Nature
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‘Guardian of the Flooded Village’: centuries-old Czech pine voted European Tree of the Year
A lonely 350-year-old Czech tree of the Scots pine variety – defiantly rooted on the rocky headland of a dam overlooking a village flooded in the 1950s to build it – has…
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Windstorm Sabine causes extensive damage to forests and property
The damage wrought by windstorm Sabine which swept through the Czech Republic at the start of the week with a force of 180 kilometers per hour in places are expected to…
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Climate experts: white winters in Czechia to become increasingly rare
Ski resorts around the Czech Republic are witnessing one of the worst snow seasons on record, and according to long-term predictions by Czech climate experts, we can…
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Czech and international experts looking to surrogacy to save virtually extinct northern white rhino
Officials from Dvůr Králové zoo and other international organisations have announced fresh progress in efforts to save the northern white rhino, of which only two remain…
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Czechs show solidarity as bushfires continue to ravage Australia
As bushfires continue to ravage large swathes of Australia, people across the world are donating money to help in the relief efforts. This is also the case in the Czech…
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“Invasions are just part of the global biodiversity problem,” says leading botanist Petr Pyšek
Raccoon dog, crayfish plague or the giant hogweed - these are just some of the hundreds of invasive animal and plant species that have been intensively spreading in the…
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Second bird census now taking place in Czechia: “We would never be able to collect so much data in…
The second ever public bird census got underway in the Czech Republic on Friday. The citizen science project invites people to observe birds alighting on the feeders in…
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Czech speleologists helping to harness tourist potential of breath-taking caves in Georgia
Georgia has many natural wonders and caves are one of the country’s as yet largely undiscovered attractions. The Georgian authorities are keen to make these karst areas…
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Tasmanian devils to star in Prague Zoo’s new Darwin Crater
The Prague Zoo has gone a long way since being hit by severe floods in 2002 and has become one of the best zoos in the world, according to some international rankings. Its…
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Greenpeace activists urge PM Babiš to sign carbon neutrality agreement
As the European Commission prepares to outline its Green Deal on Wednesday, the Czech branch of Greenpeace has staged a protest in Prague against Prime Minister Andrej…
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Czech initiative aims to revive fruit orchards by growing trees from seeds
Fruit trees have been a common feature in the Czech and Moravian landscape for centuries. However, in the past decades, traditional orchards and fruit tree alleys have…
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Animal shelters in Czech Republic filling up with hedgehogs
Animal rescue stations around the Czech Republic are filling up with hedgehogs. The animal shelter in Prague’s Jinonice district, for instance, took in more than 650…
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