European WILDLIFE

The colourful European bee-eater, whose plumage is similar to that of tropical parrots, is beginning to settle in the large herbivore reserve called the European Serengeti. Ornithologists have repeatedly spotted these attractive birds during on-going biological monitoring.

European bee-eaters, also called the flying jewels of Europe by ornithologists, used to settle predominantly in the south of the continent. In the Czech Republic, for example, it nested in the south-east near the border with Austria. In …

The unique “European Serengeti” reserve of large herbivores located in the former Milovice military area outside of Prague received a prestigious award this evening. The SDGs Award for climate protection, which is handed out for sustainability, was accepted by the founder of the reserve, Dalibor Dostal.

He received the award for first place in the national round of the competition in this category at the awards ceremony in the gardens of the Ministry of Foreign …

Air polluted by traffic and energy sources kills seven million people worldwide each year, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report. Air pollution annually kills more than 600,000 people in Europe.

According to the conservation organization European Wildlife, the revolutionary emission-free transport and energy technologies developed and produced by Tesla, the company of American billionaire Elon Musk, have the potential to save millions of lives every year. ‘No other person in the …

Ground-breaking results have been yielded by the research of a three-member team of scientists from the University of South Bohemia and the Czech University of Life Sciences. Their article published in the prestigious magazine Animal Cognition brings surprising conclusions from the area of wild horse behaviour, specifically, the fatherly behaviour of stallions.

“Even though we expected that the behaviour of stallions towards foals would be positive to a certain extent, the results were surprising even …

This year, a unique reserve of large herbivores, also known as the European Serengeti, recorded the highest increases in bison since its establishment in 2015. Six European bison calves were born this year in a protected area, which is located in the former military area of Milovice, near Prague.

“In some years, baby bison were born during the summer, so the numbers of increments may not be complete. In female bison, pregnancy is very difficult …