There have been quite a few stories recently of ‘the discovery of the century’ – a huge fossil treasure trove in North Dakota dating back 65 million years to when an asteroid hit the earth and caused the mass extinction of dinosaurs. The researchers studying the fossils say they are a snapshot of that day, … More Deep impact – wiping out the dinosaurs
We all got taught about food chains in school – lots of plants being eaten by some rabbits, being eaten by one eagle at the top of the pyramid. But how many eagles do you see flitting around North London? Apex predators for a lot of people are animals and birds that they either see on … More Call of the wild – should we reintroduce apex predators?
With this year’s controversial badger cull in England having gotten underway, will the latest evidence from Wales suggesting that yearly testing is more effective change the government’s stance? … More Badger culling – an effective way to control bovine TB?
As Edinburgh Zoo awaits the possible birth of a baby giant panda I ask ‘is all the fuss worth it?’ … More Pandering to pandas
The announcement of the successful interspecies breeding of a mouflon to a domestic sheep could be another step towards bringing back extinct species. … More Animal cloning and de-extinction – should because we could?
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