Wild seas and coasts
Along Italy’s coasts, life exists at the edge of two worlds. Land and sea meet in a narrow, shifting boundary, shaped by wind, salt, and constant movement. Like high mountains, these environments can be demanding. Exposure, instability, and limited resources mean that relatively few species live here, but those that do are highly specialised. What […]
Agricultural landscape and biodiversity
Across much of Italy, biodiversity is not confined to protected areas. It lives and thrives within agricultural landscapes shaped by centuries of human use. These are not untouched ecosystems, but places where farming and cultivating practices have created a mosaic of habitats that support a surprising richness of life: from passerine birds to raptors, from […]
Human-carnivores coexistence
At first light, the Apennine valleys are already in motion. A shepherd checks his flock before the heat builds. A farmer walks the edge of a field where fences now carry a low electric pulse. Somewhere high on the mountain slope, out of sight, a wolf pack is moving back toward forest after a night […]
Urban wildlife in Rome
Rome is rarely thought of as a wildlife destination. People come for history, architecture, and food. Yet above the traffic, between churches and ruins, another layer of the city is constantly in motion. We have just to look up for a moment: then a peregrine falcon cuts through the air between buildings, fast and precise, […]