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Colors of birds feathers

Colors of birds feathers and climate: is there a connection? Gloger’s rule states that birds living in humid climates tend to have darker pigmentation. Darker feathers are believed to be useful for defense against parasites, temperature regulation, and camouflage. However, researchers are uncertain about the

04Aug

Ifloveconservation Helps Saving Polynesian Birds

Saving French Polynesian Birds – Interview with Thomas Ghestemme from SOP Manu. Written by Marta Noblejas – 2nd August 2017 http://www.ifloveconservation.com/saving-french-polynesian-birds.html Stretching over a large expanse of the South Pacific Ocean, French Polynesia consists of a group of 118

25Jul

The call of the seabird

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz are developing new acoustic monitoring techniques that could aid seabird conservation. Abe Borker, a Seabird Biologist, is trying to make population studies of seabirds more cost-effective and efficient. Borker explains that based on the call of some species

04Jul

Birds of Eastern Polynesia. A biogeographic Atlas

Birds of Eastern Polynesia, by Jean-Claude Thibault & Alice Cibois, is the first biogeographic Atlas of the birds of one of the largest areas of Oceania. We are pleased to send you a pre-publication announcement for our forthcoming book on birds of Eastern Polynesia The book treats all of the 241 species,

30Jun

Five remote Pacific islands are paradise again!

Five remote Pacific islands are once again safe heavens for four of our world’s rarest bird species following the success of one of the most ambitious island restoration projects ever implemented. Just two years after ambitious efforts by a team of international conservation organisations to rid French Polynesia’s

19May

The unique birds of Rapa – French Polynesia

Can we save the unique birds of Rapa ? Rapa and its surrounding islets is a very remote place. It is far, very far from Tahiti, the main island in French Polynesia. This isolation has resulted in the evolution of a highly unique flora and fauna with an extraordinarily high endemism. Read the full article […]

27Apr

Managing invasive species

Noddi brun et son petit - Photo Alain Petit

Invasive species spread around the globe has increased in the past 200 years, indicating a need for enhanced biosecurity. Read the article on the Island Conservation website : https://www.islandconservation.org/regulation-extinction-invasive-species/?platform=hootsuite From Sarah Kaiser – 26, april 2017 The

24Apr

Birds of Australia – Where Song Began by Tim Low

Birds of Australia and how they changed the world. By Tim Low We fell for! Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds that are just as unusual, just as striking, a result of the continent’s tens of millions of years of isolation. Compared with birds elsewhere, Australia’s birds are

24Apr

Wisdom: World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird

Wisdom, the oldest known banded bird in the wild, is a female Laysan albatross that nests within the world’s largest albatross colony on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. She is at least 65-years old and a world renowned symbol of hope for all species that depend upon the health of the ocean to survive.

24Apr

Conservation Success Stories to Celebrate

Revisiting conservation success stories is an important way to celebrate accomplishments even when there is more work to be done. Published 21, april 2017 – Author: Emily HEBER https://www.islandconservation.org/five-conservation-success-stories/ Featured photo: Endangered South Island Takahē. Credit: