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Wolven zijn terug in de Lage Landen. Maar blijft dat ook zo? Dat zal grotendeels afhangen van het maatschappelijk draagvlak, of met andere woorden: van hoeveel conflicten er optreden tussen mens en wolf. Zowel in Nederland als in België is er een Wolf Fencing beweging opgericht die veehouders gratis...

In Europe, centuries-long of overharvesting and hunting of large herbivores and carnivores has resulted in extinctions of large mammals, such as the lynx ( Lynx lynx). With the expansion of lynx distributions via recolonisation and reintroduction programmes, it is possible that the lynx will again...

Boekrecensie: De zee-eenhoorn in kaart gebracht. Zee-eenhoorns in woord en beeld in de middeleeuwen en vroegmoderne tijd. M.M. Zijlstra-Mondt 2019. Proefschrift. Universiteit Leiden. 369 pagina’s. ISBN 978-94-6332-431-1. Op 10 januari 2019 promoveerde de tandarts-orthodontist en kunsthistorica aan...

The muskrat ( Ondatra zibethicus) is an invasive species in the Netherlands. Its burrowing habits are alleged to threaten the integrity of the extensive water control infrastructure, posing a public safety hazard in this densely populated, low-lying country. A national control program currently...

The golden jackal ( Canis aureus) is expanding its range towards Northern and Western Europe. In these parts of Europe, there is a lack of substantial knowledge about this animal’s ecology and habitat requirements. The aim of this study was to determine the potential location and numbers of...

Sei whale ( Balaenoptera borealis) is a very rare species in the North Sea. The remains of four whales identified as sei whales, originating from the Netherlands, are preserved in the zoological collection of Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. A single bone in the Naturalis...

Kijk op Exoten, nummer 28, december 2019 De nieuwsbrief Kijk op Exoten is het communicatiemiddel dat alle projectpartners gezamenlijk inzetten om vrijwilligers en professionals in Nederland te informeren over exoten. Rode neusbeer al op Mallorca, in Nederland alleen ontsnapte dieren Ellen van Norren...

One of my favourite natural history books is “Monster of God”, by David Quammen, subtitled “The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind”. It tells the story of man’s relationship with big, fierce animals, the ones that can kill and eat us. To illustrate his story, Quammen draws on...