— “i go out half an hour after dark. then i go out every hour until half past midnight, it takes them half an hour to get down from the mountains,” said painting, who keeps animal boxes in her taxi to hold the chicks, which are fluffy, heavy and grey. “if there’s a lot of birds coming down i can go all night, if i have passengers they’ll help me too.” read : taxi! endangered new zealand seabirds get a lift to safety
art ecology science & animals
From March, 2020
THE ANSWER IS YES
— van holstein said: “we are standing on the shoulders of giants. in chapter 3 of on the origin of species darwin said animal lineages with more species should also contain more ‘varieties’. subspecies is the modern definition”. read : one of darwin’s evolution theories finally proved
VALUABLE WILD SEEDS
— the study covered a wide range of hong kong supermarkets and convenience stores across all districts. surprisingly, almost 50% of the eel products surveyed were determined to be european eel. the results from this study suggested that large scale smuggling networks trafficking european eels are interwoven with local supplier chains, resulting in endangered species ending up on supermarket shelves. read : endangered species on supermarket shelves
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read : world wildlife day 2020 endangered species threatened by human activity