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EU Legislation Takes Aim at Nature Conservation in the Face of the Climate Crisis

14 June 2023

Bowhead whales rock- all winter long.

04 April 2018

Untamed Travel Possibilities for your imagination or your future plans.

26 September 2017

Sneeze to leave, and wild dogs vote for a hunt!

06 September 2017

Sheep hunted before domestication in the Middle East.

23 August 2017

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Video documents tool use by wild fish

featured Video documents tool use by wild fish

Tool use was once considered an exclusive hallmark of human intelligence and ingenuity. Then, in the 1960s Dr. Jane Goodall stunned the world with the revelation that other primates (in...

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Elephants can take the heat

Elephants can take the heat

Elephants have evolved a novel strategy for regulating body temperature, which allows them to endure soaring temperatures during the day without succumbing to heat stress. Scientists at the University of...

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First Usain Bolt, and now, Bats

First Usain Bolt, and now, Bats

Aerial attack of Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) on a mealworm slowed down ten times. Just before the bat catches its prey, echolocation calls stop. Danish and Pennsylvanian researchers have combined...

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Beetles keeping it bottled-up

Beetles keeping it bottled-up

The resemblance of a beer bottle to a female has been mooted in the past, but rarely remembered the morning after. An Australian (beetle) has now confirmed that "stubbies" are...

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A Frog's tale

A Frog's tale

Australian researchers have found that green tree frogs (Litoria spp.) use condensation in the same way as windows on frosty mornings. During the dry season from June to September, Ozzy...

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A Variety of Fruit Selections

A Variety of Fruit Selections

Botanists have used perennial plants for thousands of years in the same way as the Earth's major annual food crops. In the beginning, forest trees were little modified by their...

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Singing Cousins

Singing Cousins

Birds and humans are related, but most people would regard that relationship as you would a distant cousin you don't talk about any more. Singing is a different kettle of...

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Shrink-wrapped Shrimps

Shrink-wrapped Shrimps

Global Warming has been so often criticised and praised by mice and men. Now we have been privileged to have the Queen's opinion. Well, the Queen Mary's (University of London,...

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Invasions from 'above' worse than those from 'below'

Invasions from 'above' worse than those from 'below'

Conservationists concerned about controlling invasive species gained new insight recently into the mechanisms by which introduced species colonize new territories. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National...

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