The Common Cranes come to the Nouvelle-Aquitaine for the winter

Nouvelle-Aquitaine: In Winter, Tens of Thousands of Common Cranes Come to Seek “Food and Shelter”

NATURE: Several tens of thousands of common cranes spend the winter in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, especially in the Landes de Gascogne and around the Cousseau pond reserve, in the Médoc The Common Crane breeds in summer around the Baltic Sea, and in winter moves in western France, Spain and sometimes the Maghreb. In the region, there are up […]

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Oiled birds found on the beaches of Finistère

Finistère: Oiled Birds Discovered on Beaches

POLLUTION: We do not yet know the origin of this pollution on the beaches of Finistère Four dead, two alive. On Friday, several oiled birds were found on the coast of Plougasnou, in northern Finistère. These strandings have been observed regularly since mid-November, specifies the town. Similar strandings had already been observed during the same period last year. The investigations carried out […]

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A brown bear like those who live in the Pyrenees

Pyrenees: Bears Killed Fewer Sheep This Year (and Men Killed More Bears)

BIODIVERSITY: The prefect of the Pyrenees mountains announces that fewer beasts of animals have succumbed to the claws of bears. He sees the effects of the measures put in place to allow shepherds and bears to live together The Prefect of Occitanie announces that the bears of the Pyrenees have killed fewer animals this year. He attributes […]

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The neonicotinoids, present in many phytosanitary products, attack the brains of larvae and baby bees.

Pesticides Would Cause Irreversible Damage to Bees’ Brains

A scientific study has revealed that the pesticides to which adult bees are exposed cause brain retardation, not without consequence, in their offspring. We know that bees are the first victims of pesticides. And that, even before their birth. According to a study published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society, the simple fact that an adult bee is exposed to phytosanitary […]

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