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🌍 BREAKING: Sierra Leone's Gola Rainforest Becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site! 🌿We're thrilled to share that the Gola-...
17/07/2025

🌍 BREAKING: Sierra Leone's Gola Rainforest Becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site! 🌿

We're thrilled to share that the Gola-Tiwai Complex - home to rare wildlife like pygmy hippos, chimpanzees, and forest elephants, has been officially recognized by UNESCO for its global importance to biodiversity and climate protection. 🌳🐘

This is a historic win for conservation, driven by decades of hard work from local communities, partners, and the pioneering REDD+ project, which supports both nature and people.

🦜 320+ bird species
🦋 600+ butterflies
🐾 19 million tonnes of carbon stored
🌍 Countless reasons to protect it.

👏 Congratulations to everyone involved!

📖 Read more: https://www.wildlife-watchers.com/gola-rainforest-unesco-world-heritage.html



📸 Forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis). Credit: Thomas Breuer

🔭✨ Just launched: Leica’s brand-new spotting scopes for wildlife lovers! Whether you’re birdwatching, observing wildlife...
10/07/2025

🔭✨ Just launched: Leica’s brand-new spotting scopes for wildlife lovers!

Whether you’re birdwatching, observing wildlife, or diving into digiscoping photography, the new APO-Televid and Televid HD models deliver unmatched clarity, brightness, and precision.

Ready to see nature like never before? Explore all the details here ➡️
https://www.wildlife-watchers.com/leica-spotting-scopes-wildlife-enthusiasts.html

🌍 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrites Starfish Evolution 🌊Discovered in Morocco, Atlascystis acantha is the oldest know...
09/07/2025

🌍 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrites Starfish Evolution 🌊

Discovered in Morocco, Atlascystis acantha is the oldest known echinoderm with bilateral symmetry - offering a rare glimpse into how starfish and sea urchins evolved their iconic five-armed shapes.

🔬 Dive into the story behind this groundbreaking fossil find 👉 https://www.wildlife-watchers.com/fossil-reveals-starfish-evolution.html



Photo 1 credit: Imran Rahman
Photo 2 credit: Steffi Woodgate

💡 Before crossing continents, we conquered climates.New research reveals how early humans adapted to Africa’s forests an...
09/07/2025

💡 Before crossing continents, we conquered climates.

New research reveals how early humans adapted to Africa’s forests and deserts before their legendary migration into Eurasia. 🌿🏜️

Why did some migrations fail while others shaped the world?
It turns out, surviving diverse environments at home made all the difference.

🔍 Discover how ecological flexibility paved the way for global human success:
👉 wildlife-watchers.com/humans-adapt-to-survive.html



📸 Photo credit: Ondrej Pelanek and Martin Pelanek

🔍 60 Years of Mystery - Solved!A fossil misidentified for over half a century has just been revealed as a new species of...
02/07/2025

🔍 60 Years of Mystery - Solved!

A fossil misidentified for over half a century has just been revealed as a new species of Jurassic reptile: Sphenodraco scandentis 🦎

Discovered in the famous Solnhofen fossil beds of Germany, this ancient tree-dwelling reptile is the earliest known arboreal member of the rhynchocephalians - distant relatives of today’s tuatara from New Zealand. 🇳🇿

💡 The breakthrough came when a PhD student realized that two separate fossils in different museums were actually two halves of the same animal, split in the 1930s!

Modern imaging technology and museum collections helped rewrite the history of this long-lost creature.

🦖 Proof that even 200-year-old fossils can still tell brand new stories.

🔗 Read the full story 👉 https://www.wildlife-watchers.com/new-jurassic-reptile-species.html



📸 Illustration of the new species, Sphenodraco scandentis © Gabriel Ugueto

🎶 The sound of summer is back!Once on the edge of extinction, Field Crickets are thriving again on restored heathlands i...
23/06/2025

🎶 The sound of summer is back!

Once on the edge of extinction, Field Crickets are thriving again on restored heathlands in southern England - with 105 calling males counted on RSPB reserves this year! 💚

🦗 Thanks to 30+ years of hard work by conservationists and volunteers, these tiny insects are making a huge comeback.

📍Find out how: https://www.wildlife-watchers.com/field-cricket-recovery-2025.html

📸 Field cricket residing in burrow by Ben Andrew

👀 Think venom is just for snakes and spiders? 🐍🕷️ Think again!A bold new study from the Natural History Museum is shakin...
23/06/2025

👀 Think venom is just for snakes and spiders? 🐍🕷️ Think again!

A bold new study from the Natural History Museum is shaking up everything we thought we knew about venom. From aphids that poison plants to slugs that manipulate mates, venom is now understood as a widespread evolutionary tool - not just a predator’s weapon.

🌿📖 Discover how this new definition could transform research in medicine, agriculture, and ecology.

🔗 Read the full story: https://www.wildlife-watchers.com/new-venom-redefinition.html



📸 © Ronald Jenner

🌿 RARE DISCOVERY in Cumbria’s Rainforest!Two lichen species never before recorded in northern England have been found in...
20/06/2025

🌿 RARE DISCOVERY in Cumbria’s Rainforest!

Two lichen species never before recorded in northern England have been found in Naddle Forest, confirming this ancient woodland is a true temperate rainforest. 🌧️🍃

Found by volunteers and supported through the , these hidden treasures highlight the rich biodiversity of one of the UK’s most threatened ecosystems.

👉 Read the full story: wildlife-watchers.com/rare-lichens-naddle-forest-discovery

📍

📸: Cumbria Lichen and Bryophyte Group

🧟‍♂️ Prehistoric Zombie Fungus? Yes, Really.Scientists have discovered 99-million-year-old parasitic fungi bursting from...
19/06/2025

🧟‍♂️ Prehistoric Zombie Fungus? Yes, Really.
Scientists have discovered 99-million-year-old parasitic fungi bursting from ants and flies preserved in amber. These ancient infections - eerily similar to today’s “zombie-ant fungus” - offer a rare window into prehistoric ecosystems.

🧬 Nature was weird even in the age of dinosaurs.

🧪 Read the full story: https://wildlife-watchers.com/zombie-fungus-amber



📸 Fungi can be seen growing out of the head of an insect encased in 99-million-year-old amber. CREDIT Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, NIGPAS

🦸 🔋⚡ It looks like Kryptonite… but it could power Europe’s green future.Scientists at the Natural History Museum have cr...
11/06/2025

🦸 🔋⚡ It looks like Kryptonite… but it could power Europe’s green future.

Scientists at the Natural History Museum have cracked the code behind jadarite, a rare lithium-rich mineral found only in Serbia. It could supply up to 90% of the lithium needed for Europe's electric vehicles - and it forms under incredibly specific geological conditions.

🔍 Find out how this real-life mineral is helping rewrite the future of sustainable energy. 👉 https://www.wildlife-watchers.com/news-jadarite-green-energy-discovery.html

📸 View over the Jadar basin, Serbia.

🌊 Whales, sharks, turtles & seals are on the move - and scientists are tracking every step! 🦈🐢🐋A global team of research...
06/06/2025

🌊 Whales, sharks, turtles & seals are on the move - and scientists are tracking every step! 🦈🐢🐋

A global team of researchers has mapped the ocean’s most important habitats for marine megafauna. Their goal? Protect the places these species need to survive.

👀 Dive into the groundbreaking MegaMove project and see which parts of our oceans matter most.

🔗 https://www.wildlife-watchers.com/marine-megafauna-migration-hotspots.html



📸 By Daniel Torobekov

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