Tag: birds

What’s Worse Than Palm Oil for the Environment? Other Vegetable Oils, IUCN Study Finds

Banning palm oil in favor of other vegetable oils deemed less destructive to the environment could lead to greater biodiversity losses, a new report says. The report by the International Union for the...

Neonicotinoid Pesticides Have Been Found in Wild Turkeys

Neonicotinoid pesticides have commonly been linked to the plight of honeybees.But a new study from the University of Guelph finds that honeybees aren't the only non-pest creatures that are coming into contact...

Fear of Humans Is Forcing Daytime Animals into Night Mode

Thanks to human activity, some daytime animals are switching over to the night shift.Justin Brashares noticed it first in 2013, when he was studying olive baboons in Ghana: during times that humans...

Without Bees, the Foods We Love Will Be Lost (VIDEO)

Right now, we're in a real crisis when it comes to bees.Every year, about a third of our honeybee colonies collapse. And the 4,000 native bee species in the United States suffer...

Illegal Online Sales of Endangered Wildlife Rife in Europe

The online sale of endangered and threatened wildlife is rife across Europe, a new investigation has revealed, ranging from live cheetahs, orangutans and bears to ivory, polar bear skins and many live...

Climate Change on Track to Cause Major Insect Wipeout, Scientists Warn

Global warming is on track to cause a major wipeout of insects, compounding already severe losses, according to a new analysis. Insects are vital to most ecosystems and a widespread collapse would cause...

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