conservation – Kettinki

2026-03-20 @ 14.35.07 ∈ Suomeksi

Tutkimus | Luonnontilainen metsä varastoi ratkaisevasti enemmän hiiltä

Tulos oli, että luonnontilainen metsät varastoivat kautta Ruotsin 72 prosenttia enemmän hiiltä kuin hoidetut talousmetsät. Suurin hiilivarasto eivät olleet metsän puut vaan metsämaa.

2025-10-28 @ 17.02.10 ∈ In English

Caught on camera: Rats snatching bats from the sky at city hibernation sites

For the first time, brown rats have been filmed actively hunting bats, snatching some from the air and capturing others on the ground. The rodents were caught on camera at bat hibernation sites in northern Germany.

2025-10-24 @ 20.19.48 ∈ Suomeksi

Ympäristö | Aktivistien oli pakko pysäyttää hakkuut, katsoo oikeus poikkeuksellisessa päätöksessä

Hakkuiden pysäyttäminen Stansvikin metsässä Helsingissä oli oikeuden mukaan oikeutettua. Pakkotilalla perustelu meni läpi Suomessa ensimmäistä kertaa ympäristökiistassa.

2025-10-13 @ 17.40.20 ∈ In English

Turtle turnaround – Dramatic comeback for one of Fauna & Flora’s priority species

Global populations of this iconic marine reptile have increased by around 28% in the past 50 years. As a result, the species has been downlisted dramatically – from Endangered to Least Concern.

2025-09-05 @ 19.29.10 ∈ In English

Current extinction rates haven’t reached level of ‘mass extinction’ just yet, study suggests

These findings suggest that modern extinction rates remain relatively low at the genus level and that these rates have not been increasing over the past century, contrary to some previous studies.

2025-08-07 @ 17.57.57 ∈ In English

Birds found thriving in a very large commercial forest in Maine

North America has lost an estimated 3 billion birds since 1970—a nearly 30% drop across species—mostly due to habitat loss and degradation. So when a team of researchers repeated a bird population study they did 30 years earlier in a very large commercial forest landscape in Maine, they were stunned to find more birds than before.

2025-08-05 @ 17.13.54 ∈ In English

Midwestern butterfly count: Big data yields bad news and clues

59 of the 136 species declined in abundance over the study. That means for every 10 species and 100 individuals present at a county at the beginning of the study period, there are now only nine species and 60 individuals.

2025-07-13 @ 21.15.21 ∈ In English

Threatened Heath Fritillary Butterflies See Major Population Increase in England - EcoWatch

The population of heath fritillary butterflies, one of the rarest butterflies in the UK, is rising after a sunny spring and improved habitats.

2025-03-18 @ 11.15.02 ∈ Earworm

Wolves make a rapid recovery in Europe, increasing by 58% in a decade

In most countries analyzed, wolf populations were increasing, with only three countries reporting declines over the previous decade.

2025-03-03 @ 12.05.25 ∈ Suomeksi

Suomesta löytyi toinen esiintymä äärimmäisen uhanalaista kovakuoriaislajia

Hyönteisasiantuntija Jyrki Lehto on löytänyt esiintymän isolaakasittiäisiä Hollolan Hämeenkoskelta, tiedottaa Hämeen ely-keskus. […] Lajin ainoa aiemmin tunnettu nykyesiintymä Suomessa sijaitsee Somerolla Häntälässä.