It may surprise people, it certainly surprised me, that non-vocal species such as turtles and tortoises, lungfish and caecilians are actually quite vocal according to Gabriel Jorgewich-Coen, the lead researcher on a study and a PhD student at Zurich University. His team studied 53 species …
For me, this video is frankly disgusting. I hate it and can barely bring myself to watch it. It is just bloody horrible. These are fish living in clay-based mud. I am not an expert of these species, but it seems that these videos show …
This is a nice example of improved wildlife conservation in the UK, something which always pleases me. SaxaVord Spaceport, are building a spaceport on the island of Unst, one of the Shetland Islands. It’s a remote place which I guess is why it was chosen …
The beaver became extinct in England about 400 years ago. I understand that there were hunted to extinction. Beavers were reintroduced to the capital of the UK and other sites after this 400-year absence earlier this year. The reintroduction is to do with improving biodiversity, …
This is a brilliant little video which certainly surprised and delighted me. Wow, humans can learn about the sentience and intelligent behaviour of animals all the time if we are curious and care enough. The groups encounter each other on a track, and they pause …
At the moment, we know of only one animal, other than the human-animal, which has the ability to form cross-group alliances to boost their reproductive success and that animal is the dolphin. Dolphins off the coast of Western Australia have demonstrated that humans are not …
Researchers from the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador in St John’s examined 133 adult ring-billed gulls living in four locations and tested their blood for omega-3 fatty acids to find out how much human food they had the compared with a natural fish diet. …
Like me, you may have found it difficult to understand why humans have to go down into the depths of the oceans in super-strong underwater capsules because the pressure is so great down there that it would crush them in a second while deep sea …
NEWS AND COMMENT-TARONGA ZOO, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: A baby sea turtle was rescued from Sydney beach and brought to Taronga Zoo where they have a wildlife hospital. While checking over the turtle and ensuring that it was in good health, it defecated plastic particles for six …
