Tiny Wasps Are Saving Rare Island Birds from Extinction: ‘A Much-Needed Lifeline’
The Wilkins’ Bunting birds, a rare species living on the Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic, won’t go extinct anytime ...
Rare bird at risk of extinction saved by parasitic wasp in remote island lifeline
The critically-endangered Wilkins' bunting is endemic to a remote island in the South Atlantic, where it has been facing ...
The tiny wasp helping to save a rare bird from extinction
The critically endangered Wilkins' bunting is only found on Nightingale Island, part of the Tristan da Cunha group of islands ...
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On the Road: While the birds are still here
Once I started looking for them, there were birds everywhere. In a bog up the road, I found a snipe poking around and a pair ...
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PHOTOS: Island volunteers forming a bond with birds one band at a time
Rocky Point Bird Observatory says bird banding is a privilege, something they want to do with the birds' health and safety in ...
Remote island bird at risk of extinction is thrown lifeline by parasitic wasp
Conservationists have introduced a wasp to tackle an invasive scale insect destroying forest habitat of the ...
Salmon sperm and bird poo: Viral new skincare regime
Well, we’ve come a long way since I used to wash my face with some apricot scrub, steal some of my mother’s Ponds Cold Cream ...
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Tiny Wasps Are Saving Rare Island Birds from Extinction: ‘A Much-Needed Lifeline’
The Wilkins’ Bunting birds, a rare species living on the Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic, won’t go extinct anytime soon — thanks to wasps. The Royal Society for the Protection of ...
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Parasitic wasp helps save endangered Wilkins's Finch
One of the world's rarest birds has been handed a much-needed lifeline by a small parasitoid wasp species. This was part of a ...
‘To save the Wilkins bunting, we transported killer wasps to the world’s most remote ...
What is the core of your research?I’m an entomologist and ecologist with CABI, an inter-governmental body with 48 member ...
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Here’s Why Birds Look So Goofy When They Run
When humans want to move fast—barring speed-walking competitions—we pick up our feet. But when birds need to get somewhere quickly, they tend to always keep one foot on the ground, leading to ...
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Bird on a wire and other winning photos
The Bird Photographer of the Year award has been announced, with Canadian photographer Patricia Homonylo scooping the top prize for her thought-provoking image titled When Worlds Collide.