Return of the Danish wolf

For more than two hundred years, Denmark has had no wolves. The year 1772 saw the last one killed. Loss of livestock and primal fear have made the wolf an unpopular animal in Europe. So imagine the interest when a wolf-like creature was spotted in western Jutland this fall, walking through a landscape not unlike…

Polar darkness

Snow has been falling all week long in Copenhagen – winter has come properly. From a comfortable office an ecologist can easily contemplate the effect of the seasons on the natural world – then also easily spend the later part of that afternoon drinking gløgg while the storm continues outside! I’ve been thinking about what…