Belgium sees rise in bird flu infections among wild birds

🦭 Seals are back! But who really wins the North Sea? This story dives into the return of seals to Belgium’s coast: a tale of recovery, balance, and rising tension between wildlife and human activity. annickhus.com/seals-return...

Deep-sea mining starves life in the ocean’s twilight zone www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... 🦑🌎🧪

COP30: Belgium supports fund to protect tropical forests, but not contributing yet

De NVWA zou onze voedselwaakhond moeten zijn, maar is het schoothondje van de landbouwindustrie, zegt @jeroensiebelink.bsky.social in zijn nieuwe boek en in deze podcast. www.studioplantaardig.nl/Podcast/101-...

🔴 NEW 🔴 From regenerative agriculture to ‘efficiency is enough' and ‘we feed the world’ narratives - check out these 8 big greenwashing terms ahead of COP30 👇 📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @hazelhealy.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...

Flemish wolf pack loses its male leader: 'He has been missing since 28 August'

📍 NEW 📍Did you know that major meat and dairy producers emit more greenhouse gases than the nation of Saudi Arabia? They also rival emissions of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies. Read DeSmog's latest from Joe Fassler. buff.ly/G4ZMlV5

The resurgence of bird flu in Belgium has prompted the reintroduction of protective measures for professional poultry and bird keepers. Authorities elsewhere in Europe and the United States are likewise struggling to contain renewed outbreaks of the virus.

Wolf-proof fences lead to reduction in attacks on animals

'Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda, researchers in Germany have found, describing it as a shortcoming that had unwittingly helped the far right by legitimising their ideas and disseminating them more widely'. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Ein knappes Jahr bleibt Österreich, um einen Plan zur Renaturierung vorzulegen. Die Zeit ist knapp, das Thema ein politisches Minenfeld. Das Österreichische Friedenszentrum hat nun ein Policy Paper veröffentlicht, wie man das Projekt erfolgreich umsetzen kann. www.derstandard.at/story/310000...

The @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social has ruled that, in the eyes of the law, your beloved pet isn’t a passenger at all... It’s luggage (with a heartbeat). www.belganewsagency.eu/european-cou... You can find the ruling here: curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...

🌊 Blue Veins, Balkan Truths Six media outlets uncover the state of the Western Balkans’ rivers, lakes & coasts. Hydropower, pollution & neglect are eroding Europe’s last wild waters. Read the series via @earthjournalism.bsky.social earthjournalism.net/special-repo...

When you hand environmental policy back to the Agriculture Minister, this is what happens: Flanders abolishes its Climate Adaptation Plan. www.belganewsagency.eu/flemish-gove...

Nearly three times Belgium’s land area in forests vanished worldwide last year

The wild cousins of beehive honeybees are disappearing – here’s why that matters.

As wolves reappear, Danes are divided – a new poll shows just how much.

"Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimaeras" www.cell.com/current-biol... @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social & colleagues @currentbiology.bsky.social

Ecotourism has transformed jaguars in the Pantanal from hunted predators into valuable attractions. But overcrowding, with up to 30 boats surrounding a single animal, risks stressing wildlife and eroding visitor experiences. Read more in @mongabay.com :

Seven out of nine planetary boundaries have been exceeded. Imagine rolling back environmental laws right now... Oh, wait... That's exactly what the EU is doing! 😅🥹

The Baltic Sea is under pressure from oil drilling projects. As well as posing an immediate risk of spills, such plans contradict climate goals and put fragile marine ecosystems under strain. Protect our seas and our future! ✍👇 action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...

On this #WorldVegetarianDay… a little food for thought.

🚨 NEW: By the end of this video, Europe will have lost 2850m² of land to construction. That’s almost half a Premier League football pitch. This rate of loss, amounting to 600 football pitches a day, is 1.5 times higher than official EEA estimates. This is the #GreenToGrey project. [1/3]

Gray wolves are making a comeback in the U.S. state of California after a century-long absence. Conservationists say their return is a success, but it’s putting pressure on ranchers and rural communities as wolf attacks on livestock mount, Mongabay wildlife staff writer Spoorthy Raman reported.

