
Grasshopper more real than nature !?
Finally you can observe them – for real! Or almost…
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Finally you can observe them – for real! Or almost…
This spring, our team has prepared a whole programme to discover the Crau Plain Grasshopper
The first hatchings of Crau Plain Grasshopper in 2023 took place at the beginning of April and observations of the first juveniles are multiplying by the day!
She cuts, assembles, glues, paints and articulates pieces of paper. She sculpts organic figures, plants, animals, then animates them. Her works transpire a naturalist sensitivity at the “edge of the brush”.
Work to refurbish the shepherd’s hut on the Peau de Meau grazing area was carried out at the beginning of 2023!
The LIFE SOS Crau Grasshopper project team welcomes a new intern to continue the work on the Crau Plain Grasshopper habitat study. Welcome to Manon!
Within the framework of the LIFE SOS Crau Grasshopper project, our teams are mobilized to help as many people as possible discover this endangered species, starting with our future citizens!
In order to ensure the proper development of the grasshopper eggs currently placed in the aviaries in the Crau, three egg pods were dissected on 15 November by Antoine Foucart, an entomologist at the
On 8 May 2022, an ornithological count was organised by the Conservatoire d’espaces naturels de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur to count and analyse the distribution of insectivorous birds on the Crau plain. Indeed, these ...
On 14, 15 and 16 October, the Conservatoire d’espaces naturels de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur presented its latest exhibition on the occasion of the 2022 edition of the Fête de la Science:
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On Saturday 10 September, the coordinator of the LIFE SOS Crau Grasshopper programme – Lisbeth Zechner – took advantage of an original setting to honour our Crau Plain Grasshopper: the
Cathy Gibault is a veterinarian who has worked for more than 15 years in zoos on conservation programmes for threatened species. Since 2014, she has been contributing to the improvement of knowledge about the Crau Plain Grasshopper. Today ...
A look back at the weekend of 23 and 24 July at the zoological garden of La Barben:
On 13, 14 & 15 August, the Citadelle of Besançon is organising a great weekend for the conservation of fauna and flora. On the programme: a conference on the Crau Plain Grasshopper.
On 23 & 24 July, the La Barben zoological garden is organising ...