Since the 1990s, wolves have naturally returned to the Alps and expanded from the Western to the Central and Eastern ranges. Although protected under EU legislation, their recovery has been hindered by fragmented governance, illegal poisoning, habitat loss, and...

The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), Europe’s only long-distance migratory vulture, has suffered a dramatic decline due to poisoning, electrocution, persecution, and habitat loss. While most European pairs are concentrated in Spain, small and fragile...

Over two centuries of dam construction, river regulation, and intensive land use have profoundly transformed the Danube’s floodplains. Natural flooding cycles were disrupted, side channels were cut off, and large wetland areas were fragmented. As a result, stagnant...