Tiny Wasps Are Saving Rare Island Birds from Extinction: ‘A Much-Needed Lifeline’
The Wilkins’ Bunting birds, a rare species living on the Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic, won’t go extinct anytime ...
Rare bird at risk of extinction saved by parasitic wasp in remote island lifeline
The critically-endangered Wilkins' bunting is endemic to a remote island in the South Atlantic, where it has been facing ...
The tiny wasp helping to save a rare bird from extinction
The critically endangered Wilkins' bunting is only found on Nightingale Island, part of the Tristan da Cunha group of islands ...
House Digest on MSN2d
Types Of Birds That'll Flock To Your Feeder Once You Add Safflower Seeds
Safflower seeds are a great addition to any bird feeder, attracting a wide range of colorful birds. They can also deter pests ...
What’s Got ‘Bird Nerds’ Chirping? Armies of Amateurs on Their Lawn
Bird-watching has taken off, meaning when a rare bird is spotted a crowd isn’t far behind; ‘Bird-watching is becoming like ...
‘To save the Wilkins bunting, we transported killer wasps to the world’s most remote isles’
What is the core of your research?I’m an entomologist and ecologist with CABI, an inter-governmental body with 48 member ...
Remote island bird at risk of extinction is thrown lifeline by parasitic wasp
Remote island bird at risk of extinction is thrown lifeline by parasitic wasp - Conservationists have introduced a wasp to ...
Yahoo5d
Tiny Wasps Are Saving Rare Island Birds from Extinction: ‘A Much-Needed Lifeline’
Conservationists credit a species of parasitoid wasp for keeping Wilkins’ Bunting birds alive Peter Ryan/RSPB A Wilkins’ Bunting bird The Wilkins’ Bunting birds, a rare species living on the ...
The Northern Echo9d
Remote island bird at risk of extinction is thrown lifeline by parasitic wasp
putting the Wilkins’ bunting at risk of extinction. Surveys in 2017 found there were only 120 breeding pairs of the birds remaining. Sooty mould on Phylica arborea (Norbert Maczey/CABI/PA ...