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A new road cuts through the habitat of endangered tapirs. Will the population survive? Researchers from CASUS in Görlitz have developed a new model with Brazilian colleagues that can answer such questions. For the first time, it links the movement patterns of individual animals with the dynamics of entire populations - an important step for species conservation.
Do animals have feelings? Do they think like us? Researchers from Leipzig University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology surveyed over 1,000 children and adults from 15 countries. The surprising result shows that people around the world think similarly about animals. But this view has direct consequences for animal welfare.
More than 40 field hamsters bred in Leipzig were nursed back to health in Halle and have now been released into the wild in northern Saxony. The project is thus entering a new round - and aims to save a species that has almost disappeared.
The next round of reintroductions for the endangered field hamster is underway in Saxony. The aim is to maintain stable populations - and to benefit the entire cultural landscape.
After a female lynx was released into the wild, an infection with a potentially fatal virus was detected. Alva was to be captured for a check-up - but now she is being left alone.
It was only after the female lynx was released into the wild that an infection with the virus, which is fatal in the worst case, was detected. Now a health check is to clarify her infection status. Time is of the essence.
Anton the lynx, who was released into the wild in the Westerzgebirge at the end of August, is dead. He was probably hit by a truck.
The protection status of wolves has been a contentious issue within the Saxon coalition over the past five years. This has not changed in the home straight.
The European wildcat was long thought to be extinct in Saxony. The fascinating animals are now reappearing in several regions. It is now hoped that the population will increase.
Field hamsters have been virtually undetectable in Saxony since 2020. A breeding program is underway at Leipzig Zoo.
Anton the lynx was released into the wild near Eibenstock at the end of August. Now he has attacked two goats.
All beginnings are difficult. This also applies to Anton the lynx, who has now been released into the wild near Eibenstock. He spends most of his time where he was released from his transport box into the wild.
Saxony has been reintroducing lynx this year. Two males and two females are already living in the western Ore Mountains. With Anton, there are now reinforcements in the forest near Eibenstock.
Field hamsters have been released into the wild as part of a species conservation project and offspring have now been spotted for the first time.
The new orangutan house at Dresden Zoo, the largest investment in the zoo's history, was opened on Tuesday.
Worrying number of amphibians and reptiles at Nabu's species conservation center in Leiferde.
One year after a piece of forest near Ottendorf-Okrilla was cleared for gravel extraction, Left Party politician Antonia Mertsching has accused the authorities of serious negligence.
The German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND) wants to better combine rainwater retention with species protection