Tag: wildlife

    In Bali, hungry monkeys climb into houses in search of food. Before the pandemic, they were fed by tourists

    Monkeys on the island of Bali lost the source of their favorite food when the world pandemic began, because tourists became much smaller. Due to constant contact with humans, primates no longer want to look for food in the jungle. Now hungry animals are attacking the houses of villagers to find something tasty,  AP reports. […]

    UAE conservation fund saves thousands of falcons, raptors from electrocution

    The Mohamed Bin Zayed Raptor Conservation Fund has been able to successfully tackle the problems of electrocution of raptors by power lines and conserve their habitats, a top official said. Three projects supported the restoration of the birds of prey and their habitats, Khaleejtimes reports. The Fund was created in April 2018 by His Highness […]

    In India, the government recognized rivers as living beings. In many other countries, they received the status of a legal entity

    Indian government recognized rivers as living beings to protect watercourses at the legal level. Both eco-activists and the indigenous people are fighting for this. In order for this movement to gain worldwide recognition, a special Declaration of the Rights of the Rivers was developed, which anyone can sign. (You can see on the cover the […]

    Gulf waters already changing ‘dramatically’ due to global warming, research finds

    The warm waters of the Middle East are already changing dramatically due to global warming, with sea levels and temperatures rising and marine biodiversity affected. Fish stocks are declining, and critical habitats such as coral reefs, mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses are degrading across the region, three UK reports focusing on the Middle East have […]

    Middle East coral reefs: How sunscreen and mass tourism are taking a toll on marine life

    Overcrowding is damaging some Red Sea and Arabian Gulf coral reefs as the struggle to balance tourism and ecology preservation falls short, Middle East Eye states. Let’s get to know more. *** “Amazing natural pools surrounded by corals, one of the best snorkeling sites in Dahab,” a 2017 Facebook review of popular snorkeling spot, Three […]

    UAE public asked to help with dolphin sighting project

    Citizen science data helps researchers in the UAE to understand marine life in the region. Scientists have compiled sightings of dolphins, porpoises, and even whales from members of the public in the Arabian Gulf between 2012 and 2019 through the UAE Dolphin Project Initiative. Now efforts are being stepped up to encourage more people to […]

    Pandemic forces BBC into a new approach for David Attenborough’s The Mating Game series

    African bullfrogs converging on pools in South Africa and fighting like barroom brawlers; a school of ghostly-looking manta rays assembling off the Australian coast; vivid images of amphibious snot otters working cooperatively in a cold north American river. These are all scenes from the new BBC One David Attenborough blockbuster series The Mating Game, The […]

    October 4: let’s celebrate World Animal Day

    World Animal Day is an international day dedicated to draw humanity’s attention to the problems of the rest of the inhabitants of planet Earth. This date is celebrated annually on October 4. It’s celebrated around the world since 1931; its goal is to draw attention to the problems of other inhabitants of the planet. And […]

    How the Arabian oryx was brought back from extinction

    More than four decades ago, the Arabian oryx was extinct in the wild. But today, thanks to efforts spearheaded by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, experts are citing the swell in its numbers as one of the world’s biggest conservation success stories. In the early 1970s, the antelope was considered all but vanished due to […]

    US to declare 23 species, including ivory-billed woodpecker, extinct – media

    The ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species will be declared extinct by the US Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Government scientists have exhausted efforts to find these 23 species and warned that climate change, on top of other pressures, could make such disappearances more common, the Associated Press […]