S.Africa plan to ‘bomb’ mice that eat albatrosses alive France 24 August 24, 2024 Hordes of mice are devouring the eggs of some of the world’s most important seabirds that nest on Marion Island, about 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) southeast of Cape Town, and have started eating live birds, leading conservationist Mark Anderson said. This includes the iconic Wandering Albatross, with a quarter of the world’s population nesting on … Read More from S.Africa plan to ‘bomb’ mice that eat albatrosses alive Read Article
Puffins on the Saltee Islands are thriving again. There’s now an obvious next step Head Topics August 8, 2024 Each year, adult puffins return to the same below-ground burrow where they previously raised their young. Seven years ago, researchers visited the Great Saltee to see how the puffins were fairing and checked the burrows. They didn’t find one chick. The island population had all but collapsed to just 120 birds, a drop of 90 … Read More from Puffins on the Saltee Islands are thriving again. There’s now an obvious next step Read Article
Gruesome images of albatross chicks eaten alive by house mice highlight need for action on remote Indian Ocean island Discover Wildlife July 31, 2024 On the sub-Antarctic island of Marion in the Indian Ocean, they are a deadly threat to one of the world’s most iconic seabirds – the wandering albatross, symbol of the Southern Ocean and immortalised in classic literature such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. An estimated 1,800 pairs – about one quarter of all breeding … Read More from Gruesome images of albatross chicks eaten alive by house mice highlight need for action on remote Indian Ocean island Read Article
