Fauna

Ten species facing extinction require monitoring in 2025, according to conservation group

Ten new species, including nine animals and one plant, have been listed as "staring extinction in the face," according to the UK-based international conservation group.

 Leptodactylus fallax, a species of frog found in Dominica, also known as the Giant Ditch Frog, or the mountain chicken
 YEHUDIYA Nature Reserve.

A total of 140,000 Israelis visit nature reserves over the weekend as weather warms

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Light pollution is killing desert rodents - study

 Grazer and her cubs in early summer, before they put on their hibernation weight.

Fat Bear Week 2022: Who is getting extra fluffy for winter?


Does the Red Sea contain a 'nursery' for endangered manta rays? - study

Mantas and stingrays live all across the ocean in warm regions, but mantas – unlike stingrays – can’t live in freshwater.

 By making the most of social media and downtime during lockdown, a team of KAUST researchers has revealed previously unknown details about the population of oceanic manta rays in the Red Sea.

Ancient 'demon duck' identified by Australian researchers

The large eggs have been at the center of controversy since researchers first discovered the 50,000-year-old eggshell fragments 40 years ago.

 Dromaius novaehollandiae - Emu

Two new nature reserves await government approval

"Unfortunately, the process of declaring a nature reserve in Israel is too long and in the end both nature and man pay the price," Goldstein added.

Nature Reserve Tel Hazeka in the Golan Heights