by Francesca | Jan 27, 2016 | Nature, Volunteers
A workshop on wintering birds will take place at the Centro de Interpretação da Serra da Estrela (Seia, Portugal) on 20 and 21 February. The main aims of this training course are to raise awareness of birds biodiversity that winter in the Serra da Estrela region, and...
by Francesca | Jan 20, 2016 | Nature, Volunteers
More than 4.000 naturally occurring minerals (inorganic solids that have a characteristic chemical composition and specific crystal structure) have been found on Earth. They are formed of simple molecules or individual elements arranged in repeating chains, sheets, or...
by Francesca | Dec 7, 2015 | Nature, Volunteers
The term biodiversity refers to the variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems, and the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain it. Biodiversity includes not only species we consider rare, threatened, or endangered, but every...
by Francesca | Nov 12, 2015 | Nature, Volunteers
Walking around Paul you can see a lot of fennel plants (Foeniculum vulgare), in particular they are placed over the street toward the Master Unit (picture 1) and also in the building (picture 2). The fennel is very important for its health benefits, also it is very...
by Francesca | Oct 29, 2015 | Nature, Volunteers
A few days ago I was walking around Paul (Portugal) in the evening, when suddenly something caught my eye. It is a curious and nice animal, the salamander. This creature was all black with a lot of yellow spots on its skin (picture 1). It was an example of the Fire...
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