Living Nature
Scientists blame the sharp decline on climate and weather conditions.
He was 400 miles off course.
London Zoo, Berlin Zoo and Stirling's Blair Drummond Safari Park have been treating their residents with Easter eggs filled with crickets, as well as colourful hard-boiled eggs. A family-run farm on the German-Swiss border has been colouring 16,000 eggs an hour to satisfy demand over the Easter holidays.
Locals found the dead fish floating on the surface of a lake.
Mesmerising glass sculptures, inspired by the natural world, by artist Dale Chihuly, are being shown in the exhibition “Reflections on Nature” at Kew Gardens, London till October, 2019.
Keeping track of orangutan populations is vital for their conservation, and researchers have new tech to help them. Thermal-imaging drones are being used in the Borneo forests to count the orangutan population there. The tech has been used to measure the luminosity of stars in the past, but now the drones are used to detect the heat coming from the great apes as they rest in their nests. Land clearing and poaching has left tens of thousands of wild orangutans dead, leaving the species critically-endangered.
Might put off that swim for the time being.
Arm yourself with seeds and pray for a bit of sunshine 🐝🌺
A rare albino penguin has made its public debut at a zoo in Poland. The chick astonished zookeepers with its unique colouring, and has caused a stir with visitors as the world’s only albino penguin in captivity.
She later returned to the zoo to apologise.