Climate activist Greta Thunberg won the first edition of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity. The award, one million euros, will be fully donated.…
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Wildlife photographer Gonçalo Rosa captured a flock of grey partridges on a photo-trapping camera at the end of January in the north of the Portugal. This is the first documented record known in several decades of this species in the country, a bird that was extinguished after having been abundant until the 19th century.…
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This year 15 cubs were born in the Portuguese breeding centre for the Iberian-lynx, in Silves (Algarve), five more than last year, was revealed last Tuesday. Here you can learn about the stories behind some of the mothers of this seventh season of Iberian lynx breeding in captivity in Portugal.…
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True beaked whales (Mesoplodon mirus) have rarely been observed alive until now, and many scientists spend several years trying to record it without success. A group of researchers has now released the first underwater video of this cetacean, shot by chance by a group of students off the Azores.…
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Last summer, between 470 and 550 stag beetles (Lucanus cervus) were found in Portuguese ancient oak forests and urban parks by the 500 participants in the first national census on the species. Now it’s easier to find out what to do to help Europe’s biggest beetle, an iconic and endangered insect.…
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Between 155 and 184 ospreys from the northern Europe are wintering in Portugal’s estuaries and wetlands, where food is abundant at this time of the year, concluded the third national census made last Saturday, 14th January, by 141 volunteers.…
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There is a new host welcoming visitors to Vasco da Gama Aquarium, in Algés, Lisbon, at the new exhibition that started last November. This specimen with 120 years, preserved in formaldehyde, is a footballfish and it helps to tell a lesser-known part of king D. Carlos’ life, the penultimate Portuguese monarch (1863-1908).…
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Diogo Veríssimo, 32, is a conservation marketer. He works in several countries, such as Nepal and Sao Tome and Principe, helping local people to live with and protect tigers and sea turtles. Last month he received the Young Professional Award from the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Commission on Communication and Education.…
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Until now, the conservation of the Amazon forest and of the 168 species of bats living there was hampered by the difficulty in identifying these animals. After five years of work and many weeks living in the heart of the forest, the first Field Guide to Amazonian Bats was published earlier this month.…
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The last yews of continental Portugal, the oldest native trees in Europe, survive in Estrela and Gerês mountain ridges. This team is planting thousands of new trees and preparing these forests to the arrival of fire.…
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In 19th century’s end arose the first echoes of concern by the increasing stress and pressure imposed on those who live in big cities, by the hand of essayists, precursors in a kind of writing that, especially in the United States, was taking its first steps.…
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