Understanding Exotic Pets: The Cost to Animals and Ecosystems
Imagine being plucked from your home, transported across continents, and finding yourself confined to a glass box on a stranger’s shelf. This strange scenario you…
Category: Wildlife
Threats to Bee Populations: Habitat Loss, Pesticides, Climate Change, and Diseases
Despite their reputation as the bane of picnickers everywhere, bees are incredibly important to our ecosystem, and they’re currently in trouble. As critical workers maintaining…
Grey squirrels in the UK
The grey squirrel was introduced to the UK in the 18th century and their numbers quickly grew. Unfortunately, they carry a virus called squirrelpox, which…
The science that preserves life: biodiversity conservation
Everyone knows that our planet is populated by millions of different organisms, which include animals, plants, bacteria and fungi. They interact and share different habitats…
Never Ride an Elephant
In the last 75 years, the population of the Asian elephant has halved, leading to its current status as endangered. There are less than 50,000…
Undercover Animal Communication
I don’t know about you, but I used to think animal communication was fairly basic, until I almost got bitten by my neighbors dog who…
