Tag: Wildlife
Discovery of a mummified baby mammoth in Canada
On June 22, a gold digger in northwestern Canada came face to face with a strange specimen frozen in the permafrost: an incredibly well-preserved baby woolly mammoth. The small mammal…
preparatory negotiations stall in Kenya
Negotiations could not be more difficult between the 195 States gathered for six days in Nairobi within the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Due to Covid, the 2020 COP15 scheduled…
The wildlife expert on the drama with the elk calf: “This is what it looks like in nature”
For a limited time from late May to early June, bears take moose calves, and a single bear can kill between seven and eight. – This is how it looks…
The killer whale, feminine predation
The killer whale that wandered in the Seine finally died on Monday. The marine mammal is a top predator, at the top of the food chain in the oceans. His…
Tardigrades, extreme animals
An incredible animal has been visible since October 2021 at the Paris Zoological Park: the tardigrade, tiny but super-resistant, capable of surviving in the worst conditions. A phenomenon of nature,…
marine mammal specialists will try to save the killer whale stranded in the Seine
Perhaps good news for this killer whale stranded in the Seine near Rouen and spotted for the first time on May 16. The mammal will perhaps be able to return…
Pedro Jarque Krebs, wildlife photographer, mobilizes for biodiversity
Pedro Jarque Krebs is a wildlife photographer whose work aims to highlight the current animal diversity but also its fragility in a rapidly changing environment. speed. The photographs that he…
Ecocéan, the Montpellier company that restores biodiversity in French ports
Repairing what man has destroyed, at least in part, is the bet launched by the Montpellier company Ecocéan. Its field of action: the ports. Thanks to several innovative processes, Ecocéan…
Biodiversity Heroes
Wherever humans develop their activities, animals must deal with changes in their environment. To avoid that species disappear and the biodiversity is impoverished, volunteers carry out actions to protect animals…
“The Odyssey of the Ants”, by Audrey Dussutour and Antoine Wystrach
The French Book of the week is interested in a much more varied world than we think: that of ants. It is the result of years of study by two…