August 10th, 2018 Lemurs are the most endangered creatures in the world with 95 per cent of all lemur species close to extinction, according to new data released this month. The updated IUCN Red List for Threatened Species found that 105 out of 111 lemur species are threatened with extinction. Read more…
May 23rd, 2018 Humans have caused the loss of 83 per cent of all wild mammals despite representing only 0.01 per cent of all living things, a new study shows. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), gives details on the distribution of Read more…
August 15th, 2017 A common neonicotinoid pesticide threatens bumblebees with an increased risk of extinction, a new study has shown. The study found that thiamethoxam, a neonicotinoid pesticide widely used on agricultural crops across the world, decreased the ability of bumblebee queens to start new colonies by more than a Read more…
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-right”]November 11th 2016[/cs_text][cs_text]A taskforce is to established with immediate effect in response to the plight of one of Irelands iconic bird species, the curlew. This decision arose as a direct result Read more…
Image: Colum Clarke October 26th, 2016 One of Ireland’s best known birds the curlew is on the “edge of extinction” and one of the country’s “highest conservation priorities”, experts have revealed. That’s according to Dr Anita Donaghy, Senior Conservation Officer with Birdwatch Ireland, ahead of their workshop on the curlew. A Read more…
