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Invasive species enter... but these feathered hunters make sure they don’t last.
The Maccoa ducklings hatched as part of a breeding program to save the species. The post Endangered African ducks hatch at ...
Construction has begun on what will become South Africa’s largest wind farm, a 400MW project near Swellendam that promises to ...
Wild populations of the rare Maccoa duck, an African wetland species, have been dwindling for decades. There numbers are ...
Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...
RED Rocket is proud to announce the implementation of a revolutionary system that ensures the protection of bird species on ...
There are 147 bird species categorised as threatened or near-threatened in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini, according to the revised Red Data Book of Birds (RDB-online) launched by BirdLife ...
The news of the duck's arrival comes just days after Chester Zoo announced the sad passing of two beloved big cats, ...
Our findings are particularly worrying because the African continent is home to 20% of the world's bird species, totalling over 2,000 species. Of these 90% are endemics , found only in Africa.
A baby red-crested turaco, with gray plumage, is the first chick born to the first African bird species to inhabit Osher Rainforest dome at the California Academy of Sciences. Dec. 9, 2024.
In Africa, urban land cover is expected to triple by 2030, and the potential impact on birds and biodiversity is particularly alarming, a new op-ed argues.