A recent study (see base of article) has once again highlighted the plight of invertebrates (our insects) which are so important in the ecosystem because birds tend to eat the most abundant insects and the most abundant insects provide important “ecosystem services” from pollination to …
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a very powerful tool. There will be millions of ways to use it provided it doesn’t develop to the point where it uses us! Conrad Young has created an artificial intelligence service called chirrup.ai which can analyse recordings of birdsong and …
This is a disturbing video presented by newsflare. I can’t present the video here because you have to buy it and I’m not prepared to do that. I’ve created a screenshot instead. I’ve watched the video. It shows a large number of crows either dead …
NEWS AND VIEWS: This is a cross post because I think the issue needs to be flagged up as strongly as possible. Some very high-profile and well-known cat and dog skin parasite treatments such as Frontline and Advantage contain strong pesticide chemicals such as fipronil …
NEWS AND VIEWS: It appears that somebody in a place called Nidderdale, near Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, UK is deliberately putting down a cocktail of pesticides which the police have nicknamed the “Nidderdale cocktail”. We are not told but it seems that the individual is …
