Researchers have decided that seagulls have an aversion to the human gaze. They approached herring gulls both when looking at the ground or looking directly at the birds. When they were approached by people looking at the ground, rather than at the gull, they moved …
The UK government pledged to move away from culling badgers to vaccinating them against TB. It is believed that badgers transmit tuberculosis to cattle. Controversially they are shot in their many tens of thousands in the UK and animal advocates don’t like it. I think …
There has been a spate of scientific studies in recent years about the impact of human activity on the extinction of the species. In this study, recently published on the Science Advances website, a group of scientists have come to the conclusion that the destruction …
The Karpaz Peninsula that juts out north-east of the island of Cyprus is an important breeding ground for green sea turtles and loggerhead turtles. It is an area which is being developed for residential housing which will make things worse for these turtles. There is …
More wildfires in California. The reports are on a conveyor belt. More destruction, more people trapped in their homes and more people and pets dying. Hundreds of thousands of acres burnt. This is California to outsiders. It can’t be as bad as it looks but …
Technology has been developed to allow farmers to confine cattle to a parcel of land without recourse to fences by placing GPS electric collars on the cows which deliver a zap to the animal when they cross a virtual boundary. The technology has been developed …
The relationship between seagulls and people in Scarborough, Yorkshire can be a little bit stressful because the seagulls are quite aggressive, confident and bold and they like to eat chips and ice cream. They swoop down to steal the ice cream from kids. Some time …
Just another example of animal abuse, I’m afraid. There is a report on the Facebook website that a dog has been painted orange with black stripes to resemble a tiger. It took place in Malaysia. The Malaysian Animal Association posted pictures of the dog on …
Dogs scratch the ground after they poop to leave a visual signal of their presence. They also deposit scent from the glands in their paws which is scent marking, another signal that they have been present at that place. Less commonly dogs scrape the ground …
