I don't know if this is actually improving the plight of animals as such more like Cockatoos are doing it for themselves. They are teaching each other how to open wheelie bins. Either to get food scraps or to trash the joint. They are adapting to urban living in their own style. I like Cockies, a lot of people don't because they can be destructive, but I think they are wonderful.
Cockatoos in Australia Are Teaching Each Other How to Loot Trash Cans (sciencealert.com)
These are some reports on the endangered species Bilbies, they are creating fenced off areas free of feral cats and foxes to try and improve the numbers of Bilbies
http://savethebilbyfund.com/about-bilbies/
https://www.australianwildlife.org/wildlife/bilby/
https://www.bushheritage.org.au/species/bilby
https://www.australianwildlife.org/safeguarding-the-future-of-the-bilby-australias-easter-bunny/
the bottom article is the most informative
Regards to all
Cool crow news!
Scientists have discovered that crows are so smart, they can understand the concept of Zero.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/crows-make-another-intelligence-breakthrough-understanding-zero/
@lovendures I love this about crows. I also remember a segment in Nova that when elephants were presented with full length mirrors (full elephant length, that is), they stared at themselves then checked out their teeth and then turned around and looked at their rear ends.
Good news for coral!!
Say what?!? Good news for coral you say???
Yep!
Treating corals with a probiotic cocktail of beneficial bacteria increases survival after a bleaching event, according to new research. This approach could be administered in advance of a predicted heat wave to help corals recover from high sea temperatures.
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-corals-survive-bacterial.html
@lovendures I loved this finding: Probiotic treatment improved the response and recovery of the corals after the heat stress event, boosting survival from 60 percent to 100 percent. Don’t think it can get better than that. lol
So much science is going on right now to bring the planet back into balance. When the political will hits record highs which I believe is coming, then the systems to rectify will be there waiting to spring into action.
If you want to read about a positive vision for our future, I recommend the book “Wilding” by Isabella Tree. She and her husband turned over their intensively cultivated farm in southern England to nature, and the results, within only 20 years, have been incredible.
It’s heartening to know that nature, if given the space, can regenerate so quickly on its own, or with pretty minimal human intervention.
There is a hopeful way forward. It’s waiting for us to embrace it in ways large and small.
Here is an interesting article about what caused the mass manatee die off, how organizations helped the survivors and what can be done to solve the problem. Things are not good right now but there is hope for the future. Lots of work is needed and money of course. Being designated an endangered species again might help too.
https://phys.org/news/2021-08-worst-die-off-manatees-starvation-florida.html