STORIES
CONSERVATION
The Asian Wild Horse
Feral, not wild (updated 23/02/2018)
An encounter with the Przewalski horse at the Haus zur Wildnis (part 1)
The last extant wild horse (part 2)
A prehistoric horse who lived through the Ice Age (part 3)
A meat and trophy horse until the late 18th century (part 4)
An object of European curiosity from the 19th century (part 5)
Potential historic range (Part 6)
The lethal transformations of the East-Asian steppe (part 7)
The end of a wild journey (part 8)
Walking on thin ice (part 9)
Being wild in the wild (part 10)
Overview of reintrodution initiatives (part 11)
Reintroduction hazards (part 12)
Oceans of Plastic
How we filled the oceans with plastic in just over 60 years
Plastic waste: an ill-managed pollution problem
3 reasons why we shouldn’t produce more plastic than we need
Other
The EU takes a step forward to prevent vulture intoxication by diclofenac
Paris and Ile-de-France: a parrots’ heaven
OBSERVATION
Birds
The cheeky fantails of Lake Rotoroa
Jay the ripper (great tits)
Life & death at the fieldfare corner
Return of the mystery bird (hawfinch)
Three blue tit chicks on the loose (blue tits, short film)
A bow to the breeding parents
From nestling to fledgling (blue tits and blackbirds)
A playground for black redstart chicks
Time to move on (black redstarts)
A cosy cradle of concrete (black redstarts)
Other
Amanita muscaria at Dunedin Northern Cemetery
Life in a bag
A quest for the New Zealand mantis
Fifth Instar Monarch larvae
One shelter for two squirrels
EXPLORATION
New Zealand
Stevensons Island: a small, intimate bird heaven on Lake Wanaka
Europe
Quiberon: a former island turned presque-isle (Brittany)
Fischland-Darss-Zingst: a land of flats and contrasts (Baltic Sea)
A first-time exploration of the Mercantour from Roubion (Alps/Mercantour)
Going up the old salt route to the Col de Fenestre (Alps/Mercantour)
Spotted at the Haus zur Wildnis (Bavarian Forest)
The Haus zur Wildnis: a zoo in the forest (Bavarian Forest) |