Natuur in het nieuws – april 2024

Laatste update 30 april.

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Artikelen (English articles below)

Bosreservaten verbergen een schat aan informatie
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=32246

Minder gezoem heeft effect op ons groen: Steeds minder insect-bestoven planten in Nederland
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=32224

Kritiek op windmolenplannen provincie: “Vermijd gebieden met grote risico’s voor natuur”
https://www.rtvoost.nl/nieuws/2338010/kritiek-op-windmolenplannen-provincie-vermijd-gebieden-met-grote-risicos-voor-natuur

Natuur als rechtse hobby
https://downtoearthmagazine.nl/natuur-als-rechtse-hobby/

De natuur is goed voor je psychische gezondheid, maar dan moet wel aan deze voorwaarden zijn voldaan
https://scientias.nl/de-natuur-is-goed-voor-je-psychische-gezondheid-maar-dan-moet-wel-aan-deze-voorwaarden-zijn-voldaan/

Hoe belangrijk zijn mineralen in de natuur?
https://www.gld.nl/nieuws/8135246/hoe-belangrijk-zijn-mineralen-in-de-natuur

Camera’s gaan tellen hoeveel vogels slachtoffer worden van windmolens op zee
https://nos.nl/artikel/2517359-camera-s-gaan-tellen-hoeveel-vogels-slachtoffer-worden-van-windmolens-op-zee

Zangvogels dit voorjaar veel vroeger terug uit Afrika
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=32196

De voorjaarsvlinders zijn er weer
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=32155

Plant en insect: kievitsbloem
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=32123

De gewone dwergvleermuis, zo bescherm je deze nachtelijke insectenjager
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=32129

Vlinderpopulatie maakt duikvlucht: helft minder dan dertig jaar geleden
https://www.nu.nl/dieren/6306719/vlinderpopulatie-maakt-duikvlucht-helft-minder-dan-dertig-jaar-geleden.html

Braakliggend terrein: ‘Dichter in de buurt van de wildernis ga je niet komen in Nederland’
https://www.nporadio1.nl/nieuws/binnenland/0aa42f70-f609-4403-8c04-b66a3063502f/braakliggend-terrein-dichter-in-de-buurt-van-de-wildernis-ga-je-niet-komen-in-nederland

De tjiftjaf is terug
https://www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature-reports/message/?msg=32118

Het voor de natuur belangrijke zeegras komt steeds dichter bij de Friese kust
https://www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/16376511/het-voor-de-natuur-belangrijke-zeegras-komt-steeds-dichter-bij-de-friese-kust

English articles

Haunting Sounds From The World’s Largest Living Thing Recorded
https://www.sciencealert.com/haunting-sounds-made-from-the-worlds-largest-living-thing-recorded

Snakes and Lizards Are Locked in an Epic Evolutionary Battle
https://www.newsweek.com/lizards-evolving-resistance-snake-venom-arms-race-1894632

Ozone hole: Why Antarctic wildlife is being ‘sunburnt’
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68906013

First-of-its-kind study shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-kind-actions-effective-halting-reversing.html

Researcher finds that wood frogs evolved rapidly in response to road salts
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-wood-frogs-evolved-rapidly-response.html

The comeback kids: The 5 ‘lost’ wildlife species returning from extinction to the UK
https://www.bigissue.com/news/environment/wildlife-species-returning-uk-extinction-red-squirrel-dormice/

Bug splat survey shows decline in insect numbers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87zp05rz84o

The Netherlands Is Losing Its Insect-Pollinated Flowers
https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2024/04/24/the-netherlands-is-losing-its-insect-pollinated-flowers/

Colchester Zoo releases final batch of Fisher’s estuarine moths
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-68877136

Way More Animals Than Assumed (Including Insects) May Have Consciousness, Scientists Argue
https://www.iflscience.com/way-more-animals-than-assumed-including-insects-may-have-consciousness-scientists-argue-73907

‘You can’t love something that isn’t there’: readers on how the sounds of nature have changed around them
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/22/readers-on-changes-to-the-natural-world-around-them-aoe

This Seabird Makes The Longest Migration Each Year From Antarctica To The Arctic
https://www.iflscience.com/this-seabird-makes-the-longest-migration-each-year-from-antarctica-to-the-arctic-73861

Letting grass grow long boosts butterfly numbers, UK study proves
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/letting-grass-grow-long-boosts-butterfly-numbers-uk-study-proves

The disease-busting hybrids that could bring back the majestic English elm
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/14/english-elm-hybrids-disease-busting

The shrill carder: once-common bumblebee heading for extinction
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/11/the-shrill-carder-once-common-bumblebee-heading-for-extinction

Birdwatch: the subtle beauty of the male chaffinch
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/10/birdwatch-the-subtle-beauty-of-the-male-chaffinch

Hornbills, dubbed ‘farmers of the forest’, crucial for plant diversity: NUS study
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/hornbills-fit-bill-to-help-promote-plant-diversity-with-ability-to-swallow-big-seeds

Country diary: A covert congregation has gathered in the wood
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/10/country-diary-a-covert-congregation-has-gathered-in-the-wood

Flowers may be more ancient than dinosaurs – but scientists can’t agree on when they evolved
https://theconversation.com/flowers-may-be-more-ancient-than-dinosaurs-but-scientists-cant-agree-on-when-they-evolved-209183

Country diary: My garden continues to welcome climate change refugees and opportunists
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/05/country-diary-my-garden-continues-to-welcome-climate-change-refugees-and-opportunists

Survey reveals UK butterfly winners and losers in the wake of record high temperatures
https://theconversation.com/survey-reveals-uk-butterfly-winners-and-losers-in-the-wake-of-record-high-temperatures-226652

Why are there so many species of beetles?
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/why-are-there-so-many-species-of-beetles/

Invasive tree species creating knotty problem across United States
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/community-news/2024/04/invasive-tree-species-creating-knotty-problem-across-united-states/

‘Monster of the moth world’: why Clifden nonpareil is ultimate prize for collectors
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/03/monster-of-the-moth-world-why-clifden-nonpareil-is-ultimate-prize-for-collectors

Spider conversations decoded with the help of machine learning and contact microphones
https://www.popsci.com/technology/wolf-spider-vibration-research/

Matador bugs use their own red flags to ward off predators
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-matador-bugs-red-flags-ward.html

Research shows animals can live alongside humans by being experts at judging risk
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-animals-humans-experts.html


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