The latest wildlife, ecology and conservation news
When people consider the harm that modern society and technological advances are doing in regards to endangering birds, traffic noise is most often not one of the top by-products of our culture that...
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Sightings The past 12 months have been an interesting time for wild deer sightings on the island with numerous new reports of their presence. Roe deer have been seen at multiple locations across...
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In July 2017, I decided to write an article on the decline of hedgehogs presence in the UK. After the RSPB’s annual survey found low numbers of hedgehogs in gardens, I went on...
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Olivia Norfolk, Anglia Ruskin University It’s no secret that bee populations are in decline across the UK and Europe. There has also been a fantastic increase in public awareness over the past few...
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Henry Chapman, University of Birmingham; Ben Gearey, University College Cork; Jane Bunting, University of Hull; Kimberley Davies, Plymouth University, and Nicola Whitehouse, Plymouth University Peat bogs, which cover 3% of the world’s land...
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A new study demonstrates that the recent mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef was not restricted to shallow depths, but also affected deep reefs. Although deep reefs are often considered a...
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Scientists have discovered that beluga whales and narwhals go through the menopause – taking the total number of species known to experience this to five. Aside from humans, the species now known to...
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Parrots have learned how to trade a token for food: one each for a low, medium or high-value food. The task was to choose between an instant food reward and a token that...
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There are a couple of key features that make a turtle a turtle: its shell, for one, but also its toothless beak. A newly-discovered fossil turtle that lived 228 million years ago is...
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Jared Piazza, Lancaster University The BuzzFeed video, “Bacon lovers meet baby pigs” is amusing to watch. With 14,493,383 views, you may have seen it. It depicts several young men and women waiting blissfully...
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