The Monte Gordo grasshopper (Eyprepocprifas insularis) has proved to be a rare and elusive species: its last, and, until now, ...

Owls, well adapted to hearing the exact location of prey, have something in common with an unrelated group of ...

African wild dogs are carnivores always thought to hunt in packs. But new DNA analysis has found they also eat small birds ...

These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in rainforest before they left Africa, the home of our species. Until ...

The 7th African Regional Science, Technology, and Innovation Forum (ARSTIF) is convening in Kampala, Uganda, from April 7-8, 2025. The annual Forum is a critical event designed to accelerate Africa’s ...

Farmers in the Lowther Valley have joined forces to help save owl populations in Cumbria ... in recent decades due to the loss of rough grassland and traditional nesting sites like hollow trees ...

Farmers in the Lowther Valley have joined forces to help save owl populations in Cumbria ... Barn owls have suffered population declines in recent decades due to the loss of rough grassland and ...

African white-backed vultures, and hooded vultures - colourful black-cheeked lovebirds, the continent’s rarest species of lovebird, and the Verreaux’s eagle owl, the largest owl found in Africa.

The barn owl has been sighted again in recent weeks, suggesting it is the same individual seen hunting over the Trow Farm willow beds and surrounding grassland in previous years. Barn owls rely on ...

“We chose the burrowing owl because, despite its low abundance, (it) is often used as a symbol for grassland preservation,” Macedo said. “Whenever you ask people to name a species of the ...

Aerial insectivores, grassland birds and shorebirds are the 3 species groups with the greatest proportion of species decreasing (81%, 68% and 66%, respectively). The indicator reports population ...