The tropics are home to more than 75% of all species and are projected to support 50% of the world's human population by mid-century, but little is known about mercury pollution in these life-filled regions.
MOULTONBOROUGH — The Loon Center in Moultonborough, the Lakes Region Chapter of the New Hampshire Audubon Society, will present a program on "BELIZE: Tropical Birds and Conservation in Action," presented
BRUSSELS — In the lively Brussels neighborhood of Flagey, you can be sure of two things: People will be lined up for fries at Frit Flagey, and pigeons will be nearby, pecking at scraps. Just a few hundred yards away, around dusk, a scene unfolds that feels distinctly less Belgian. Hundreds of electric-green parakeets, more commonly associated with the tropics of West Africa or India than gray, rainy Brussels, flock to a tree beside a pond. They slumber there for the night, turning the tree into
MOULTONBOROUGH — The Lakes Region Chapter of the New Hampshire Audubon Society will offer a program, Belize: Tropical Birds and Conservation in Action, presented by Bob Quinn at 7 p.m.
The sightings of tropical bird 'limpkins' help to reduce the problems of invasive snails and mussels in Illinois. The unique bird has ways to remove the snails from their shells. Read to learn more about limpkins.