Looking for the wild boar
Simple methods for a challenging task It is not anymore necessary to be a wildlife expert, always out and about in nature, to see it: it is frequent, everywhere, and now, even in city centres. It is the wild boar (Sus scrofa), one of the most widespread ungulates in Europe. Although we are all aware […]
Tips for tracking and detecting wild boar
The African Swine Fever epidemic spread across in much of Europe, and has affected both wild boar and domestic pigs. This disease is one of the most complex and most important of those affecting pigs whose presence has important socio-economic repercussions for the countries that suffer from it. That is why, EFSA (European Food Safety […]
Humans stuck, wild boars out!
To contain the spread of the new virus, many countries around the world instituted lockdowns or strict restrictions of people’s mobility outside their residences. Lockdowns contributed to an improvement in the quality of air, cleaner rivers, less noise pollution, undisturbed natural habitats, and calmer wildlife, determining an effect defined “Anthropause” or “the Great Pause.” The […]
Do you want to win a camera trap for wildlife recording?
We have launched two new competitions in the Mammalnet project. The winners can win a photo-trapping camera. Recently, we announced the winner of the first iMammalia competition. Marek Beblot was the lucky winner who has won a trapping camera. Competition with iMammalia. Following the same protocol of the previous edition of the contest we will […]
Climate change threatening seals
Climate change threatens our oceans and many of the species that inhabit them. Seals share the marine and terrestrial environment during their life cycle and are therefore affected by changes in both environments. In fact, neither the rarest nor the most abundant seal species are spared from the climate threat. Do you know why? Some […]
Feral American mink: a new pawn of the COVID game
Alien (non-native) species are a long-time problem that the scientific community is facing since the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats in 1979. However, a few months ago a specific alien species got even more popular, by ending under the COVID-19 spotlights. That is, the American mink (Neovison vison). This […]
Moving forward together on increasing our knowledge of European mammals
Progress of Mammalnet project during 2020 We all remember 2020 as a very difficult year due to the effects of this pandemic, which presented us with new challenges. But we believe we will also remember this year because it has allowed us to reassess the value of nature and biodiversity for our own survival and […]
Advances with iMammalia app
During the last year we have made some improvements in iMammalia app, and many others are planned to incorporate new mammal species and countries from other regions of Europe. So, hopelly, many more citizen scientists will contribute to improve the knowledge and conservation of European mammals. Sharing records at GBIF We have already shared almost […]
Advances with MammalWeb app
During 2020 a series of improvements have been made in MammalWeb app that allows to improve the experience of the participants. More than 50,000 sequences have been uploaded to the MammalNet project on MammalWeb app from different regions of Europe, such as Germany, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Ireland. Many of them are waiting to […]
European Mammals on Maps
The European Mammal Foundation has launched its new long term and large-scale project, European Mammals on Maps, and calls for Crowd Donations to help reach its goals. The project is managed by a Steering Group of 11 professional scientists and conservation managers, coordinating the work of the National Coordinators in 42 countries. The National Coordinators […]