MikeB
The title is no understatement. For conservationists it is sickening. How much cocaine is being snorted by humans across the planet daily? We don’t know but we do know that the number of people dying from cocaine poisoning in the United States has been steadily …
The UK is suffering from a catastrophic decline in insect numbers and it is believed that this is due to farming and climate change. Research has been conducted by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. The researchers found that from 1970 to the end of …
You might think that seagulls prefer chips to fish in the sea. You might think this because we often see pictures of seagulls taking chips and other human fast-food out of the hands of tourists at the seaside. Hounding those tourists into handing over the …
Bites from spitting cobras can cause significant health issues and even death, and the antivenoms currently in use don’t effectively treat the local tissue damage caused by these venoms. These antivenoms also need to be kept cool and given in a medical facility, making them …
This is a study about “Facial expressivity in dominant macaques is linked to group cohesion”. The suggestion is that the findings can be used to better understand leadership among the human race. The concept is that leaders tend to have a greater ability to used …
Are hydrogen cars more environmentally friendly than EVs? I don’t know and there is a difference of opinion between the experts so how are we, the public, to know? This science is going to very complicated and to decide which is better, EVs or hydrogen …
Research indicates that gray squirrels can outcompete red squirrels and the reason why they have pushed the red squirrel out of large parts of England is because they have better gut bacteria. It sounds improbable but gray squirrel gut bacteria suggests that they can digest …
This is a good example of the power of positive reinforcement training to alter a horse’s attitude to being touched. This ‘paint pony’ (paint coat type being bicolour or piebald – brown and white) did not like to be touched. We are not told why …
This is about what appears to be a badly treated horse that became very badly injured and developed a very bad infection in the left hind leg. The horse was sold for $50 to a slaughter holding facility and was destined for the knacker’s yard …
