Found in central Africa, as well as parts of East and West Africa. They are generally found in wet places, particularly places like floodplains. In east Africa, the Ugandan Kob and the white eared kob (found in south Sudan and surrounding countries) both join in on migrations that happen in the areas around where they live.
Once found across much of equatorial Africa, it is also extinct in a few countries including the extreme east of the continent, in both Kenya and Tanzania.
Female kobs can live in herds of thousands, while male herds can number in their hundreds, and follow the female herds closely. One of the biggest spectactles of the natural world is the migration across South Sudan, of almost 1 million white eared kob along with various other species. Hopefully, one of these days, the situation in South Sudan will be stable enough for this area to become a tourist hotspot, and lift much of the country out of poverty.
New snake species has arrived in the UK, after long absence should it be allowed to stay?
- Tim
- February 12, 2025
Aesculapian snakes are a new species to the UK, but are found in europe. Does that mean that it should be exterminated, It is having a problem in Europe, as temperatures are getting too high for it to thrive. It is not actually new to the UK! Indeed, while it has been locally extinct for …...
Camera traps catch Sumatran tigers in new forests
- Tim
- February 11, 2025
Sumatran tigers are known to live in the Leucer ecosystem of Sumatra, but camera traps from the next door state in Aceh. This is exciting, as the population is dangerously low, but may be less low than we thought. This does not change their conservation status, but may mean that they are more secure than …...
Oil, Gas and coal roundup ( more in future)
- Tim
- January 31, 2025
While these fuels power much of the creation of electricity around the world, as well as most transport and heating, they all need to either be left in the ground or 100% of their emissions. Below is a roundup of a group of articles of importance on these subjects. Uk’s £22 billion carbon capture pledge …...
Motoring body saying “UK needs to ban full hybrid cars by 2030 or face net zero ‘catastrophe’ (only cars that can drive on pure electricity)
- Tim
- January 24, 2025
The car industry has done a great job over the last roughly 30 years, of confusing people. It was once the case, that there were 2 different states – the first cars were electric (so suggesting that modern electric cars are a new technology is ridiculous) and then we developed internal combustion engine vehicles. This …...
‘Sky islands’ in Africa are producing more new species than anywhere else
- Tim
- January 24, 2025
Sky islands are found across much of Africa. Our experience of sky islands, occurred within the Udzungwa national park in Tanzania. This national park protects a large portion of the Eastern arc mountains. – a chain of mountains which run across Eastern Tanzania. Africa started drying out around 5500 years ago, and much changed at …...
According to Eldiario24 “Musk won’t make anymore Telsa Electrics: This new “stupid” fuel will soon be on the roads. This is a complete fabrication!
- Tim
- January 23, 2025
Now the article (click here to read) goes on and on about this, talking about Musks previous perspective on Hydrogen, the roads being full of this future “stupid fuel” and how this might impact tesla future (suggesting dual fuel would be good – it did not help Toyota). So, while this article came out in …...
Norway has released an engine that runs on hydrogen – does this end electric cars future?
- Tim
- January 23, 2025
Unfortunately, this is an article that does not need much work. Unless we find an insane quantity of hydrogen buried under the ground somewhere (and it would have to be infinite to really count), the question is, how much electricity does it take to make 1kg of hydrogen and how far can the car drive …...
So-called experts are claiming that the first ultra-compact engine which has just been unveiled, will be the end of EVsTransport roundup: cleaner cars and planes
- Tim
- January 23, 2025
Who are these so called experts? What is there expertise in, and do other experts agree? Their expertise does not appear to have much backing it. This engine weighs just under 11kg, and they believe that, as it delivers better efficiency and emission control, all within a sleek design. In the literature, so much is …...
Electrical and heat battery news roundup
- Tim
- January 22, 2025
In Finland, a so-called sand battery (it is actually full of crushed soapstone) has been built, which is capable of storing around 100MW of heat. The crushed soapstone is a by protudct of a fireplace production factory nearby. It is true that this heat battery is large, with a height of around 13m and width …...
Factchecking misleading myths on electric vehicles and Tesla news
- Tim
- January 21, 2025
Click on the image for the page to open in a new tab. It is a useful list to read to, particularly if you are hesitating on buying your first EV. In 2024, for the first time, Tesla sold more cars than Audi – for many years, there were a large number of suggestions (from …...
Pine marten roundup
- Tim
- January 21, 2025
For any readers who do not know what a pine marten is, the above will give you an idea. It is an arboreal predator (that is, it hunts in the trees). There are a total of 8 species of marten across the world. Historically, this was the second most common predator in the UK, with …...
Deforestation and palm oil stories: Deforestation is not a desire, there is demand for what is done with the land
- Tim
- January 21, 2025
The problem with stopping deforestation, is that for the majority of the world we are far removed from rainforests (from where I sit in the UK, I would have to travel 3250km (over 2000 miles) to the nearest rainforest, which is an area on mainland India). Indeed, rainforest is generally something that only survives in …...
Toyota was a climate hero in the 1990s, why is it now to exact opposite?
- Tim
- January 20, 2025
I have spent a great deal of time, recently, working on a variety of areas of the website that I hope to become important in the near future (including members areas). During this time, I miss writing on these subjects, so I would open tabs on news articles that had caught my eye – when …...
Why are people determined to believe that wind turbines kill whales
- Tim
- January 20, 2025
Coastal Australia is having another flare-up where locals are suggesting that wind turbines are killing whales. If this were the case, it would mean that those who want to save the planet would need to choose between climate change and conservation of whales. Pictures put up, include images of whales on fire, among others – …...
Demonstrating their high intelligence, monkeys took up stone tools during covid, when tourist handouts stopped
- Tim
- January 20, 2025
Scientists and researchers have been able to watch the introduction of a new skill, but this one arrived very fast, on some of the islands within Thailand. This perhaps shows the intelligence of the Long-tailed macaques in question rather than being any sudden change. The requirement to develop the skills occurred because the arrival of …...
Extreme heat is killing many Amazonian Dolphins
- Tim
- January 19, 2025
As the temperature rises in the Amazon, Amazonian dolphins are struggling to survive. Several hundred have died in and around lake Tefe where the temperature has reached 39 degrees Celsius – for reference, a hot bath is anything above 37 degrees (at 44 degrees, people start to scald). Their bodies along with many thousands of …...
Spotted Quoll spotted South Australia for first time in 130 years
- Tim
- January 18, 2025
Australia has had a horrific time since the arrival of Europeans, in terms of extinctions. Much of these have been caused by introductions of stoats and weasels, as well as domestic cats. A wide array of species have been pushed to extinction, while many more are gone from the Australian mainland, but survives on island …...
Scientists engage in “conversation with whale named Twain
- Tim
- January 17, 2025
Scientists claim to have had a 20 minute conversation with a humpback whale named Twain. By playing a recorded contact call, they encouraged Twain to approach the boat and circle it, responding to the contact call in a “conversational way”. Twain repeatedly matched aspects of the recorded call, in his response. It seems odd that …...
What do we do when carbon offset markets collide with land rights
- Tim
- January 16, 2025
The problem with carbon offsets, entirely depends on how they are used. When carbon offset money is given to a local project, but many try to buy an area from locals entirely. Kenya currently hosts 11 glaciers within Mount Kenya national park. The problem is that, many of these projects require a rainforest to be …...
