South Africa: Earth Day 2020 - Birds, Lockdown and Cause to Pause

On Earth Day on 22 April, University of Cape Town (UCT) ornithologists Professor Peter Ryan and PhD candidate Jessleena Suri talk about resurgent birdlife in urban and suburban areas in the wake of the nationwide lockdown. Is there evidence of birds adapting to and potentially benefitting from humans isolating?

All over the globe the 50th anniversary of Earth Day is being commemorated in lockdown conditions.

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