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Capturing Ecology – Winners of British Ecological Society photography competition announced

Richard MooresDecember 1, 2017

In association with the British Ecological Society, BiOME Ecology are proud to feature the winners of the BES annual photography competition 'Capturing Ecology'...

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Book Review: ‘Britain’s Mammals – a field guide to the mammals of Britain and Ireland’.

Richard MooresNovember 6, 2017

Many thanks indeed to the great people at 'Birdwatch' for letting us reproduce this review....

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Range Extension, Identification and Habitat of Occidental Gerbil Gerbillus occiduus

Richard MooresSeptember 8, 2017

Range Occidental Gerbil Gerbillus occiduus is a medium-sized gerbil species (Muridae: Gerbillinae) endemic to Morocco and Atlantic Sahara. The type specimen wa...

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BiOME Nature Species Focus: Raccoon Dog

BiOME EcologyAugust 21, 2017

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...

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BiOME Ecology; Looking for Contributors

Martyn OwenAugust 15, 2017

This webzine is now a little over a year old, and is going from strength to strength with an increased audience month on month. We seek to provide a diverse ...

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Robber Flies – Assassins of the Insect World

Martyn OwenAugust 7, 2017

During a recent holiday in Gran Canaria I was fortunate to encounter a robber fly (Promachus latitarsatus). Initially it was sat motionless on a rock before lau...

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BiOME Nature – Species Focus: Roe Deer

Richard MooresJuly 2, 2017

I’m going to put this out there at the start; I’m a big fan of Roe Deer! They might not be the most glamorous of species, not too exciting certainly, but I see ...

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Variations in the Pelage of Fallow Deer

Martyn OwenJune 26, 2017

Fallow Deer Dama dama, which is characteristic of large mature woodland is the only British deer exhibiting palmate antlers and is intermediate between Red Cerv...

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The Lampreys – Ancient Bloodsuckers

Martyn OwenJune 19, 2017

The lampreys (family Petromyzonidae) belong to a small but important group known as Agnatha, which literally means ‘jawless’; there are around 45 species worldw...

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