What does it really mean for people, politics, and ecosystems to have Europe’s bison back? A new cross-border investigation peels back the easy narrative of “return to wild” and reveals conflicts and trade-offs that may define whether the success lasts. #earthinvestigations #biodiversity

“De Vlaamse Regering kiest er niet voor om burgers beter te informeren.” @mondiaalnieuws.bsky.social verliest al zijn Vlaamse subsidies en @fondspascaldecroos.bsky.social, dat onder meer onderzoeksjournalisten ondersteunt, verliest een vijfde van zijn middelen. apache.be/2025/09/23/v...

At the Climate Arena Conference, organised by @journalismarena.eu, journalists & scientists will come together to share their knowledge and experiences of the climate crisis. Like last year, I’ll focus on the intersection of animal welfare and climate change. More info: share.google/9MDH4bZt7Zzc...

Another orca pushes a dead calf through the Salish Sea in WA | The Seattle Times

‘You’re going about your day and suddenly see a little Godzilla’: Bangkok reckons with a giant lizard boom

Conservation brought back Europe’s wolves and bears from the brink, but politics is threatening them once again. The EU has moved to weaken protections despite evidence that coexistence with large carnivores is possible. Read the investigation on our website⬇️

A cross-border investigation reveals how political narratives of dangerous wolves are overriding science, driving EU conservation rollbacks and risking decades of biodiversity progress: t.ly/CTHXC @annick-hus.bsky.social #WolfConservation #Biodiversity #WildlifeProtection #EUpolitics #c

🐺🇪🇺 How Europe Turned Against Its Wolves 1/ Once hailed as a conservation triumph, Europe’s wolf comeback (from ~12,000 in 2012 to +21,000 today) is now under attack. Politics, not science, is driving this rollback of protections. www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/how-politics...

'Grant consultants' grazen uit de ruif Europese publieke middelen bestemd voor wetenschap en innovatie (en maakten zich 'onmisbaar' door gelobby). Onluisterend stuk van @kaspernollet.bsky.social en @thordeyaert.bsky.social over hun businessmodel. @fondspascaldecroos.bsky.social

Is a Eurasian lynx roaming the Ardennes?

Transparency rules in the spotlight amid questions over missing text messages

Wolf attacks in Flanders spark political row over protection status

Although it was predictable that the wolves would start preying on livestock and ponies at this time of year, neither politicians nor local residents expected it... www.belganewsagency.eu/wolf-attacks...

Toothless sharks? Ocean acidification could erode predator’s vital weapon, study finds

Europe’s most powerful political party has picked an unexpected enemy: NGOs. After it claimed Brussels was secretly bankrolling green lobbyists, journalists Lise Witteman and Hans Wetzels of Follow the Money found a very different story. Discover the full investigation in our latest podcast episode.

Join us tomorrow 26/08 at 11.30 at Mont des Arts #Brussels to honour the 200+ journalists killed in #Gaza and demand: Israel, stop killing journalists! A public reading of the names of the journalists killed in Gaza will pay tribute to their courage, condemn their murder and call for justice.

Who should adapt: the wolf or us?

Wolves in Europe: From conservation icon to political flashpoint

Hunting, pollution and tourism in EU threatening some seal species into extinction. Read our latest cross-border investigation ⬇️ http://www.thejournal.ie/seals-under-threat-europe-6790653-Aug2025/

I am pleased to have contributed to the cross-border investigation by @investigates.thejournal.ie These iconic marine mammals should be safeguarded under EU law. Yet, the dangers they face are only intensifying. www.thejournal.ie/seals-under-...

The Flemish Giant: Belgium’s supersized rabbit with a surprising history

read more: www.journalismfund.eu/blaming-the-... #earthinvestigations

Biologists once thought that humans did little to affect the course of evolution in the short term. But a recent study of cod in the Baltic Sea reveals how overfishing and selective harvest of the largest fish has caused genetic changes that favor slower growth and smaller size.

Elite on four legs: The rise of the Belgian shepherd as a global working dog

It’s #InternationalWolfDay — a good time to share my latest story with support from @journalismfund.bsky.social. The wolf’s return stirs emotions: symbol of nature’s recovery or living threat? Or does it simply expose our reluctance to share space with wildlife? In Dutch — but #chatgpt can help.