Sir Brian May, has, for many years, been advocating the end of the culling of badgers in the UK as a means to control bovine TB. He has very cogent arguments which state that it is ineffective. And he says that vaccinations are more effective …
The infographic summarises the tests performed which tell us that horses are smarter than we thought. How many times have we discovered this with a range of animals over the recent years in other studies? Many times. There is an emergence of knowledge about animal …
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 …
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 …
Air pollution created through human behaviour is perhaps the most damaging aspect of our lives. It doesn’t just cause global warming which is an existential crisis for humankind and the wildlife on the planet for which we have responsibility, it may also damage our DNA …
I’ve just read an article in The Times newspaper. It is the kind of article which makes you completely review your personal thoughts and concepts about ants and indeed other insects. Yesterday I was sweeping my patio and while I was doing so, I swept …
Let’s bend it like Beckham but this time it’s about fishing which apparently is a new passion for David Beckham. He likes to salmon fish. And in this story, there are two aspects, as I see it, to David Beckham’s salmon fishing, (1) there’s been …
Young male dolphins may practice their flirtation skills together so that when they grow up, they are better at finding a mate. Research indicates that the more time that young male dolphins engage in play with other youngsters, the more likely it was that they …
My research indicates that hypertrophic cardiomyopathy affects around 16% of Sphynx cats and the average age at which they are diagnosed with HCM is two years of age and thirdly, a Sphynx cat so diagnosed is likely to have an average survival time of between …
