| Crakes (Porzana spp.) are among the least known native bird species. In spring 2008, scientists of “Vogelwarte Hiddensee”, Germany have begun to study the life histories of these marshland inhabitants in order to promote the increase of their populations (photo: Little Crake; © B. Herold). continue |
The Atlantic rain forests in eastern and southeastern Brazil (also called Mata Atlântica) are refuges to many unique animals and plants and among the most diverse terrestrial habitats. They are inhabited by endangered bird species, such as hummingbirds, parrots, and furnariids (photo: Bertoni's antbird; © J. Ferdinand), which are focal objects in our study. continue
| On the Philippine island of Panay, the rare Writhe-billed Hornbill (Aceros waldeni) and the Visayan Tarictic (Penelopides p. panini, photo; © PESCP) are endangered by timber cutting. Read here how scientists trace these peculiar inhabitants of rainforest. continue |
| The internationally renowned German artist Jutta Votteler created a special edition with toucan motive for the Brehm Fund. continue |
| Colombian ornithologists discovered a new, extremely endangered hummingbird species. The tiny bird, being a member of the so-called "pufflegs", was named Eriocnemis isabellae and is confined to an isolated mountain range in the western Andes. continue |
