Seaweeds create a chemical microenvironment at their surface, providing refuge for calcifying organisms that are at risk from decreasing oceanic pH, shows new r...
In the evolutionary arms race between bats and their insect prey, some moths have developed ears to detect echolocating bats and avoid being caught. Conversely,...
A project for their recovery run by Shropshire Wildlife Trust and Shropshire Ornithological Society
Shropshire Wildlife Trust (SWT) and Shropshire Ornithologic...
Mallards are among the most abundant and widespread duck species in the world, yet little attention has been paid to date to their role in spreading plant seeds...
Sharks, rays and whales impacted by microplastic pollution and associated toxins
Plastic pollution has recently gained increasing attention for its effects on ...
Peru ends era of 'roadless wilderness' in its Amazon rainforests
Alexander C. Lees, Manchester Metropolitan University
Biodiversity reaches its zenith in so...
Research by conservationists at the University of Kent has found that habitat fragmentation, and the subdivision of large farms into smaller ones, are the big...
Range
Occidental Gerbil Gerbillus occiduus is a medium-sized gerbil species (Muridae: Gerbillinae) endemic to Morocco and Atlantic Sahara. The type specimen wa...
Raccoon Dogs Nyctereutes procyonoides are native to the far east of Asia, particularly Korea and Japan (where they are called ‘Tanuki’). They are not related to...
