10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The active colonies of wasps are efficient protection against primates and large avian predators. Each of these ‘families’ consists of a single mating pair and 1-5 ‘helpers’ who assist in raising the young. The benefit for the wasps is that they get to keep a beautiful pet. fish per day, equivalent to about 23-34% of their body weight.

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

There are two patterns that are fairly extreme that fall into this category: brood parasitism and helper-at-the-nest strategy. In the former, a female lays her fertilized egg in the nest of another species, in the hopes that her offspring will be raised by the unwitting hosts. It turns out that the two strategies may be related.

Breeders 196

Breeders Breeding Birds Groups 196

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Ghana has the dubious distinction of being the first country to have lost a major primate species since the Convention on Biological Diversity came into force: Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus was declared extinct in 2000 due to forest destruction. Between 1990 and 2010, Ghana lost 33.7%

Ghana 189

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 189