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Kob
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.
It appears that the counters of the Javan rhino, have continued to count animals which have not been seen for years. Given how much poaching has been going on, this seems much more than simply misleading.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgwwjzQjn4s  Unfortunately, this counting issue, takes the Javan rhino from a species which is recovering at an impressive rate, to …...
Javan rhino are on the brink of extinction! Currently, the number of surviving rhino is thought to be around 70. This depleted population is largely to do with poaching, as these animals do not do badly in the wild.
There is still a great deal of reluctance to accept climate change amongst republicans (this is odd in a country with one of the highest education levels in the world). There is also a certain amount of those who have publicly accepted it, saying humans cannot do anything about it anyway (so why should we …...
Another attempt is being made to move the world beyond EVs and onto hydrogen cars. Is this worthwhile? Who is trying to make this happen and why? Lets start by looking at the advantages and disadvantages of this technology. (I have named them electric and hydrogen cars, I know some hydrogen car makers will take …...
The Greenland wolf, is known from remains, to have lived in Greenland for at least 7600 years, though, given Caribou have been there for 8900 years, it is quite possible that they have been there for longer. It is a small population of around 200 individuals, so encountering them is rare. This video to the …...
Thomas Crowther was an ecologist whose work inspired many tree planting projects, the problem is that this is a more complex idea than it first seems, and more importantly, mass plantations do not help. Forests take up vast quantities of carbon, but the whole ecosystem must benefit, otherwise while trees may get planted, they are …...
The Greenland ice sheet is melting The Greenland icesheet is vast, which can bee seen from this image, which had to be taken from space to show the scale. Greenland is in fact only slightly bigger than Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom together. Looking at …...
Why are these birds having population collapse? are all disappearing rapidly. Indeed, a study of 42 species, 90% had seen significant declines, with more than 2/3 (that is 28 species) showing evidence of becoming extinct. The problem is that, this is not merely a case of the large raptors disappearing, and no longer being able …...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=RG9TMn1FJzc Just bare in mind, with the video above, if you have problems with heights, the view when you start the video above will not be pleasant. So, if you are a species who spends its days moving around on cliffs, which most species would spend their lives avoiding often even if the alternative choice …...
Increasingly, scientists are coming up with simple ways to avoid wildlife pregnancies through medication in food. In the UK species needing this sort of thing include These vary in the cost to the UK economy (as do the various invasive species elsewhere in the world). Below, you will find a list of many of these …...
Apologies for those who think that this is covered too much on this website – I to would like to just write on wildlife and the threats that they face. Unfortunately, virtually all habitats on earth are threatened by climate change, and as such, politics in the USA has to be of interest to us …...
Some of us find politics fascinating, some do not, but you might quite reasonably ask why look at in on a wildlife and environment blog? It is, unfortunately, a simple fact that not only is the USA still the biggest economy in the world, but it is the second biggest emitter. Currently the USA emits …...
Covering 1500 square miles, the iceberg grounded in 1986 on the ocean floor, but now it is free it is heading into the Southern ocean. Carving like this, is quite natural. Unfortunately, though this is occurring far more often, and this is a sign of global warming. It should be noted that as this was …...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX9tN7yFhcE Above, is an interesting video done by one of the more popular youtubers in this space. It looks at a fascinating new idea about how we could harness the wind. You might well ask, why do we need a new way? and that is a good question. The simple fact is that in the …...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxsPhx4D0T8 There is a serious problem in Borneo, that appears to be largely flying under the radar. A survey of villages found that 30% of villages had evidence of orangutan killiing in the last 5-10 years. This is despite a taboo on killing the species. The number of Borneo Orangutans is falling, and it is …...
Wolves still exist in large numbers in Eastern Europe, and are even doing alright in central Europe (this wolf was photographed in Slovakia). Back in the 1960s, while small populations survived in Western Europe, the wolf had been exterminated from the majority of their former habitat. There was a remnant population of around 500 in …...
I wrote a few moths ago, about a picture taken in Java, which purported to show a living Javan tiger. As with many similar photos, it was of low resolution, which in many situations, would appear suspicious. If you are on safari in Java, you would think that you would take a high resolution camera, …...
Thought to have gone extinct 295,000 and 215,000 years ago, having first appeared around 2 million years ago. Rather than being caused by our ancestors, it unfortunately became extinct as a result of the climate became more seasonal and the plant-eating primate struggled to adapt to changing vegetation. Might this be a for-shadow for the …...
The European commision has proposed downgrading the protection of wolves from their current strictly protected, but it has been suggested that this is not based on any science. A total of 9 countries (The call for a re-evaluation of the annexes of the EU Habitats Directive is included in a note put forward by Finland …...