An international team reviews reviews the multiple ecosystem services that stranded cetacean carcasses have provided to humanity in past and modern times
Regulations involved in the management of stranded whales, dolphins and other cetaceans jeopardize their essential ecological function in coastal areas

An international scientific team found that “dehesas”, savannah-like systems from the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, attract Eurasian griffon vultures from distant populations from Northern, Central and Southern Spain and Southern France, thanks to the traditional agro-grazing practices and rich wild ungulates populations.

On January 31 and February 1 and 2, 2022, CSIC staff from the Doñana Biological Station, the Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology, as well as the CSIC Occupational Risk Prevention Service in Seville, has attended the off-road vehicle driving sessions, carried out at the Civil Guard Traffic School in Mérida (Badajoz).

Amphibians winter sampling which is annually performed by the ICTS-RBD Natural Processes Monitoring Team in 24 locations in the Doñana Natural Area, has been carried out during the last two weeks of January. The severe drought has affected these taxa considerably and does not show positive numbers this year.

A new study with a multidimensional approach has assessed whether women and men were equally represented, participative and visible at the 1st Congress of the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL).
Men gave the majority of the keynote presentations (67%) and were more participative (68% of the questions). However, the number of questions asked by women increased when the speaker or moderator was a woman.
One of the most troubling findings was that the majority of respondents,...