Tag: Biodiversity
How Earth’s Orbit Influences Biodiversity
We already knew that the eccentricity of the Earth was synchronized with the glacial cycles. French researchers have just discovered that it also governs the evolution of marine life and…
The migratory bird strategy to avoid overheating in flight
Some migratory birds can fly for several days without interruption and therefore without being able to shelter from the sun’s rays. A study carried out on more than 9,000 species…
The Alps are the most threatened massif in the world
The Alps are the playground for millions of international tourists every year and the human impact on this fragile ecosystem is enormous: it only took about fifty years of urbanization…
How biodiversity can help mitigate climate disasters
Floods, droughts, landslides, storms, submersion of coastlines … These natural disasters occur all over the world and seem inevitable. However, you should know that bad weather leads to disasters, most…
Russia closes whale prison
This is great news for animal advocates, and of course for the animals themselves: Russia by court order has permanently closed a set of cetacean captive ponds on the country’s…
Climate change leads to chain divorce among albatrosses
Albatrosses are monogamous, but divorce occurs when a couple struggles to have or raise young. A study shows that climate variability also pushes females to divorce. You will also be…
When the ocean advances… – It’s in your nature
The Moëze-Oléron Nature Reserve, on the Atlantic coast, is one of the main sites for migrating birds in France. But since the storm Xynthia, in 2010, we understood that the…
Maud Lelièvre, President of IUCN: “The protection of pollinating insects is an emergency”
The city of Tours, in central France, is hosting the first Biodiversity University this Saturday, November 27. The meeting organized by the OLB, the French Biodiversity Office, is intended to…
Cyril Dion, defender of biodiversity with “Animal”
What distinguishes humans from other mammals on Earth? Laughter, wrote Rabelais in the 16th century … The philosopher Descartes estimated that this creature, the highest in the animal kingdom, had…
The disappearance of large herbivores has encouraged fires
Specific richness of late Quaternary herbivores. Pre: before the extinction period, post: after the extinction period. Yellow: grazers, blue: herbivores foraging on trees and bushes, green: diet intermediate between the…