Biodiversité

Memories of home

Most animals spend the majority of their lives within a familiar home range. Cognitive tests on pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) support the hypothesis that spatial reference memory underlies the ability to develop a home range, as well as suggesting its critical role in allowing birds to become familiar enough with the landscape to avoid ambush predators.

L’entrepreneur Patrick Rocca est accusé d’avoir tué des tortues d’Herman sur un chantier à Grosseto-Prugna, en Corse-du-Sud. Il s’agit d’une espèces protégée au niveau international, européen et français.