Lizard autumn campaign ended!

Lizard autumn campaign ended this week. Still need to bring back the boat and process the nearly five hundred photos (!). This year there has been a good recruitment of young lizards (photo).

Ring-necked parakeet in Sevilla!

On the wildlife journal Quercus  this month A. Luna published an interesting article  on the Ring-necked parakeet in Sevilla (Spain) and the potential conflict that invasive species can generate.

Stranded !

Cory's shearwater fledglings are leaving the nest. Some of them get attracted by the light of the cities along the shore and cannot find the way back to the sea. 

Please call 112 if you find one. 

Ticks on the news!

The work by A. Sanz-Aguilar et al. (here) on ticks and Storm Petrel chick survival made the news today. Here a press note by E. Soto (which became rapidly a hit). 

Lizard autumn campaign just started

Lizard autumn campaign just started. Safety first!  

Good news: animals seem to collaborate.

MSc in Marine Ecology with the GEDA!

Margalida Castell Orell and Maria Martin Perez have sucessfully completed their Master on Marine Ecology at the University of the Balearic Islands. Maragalida and Maria did their final work within the GEDA on Storm Petrels and Cory's shearwaters, respectively. They both obtained the highest note. Congratulations! 

GEDA at the European Vulture Conference !

A. Cortes-Avizanda, from the GEDA, participated at the European Vulture Conference this week with a talk on intregating ecology, conservation biology and social perception.