out a new global agreement to guide conservation and wildlife protection through 2030 at a U.N. summit in Montreal this week. Of the nearly 200 countries assembled, five are considered to be among the world's most biodiverse nations — measured in the number of unique species. That's more than a third of all the world’s flowering plants, and more than half of all bird and mammal species on Earth. Here's what some of the world's most nature-rich nations want to happen at the talks.
☆ US researchers jubilant after rediscovering a bird lost to science for 140 years in Papua New Guinea
  + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Scientists from the American Bird Conservancy have rediscovered a rare bird not documented since 1882. The bird only lives on Ferguson Island, off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Researchers installed camera traps on Fergusson Island, Papua New Guinea, with the results showing the rare black-naped pheasant-pigeon strutting in the images. Seeing the images was like "finding a unicorn," said John C. Mittermeier, Director of the Lost Birds program at the American Bird Conservancy and co-leader of the expedition. Christina Biggs, Manager for the Search for Lost Species at Re:wild, said, "This rediscovery is an incredible beacon of hope for other birds that have been lost for a half-century or more."
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