Falealupo village continues to push ahead with its efforts to protect Samoa's the manumea, with the village mayor emphasising that protecting rainforests ensures the rare bird's survival. Taofinu'u M Lamositele told in an interview that the bird is rare but they are thankful that their village ha
Villages that participate in the Save the Manumea campaign run by the Samoa Conservation Society appreciate the messages and are enforcing bans on hunting pigeons...The Save the Manumea campaign was launched in Apia in July 2019 by New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Fiame Naomi Mata’
Protected areas are a cornerstone for biodiversity conservation, and typically support more natural and undisturbed habitats compared to unprotected lands. The effect of protected areas on intra-specific ecological niche has been rarely investigated. Here, we explore potential differences in ecological niche properties of birds and mammals across protected and unprotected areas, and relate such differences to species traits.
Our oceans are under pressure like never before, with over 60% struggling from the increasing impact of fishing, coastal activities and climate change. The harsh truth is that as we move towards 2022 only 3% of oceans are totally free from the pressure of human activity.
Human-caused bird extinctions are driving losses of functional diversity on islands worldwide, and the gaps they leave behind are not being filled by introduced (alien) species, finds a new study led by UCL and University of Gothenburg researchers.
Te Ipukarea Society’s Bird of the Year Cook Islands competition has a mysterious new entry this year. An extinct bird you may have never heard of, the Kīko’i or Mauke Starling (Aplonis mavornata), writes Te Ipukarea Society.
Down to just one breeding pair 40 years ago, the bird bounced back after extraordinary efforts – now its survival is again under threat.
As migratory birds connect many countries, their conservation requires cooperation between these countries and across national and international boundaries.
Hawaiʻi has long been considered the endangered species capital of the world, as the Islands are home to hundreds of endangered and threatened plants and animals. On Wednesday, the U.S.
The tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris) is an endemic and highly cryptic bird of the rainforest canopy of Samoa. According to the recently released Tooth-billed Pigeon Recovery Plan (2020–2029), one of the greatest obstacles to conservation efforts is the inability of ornithologists to reliably separate its advertising coo call from that of the common and sympatric Pacific imperial pigeon (Ducula pacifica).