The Northern Bald Ibis is a migratory bird which was native in Central Europe until the 17th century, before it became extinct due to the huge hunting pressure. Today the Northern Bald Ibis is one of the most endangered bird species worldwide. In the context of an EU project (LIFE+ Biodiversity), with partners in Austria, Italy and Germany, the species is to be reintroduced in Europe.
Support our project by adopting a Northern Bald Ibis for a year.
This link gives you access to the blog “Extravagant Hobby Ideas”, where Barbara Pfäffl introduces her special hobby “Bird Rescuing” in context of our project. Barbara has already spent a lot of time for this “hobby”, either escorting the independently migrating Northern Bald Ibises, participating in the Human-led Migration or helping us in the context of other, spontaneous actions. For us it´s great to be supported by such engaged people like Barbara.
The evolution of cooperation is still one of the great mysteries of evolutionary biology, because it is contrary to the general principle that evolution promotes only selfish genes. This week, a paper is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), where we present the V formation flight as a rare example of true cooperation in animals.
