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16 June, World sea turtle day

World Sea Turtle Day is celebrated on 16 June, a day dedicated to raising awareness of the endangered status of these species. On January 20, the Kick-off ...

ENCA Network 31st edition

The 31st session of the Network of European Agencies for Nature Conservation (ENCA network) opens today in Stirling (Scotland). The topics of the meeting are: ...

Published on Nature Communications a global a study on the assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds

The study, carried out with the contribution of three ISPRA researchers, has demonstrated that 25% of the risk of plastic ingestion by seabirds occurs on the ...

Online the web site for Network for the study of mycological diversity

In February 2021 ISPRA launched the Network for the study of mycological diversity (Ndm) with the aim of collecting, systematizing and publishing in a single ...

Sea urchins more sensitive to metal toxicity as a consequence of the past two decades

The ISPRA research group based in Livorno, in collaboration with a researcher from the University of Nottingham, has published the results of a twenty-year ...

Adopted the National Strategy for Biodiversity to 2030

The Minister of the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto, has signed the decree adopting the National Strategy for Biodiversity to 2030. The ...

"Beware of those 4!" Citizen science campaign promoted by IRBIM CNR and ISPRA for the sighting of alien species in the Mediterranean

In the video, the latest sighting, along the Calabrian coasts, of the Scorpion Fish which has very long and thin venomous spines on its dorsal, anal and pelvic ...

LIFE Conceptu Maris: photo contest edition 2023

Until midnight on 24 September 2023, those who photograph the beauty of the Mediterranean can participate in the second edition of the “Profondo blu. Whales, ...

Urban Nature 2023

The ISPRA National Biodiversity Network is a partner of the 2023 edition of Urban Nature, the initiative promoted by the WWF. Starting from 7 October 2023, ...

The mountain hare shifts in altitude

A paper published in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation, edited by ISPRA and the University of Turin investigates the relationship between ten years of ...