In Britain, gene-edited chickens have been created which makes them resistant to the H9N2-UDL strain of bird flu. Bird flu has decimated poultry and wild birds in recent years in the UK. Also, bird flu is a zoonosis and can be transferred from birds to …
This is a great story all about the best in humankind. The northern bald ibis was hunted to extinction in Europe in the Middle Ages. The bird habitually migrates south from northern Europe, as I understand it. A project concerning the conservation of this bird …
NEWS AND COMMENT: The Times today reports that one in six British species face extinction with some bright spots amid the gloom in respect of the Eurasian Beaver, Red Kite and Cartilage lichen. The environmental editor of the newspaper tells us that one in five …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Peanut, the chicken, is in the news today because she is the extraordinary age of 21 which is more than twice the usual age of a chicken with an average of around 7-10. She holds a Guinness World Record of the oldest …
NEWS AND COMMENT-Texas, USA: Peggy Jones, 64, feels that she is lucky to be alive after – in a very strange and unusual incident – she was attacked by both a snake and a hawk simultaneously. She was mowing her backyard lawn. Something very normal …
The most common reason by far is to protect their offspring in a nest nearby about which the dog or anyone else is blissfully unaware. The attacks bemuse the dog or cat. The picture below is a screenshot from a video which I can’t upload …
UK: Maremma sheepdogs are an ancient breed as they were first mentioned in Roman literature more than 2,000 years ago. At the time they were used to warn off predators in the area of their origin: the regions of Abruzzi and Maremma in Italy. Nowadays …
It is mysteriously called ‘ambergris’. It is very rare hence its value. It is also called ‘ambergrease’ or ‘grey amber’. It is solid, waxy and flammable and it resides in 1-5% of the digestive tracts of sperm whales. It is formed by the secretion of …
A study published in the journal Nature Communications authored by Javier Sierro discovered that the successful male blue tit chasing a female sex was persistent in repeating their call and also able to switch to a different tune and then repeat it consistently, too. There …
