¿El Mundo del silencio? En 1955 el famoso divulgador francés Jacques Costeau publicó uno de los documentales pioneros sobre la vida submarina: El mundo del silencio. Desde entonces el conocimiento sobre el océano ha avanzado a pasos agigantados, y en pocos años se fue confirmando la importancia que el sonido bajo el mar tiene para […]
The INTERREG project known as MARCET, today begins its second stage of work and launches various scientific and technological research studies that will allow, over the next three years, to evaluate and analyze the impact of human activity in marine protected areas of the Macaronesian Atlantic. , using cetaceans as protagonists not only […]
The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) measures approximately 519,000 km2 and encompasses five countries in southern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The objectives of KAZA are to protect ecosystems and reduce the risk of extinction, and increase economic opportunities by expanding the economy of life […]
Ethiopia is a biologically rich country, but poor resource management has left only 3% of the original forests. The remaining mountain forests are the last refuge for many species, including the ancestral forests of coffee trees (Coffea arabica), especially within the Biosphere Reserve […]
So far, animal personality (character) studies have been conducted on 64 different animals. Although they have been investigated from mollusks or arthropods, to amphibians, reptiles, birds to fish, most of the studies have been carried out in mammals. The results of these investigations indicate that inter-individual differences guarantee adaptive advantages and […]
Pelagic shark populations are declining globally due to intensive fishing activities and low reproductive rates of these long-lived predators. In the last decade, as a consequence of greater concern for the conservation status of various shark species, some of these have been included in the CITES convention, […]
The populations of angelfish (Squatina squatina) outside the Canary Islands are regionally extinct or are too small and poorly documented to be used to generate biological information that allows the development of measures that prevent the extinction of the species. To date, there is no systematic monitoring in the Canary Islands to identify […]
Artificial incubation of parrots is a common practice in poultry farming. However, the parameters used are extrapolated from the poultry industry, and there is insufficient detailed documentation on their specific natural hatching patterns. Objectives The immediate objective of the project is to obtain knowledge about the parameters and patterns of natural incubation […]
There has been significant illegal trade in the species in the past. At least 10,000 specimens were taken from the wild in the 1980s, with 50% destined for the Brazilian market. Currently, illegal trade continues to be much smaller. Throughout its range, there is some local hunting for […]
Habitat loss, hunting and, in particular, illegal trafficking, have resulted in the local and regional extinction of the northern subspecies of the scarlet macaw within its historical range. In Mexico, the red macaw has disappeared from around 98% of its original distribution, it has become extinct in El Salvador […]