They can be shy, they can be sociable – sharks have feelings, too: sharks’...
A study led by the University of Exeter and the Marine Biology Association of the United Kingdom and published in the journal, Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, on 2 October 2014 has found that...
View ArticleHeathrow mollusc scourge – the quagga mussel
The Wildfowl and Wetland Trust (WWT) has announced that, in the course of water quality testing, a species of mollusc capable of wreaking dire havoc in the United Kingdom has been discovered at...
View ArticlePlants are stupid? Think again.
Plants are easy to overlook, and have long been considered one of the simplest forms of multi-cellular life. Stationary, silent and without neurons, they are obviously far removed from our own mobile...
View ArticleHalf the camels in the United Arab Emirates were killed by plastic bags
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of the Environment has declared that half the dead camels in the desert region of Falaj Mualla were killed by plastic bags: after taking one as a snack, the camels...
View ArticleHow Can Tourism at Machu Picchu be Sustainable?
Machu Picchu, rediscovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham of Yale University, attracts tourists in their hundreds of thousands each year to its well-preserved stoneworks: baths, houses, palaces, storage...
View ArticleClimate change causing turtles to produce more females
A study published in the journal, Nature Climate Change, has demonstrated that hotter sands, the product of climate change, could cause more turtles to be born female, which will increase their...
View ArticleInvasive Plants – Prevention is as Challenging as Cure
In my first foray into the UK, a two-week nature conservation course in the Scottish Highlands, I was met with a rather surprising activity: bracken-bashing. This aptly-named formal conservation...
View ArticleConservancy Project: Sustainable conservation in East Africa
By Burnham Arlidge A new ecotourism concept known as the ‘conservancy’ project is offering an alternative approach to animal conservation and providing a much needed sustainable future for African...
View ArticlePanda talk deciphered
The state-run Xinhua news agency has reported that a five-year study at a conservation centre in Chengdu in China’s southwestern Sichuan province has identified 13 words of panda talk. The beasts were...
View ArticleLet’s stress conservation benefits of ecotourism
If you recently read about the dangers of ecotourism to wildlife, please read on, since a closer look at the new research shows that these findings could be as problematic as they are premature. Forget...
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