animals – Starfinancer

Abruzzo, in the Maiella Park there is now a bear path. “To know him and respect him”

A journey through the habitat of the Marsican brown bear with six ‘talking’ stops with educational-training three-sided totems to learn about the eating habits of this mammal, its existence marked by the succession of the seasons, its biological characteristics as well as information on natural environment in which it lives and, of course, on the…

The bull Thor, specialist in escapes like Papillon, is taken: “Now he will live safely in the shelter”

Thor’s escape is over. The young bull who had escaped from an animal shelter in Collegno, near Turin on Wednesday afternoon, was recovered last night in the Parco della Dora area behind the Cascinotto Kennel, thanks to a “safari” for good purposes with pickup trucks that slowly surrounded the animal and narcotic darts that, after…

The Summer Solstice in the botanical gardens: a guide

To celebrate the arrival of summer, the review of events organized by the Network of Botanical Gardens of Lombardy, a non-profit association that has long been engaged in the scientific and cultural promotion of these often little known symbolic places of biodiversity, starts again. Because of this, from 18 to 26 Junea period that includes…

A park to save the last free river in Europe

The low sun on the horizon breaks on the white streams created by the flow of the Vjosa. The rhythmic sound of the croaking of frogs accompanies the rustle of the water on the smooth white pebbles, while on the horizon the enormous river bed stretches for more than 2 kilometers in its width. No…

The warmer the ocean, the hungrier the predators are

It is said that with the heat, hunger passes. It may be true for us humans, but apparently it is not true for marine predators: according to a study just published in the journal Science by a group of researchers from Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (Serc), in fact, the warming of the oceans due to…

The increase in temperature facilitates the spread of ticks in the mountains and around the world

The increase in global temperature has unexpected implications also in the spread of annoying anthropods, ticks, which can damage the health of unsuspecting tourists and the inhabitants of the Alpine areas affected by the phenomenon. An excessive alarm bell? Perhaps, but some calls for caution have been launched by the health authorities of some Italian…

Summer, danger forasacchi: how to defend our dog

A run in a meadow in the evening, as soon as the coolness arrives, or a walk along the path of a park to make them have some fun. This is what dogs expect at the end of a long, hot day. And it’s a pleasure to please them, but you have to do it…

The hens come from Asia and have only lived with humans for 3500 years

Today chickens and hens live almost everywhere. But where did they come from? Where and when were they domesticated by man, starting their journey around the world with us? Strange to say, being such common animals, but science still has little certainty about their origin. However, an international research consortium believes that it has solved…

Unexpected animals in Rome, where crabs walk around the Forum

The claws menacingly stretched out towards each other, the crab reacts to the photographer’s lens with the air of someone who wants to chase away an intruder, as if to reaffirm that this is his home. In fact, the crustacean that the zoologist Bruno Cignini immortalized in the archaeological area of the Trajan’s market has…

Fernanda, the giant tortoise of the Galapagos believed to be extinct

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, one could say by paraphrasing the famous book written by JK Rowling. Yes, because exactly this has happened in the Galapagos: the very rare “fantastic giant tortoise” has been identified – after more than a century that it was believed extinct. From the scientific name of Chelonoidis phantasticus…