While hippo populations were once found across South Africa, the species now lives in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, Limpopo. Hippos were also reintroduced in the Eastern and Western Cape. Seal pup season Dan Kitwood // Getty Images Seal pup season A grey seal cow tends to her newly born ...
The Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party have pledged to designate 10 percent of the country’s seas as Highly Protected Marine Areas, offering depleted ecosystems a chance to bounce back. It's a complicated task.
SSL abundance estimates, as for many pinniped species, have relied on shore censuses, with the uncertainty that an indeterminate number of individuals at sea might remain uncounted. The proportion of the population that remains at sea during censuses and their distribution patterns are not clear ...
After cutting, carefully dunk the peony heads in a bucket of cool water and swish around to remove any ants. There shouldn’t be very many at this stage, but you still don’t want to bring them in the house! Shake off the water and bring the peonies inside. At this point, you can...
Tree hollows are among the most important habitat resources for many vertebrate species inhabiting forests (Gibbons and Lindenmayer2002; Mazurek and Zielinski2004). Hollows are needed for the denning and nesting of many arboreal species (Bennett et al.1994; Gibbons et al.2002; Koch et al.2008a)...
There are many species of wasps that are important pollinators. However, taken as a group, wasps do pollinate, but are not as effective at pollinating as the bees. Bee Swarms Two kinds of bee swarms occur: primary and secondary. Queen bees lead primary swarms. Secondary swarms are led by...
John: The snails you see in the garden are European Garden Snails – they're very common in cities but they're an introduced species – that means people brought them here. Lorelle: Once you get out of town, you'll start noticing our thousands of native Aussie snails. John: They live...
while the skill level required for each species and method (which we'll expand on further down) varies, many popular edible and medicinal mushrooms can be grown outdoors. here are some you can consider: • wine cap • shiitake • blue oyster • pink oyster • golden oyster • ...
According to theNative Plant Conservation Campaign, "over-collection from the wild is a significant secondary threat to this species. Because propagated plants are relatively inexpensive and available at many nurseries and garden centers, it is somewhat unclear what is driving large-scale poaching of ...
According to theNative Plant Conservation Campaign, "over-collection from the wild is a significant secondary threat to this species. Because propagated plants are relatively inexpensive and available at many nurseries and garden centers, it is somewhat unclear what is driving large-scale poaching of ...