"Zoo Miami is known for international wildlife conservation, but they’re also managing patches of Pine Rocklands for rare Florida Bonneted Bats who just need safe homes and decent food. There are some blooms you want (like native plants) and some you don’t (harmful algae blooms). Find out the common cause of algae overgrowth in fresh and saltwater, from Florida to the Great Lakes."
'Napa Valley vintners are increasingly turning towards winged-laborers for their pest control, and away from super toxic pesticides that poison everything, including their wine.'
"The extent to which SGARs have contaminated small-mammal predators is shocking. The Rat Poison Rodenticide Neosorexa On Farmproportion of Barn Owls contaminated reached its highest level in 2015, an alarming 94%. The latest (2019) figure is 87%. ;"
"Extinct owl that lived millions of years ago was active in daytime, researchers say after study of skeleton fossil found near Tibetan Plateau Analysis of bird bones and behaviour reveals the owl had an ancestor that evolved from nocturnal habits, they say."
"How shop-bought rodenticides could be threatening Australia’s powerful owl – video Such encounters are fortunately rare. “It is kind of a double-edged sword. If someone cares about something, they are more likely to take steps to protect it,” Isaac says. “It is good that people care about them, but we do have to limit our impact to the environment that they’re relying on, and also try not to cause those shifts in behaviour.”
'A critically endangered species of bats not sighted in 40 years has been found in Rwanda, with the “incredible” discovery delighting conservationists who had feared it was already extinct.'
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