10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills goes on to give greater detail of the former nesting sites in Europe: it could once be found “in southern Germany and Austria, in the valleys of the upper Rhine and Danube Rivers, and in the Alps of Switzerland, Italy and Germany, and perhaps in Hungary and Greece”.

Morocco 230

Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 230

Critter News

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The group had targeted about 40 firms as part of an international conspiracy to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal research laboratory based near Cambridge. Some employees from firms in Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland had "puppy killer" and "scum" daubed on their houses. From Reuters.

Animal Rights 100

Animal Rights Europe Rights Animal Cruelty 100

Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2008

"Our results paint a bleak picture of the global status of mammals worldwide," the team led by Jan Schipper of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in Gland, Switzerland, concluded. "We The findings were being released Monday at the IUCN meeting in Barcelona, Spain.

Switzerland 100

Switzerland Species Spain Mammals 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. Clearly, this is an under-birded country. .

Bolivia 176

Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 176

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2018

It turned out Raphael Nussbaumer is a keen ornithologist who just completed his PhD in Lausanne (Switzerland). He enjoys combining his passion for birds with computer science background to model nocturnal bird migration. Here is how he prepared for his tour of Serbia: Guest-author : Raphael Nussbaumer.

Serbia 139

Serbia Farming Switzerland Birds 139